October, 2020

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AWS Q&A: How Retailers can Prepare Ecommerce Operations for COVID-Driven Uncertainty

Retail TouchPoints

This year’s surge in ecommerce has put strains on both supply chains and websites, and retailers now are guessing what challenges they will face as fall and winter bring the threat of a COVID-19 resurgence as well as the usual holiday rush. With ecommerce traffic unlikely to wane anytime soon, retailers need to harden their operations to prepare for a potential holiday rush.

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50 Statistics to Understand the Online Consumer in 2020 and Beyond

Intelligence Node

2020 has brought with it a host of unforeseen changes in the day-to-day life of a typical American shopper and a massive shift in behavior, priorities, and sentiments concerning his/her consumption patterns. So far this has meant that long-established, strong, and seemingly evergreen knowledge of consumer behavior trends has been turned on its head to […].

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[Webinar] Retail Post-Pandemic: 6 Store Conditions Consumer Brands Need to Monitor to Win at the Register

Wiser

Do have questions around how to improve in-store execution? How to get better visibility into retailers? What can be done to optimize shelf conditions such as availability, planogram compliance, display compliance, and more? We have answers in this webinar, held on September 25th, 2020, and hosted by the Category Management Association. Listen in to hear from Tom Vieira, Wiser’s Director of Product, In-Store, and Casey Berns, Associate Director Shopper Insights and Category Advisory Servic

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Pinocchio is a tiny bakery in Japan decorated in the colours of bread

Dezeen

Design studio I IN has used warm, golden hues to decorate the Pinocchio bakery in Yokohama, Japan , which displays bread and pastries on minimalist shelves. Measuring at just 4.2 metres wide, Pinocchio sits in front of Oguchi train station and has been decorated to match the delicacies sold within. The tiny bakery project, which I IN also calls Small Icon, has been shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020 in the small retail interior category.

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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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Retail Media - Win or Whine for Shopper Marketers

Shopperations

With promises of greater personalization and targeting capacity backed by point of sale data, retailers are inviting consumer goods marketers closer to shoppers with the launch of their own retail media platforms.

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Holiday is definitely in the air, or is it… Halloween?

Retail Next

For the past several years, the holiday gifting season has been creeping to earlier and earlier dates in the calendar, but I cannot remember ever thinking about Christmas prior to Halloween. Of course, I never have had sooo much time at home to think about these things – thanks Covid. Halloween launched earlier than last year (with far less inventory) and it seems like holiday paraphernalia is already on the shelves at the local grocery stores.

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15 Things to Do RIGHT NOW to Get Your Store Ready for Holiday 2020

Retail Adventures

It’s here. The fourth quarter, the Golden Quarter; the big one you can’t afford to mess up. Making the Golden Quarter work for you requires careful planning that, but even if you haven’t laid the groundwork for a big finish throughout the year, you can still reap the benefits of a solid holiday season. And now we have the added challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Are the Differences Between Syndicated Data and Wiser Solutions Data?

Wiser

Data is essential in retail. Without it, retailers can’t reprice effectively or even understand how they stack up against competitors. But not all data is created equally. Some provide more general information on the overall market, while other datasets are customized based on your specific needs. This topic arose from a number of conversations our team has had over the years.

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Freitag's Sweat-Yourself-Shop is a tiny factory for making bags

Dezeen

Swiss brand Freitag has created a shop in Zurich, which is a "micro-factory" where customers can help make their own bag out of recycled tarpaulins. Named Sweat-Yourself-Shop, the interactive retail space on Grüngasse was designed by Freitag to take their existing customisation options one step further. Freitag bags are made of recycled truck tarpaulins.

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Digital-First and Omnichannel Retailers will easily pivot through the Unpredictable 2020 Holiday Season

I Vend

The world around us has changed significantly in the first three quarters of 2020, however, one thing that has remained certain is that the holiday season is the most important earnings period for retail success. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced retailers around the globe to reduce their physical footprints with store closures and customer limits and to explore new methods of delivering products into the hands of their customers.

