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  1. Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers
Beyond, Inc. — parent company of Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock.com — has acquired the intellectual property of defunct flash-sale retailer Zulily, following that platform’s abrupt wind-down of its business in late 2023. Newly appointed Beyond, Inc. Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis said the acquisition is aimed at strengthening Beyond’s position in the off-price market. Beyond paid $4.5 million in […]
  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
Are you ready to catapult your pre-owned retail business into the digital universe? Transitioning from a physical shop floor to the online market is like swapping a bicycle for a spaceship. But fear not! We’ve got your back with 7 steps that’ll guide you through this galaxy of eCommerce.  From understanding who’s gonna buy your […]
  1. Data & Insights
The shipping and delivery phase of an e-commerce order is filled with opportunities or ‘touchpoints’ that you can capitalize on to convert one-time shoppers into repeat customers and spread positive word of mouth to influence their close ones, all while hoping that you don’t encounter any challenge that can infuriate your customers and get your […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Beyond, Inc., owner of online retail brands Bed Bath & Beyond (BB&B) and Overstock, will bring back a standalone Overstock.com site in approximately five weeks rather than the September 2024 target date announced earlier. Beyond rechristened its Overstock site with the Bed Bath & Beyond name in June 2023 after it acquired the bankrupt retailer’s […]
  1. Channel: Marketplace
American singer, songwriter and businesswoman Beyoncé’s new haircare brand, Cécred, has gone live on Shopify. After teasing her fans (aka the BeyHive) about the venture last May, Beyoncé recently took to social media to announce her first ever beauty brand. Captioning a post on Instagram with “hair is sacred”, an accompanying video interspersed archive footage […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
Our guest this week is Beth Ann Kaminkow, Global CEO, VMLY&R who joins us to talk about the ever changing landscape of retail and consumer branding, customer engagement, and loyalty. In particular with dip into what defines high performance retail and the emerging world of “creative commerce.”  We also get a sneak preview of her […]
  1. Data & Insights
The success of an e-commerce business depends on a lot of factors — venturing into new markets, net profits made during a quarter, rapport shared with customers and the general public, offering quality products and services, etc. As a merchant, you initiate and perform a list of activities that contribute to said success — be […]
  1. Data & Insights
Imagine if, a decade ago, your retail business could have seen how and where consumers were adopting e-commerce. Imagine if you could have observed how adoption patterns differed by age group and by location. And imagine if you had had access to all this data in real time. You could have made informed decisions to […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
After a bruising year for retail, there are finally some reasons for optimism going into 2024, says Charlotte Broadbent, General Manager in the UK at Faire, an online wholesale marketplace. The holiday season appears to be delivering to expectations. The freeze on business rates has put real cash in retailers’ pockets. And while I hear […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
The next era for retail is already underway, and it all starts with the simple but powerful scan of a code. Nearly 50 years ago, UPC barcodes changed the game for retailers everywhere, and now we’re on the cusp of another massive transformation. According to GS1 US, a member of the GS1 global not-for-profit organization […]
  1. Channel: Marketplace
Rare is the e-commerce small to midsize business (SMB) that has the time, resources and expertise to build its own website. It’s basically Amazon.com, Shopify, a Shopify competitor, or bust. Thanks to a bunch of artificial intelligence-powered releases from Shopify in the second half of 2023, that’s not necessarily as limiting as it might sound. […]
  1. Operations & Supply Chain
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Despite tight budgets and wariness about the economy, U.S. consumers have come through for retailers in 2023, and that has continued into the all-important fourth quarter. Even with some holiday promotions moving into October, Black Friday and Cyber Monday helped push November retail […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Design is a key aspect of setting up a retail space, as the aesthetic appeal of a business can greatly improve its chances of success. This is because retail stores that are created with their customers and design trends in mind are typically inviting and interesting to look at, which encourages people to come in […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
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 […]
  1. CPG: Food
“We started realizing that DTC was the fastest way to get our products in front of consumers and get real-life feedback.” — Carter Jensen, Senior Manager of Global Ecommerce, General Mills In recent years, we’ve seen upstart and digitally native brands launch their own direct-to-consumer (DTC) experiences, but General Mills is proving legacy brands and […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Inflation has been a persistent challenge for retailers this year by creating cautious consumers. For weeks ahead of Black Friday, retailers have been encouraging consumers to spend on what is typically considered the busiest and most important day of the year for the industry. “Retailers are seeing customers across the spectrum become more choiceful and […]
  1. Data & Insights
Want to truly stand out in this competitive e-commerce landscape and enjoy the fruits of holiday season success?  Easy. Give your customers what they want.  What customers want The increase in e-commerce-based technology, changes in the status quo of online shopping, ever-dynamic trends, etc have all turned customers’ wants into needs. Don’t forget, these interests […]
  1. Media & Marketing
FinTech firm, TrueLayer, reports that its new payments app is now live in the Shopify App Store, allowing UK and EU merchants to add open banking payments to their checkout. Electronics retailer Maplin has gone live with the app, with further partners to be announced soon. The move enables Shopify merchants to add instant bank […]
  1. Data & Insights
E-commerce Shipping: Everything That Is In Control And That Isn’t As an e-commerce merchant, you put in a lot of effort to meticulously curate the stage of the customer journey that is under your control to motivate them to click that “BUY” button, make a successful sale, and bring in profits.  However, at this critical […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards Supply Chain category. We received a record number of submissions this year and many fantastic examples of the continued resilience and dynamism of the retail space during hugely challenging times. Our winners will be revealed at the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, which […]
  1. Data & Insights
Just in the time for the holiday shopping season, Google is debuting new features to help merchants capture consumers’ attention in search results, including a small business “tag,” generative AI tools for product imagery and a more detailed business information module in search results. The new search features come on the heels of Google announcing […]
  1. Data & Insights
Just in the time for the holiday shopping season, Google is debuting new features to help merchants capture consumers’ attention in search results, including a small business “tag,” generative AI tools for product imagery and a more detailed business information module in search results. The new search features come on the heels of Google announcing […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Online shoppers rely on product content to make their purchase decisions. In fact, 70 percent abandon their carts due to low-quality product content or a lack of content entirely. The key to decreasing abandonment rates and closing sales? Compelling product detail pages (PDPs). A PDP houses all product content on an e-commerce site and gives […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including robot food delivery services, autonomous stores, AI chatbots, and peer-to-peer resale platforms. The University of Akron The University of Akron has rolled out a robot food delivery service, covering its campus building and residence halls. […]
  1. Data & Insights
​[[“value”:” More sales. More products. More staff. This all means one thing: more budget. However, this isn’t practical or scalable. To grow, get ahead of the competition, and gain more sales, you must pursue more cost-effective methods to achieve your goals. Think about “less” to achieve more.   Look at how your business can minimize the […]
  1. Media & Marketing
​[[“value”:”Many in the generation expect to spend more than last year and will shop earlier if retailers introduce discounts sooner, according to a Shopify report.”]] 
  1. Technology & Innovation
This video features a keynote from Joe Megibow, CEO of Bright Cellars, titled “Why This CEO Opted for an ‘Off the Shelf’ Technology Solution” from Total Retail Tech 2023 in Denver. When Bright Cellars was launched over six years ago, there were few “off-the-shelf” solutions available for a subscription business. Over time, Bright Cellars built an entirely proprietary […]
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Target reported Q4 and 2023 financial results at its annual investor day on March 5, 2024. Quarterly comp performance improved sequentially from Q2 to Q4, but 2023 ended with comps down -3.7%. Profitability outperformed expectations as the company realized $2B of operating income growth in 2023 and reported notable gross margin improvements. The stock was […]
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