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How Live Stream Shopping Drives Engagement and Sales | Salsify

Salsify

Its hard to imagine what a product will look like in real life when shopping online. You cant see it, you cant touch it, and you certainly cant try it on. Live stream shopping, however, creates an interactive experience for shoppers that helps bridge some of the gap between in-store and online shopping.

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Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

One of the core values of Dick Schulze, Founder of Best Buy , was learning from challenge and change a prescient insight from a retail leader in the 80s who realized even then that in retail, especially in consumer electronics retail, there would be constant change. Its a tenet that the companys latest CEO, Corie Barry, kept front of mind as she took the helm in 2019 , throughout the upheaval of the pandemic and into today.

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Upgrade Your Sales Game: Three Key Takeaways From Forrester’s Review Of 13 North American Investing Sales Websites

Forrester eCommerce

Get three key takeaways from Forrester's recent review of North American investing sales websites in this preview of a new report.

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Buckle Adopts Aptos ONE POS to Bring Unified Commerce to 440+ Stores

Retail TouchPoints

The Buckle, Inc. , will implement Aptos ONE as its new POS system to bring personalized and efficient interactions to every customer and employee in its 440+ stores across 42 states. Buckle is a specialty apparel retailer that offers a wide selection of on-trend apparel, accessories and footwear. The retailer is especially known for its denim assortment, which includes various fits, styles and finishes from leading denim brands, as well as its exclusive brand, BKE.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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2025: The Digital Banking Landscape Is Poised For Another Transformative Year

Forrester eCommerce

Leading banks are leveraging mature and emerging technologies, customer insights, and data to enhance customer experience, increase customer engagement, and drive business growth.

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How Smart Design will Shape the Future of Retail Media Networks

Retail TouchPoints

As retailers face the imperative of implementing a retail media strategy, the number of Retail Media Networks (RMNs) continue to grow. With a need to differentiate yet simplify their offering, retailers face increasingly complex decisions about whether there is room for them to play, and if so, how to build and roll out their vision. The traditional debate of whether to build or buy a solution has dominated industry discussions, but this binary choice no longer serves the sophisticated needs of

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GUESS Elevates Alpine Glamour

365 Retail

GUESS has unveiled its Winter Project for the 2024/2025 season, blending high fashion with immersive experiences across Europes premier alpine locations. Following the success of its debut year, the project highlights branded gondolas, ski lifts, and signature GUESS swings, enhancing outdoor engagement. The 2024/2025 edition introduces revamped logotypes inspired by frosted alpine hues, adding a refined touch to the activations.

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Amazon's AI evolution: why eCommerce fundamentals matter more than ever

Profitero

One of my top takeaways from our most recent eCommerce Organizational Benchmark report: the exponential age is driving a crisis in confidence among brands. Despite countless exciting innovations to help brands reach shoppers, only 50% of executives surveyed told us they feel caught up or ahead of the curve the lowest weve measured.

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Sephora to redesign entire store fleet

RetailDive

The changes range from minor updates to overhauls, as the beauty company embarks on the largest capital project in its history.

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Cadbury broadens ice cream occasions

TalkingRetail

Cadbury has launched three new ice creams in stick and tub format, Cadbury Dairy Milk Mint Stick, Cadbury Dairy Milk Mini Sticks and Cadbury Crunchie Tub.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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ASAP Rocky, a Burberry scarf and the ‘road back to authenticity’

RetailDive

CEO Joshua Schulman’s turnaround plan focuses on the outerwear and scarf categories — and it might be working.

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What to Know about Meta Descriptions

Practical eCommerce

Here's how meta descriptions impact traffic but not organic search rankings. The post What to Know about Meta Descriptions appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Authentic Brands Group names president

RetailDive

The company has tapped Matt Maddox, former CEO of hotel and casino company Wynn Resorts, to lead the company’s global brand growth.

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ChatGPT Driving Increased Traffic to Retailers and Brands in 2025, Particularly From Younger Generations

RetailWire

ChatGPT and Google Gemini are driving serious traffic to certain brands, particularly from younger consumers.

