5 Reasons Why Retailers Should Care About Product Information Management

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    In the last couple of years, the retail industry has experienced a proactive shift in the data digitalizing process across retail operations, supply chains, customer-facing interfaces, and collaboration models and ecosystems. They have had to quickly adapt to emerging technology and innovation, especially with the surge of AI/ML, IoT, digital twins, digital business platforms, new business models, and conversational commerce. (more…)

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    5 Smart Store Technologies Transforming Retail Experiences

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      Whether you’re buying online or in a physical store, shopping should be easy, simple and enjoyable. In the customer’s mind, the retailer or brand is one entity, regardless of the sales channel. For this reason, customers expect their journey to fluidly shift between digital and physical touchpoints with the same conveniences in store as online.

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      Post-Shutdown Spending Priorities: How Covid Changed How We Shop

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        After a year of on-off restrictions, retailers may be hoping that the reopening of retail brings with it a spending splurge.

        And it’s the case that some 53% of consumers are now buying things online more than normal, with almost 8 in 10 shoppers (78%) expected to increase online purchasing over the next 12 months, according to exclusive consumer research from Brightpearl.

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        5 Ways Macy’s is Harnessing Data and Analytics

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          Macy’s outperformed sales expectations across all three brands in its first quarter —  Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury  —  and revealed how the retailer has been benefiting from its investments in data and analytics. (more…)

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          What Walgreens’ Nationwide Same-Day, 2-Hour Delivery Means for Retail

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            As Walgreens introduces nationwide delivery in under two hours, retail experts weigh in on the last-mile delivery wars.

            The delivery wars are heating up again and Walgreens has entered the ring with nationwide, contactless, same-day delivery in under two hours. (more…)

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            Beyond Amazon: Why Retailers Must Adopt Cross-Platform E-commerce Strategies

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              Nearly every brand has faced enormous disruption to the ways they reach consumers during the past year. Online platforms and the sales they enable have grown in importance, beyond even the most vivid imaginations. This shift brings both hurdles and new opportunities for those who are prepared to try new strategies. But, without a cohesive cross-platform strategy, that evolution can be quite painful. (more…)

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              Top 3 2021 Customer Experience Shifts in E-Commerce

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                Lauren Kindzierski is VP of CX marketing at HGS.

                Last year was one of the most prominent years in history, and now retailers are asking themselves what comes next. The use of technology in retail is continuing to boom as businesses desperately search for new ways to connect with customers in a socially distant and safe environment while simultaneously adjusting to newly adopted shopping behaviors.

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