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  1. Data & Insights

Sears is a shell of its former self. So why is it reopening some stores?

​[[“value”:” This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sears and Kmart once dominated the retail landscape. When the companies merged in 2005, they had nearly 3,500 stores. For context, that’s more stores than Target, Macy’s and Lowe’s currentlyoperate. But years of business missteps have reduced the once mighty retailers to […]
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  1. Department: Food

How retail businesses can stay protected against natural disasters

While many businesses are always out there trying to reduce costs so they can perfectly retain their business how it is, there’s one thing that can swiftly damage a business to the point of no recovery, and that’s a natural disaster. Now, dealing with a natural disaster is honestly everyone’s worst nightmare. They can take […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

’Tis the season for shopping and romcoms: RTIH runs back the week’s coolest retail technology plays

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including Amazon, Pinterest, Aldi, Walmart, HMV, New Look, TrusTrace, One Water, Polytag, BERSHKA, and 3DLOOK. Amazon Amazon has opened a Second Chance Store in London, giving festive shoppers the chance to buy quality returned products in-person, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Including HMV, Asda, and Ikea UK: RTIH presents the retail technology week in numbers

Do you like numbers? Do you like retail systems news? Then this is the article for you. Including TrusTrace, New Look, Square, Fossil Group, NewStore, InPost, and the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards. 5…This week, we announced the winning submissions for the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards, sponsored by PMC, FreedomPay, Worldpay from FIS, CADS, 3D Cloud […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Retail Trends Influencing Kitchen Design: How Consumer Preferences Shape Modern Kitchens

Have you ever wondered if your kitchen reflects the heartbeat of modern design? In an era where consumer preferences wield immense influence over businesses, retailers are no exception. Modern kitchens are no longer just utilitarian spaces; they reflect individual tastes and lifestyles. According to a survey conducted by Home Stratosphere, an impressive 10.62% of homeowners […]
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  1. International

Cleaning services in London: costs, tips, and benefits

Explore the costs of various cleaning services in London, from regular to deep cleaning. Discover essential tips for choosing the right service and the advantages of using a cleaning services aggregator. Get the best value and quality for your cleaning needs. How much are cleaning services? In London, where time is often a luxury and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger breaks ground on first Marketplace store

    [[“value”:” Kroger has started construction on its first Marketplace store in Plano, Texas, which will replace a smaller Kroger store nearby, reports local news outlet The Dallas Morning News. Kroger’s first Marketplace store is the largest format at 124,000 square — 55,000 square feet bigger than the existing store. The store location is […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Building Brands For Now From Then

In 1994, when Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras wrote Built to Last, they were referring to Visionary Habits of Successful Companies. Their highly influential book focused on the results of a six-year research project into what makes enduringly great companies. Their stated goals were: “to identify underlying characteristics that are common to highly visionary companies” and […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

What’s for Dinner? Grocerant Niche Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat Meal Components

  Look around, and talk to your friends and you will see that, Americans do not want to eat alone.  Don’t want to shop, and don’t want to cook, while man is a social and needs to connect with others and sharing a meal with friends, family, or even a stranger is preferred rather than […]
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  1. Data & Insights

AI powered customer support in rental services: improving user experiences

Artificial intelligence is an area of computer science that develops systems and algorithms that enable tasks to be formed without humans. This can include everything from problem solving and decision making to language comprehension and speech recognition. AI is increasingly being integrated into many industries, including the rental industry, and is changing the way that […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

The Real Cost of Technological Inaction

Executives don’t get where they are by jumping on every passing trend. True business leaders are the people who can assess all of the options in front of them and make choices that enable their companies to stay current and continue growing. Strategic timing is key to this process, and sometimes the right choice for […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Like Price Tags Once Did, the Ambient IoT is Turning Retail on its Head

With the rise of online shopping, omnichannel merchandising, and “customer experience,” it’s easy to forget that one of the biggest disruptions in retail is more than 150 years old: the price tag. When introduced by retail pioneer John Wannamaker in the 1860s, price tags upended the common practice of haggling. Suddenly, there was no back […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

The Pre-Peak Season Warehouse Management Health Check-Up

There’s a maintenance strategy for every major purchase you’ve made. You know when your car needs an oil change. You know when the filters on your appliances should be swapped. You know when your pick process needs to be reviewed … you don’t, do you? Do You Have a Warehouse Management Maintenance Schedule Ahead of […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Prime Day sets sales record

NEW YORK — Amazon.com reported record sales for its Prime Day shopping event that spanned July 11 and July 12. The first day, according to Amazon, marked the highest daily sales yet achieved by the online retailing giant. “The first day of Prime Day was the largest sales day in Amazon’s history, and Prime members […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Fresh Food Fast is What’s for Dinner

