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Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Specialty Retail (2021)

Retalon

Business Specific Analytics and AI for Specialty Retail. The word “retail” gets used interchangeably as if all retailers are all the same. That’s why specialty retail analytics software needs to be flexible and powerful enough to work with unique business cases and considerations. Not that much.

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ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

Retail TouchPoints

The company also continues to grow its resale-as-a-service offering, with specialty retailer Francesca’s tapping ThredUP to power its new resale offering. Gen Z’s passion for sustainability continues to be at odds with their fashion consumption habits,” said Erin Wallace, VP of Integrated Marketing at ThredUP in a statement. “We

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How to Launch a Marketplace to be the Disruptor, not the Disrupted

Retail TouchPoints

Some retailers lament the woes of Amazon and other marketplaces cutting into their sales, profit, market share and valuation. Some retailers launch their own marketplace to become the disruptor instead of the disrupted. Walmart, Target, Home Depot and most big box retailers run their own successful marketplaces.

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Batteries Plus: Customer Data and Store Expertise Power Sweeping Digital Transformation

Retail TouchPoints

None of this is intimidates Derek Detenber though — he’s coming up on the one -year anniversary of his appointment as Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer at Batteries Plus, and he sees only opportunity on the horizon. So we have a little bit of an Amazon moat, which is difficult for many retailers.

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As ‘Appointment Retailing’ Use Cases Expand, More Brands See Value

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers such as Best Buy and Apple were two of the first to implement the model at scale, showing the value for businesses outside of luxury and specialty retail. Retailers need to supply both contact center agents and in-store associates with consistent customer information through a centralized platform.

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Customer satisfaction is basically unchanged

Mass Relators

This patience bodes well for retailers.”. This study includes six retail industries — online retail, department and discount stores, specialty retail stores, drug stores, supermarkets and gas stations — as well as consumer shipping and the U.S. Postal Service. Albertsons Cos.

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CPG Gets by With a Little Kelp From Its Friends

Rangeme

“Kelp is growing in importance across Western markets, including the U.S. Barnacle Foods debuted six years ago and ships its products across the country, to consumers and specialty retailers. consumers have heard of kelp, according to market research firm Datassential, and 26% have tried it. and the U.K.,”