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The Range partners with Ideal World to reinvent TV shopping through live shoppable content

The Range and Ideal World TV are partnering to launch The Range TV, a new live-shopping initiative. The retailer-shopping-channel partnership will see The Range livestream product demos from Ideal World’s… The post The Range partners with Ideal World to reinvent TV shopping through live shoppable content appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Nomagic picks up $22M for its e-commerce warehouse picking robots

Robotics are playing a growing role in the world of e-commerce logistics and fulfillment — where they are seen not just as a way to speed up operations but to drastically reduce the costs of running them — and today a startup developing software and hardware specifically in the area of robot picking is announcing […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

New Mobile App for Brick-and-Mortar Spurs Workplace Engagement

Real-time news flashes Effective workplace communication ensures employee retention, happiness, and success. Some reports even show that productivity increases up to 25% in well-connected teams. Still, reaching employees with the relevant information to succeed day to day can prove challenging. With over 72% of the brick-and-mortar workforce having no access to a company email or phone, […]
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  1. Department: Beverage

Campo Viejo encourages customers to drink with friends

Spanish wine producer Campo Viejo, known for its Rioja, has launched a major social media, video and radio campaign in time for the summer. The “Decanta La Vida” (live every day to the fullest) campaign aims to celebrate the sociable Spanish way of life and to encourage drinkers to share a bottle with friends and […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Streaming climbs to new heights again in April despite a dip in total TV viewing

April marked yet another milestone for streaming, as audiences spent more than 30% of their total TV time watching over-the-top video content. This is the first time streaming has eclipsed 30% of total TV usage. The increased share was backed by almost the same volume of streaming as in March, despite a 2.1% dip in […]
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Digital Video Ad Spend Increased 49% in 2021 and Expected to Reach Nearly $50 Billion in 2022, According to IAB’s 2021 Video Ad Spend and 2022 Outlook Report

Connected TV Makes Up Largest Ad Spend Amongst Digital Video Advertising NEW YORK — May 2, 2022 —Digital video advertising spend surged 49% in 2021 and is expected to increase an additional 26% to $49.2B in 2022 according to IAB’s “2021 Video Ad Spend and 2022 Outlook” report. Released at the 2022 IAB NewFronts, in […]
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  1. Partnerships & Alt Profit

Love Island announces partnership with eBay

eBay has been tapped up by popular ITV reality TV programme Love Island to become the show’s first pre-owned fashion partner. The move comes off the back off of research… The post Love Island announces partnership with eBay appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged.
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Seven retail technology funding rounds you need to know about

RTIH rounds up the retail systems ventures who have been making waves with major investments, including Flink, buymie, Next, Storyblok, and GreyOrange. 1. Nexite Nexite, whose Bluetooth tag and SaaS merchandise platform delivers real-time in-store sales intelligence aligned to customer behaviour, has raised $67 million in a Series C round of funding, and $100 million […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Unless the numbers reflect people, they’re just numbers

For the media industry, the period between March and May is go time. Across the many upfront events that span the media landscape, which are no longer bound to individual platforms and technologies, the expanding content marketplace presents both a wealth of opportunity and an expanse of information for ad buyers and sellers to navigate, […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Walmart To Host One-Weekend-Only Savings Event Exclusively for Walmart+ Members

BENTONVILLE, Ark., May 18, 2022 — Today, Walmart announced the arrival of Walmart+ Weekend, an online savings event exclusively for Walmart+ members that stretches over three days. The fun begins on Walmart.com at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 2, with the deals ending at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET on Sunday, June […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Retailers Competing Hard For Media/Ad Dollars

Business Insider reports on how “retailers are gunning for advertising dollars. “Retail ad is predicted to grow 31% to $41 billion this year, and, Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and others are building ad businesses to get a piece of it. “They’re betting on the growth of e-commerce and the hope of offsetting retail’s thin margins by […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Lovesac’s Product Expansion Strategy: ‘Shrink and Eat the Pie’

In episode 349 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Shawn Nelson, founder and CEO of Lovesac, the ultimate modern furniture store featuring high-quality bean bag chairs, sectionals and accessories. Nelson shares Lovesac’s origin story, how the brand’s products and business has evolved over time, and some of the factors that have fueled its […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Jack in the Box has New Brand Electricity Gamming

  It’s time to start saving gas as the price of gasoline seems to be going up day after day. If you’re looking to avoid driving around with rising gas prices but are missing the immaculate drive-thru vibes, Jack in the Box here to help by launching its first virtual drive-thru on Tuesday via Twitch.  Until May […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Peloton CEO surprised at how entrenched the issues are at the company

Peloton’s new CEO Barry McCarthy has said that he was surprised at how deep-rooted the issues were at the company upon his arrival. The ex-Spotify and Netflix exec was concerned… The post Peloton CEO surprised at how entrenched the issues are at the company appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Inside TikTok’s Explosive Growth

