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Retailers’ Success Could Come Down to the ABCs This Year

Retailers’ Success Could Come Down to the ABCs This Year
Retailers’ Success Could Come Down to the ABCs This Year
November 26, 2022  |  News

With all due respect to Alec Baldwin’s legendary “Always Be Closing” monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, the ABCs of holiday shopping have gotten...

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A Month of Black Friday Sales Has Crushed the Urgency to Buy
A Month of Black Friday Sales Has Crushed the Urgency to Buy
November 25, 2022  |  Retail

Six weeks after Amazon’s Early Access Sale and three weeks into Walmart’s month of Deals for Days events, and Black Friday — the mother of all...

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Overstock Taps Influencers and Ads to Get Customers ‘Comfy’ With Rebrand
Overstock Taps Influencers and Ads to Get Customers ‘Comfy’ With Rebrand
November 23, 2022  |  Retail

Where once there was a liquidator that morphed into a mixed merchandise retailer, the Overstock.com of late 2022 is using the tools of the digital...

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Grocery Stores Will Be the Big Winners This Holiday Season
Grocery Stores Will Be the Big Winners This Holiday Season
November 21, 2022  |  Retail

Special foods and overeating may be synonymous with the holidays, but this year, PYMNTS research shows, the additional cost of groceries alongside an increase in...

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3 Ways Retailers Just Proved That Innovation and Change Are Still Alive
3 Ways Retailers Just Proved That Innovation and Change Are Still Alive
November 19, 2022  |  Retail

For 60 years, Walmart’s stores have dotted the American landscape, its cavernous Supercenters serving as the one-stop-shop of choice for value-minded consumers, often in rural...

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Holiday Spending Hinges on Checkout Innovation and BNPL
Holiday Spending Hinges on Checkout Innovation and BNPL
November 18, 2022  |  Checkout Conversion

This holiday season, the final critical checkout moment — be it at the register, the self-service kiosk or especially hovering above an online buy button...

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Demand for Brand Authenticators Rises Amid Growing Threat of Counterfeits
Demand for Brand Authenticators Rises Amid Growing Threat of Counterfeits
November 17, 2022  |  Retail

Recalling then-candidate Joe Biden’s 2019 advice that out-of-work coal miners should learn to code, now-unemployed coders may want to check job listings for “Luxury Procurement...

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Is Data the Cure-All for Subscription Retention and Churn?
Is Data the Cure-All for Subscription Retention and Churn?
November 17, 2022  |  Subscriptions

As pretty much any retailer and brand can attest, acquiring and retaining subscription customers in a good economy — particularly high-value ones — is no...

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