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The Holiday Season’s Cybersecurity Crisis: Why Retailers are Under Heightened Pressure

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The holiday season presents a lucrative opportunity for online retailers to finish the year on a high note; however, various factors pose threats to online businesses. In response, 51% of organizations plan to increase cybersecurity spending this year. million, which is a 15% increase since 2020.

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How a Reactive Omnichannel Strategy can Help you Capitalize on Reactive Buying Trends

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Flexibility and timeliness are absolutely key when it comes to responding to fast-moving buying trends, as retailers must balance longer-term buying choices with customers’ shorter-term impulse decisions. There is, however, a huge opportunity for retailers that have the right offer, on the right product, at the right time.

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Strategies for Retailers to Weather the Storm this Hurricane Season

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Hurricane Season 2022 is underway, and with it comes the looming threat of outages and downtime for retailers. As we head into the peak of the season, retailers should review their disaster avoidance strategies as they seek to protect critical equipment and prevent downtime. The Impact of Downtime. Address the Threat.

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How Retailers Can Build ‘Forgivability’ to Survive a Cyberattack

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Ecommerce fraud exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic as online shopping gave cybercriminals more targets. retailers, jumping 43% to 48% when compared to 2019. Although retailers can and should take all possible preventative measures, there is always an inherent risk to customers’ accounts. With an estimated 2.14

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How to Design Your Retail Space With Security in Mind

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A successful retail space uses the art of design to provide a clean, aesthetically pleasing and accessible storefront and property. Designing your retail store with security in mind ensures that your business’ security isn’t an afterthought. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location.

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CIO Q&A: Lessons and Priorities from Aldo Group’s Companywide Digital Transformation

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Customer-focused digital transformation is important for any retail business, but the pandemic-induced volatility and fast pace of change in the industry means that such transformations need to occur in all areas of the enterprise, from product design to planning and supply chain.

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Key Disaster Preparedness Takeaways for Retailers from an Eventful Summer

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For retailers relying on critical IT systems to support both in-store and ecommerce sales, outages from significant weather events can have a big impact on business. As digital IT infrastructure has evolved, the hardware and software tools available to protect these assets also have advanced to help retailers maintain their balance.