  Americans do not want to eat alone is just one of the reasons consumers are tuning to restaurants again.  Consumers still don’t want to shop, and don’t want to cook, while man is a social and needs to connect with others and sharing a meal with friends, family, or even a stranger is preferred […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

NRF reports that retail sales grew again in June

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 – Retail sales continued to rise in June even as employment grew more slowly, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday. “June retail sales confirm that while the economy may be cooling, consumers remain on solid footing and are spending on household priorities,” NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said. “Back-to-class […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon touts ‘biggest ever’ Prime Day as U.S. online sales surge to $12.7 billion

KEY POINTS Online spending in the U.S. climbed 6.1% to $12.7 billion during Amazon’s Prime Day promotion, according to Adobe Analytics, as deal-hungry consumers snapped up home goods and household essentials. Amazon called the event its “biggest ever” Prime Day, with shoppers buying more than 375 million items worldwide over two days, up from 300 million […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Adobe: Online Prices Fall 2.6% in June, a 36-Month Low

Online prices in June 2023 fell 2.6 percent year-over-year (YoY), the most significant decrease since May 2020, when prices fell 1.5 percent YoY, according to the latest online inflation data from the Adobe Digital Price Index. June marks the 10th consecutive month of YoY price decreases, with over half of Adobe’s tracked categories (11 of 18) […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Building Brands Beyond Packaged Goods

Branding is not just about advertising, although many marketers view branding as such. Branding is not just about message management or device management or digital management. Branding is about promising to profitably deliver an expected relevant, differentiated, trustworthy experience to a specific audience. Many pundits argue that brand management is best operationalized in the realm […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Circana adds Snapchat solution, expanded GM coverage

CHICAGO – Circana, formerly NPD and IRI, has launched Circana Lift for Snap Inc., creator of Snapchat. Circana Lift enables consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers to accurately measure how their Snapchat advertising campaigns drive offline sales, providing insights into campaign effectiveness. Circana Lift offers advertisers the unprecedented ability to answer key performance questions […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Survey says nearly 92 percent of Americans have cut spending for inflation relief

Nearly 92 percent of consumers have reduced their spending on nonessential goods like apparel, appliances and home decor, according to a new CNBC and Morning Consult survey. Ninety-two percent of Americans with household incomes between $50,000 ad $100,000 said they were “somewhat” or “very worried” about the price of goods. Inflation Relief By Spending Less… […]
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  1. International

UK mobile network giant EE seeks to reinvent retail with new Studio store launch at Westfield London

EE is this week opening a new flagship store, The EE Studio, located in Westfield London, White City. Focused on connectivity and technology solutions, the 4,230-square-foot location will also serve as a hub for the local community to work, learn and play.   The launch forms part of EE’s new strategy, which, the company says, “seeks […]
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  1. Owned Brands (Private Label)

How Leadership Marketing Drives Wayfair’s Growth

Wayfair CEO Niraj S. Shah recently told analysts that the Wayfair brand-business – home furnishings and décor – is “… clearly demonstrating that the Wayfair model is inherently profitable and that there is considerable opportunity in front of us to rapidly drive further margin expansion, while investing for future growth.“ About Wayfair’s progress on its […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Future is Now: Why the Modern Storefront Needs to be Omnichannel and AI-Powered

For all of the problems of the mid-century period in America, one of the ways in which it remains compelling is the sense of optimism society at large once seemed to have for the future, specifically the way in which technology would drive us into the future.  Whether companies, scientists, futurists, or science fiction writers, […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Together Convenience is What’s for Dinner

  Americans do not want to eat alone.  Don’t want to shop, and don’t want to cook, while man is a social and needs to connect with others and sharing a meal with friends, family, or even a stranger is preferred rather than eating alone according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Service Tops Price in Influencing Food Spend Look at the Demographics

What drives consumers to stop and buy something from one of your locations? What do consumers think is important when they are about and about? Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® stated, its not always about you or your brand.  More often than not it is about your consumer. Below are […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Alibaba To Offer AI Chatbot On Its E-commerce Platform

From CNBC, a story about how “Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, announced Tuesday it will be rolling out its own ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen. Initially, the AI Chatbot software will be “deployed on DingTalk, Alibaba’s workplace communication software, and Tmall Genie, a provider of smart home appliances,” but the […]
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NRF Retracts Claim that Organized Retail Crime Accounted for ‘Nearly Half’ of Retail Shrink

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center. The NRF report was […]
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