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Digital Tech Wins the Holidays, Metaverse Boosts Sales, AI Builds Trust in Secondhand Market

Digital Tech Wins the Holidays, Metaverse Boosts Sales, AI Builds Trust in Secondhand Market
Digital Tech Wins the Holidays, Metaverse Boosts Sales, AI Builds Trust in Secondhand Market
November 23, 2021  |  Today In Data

Retailers are relying more heavily on the metaverse to make sales and are using artificial intelligence to boost shoppers’ confidence in secondhand markets. Plus, small...

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Target’s Permanent Thanksgiving Closure Pressures Rival Retailers To Follow Suit
Target’s Permanent Thanksgiving Closure Pressures Rival Retailers To Follow Suit
November 23, 2021  |  Retail

If those Thanksgiving Day doorbuster stampedes of yore aren’t officially dead, they’re definitely on life support.   Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Walmart’s Loyalty Program Walmart+ Struggles to Grow Paid Membership
Walmart’s Loyalty Program Walmart+ Struggles to Grow Paid Membership
November 23, 2021  |  Retail

After over a year of offering consumers free delivery, discounted prescription drugs and other benefits, the growth of Walmart+ remains in neutral, with nearly 1...

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23% Global eCommerce Spike Coming Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday
23% Global eCommerce Spike Coming Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday
November 22, 2021  |  Retail

Digital payment software platform ACI Worldwide expects a 23% global spike from 2020 in eCommerce between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to a press release,...

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Empty Shelves Test Grocery Store Customer Loyalty
Empty Shelves Test Grocery Store Customer Loyalty
November 22, 2021  |  Retail

Grocers are already seeing supply chain challenges impact their ability to meet demand this holiday season. Lakeland, Florida-based supermarket chain Publix, which operates 1,289 stores...

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Target Announces Permanent Thanksgiving Day Closure
Target Announces Permanent Thanksgiving Day Closure
November 22, 2021  |  Retail

Target is keeping its stores closed permanently on Thanksgiving Day, according to an Associated Press report on Monday (Nov. 22), indefinitely extending a practice that...

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Small Businesses Must Have Digital Tech To Win Black Friday Sales
Small Businesses Must Have Digital Tech To Win Black Friday Sales
November 22, 2021  |  SMBs

Shoppers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston might notice a new art installation this holiday season featuring products from local businesses. But these...

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Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
November 21, 2021  |  Retail

Shopping bots, which can search retail sites automatically, are the rise as a way to help parents shop for Christmas gifts in lieu of searching...

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Study: Nearly Half of US Consumers Are Already Holiday Shopping
Study: Nearly Half of US Consumers Are Already Holiday Shopping
November 19, 2021  |  Retail

Santa has yet to ride down 34th Street in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the turkey has yet to be carved, but nearly 50%...

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