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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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Cross-Channel Home Décor Retailing: 5 Take Away Lessons from The Game Changers

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

In the early days of eCommerce, ordering furniture online was not popular and it was the retail category that seemed most resistant to online trends; but the adoption of omnichannel strategies over the last decade has helped many home décor and furniture retailers scale up their omni-channel retail strategies and their revenues along the way with retail store management software.

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The Secret of Progressive Web Apps: Boosting Google Rankings Via Better Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

At its heart, a progressive web app (PWA) is a website that functions like a native app on a shoppers’ device. Although simple in concept, PWAs have the potential to massively improve a retailer’s operations, from shortening website load times to boosting natural Google search ranking, according to the Progressi v e Web Apps: The Best Kept Tech ‘Secret’ In Retail session at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference.

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How Survival Brand Judy Uses Google Ads

Store Growers

Last Updated on December 2, 2020. Today, we’re breaking down the Google Ads strategy of Judy, a business that sells emergency kits. With plenty of emergencies hitting the USA in 2020, COVID, forest fires or hurricanes, this is a product category that’s pretty top of mind for a lot of people. The survival and emergency preparedness niche is pretty popular in the US, so there are plenty of established players.

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What You Need to Know About MAP Pricing for Dropshippers

Wiser

Any brand or manufacturer’s understanding of the online retail landscape would be incomplete without knowing how dropshipping impacts their pricing strategies. Dropshipping is a strategy where a retailer owns all the usual parts of the process for a specific brand but doesn’t actually stock the inventory for that brand. Instead, the brand and retailer work with a third party wholesaler or manufacturer to fulfill the order.

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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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Recycled aluminium cans decorate exterior of Daily Paper's first US store

Dezeen

Over 13,000 flattened aluminium cans decorate the facade of Dutch fashion label Daily Paper's inaugural shop in the US, which has opened in Manhattan, New York. The two-storey Daily Paper store spans 1,140 square feet (106 square metres) and occupies a prominent corner building in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The Daily Paper store occupies a corner plot in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

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How STAR Brokerage Unlocked Their Retail Execution Potential

RepslyBlog

Food and beverage brokers know that managing the execution for a handful of brands across all of their retail channels is no easy task. As the link connecting their brand clients to shelf-level execution in stores, merchandisers have a huge responsibility to support the key programs of all of their brands as well as the thousands of stores they serve.

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Grafton firm develops health screening kiosk

Frank Mayer

This article appeared in the October 1, 2020 issue of the Ozaukee Press and has been reprinted with permission. Frank Mayer unveils temperature and health kiosk to help employees return to work safely. By JOE POIRIER, Ozaukee Press staff. Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. in Grafton recently developed a temperature and health-screening kiosk to help employees safely return to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Posts First Sales Increase In Nearly Four Years

Retail TouchPoints

Bed Bath & Beyond achieved a 6% sales increase in Q2 2020, its first growth since Q4 2016, driven by an 89% jump in ecommerce sales. The online growth offset a 12% decline in same-store sales, bringing net sales to $2.7 billion. The retailer credited the improvements to its expansion of omnichannel offerings such as buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside pickup during the pandemic.

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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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Fast Food Customers Whose Expectations Were Too High

Re-Tales

. This came from didyouknowfacts.com , and while I never worked in fast food, I did get similar customers working in a drug store. Sometimes they’d write a check to Rite-Aid when they were in Longs, or even think they were at the grocery store and ask where the produce is. Also had a customer call one time and after greeting him with “Thank you for calling Longs Drug Store, how can I help you?

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What Are Trade Promotions and How Can You Make Yours a Success?

Wiser

Marketing to retail partners, wholesalers, and distributors is just as much part of the puzzle for brands as marketing directly to consumers. Every retailer has multiple brands that are vying for shelf space and promotional efforts. It’s critical that you promote your brand to retailers so they choose to favor you over the crowd. Trade promotions are one of the best ways to do that.