Photo by Obi – @pixel6propix on Unsplash When Oscar Orozco, the director of forecasting at eMarketer, set forth to model TikTok’s growth for 2021, he thought it had to slow down. People used TikTok for 38.6 minutes each day in 2020, approximating Facebook’s all-time high of 39.8 minutes. That was a year of lockdowns. And […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Your Views:  Open Letter, Open Question

We had an open letter to Jeff Bezos the other day that was highly critical of a new Amazon Fresh store, prompting MNB reader Monte Stowell to write: This open letter to Jeff Bezos by the 69 year old shopper is a call to action by Jeff Bezos. Does one believe that Jeff Bezos is […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Snow is Dazzled by Cutting-Edge ROS Functionality

For most brands, winning endorsement from Kim Kardashian, with her 290 million Instagram followers, is the stuff dreams are made of. For oral cosmetics brand Snow, the Kardashian seal of approval is one in a long line of celebrity recommendations, including from film stars such as Chris Pratt, TV legends such as Ellen DeGeneres, and […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Gopuff May See Its Ambitions Go Up In Smoke

The Information has a story about how food delivery firm Gopuff, while at one point during the pandemic being valued at $15 billion, is experiencing some growing pains. According to the story, “Last fall, discussions led by the founders about raising up to $1 billion in new funding fizzled after some investors balked at Gopuff’s […]
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Suffolk cider makes its TV debut

Suffolk-based cider maker Aspall will run its first-ever television advertisement later this year. The Molson Coors-owned cider will make a £3m investment in the campaign, which will include television, video-on-demand, social media and brand exposure in both shops and hospitality venues. The campaign follows a £13m investment in the Aspall Cyder House in Suffolk. A […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Nexite raises $67M for its new approach to tagging and tracking merchandise in physical stores

When it comes to commerce innovation, physical retail often feels like it gets the short end of the development stick against newer, faster-growing, more quantifiable (and still far from perfect) digital channels. But physical retail is far from disappearing altogether, and today a company that’s built a solution very specifically targeted at improving data around […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Eurovision-ary: How performers capture the ears—and moods—of global audiences

The 66th season of the Eurovision Song Contest is here, and if previous years are any indication 2022 will be another heavy hitter when it comes to viewership. But at the same time, the international music competition also provides insight into the emotions of the audience—through the mood of the songs they vote to win.  […]
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  1. Channel: Convenience

At 7-Eleven Partnerships Matter More and More

  If success leaves clues and it does, 7-Eleven has found some new success clues within its video game partnership with Rocket League that are driving new electricity into the 7-Eleven brand, according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. So, following 7-Eleven, exciting collaboration with Rocket League.  You know the popular […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Sports Direct launches carbon-neutral bumblebee TV ad

Sports Direct has teamed up with creative agency Cult to launch a multi-level environmental campaign focused on the importance of bumblebees and helping the declining population. This is one of… The post Sports Direct launches carbon-neutral bumblebee TV ad appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged.
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  1. Associates & Employees

Economic Indicators:  Productivity, Unemployment, Job Creation

CNBC reports that “worker productivity fell to start 2022 at its fastest pace in nearly 75 years while labor costs soared as the U.S. struggled with surging Covid cases, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. “Nonfarm productivity, a measure of output against hours worked, declined 7.5% from January through March, the biggest fall since […]
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  1. Department & Category

OffBeat:  No Cliché

There is a moment at the end of the first episode of season two of “Stanley Tucci:  Searching For Italy,” when a chef with whom the urbane host is chatting says, “Italy is not a cliché.” I take her point, though I’m not sure I entirely agree.  Best I can tell, based on the first […]
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Dollar General post strong sales gains in first quarter

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General on Thursday reported net sales of $8.8 billion for its fiscal year 2022 first quarter, an increase of 4.2% over the prior-year period. The net sales increase was primarily driven by positive sales contributions from new stores, partially offset by a slight decline in same-store sales and the impact of […]
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CVS to launch virtual primary care solution

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced on Thursday the launch of CVS Health Virtual Primary Care, a new virtual care solution available through a single digital platform. The offering connects CVS Health’s services, clinical expertise, and data for a more coordinated and consumer-centric health care experience. The company said the new solution enables consumers to […]
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22% Of Brands Are Unhappy With How They Allocate Their Retail Media Budget. But There’s a Better Way

Retail media networks (RMNs) are an exciting place to run ads, because of the valuable first-party data that retailers have about their customers. RMNs create an ability to target a specific retailer’s customers and provide valuable insights into how people shop. And brands certainly are not hurting for choices. Just last week, Ulta announced a media network and the hotel chain, Marriott, the week prior. 
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