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Why Stitch Fix is Focusing on its Human Stylists When Everyone Else is Talking About AI

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If you’ve never had someone dress you, you may not realize what an intimate thing it is, said Sarah Funderburk,VP of Styling and Client Support at Stitch Fix in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Were always looking at how we can actually achieve this balance, and not overswing in any one direction.

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Walgreens to Offer Free HIV and STD Testing at 550 Stores

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For its National HIV Testing Day event on June 27, Walgreens will provide free testing for HIV and other STDs at a record 550 stores. No appointment is needed to get the tests, which typically provide results in 20 minutes or less, at any of these participating Walgreens stores.

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How Programmatic Media Buying is Leveling the Playing Field for Smaller Retail Media Networks

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Even small networks can run campaigns at scale without investing in a large internal ad ops team by tapping into ad exchanges and supply-side platforms. Zamuner started his career leading marquee brand accounts at Ocean Media before joining the eHarmony marketing leadership team.

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7 Ways Service Providers can Motivate Customers with Digital Incentives

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Reward Actions Both Before and After the Purchase Discounts tend to be a one-and-done proposition, effectively beginning and ending at checkout. Customers receive a digital gift card instantly at the time of purchase, as opposed to waiting weeks or months for a rebate. Leif Baradoy is the CEO of Giftbit.

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Macy’s Partners With Target Evolution to Sell Teen Entrepreneurs’ Products at Texas Off-Mall Store

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Macy’s is launching a retail concept aimed at entrepreneurs in the 12-to-19 age group in partnership with Target Evolution , a Texas-based nonprofit created to fight youth unemployment. Target Evolution was founded in 2011 to provide solutions to the common problem of youth unemployment.

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Inditex Appoints Founders’ Daughter as Chair, Names New CEO

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Marta Ortega Pérez has been named Chairwoman of Inditex Group — parent company of Zara , Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti — and Óscar García Maceiras will replace Carlos Crespo as CEO, completing a “generational handover process” at the fashion conglomerate that began in 2011. She will assume her new role as Chairwoman on April 1, 2022.

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In Push for a Turnaround at Kohl’s, Investor Group Nominates Nine Board Directors

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in 2011 to 6.1% in 2019, and that the retailer earned about 44% less in 2019 than it did in 2011 despite similar total sales and $6.6 Some of the complaints included: “Poor retail execution and strategy leading to stagnant sales and declining operating margins.” billion in cumulative capital expenditures. “A