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Insights From Total Retail’s 2022 Top 100 Omnichannel Retailers Report

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In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail’s Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham share insights from the recently released 2022 Top 100 Omnichannel Retailers report. The sixth annual report assessed 100 leading retailers’ e-commerce and a brick-mortar stores across eight criteria related to the omnichannel shopping experience. To see the full rankings as well as profiles of the top performers and analysis of the data, including trends to emerge across the industry, access the 2022 Top 100 Omnichannel Retailers report here.

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