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With Supply Chain Still in Flux, Executives Focus on Sustainability, Automation

Retail TouchPoints

For almost as long as retail has existed, the supply chain has contentedly operated behind the curtain. Now the supply chain is a top consideration not just for retail executives but consumers as well. Bengtsson spoke about how traceability and transparency are creating a “cost of compliance” that retailers must account for.

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Hot Topic Upgrades Order Approval Speed by Automating Fraud Review

Retail TouchPoints

Hot Topic has partnered with Signifyd to revamp its online order approval process and reduce false declines. The retailer’s recent ecommerce growth has been hampered by its manual fraud review process, which was time-consuming and resulted in too many mistaken rejections of legitimate orders.

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4 Ways AI Can Support Business Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers are tackling pressing issues, from wavering customer loyalty to finding the next channel or platform they need to sell on. Are we providing data and automating processes to make teams efficient and effective? Unsurprisingly, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) were hot topics in these conversations.

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5 Ways AIOps is Solving Modern Retail Networking Challenges

Retail TouchPoints

If you’re responsible for wireless, wired and wide area networks, all the noise probably has you searching for answers to how AI, machine learning and automation can help your retail organization. So let’s explore the topic to help you gain clarity.

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Closing the Billion-Dollar Gap in Returns Waste

Retail TouchPoints

Recommerce, the sale of secondhand merchandise, is a hot topic as consumers become more enthused about recycling goods rather than contributing to enormous mountains of landfill waste. retail segment; the National Retail Federation (NRF) found the value of merchandise returned by consumers last year topped nearly $750 trillion.

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Robots set their sights on a new job: sewing blue jeans

Inside Retail

“Clothing is the last trillion-dollar industry that hasn’t been automated,” said Eugen Solowjow, who heads a project at a Siemens lab in San Francisco that has worked on automating apparel manufacturing since 2018. But that’s a sensitive topic. Sewing poses a particular challenge for automation.

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Robotics Provider Creates Academy for Training Retail Associates and Support Vendors

Retail TouchPoints

Alert Innovation will launch a training and career development organization focused on its Alphabot robotics solution, offering interactive programs covering topics including safety, basic operation, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, overall system management and detailed servicing for experts.