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4 Smart Strategies That Are Driving Sales in a Slow-Growth Year
As spending declines from pandemic-fueled highs, the largest retailers are seeking creative solutions and new ways of connecting with consumers that SMBs can adopt, too.
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How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Changing How Marketers Sell Everything From Food to Fashion
While apps like ChatGPT and Dall-E get most of the AI attention, AI is quietly changing how we buy and sell goods and services.
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How Slow Fashion Is Creating Opportunities for Startups and Legacy Brands Alike
A movement that started as a backlash to disposable fast fashion has expanded to include made-to-order and made-in-the-U.S. manufacturing.
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Restaurants Adapt to Takeout & Drive-Thru
Foodservice giants like Starbucks and McDonald’s rapidly shift gears to keep employees and customers safe, while working with vendors to ensure that food continues to flow through the supply chain.
Coronavirus Effects on Businesses in Major Industries
A look at the unfolding fallout from COVID-19 on stores, hotels, foodservice and fashion, and glimpsing a post-pandemic business landscape.
Predictive Analytics Boosts Customer Service at Reputation.com
The site is looking to take its reputation management services to new heights with data analytics designed to predict potential customer service issues.
How Bed Bath & Beyond Keeps Its Pricing Strategy Competitive
The chief value optimization officer of the home chain discusses the task of melding data science with the art of merchandising—critical to surviving and thriving in an omnichannel shopping world.
Major Brand Executives Explain Top
CEOs’ business-driving strategies highlight the trends reshaping the retail landscape and the push to adapt to consumers’ heightened demands.
How the Micro-Experience Trend Fuels Customer Engagement
Brick-and-mortar brands from Canada Goose to Drybar are offering consumers new ways to interact with products and services, adding experiences scaled small enough to be offered in multiple locations.
Men's Personal Care Market Is Ripe for Disruption
Forecast to reach $166 billion by 2022, the men’s personal care market represents a major opportunity for brands willing to evolve along with their consumers.
7-Eleven Bets on Mobile Tech to Improve Shopper Experience (Interview)
Chief digital officer Tarang Sethia on how the convenience chain is banking on checkout-free shopping, speedy product delivery and ‘retailtainment’ to enhance the buying experience.
Mobile Location Analytics Are Making Merchants Smarter
Mobile location analytics are giving malls, retailers and restaurants new information about how you spend your time. Can it do the same for your business?
Stadiums Adopt New Technology to Ease the Fan Experience
Venues are adding perks like self-checkout kiosks at Citi Field to in-seat food ordering to nudge folks off the couch and into the stands.
