2016 retail

Restaurants, Shopping Signal Consumer Health
Restaurants, Shopping Signal Consumer Health
December 20, 2016  |  Retail

In the final stretch of this year’s holiday shopping season, it looks as though consumer health is holding strong. According to Forbes, U.S. consumers are...

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Airbnb To Branch Out Into Flights
Airbnb To Branch Out Into Flights
December 20, 2016  |  Retail

Airbnb Inc. is looking for ways to further wire itself into its customers’ travel experiences. Sure they’ve already disrupted the lodging part of every vacation...

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The Haves And Have-Nots Of Predictive Marketing
The Haves And Have-Nots Of Predictive Marketing
October 13, 2016  |  Retail

Predictive marketing — using information from customer data, like purchase history, to determine a pattern and predict future outcomes — was once only available to the...

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Wall Street Likes Walmart’s Digital Ambitions
Wall Street Likes Walmart’s Digital Ambitions
October 12, 2016  |  Retail

Wall Street appears to be loving Walmart’s new strategy to slow down its store openings and place an emphasis on its eCommerce business. “Walmart is...

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The Truth-In-Advertising Push
The Truth-In-Advertising Push
September 12, 2016  |  Retail

There’s a (slowly) growing push among retailers, brands and even politicians to make advertising campaigns as true and transparent as possible. It could even soon...

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CVS Misses The Street’s Expectations Due To Falling Foot Traffic
CVS Misses The Street’s Expectations Due To Falling Foot Traffic
August 02, 2016  |  Retail

Though general pharmacy sales were on the incline, general store traffic fell in Q2 for CVS, meaning that the retailer’s growth missed analyst expectations when...

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Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
February 09, 2016  |  eCommerce

“I’m from the government and I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.” That was sort of the email that I got two and a...

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