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Atelier L2 creates modular wooden interiors for Ateliers des Capucins

Dezeen

Rennes studio Atelier L2 has installed 20 wooden boxes as modular units for shops, exhibitions and hospitality businesses inside Ateliers des Capucins, a covered square in a 19th-century arsenal in Brest, France. The Ateliers des Capucins has been shortlisted for a Dezeen Awards 2020 in the large workspace interior category. The studio's brief was to design a number of shells in order to create an interior street with two floors inside the historical arsenal building, covering 5,000 square metre

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How to Grow a Brand Ambassador Program at Scale

RepslyBlog

Brand ambassadors are an excellent way for CPG companies to expand awareness and reach a wider target audience. In its most basic form, the main role of brand ambassadors is to represent, promote, and engage your brand and its product within their local communities and networks.

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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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Interview with Emma from Innate Expressions

Hello Small Shop

Tell us about yourself and your business. When it comes to me, one could easily make an analogy to night & day! Although I am a biologist/biochemist by profession, I am also the epitome of ‘one who was called to be creative”. On one extreme I love science, and on the other extreme, I love to create. In between both extremes, you will find my happy median.

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Holiday Success Recipe: Strategically Target Discounts, Focus on Fulfillment , Amp Up Agility

Retail TouchPoints

The 2020 holiday season will be dominated by uncertainty, a sharp contrast to the relatively steady growth in spending and ecommerce traffic that retailers enjoyed over the past several years. Retailers will have to forge ahead without reliable historic data to guide them — but looking at the events of the past six months and results from recent surveys can help center their perspective.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Global Shop Solutions ERP Software

Global Shop

If you’re looking at Global Shop Solutions as a possible ERP solution for your manufacturing business, you can find answers to the basic “Who are you and what do you do?” questions on our website. But you probably also have questions that are unique to your business. So we thought it would be a good idea to post some “drill down” questions that address specific issues regarding our ERP system.

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What Are Inelastic Products and How Do They Impact Pricing Strategy?

Wiser

Have you ever loved a product so much that you would buy it at any price? Would you be willing to go without soap if the price increased 100 percent? Have you ever spent more than you’ll admit to your friends for a luxury item from your favorite brand? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you already know intuitively what an inelastic product is.

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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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Rammed-earth counter anchors Flamingo Estate pop-up in Los Angeles

Dezeen

Vibrant green walls surround a chunky rammed-earth counter in this garden-themed pop-up shop in LA that creatives Alex Reed and Dutra Brown have designed for lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate. Flamingo Estate 's Harvest Shop pop-up takes over a retail unit in Platform , a high-end shopping centre in LA's Culver City area. The shop offers an array of the brand's holistic products for the body and home, along with its range of pantry foods, which includes items such as extra-virgin olive oil, honey

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Old-School Marketing Techniques for Today’s Covid-19 Weary Shoppers

Medallion Retail

“At present we are in a period of massive disruption and it is not clear how shopping patterns will evolve…” —Neil Saunders, GlobalData Retail Managing Director While life certainly has been different over the past seven months thanks to Covid-19, The post Old-School Marketing Techniques for Today’s Covid-19 Weary Shoppers appeared first on Medallion Retail.

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10 questions to ask when evaluating charity retail systems

Cyber Till

7 mins read It's difficult to be a buyer nowadays, especially one looking for charity retail software. Here are some hard questions to ask your potential vendors as you research charity retail systems.

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RIC20: 50+ Sessions, 99 Speakers, Live Roundtables, Startup Innovation Labs and More

Retail TouchPoints

It’s easy to see why Retail TouchPoints and RetailX chose “The Big Acceleration” as the theme for the 6 th annual Retail Innovation Conference (#RIC20), being held virtually Oct. 13-14. That’s because the coronavirus pandemic has, for better or worse, dramatically sped up a number of long-brewing retail trends. Ecommerce growth that wasn’t forecasted to reach fruition for five years happened in approximately five months.

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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.