June, 2019

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How to Enforce MAP Pricing on Amazon

Wiser

How can you enforce MAP pricing on Amazon? This is a question asked by countless brands and manufacturers, and it’s a good one. Marketplaces like Amazon are few and far between, and the sheer number of sellers, aggressive pricing tactics by Amazon itself, and consumer traffic make it both the best and the hardest place to sell. This is especially apparent in MAP pricing.

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3 High-Impact CPG Sales Tips From Kraft Heinz’ Sales Team

RepslyBlog

For CPG brands, building a field sales team is a big investment — and an important one. Having dedicated sales reps champion your brand in high-opportunity stores and become experts in your market can give you a competitive advantage at the shelf, making the difference between a shopper choosing your brand or your competition. Most CPG brands also use their sales teams as their eyes and ears in their accounts, gathering data about retailer compliance, inventory, and competition — insights they c

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Time savings you can expect with Jamf

Jamf on Retail

To ensure you’re getting the most out of your Apple device management tool — or to ensure you’re using the right management tool — let’s take a close look at the time savings you get with Jamf Pro.

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A Retail Employee’s Dilemma

Storis

How To Avoid Disgruntled Customers. As a former retail employee in the home furnishings industry, I learned the ins and outs of delivering both positive and negative customer experiences firsthand. Having an excellent memory has always been an asset, but I never knew how much I would rely on it until my first retail job. It was there that my memory of the store would make up for a non-existent inventory tracking system.

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5 Tips for a Winning Category Management Strategy in 2025

Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.

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Review of Anchored Signs' Nursery Custom Name Wall Art

Hello Small Shop

For those of you who don’t know I welcomed my son in early February of this year. When I was looking for nursery decor it was easy to find all the items I needed because my theme was simple (gray & white) but it was hard to find the name wall art I wanted. The first wall art name I ordered took forever to come and it ended up not being what I wanted.

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Increase the ROI of your retail investment

Markerketing Experts

If your business is like most, retail trade spend is probably your second largest cost. We’ve found that 70% of retail marketing activities lose money. In fact, every year, you could be wasting as much money on poor performing retail activities as you make in profit. Companies, big or small, new or established, want a better return on their retail investment.

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Puretec Fitness boosts revenue and takes back control of brand with new eCommerce site

Retail Technology Review

Home fitness equipment retailer, Puretec Fitness, has secured its future and taken back control of its brand by launching a fully transactional website, after historically relying on eCommerce marketplaces to target customers.

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Time savings you can expect with Jamf

Jamf on Retail

To ensure you’re getting the most out of your Apple device management tool — or to ensure you’re using the right management tool — let’s take a close look at the time savings you get with Jamf Pro.

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AI and Retail Promotions: How to Hit Your Promotional Goals

Retalon

Promotion planning is a constant balancing act. You have many types of promotions to choose from, each with its own effects on consumer behaviour and the resulting outcome. These promotions must also fit within your overall promotional strategy which supports your company’s business goals. Sometimes those goals will require running promotions that are only indirectly linked to store sales.

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Exploring The Untapped Territory of Showcase Shopping Ads

Store Growers

During the last couple of years, Google Shopping Ads have become a staple stock for ecommerce stores. They currently account for as much as 70% of non-branded paid clicks on the Google search results for retailers. But Google is facing hard competition from Amazon. No longer satisfied to be just the middleman, Google is looking to turn its properties more into a shopping destination.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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How to Get The Most From Your Ecommerce Marketing Influencer Strategy

Markerketing Experts

Influencers can be a powerful tool for your ecommerce marketing campaigns, helping you reach a wider audience and ultimately drive more sales. With that said, many etailers jump on the influencer bandwagon without having a clear plan in place. Simply finding bloggers or Instagrammers with the highest follower count and giving them free products in the hope of getting visibility to your store may seem like a good idea.

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What Do Shoppers Need From Your Customer Loyalty Plan?

Wiser

Customer loyalty plans are becoming more common among both brick – and – mortar and online stores. But not all customer loyalty plans are created equal — Do consumers notice the differences? Do those differences impact their decision to join a loyalty program? What features of customer loyalty programs matter most to consumers? . These questions have been lurking in the back of our minds — until now.

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Mistrust around review authenticity sees online shoppers demand human interaction in the ecommerce buying journey

Retail Technology Review

Mistrust around the authenticity of User Generated Content (UGC) and reviews has seen online shoppers placing more value in human interactions in their online buying journeys a new report from iAdvize, the conversational commerce provider, suggests.

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Top 5 ‘objections’ to mobile device management (MDM)

Jamf on Retail

Jamf lays to rest a few worries that end users and IT pros have about mobile device management.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Retail Sales Promotion Goals, Examples, and How AI is Optimizing Them.

Retalon

Retail Sales Promotion Goals, Examples, and How AI is Optimizing Them. Promotion planning is a constant balancing act. You have many types of promotions to choose from, each with its own effects on consumer behaviour and the resulting outcome. These promotions must also fit within your overall promotional strategy which supports your company’s business goals.

