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Walmart Announces Automated Fulfillment Center in Tennessee

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The facility will combine Artificial Intelligence (AI) software, automated robots and associates working together to ship orders. Once an order is placed online, automated robots search and retrieve products from a compact storage system and bring them to associates to be packed and shipped.

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All Point Announces New Managed Retail Commerce Solution

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(PRESS RELEASE) SARASOTA, FL – All Point, a specialty retail IT solutions company, has announced its Managed Retail Commerce offering, a new service that helps maximize the potential of unified commerce for retailers. Our Managed Retail Commerce model allowed our clients to quickly pivot from in-store to on-line almost immediately.

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Redefining ‘Successful Store Design’: Digital-Physical Integration and Sustainability Come to the Fore

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Store design and visual merchandising now encompass many different elements, according to Tammy Callahan, Director of Sales & Account Management at Kendu , a provider of in-store visual solutions. It’s a store window that’s attractive, dynamic and really speaks of the brand’s DNA. Photography courtesy of Kendu).

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4 Ways QR Codes are Transforming the Retail Shopping Experience

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When an item is out of stock, for example, endless aisles let in-store shoppers use online channels to order those items to be shipped to them directly. According to new research from MG2, Gen Z in particular is looking for curated visual merchandising experiences where a brand’s values shines through in physical environments.

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ABC Carpet & Home Files Chapter 11

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Management for the store cites Covid-19 as the main reason for this move. Issues such as store closures during lockdown, shipping and supply delays, and difficulties in finding more investors were all listed as part of the reasons. ABC Carpet & Home (New York) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, according to Forbes.

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Exclusive Q&A: M.M. LaFleur Designs Boutiques to Promote ‘Individual Customer Discovery’

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For example, if a customer is interested in a particular style or size we don’t have in stock, our store stylists are trained to assist in ordering and shipping a style directly to their home , as well as accepting returns of online purchases.

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Have Big Sustainability Goals? Bergmeyer+ Says to Start Small — with Store Fixtures

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The fixtures in any store probably weren’t designed with sustainability in mind, nor manufactured in sustainable ways, or they were shipped without any thought about the carbon impact of getting them to the store. But it’s much harder to manage that [process] on the other side of the world.

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