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Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Unlock agility, boost performance, and gain control over your Salesforce frontend with the latest masterclass from Composable.com : Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud Featuring experts from Algolia, Ember, Netlify, and Stripe, this masterclass focuses on practical strategies for optimizing your Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefronts using modern composable commerce integrations.

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Retail job cuts spiked in December

RetailDive

Downsizing in the critical holiday month was up more than 2,800% year over year, a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas found.

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Costco Members Can No Longer Enjoy This Free Perk with Their Membership

RetailWire

Costco members are getting one less free perk.

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20 Common Inventory Management Challenges in 2025 (and Solutions)

Korona

Discover common inventory management challenges like stockouts, overstocking, and tracking errors, plus tips to overcome them.

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No More Free Hangouts: Starbucks Closes Open-Door Policy

RetailWire

Starbucks' open-door policy previously allowed people to use the restrooms and linger around without buying anything.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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KP Snacks launches raft of McCoy’s competitions

TalkingRetail

Running across McCoys price-marked pack (PMP) and grab bag formats, McCoys incentives allow consumers to unlock a 100k prize vault to win instant cash prizes of up to 1,000 or free crisps.

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Shake Shack Debuts Frosty New Winter Menu

RetailWire

A series of limited-run shakes, drinks, and burgers are currently on Shake Shack's menu.

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The Polygon Gallery: North Van’s Chic Event Destination

Canadian Special Events

Located at 101 Carrie Cates Court in North Vancouver, The Polygon Gallery is a stunning venue that blends sleek modern architecture with the artistic energy of Vancouvers waterfront. This contemporary gallery is a dynamic setting that sparks creativity, ensures flexibility, and provides event planners with the tools to execute an unforgettable experience.

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China Reportedly Considering Plan To Sell TikTok US to Elon Musk

RetailWire

Buying TikTok from ByteDance might be a smart move for Elon Musk.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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One Stop launches educational campaign, ‘Fruities & Veggies’

TalkingRetail

One Stop has launched a fundraising and educational initiative supporting UK food redistribution charity FareShare, in partnership with Louis Kennedy - the agency behind Partnerships with Purpose.

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Meta To Lay Off ‘Low Performers’ According to Internal Memo From Mark Zuckerberg

RetailWire

Meta is about to trim 5% of its workforce, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Nisa retailer Kaual Patel turns local trees into unique gin creation

TalkingRetail

A South London Nisa retailer has crafted a truly unique product, transforming trees outside his convenience store into a premium gin.

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Orlando Cat Café Offers Franchise Model For Interactive Feline Experience

RetailWire

Cat café's offer an interactive feline experience.

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5 Steps to Omnichannel E-Commerce Success

Today’s e-commerce landscape is vast and it’s moving fast and is fiercely competitive. To thrive you need to offer the right products to the right customers on the best channels. Learn how to successfully harness the power of omnichannel selling to reach more online buyers, diversify and grow revenue, and reduce cost – while delivering a seamless "shop to ship" customer experience across all channels.

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Morrisons continues convenience and wholesale focus with new appointment

TalkingRetail

Michael Kosciukiewiczis set to join Morrisons this month in the newly created role ofsupply chain & logistics director for convenience and wholesale.

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Latest McDonald’s $1M+ Lawsuit Alleges Worker Threw Drink at Patron in Drive-Thru Window

RetailWire

McDonald's is facing yet another lawsuit.

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Less sugar in Petits Filous and Frubes

TalkingRetail

Yoplait has reformulated the recipes for its kids brands, Petits Filous and Frubes, to reduce the sugar content.

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Ice Cream Recall: Popular Brand Sold at Target, Wegmans, More Recalled for Undeclared Allergen

RetailWire

A nationwide ice cream recall is in effect.

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NEWS: SML RFID Delivers 98% Inventory Accuracy to Gina Tricot

I’m getting in touch with the news that fashion retailer, Gina Trictot, has achieved 98% inventory accuracy thanks to its partnership with SML RFID. Please see the full press release below, including exclusive quotes.