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Google Shopping Showcase Ads: Leaky Hole

Store Growers

During the last couple of years, Google Shopping Ads have become a staple stock for ecommerce stores. They currently account for as much as 70% of non-branded paid clicks on the Google search results for retailers. But Google is facing hard competition from Amazon. No longer satisfied to be just the middleman, Google is looking to turn its properties more into a shopping destination.

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Facial Recognition: Will Consumers Welcome the Technology?

Wiser

How convenient is too convenient? How much privacy are we willing to forgo in favor of improved security and automation? These questions—and many more—are at the heart of the debate surrounding facial recognition. Facial recognition isn’t new but uses for the technology have been increasing. For example, CBS News reported that some public schools are testing facial recognition , while Oakland and Somerville, Massachusetts are discussing local bans on the tech.

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Despite Higher Price Point, Samsung Leads in Perceived Value

Wiser

In a recent survey conducted by Wiser of Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Costco stores, shoppers were asked to consider price, quality, and features in order to provide their perceived value of Sony, Samsung, and LG televisions. 80 percent of shoppers felt that Samsung provided good or great value, while LG came in second at 72 percent and Sony last at 57 percent.

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SEO vs. PPC: Which Strategy Is Best for Your Business?

When it comes to driving traffic and growing your online presence, businesses often ask: SEO or PPC—what’s the better choice? This guide breaks down the key differences between search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, highlighting their pros, cons, and best use cases. Whether you’re looking for long-term organic growth or immediate visibility through paid ads, we’ll help you determine which strategy—or combination of both—is right for your business.

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Top 5 ‘objections’ to mobile device management (MDM)

Jamf on Retail

Jamf lays to rest a few worries that end users and IT pros have about mobile device management.

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Apple device security misconceptions (and how to get ahead of them)

Jamf on Retail

Security is a top priority for any IT admin, no matter which platform(s) they are supporting. Read this for a tutorial on Apple device security.

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Apple device security misconceptions (and how to get ahead of them)

Jamf on Retail

Security is a top priority for any IT admin, no matter which platform(s) they are supporting. Read this for a tutorial on Apple device security.

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Manhattan Associates and BRP Consulting work together to deliver next-generation unified commerce platform

Retail Technology Review

Manhattan Associates Inc. has announced an extended partnership with retail management consulting firm BRP Consulting. The companies, which have been working together since 2016, have now extended their partnership to equip retailers with next-generation omnichannel and point-of-sale solutions that help deliver a seamless, holistic shopping experience.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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CVAs are fatally wounding our High Streets, warns e-commerce delivery expert

Retail Technology Review

As Monsoon seeks to join the ranks of stores slashing rents through a company voluntary agreement, ParcelHero says CVAs are simply speeding up the demise of High Street shopping and will impact on pension and investment schemes.

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eCommerce fulfilment specialist fulfilmentcrowd opens new centre in South Wales

Retail Technology Review

Chorley-headquartered order fulfilment and eCommerce logistics specialist, fulfilmentcrowd, has announced the opening of its latest service centre in Cwmbran, Wales, in partnership with leading seasonal decorations supplier, Festive Productions Ltd - further strengthening the capacity of its national network.

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Sluggish growth highlights imperative for eCommerce innovation, says Tryzens

Retail Technology Review

The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealed the sharpest decline in retail sales since 1995 last month, sparking further fears for the UK retail industry. According to their figures, retail sales fell by 2.7 percent in total and like-for like in May, while online sales of non-food products grew at a rate of just 1.5% year on year, which the BRC and KPMG said was “an all-time low”.

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How to lead in uncertain times

Retail Technology Review

By Jeremy Snape, founder and managing director, Sporting Edge. If the disruption and competitive threats to retailers from the likes of Amazon and discounters were not enough, there are also such issues as concerns as the impact of climate change and sustainability, possible supply chain market disruption from Brexit, and global trade.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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Is digitisation the key to preventing cross-border landed costs from disrupting international ecommerce?

Retail Technology Review

In a time of continued economic and political uncertainty - where threats against global trade either quickly materialise or fizzle out as part of hardline foreign policy negotiations - companies involved in international trade must now contend with an unprecedented amount of uncertainty and risk as the ‘new normal’.

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67% of e-commerce business are putting off customers with insufficient product images

Retail Technology Review

Online retailers are losing out on additional revenue by not utilising simple methods to capture sales from potential customers, new research has revealed.

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Trustonic, Rubean and CCV announce collaboration to develop mPOS solution enabling secure cardholder PIN entry on COTS devices

Retail Technology Review

Mobile security solutions provider Trustonic has announced a partnership with Rubean AG, an established mobile security-focused fintech, and CCV, a European payment solution provider, to develop an mPOS solution that accepts higher value transactions by enabling hardware-protected PIN entry on a range of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) smartphones.

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‘Drift’ to online purchasing differs widely by product category - latest study from Go Inspire Group

Retail Technology Review

New research from Go Inspire Group examines future trends in consumer behaviour, addressing the received wisdom that shopping is moving inexorably online. This study aimed to determine the validity of this assumption by shedding light on the expected balance between online and offline UK retail purchasing in five years time.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.