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Strategies for Retailers to Weather the Storm this Hurricane Season

Retail TouchPoints

Prevention and visibility are essential factors in achieving the always-on power retailers demand, especially with many retailers pushing data to distributed infrastructure at multiple locations. Ed Spears is a Technical Marketing Manager in Eaton ’s Critical Power & Digital Infrastructure Division in Raleigh, N.C.

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Outgoing Myer CEO John King on why Black Friday might overtake Christmas

Inside Retail

This year’s AGM occurred at a time of significant management change at Myer, as King, JoAnne Stephenson, who is chairperson of the board, and Nigel Chadwick, the retailer’s CFO, are all scheduled to depart their roles in the coming months. King noted that broader economic factors have impacted the wider retail environment.

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Put Your CPG Brand Where the Foot Traffic is to Stay Competitive

Retail TouchPoints

Observing consumers’ physical behaviors through anonymized GPS location data helps marketers identify customers’ new movement patterns, which indicates a lot about their interests, preferences and characteristics. POI data can also help CPGs optimize vending machine placements, physical site selection and enhance delivery routes.

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Utilizing the External Data Boom for Digital Shelf Optimization

Retail TouchPoints

Many companies can track their own digital shelf data, allowing them to align products across platforms, perform A/B testing and improve inventory management. The fact that you can adapt your digital display very quickly as compared to physical inventory management allows businesses to benefit from multiple types of external data.

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How Airbnb, Taco Bell, other businesses are aiding California wildfire victims

Inside Retail

This figure includes the loss of local retail businesses, such as apparel retailer Elyse Walker’s flagship location in the Pacific Palisades, which have burned down entirely, and the disruption of national businesses like Nuuly, which have paused operations in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future.

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How NTI and Cisco Networking Academy are preparing Egypt for the IT jobs of the future

Cisco Retail

For its efforts in workforce development and improvement in Egypt, Cisco Networking Academy partner, the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), is a deserving winner of a Be the Bridge award. Dr. Emad Abd-Elrahman (Cisco Academy Manager, NTI). A: NTI is a reputed scientific, educational and research institution founded in 1983.

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What the ‘Next Normal’ in Consumer Behavior Means for the Hourly Economy

Retail TouchPoints

It now offers more than 3,200 pickup locations and delivery from more than 1,600 stores. Papa John’s and Pizza Hut, for example, hired between 20,000 to 30,000 new employees amid the pandemic: managers, shift leaders, cooks, call center agents and drivers. Walmart, the largest U.S. And it’s been great for job growth.

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