Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

Read this Forrester blog by Forecast Analyst Jitender Miglani to learn key takeaways from the latest Europe-5 Retail Forecast.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

The reduction will occur by the second half of 2026 as part of the carrier’s push to deliver more profitable packages.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

As reported by several media outlets and confirmed by SAP CEO Christian Klein during its Q4 2024 earnings call, SAP will offer an additional three years of support for some on-premises ERP (enterprise resource planning) customers beyond the existing extended maintenance support of 2030.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

As a new year kicks off, the industry is up against challenges concerning tariffs, DEI policies and crime.

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Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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Fabric Blog

JANUARY 31, 2025

fabric is an AI-powered OMS that orchestrates across your entire order lifecycle to connect your demand channels to fulfillment locations. Book a demo today!

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

The new e-book platform allows independent booksellers to go up against Amazon’s Kindle apps.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

The move comes as higher-priced Ugg gains strength, notching $2.2 billion in net sales in the last fiscal year and $1.2 billion in this year’s Q3 alone.

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Practical eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

Selling cross-border in the U.K. and the E.U. is more complicated post-Brexit unless the shipment comes from Northern Ireland. The post Northern Ireland Key to E.U., U.K. Fulfillment appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

The beauty brand made a statement with its bestsellers, while the activewear company welcomed two WNBA athletes to its Power of She Collective.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

In a leaked memo, it was revealed that Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg will fire staff for leaking company info.

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Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 31, 2025

The decision is aimed at boosting cash flow and reducing debt as it faces an opioid lawsuit from the Department of Justice.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

DeepSeek AI's explosive launch in the U.S. has caught the attention of big tech firms and the government.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

At their very core, brick-and-mortar stores are meant to be the physical manifestation of a brand a distillation of its promise and the experience it aims to create for shoppers and associates alike. Now, as new marketing and advertising formats venture further into the store, store teams must work more thoughtfully to ensure these touch points are intentionally integrated into their designs.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Paris Baguette is also in the Valentine's mood.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Costco has raised the salary for most store employees to $30 per hour, according to reporting by Bloomberg and other media outlets. The pay raises, which will take effect in March, apply to the warehouse club retailers non-union locations. The company will add $1 per hour at the top end of its pay scale to reach $30 , and $0.50 per hour at the bottom, raising these wages to $20 per hour.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Inflation continues to be a persistent issue plaguing the U.S. economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Retailers face a growing list of competing priorities when making decisions on their packaging, and sustainability continues to climb up the ranks. Regulatory developments are nudging businesses away from plastic packaging and toward paper, but this plastic is bad, paper is good narrative does a disservice to our complex landscape of environmental issues.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

While iPhone sales did increase, analysts were looking for better results from Apple.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

AI advancements have caused deepfakes to emerge as a significant threat that B2B CMOs and brand leaders cannot afford to ignore. These synthetic audio-visual impersonations can mimic real individuals with alarming accuracy. As this technology becomes more accessible, the potential for misuse grows, posing risks to businesses’ reputations, stock prices, and overall trust.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Walmart's dame-day pharmacy delivery is now available in 49 states in the U.S.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Challenge With The Circular Economy In 2025, Forrester predicted that more than a third of Global Fortune 100 firms will commit to circular economy goals. We recommended that in 2025, enterprise leaders perform infrastructure lifecycle assessments to understand the environmental impact of their choices.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Costco is increasing most workers pay to $30 per hour.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

On January 29th, Google announced the wide launch of its Meridian open-source Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) solution, available through Github. Cue a flurry of LinkedIn takes speculating about the future of the marketing measurement and optimization (MMO) solutions market.

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RetailWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Dave & Buster's has an affordable, fun date night deal for Valentine's Day.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2025

SAP reported better-than-expected Q4 2024 financial results and raised its full-year operating profit forecast as demand for artificial-intelligence systems continues. On top of beating expectations, SAP said it now expects 2025 operating profit to be between 10.3 billion to 10.6 billion, above previous estimates of approximately 10 billion. Its current cloud backlog of 18.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Tractor Supply will open 90 new namesake stores and a total of 10 new Petsense by Tractor Supply Stores this year, along with the addition of the rural-oriented retailers 11 th distribution center (DC). Tractor Supply currently operates more than 2,500 stores, and in December 2024 the retailer revealed its long-term goal of eventually operating 3,200 locations.

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lateshipment

JANUARY 31, 2025

Have you ever felt like Sherlock Holmes when trying to track down a missing package? Well, youre not alone! In todays online shopping, e-commerce world, package tracking software has become the ultimate Watson to both businesses and customers alike. With a whopping 96% of customers tracking their deliveries online and 43% obsessively checking every day, it’s clear that keeping tabs on your packages isnt just convenient; it’s necessary.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest $6.5 billion over the next five years as it further accelerates growth in the country, with plans to open dozens of new stores. At the same time, Walmart Canada also announced that it was also selling its fleet business to Canada Cartage. The announcements come as Walmart Canada winds up its $3.5 billion investment, announced in 2020 , which included the modernization of more than 180 stores as well as the opening of four new stores, three DCs and one

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TalkingRetail

JANUARY 31, 2025

Wholesale and convenience pioneer Dudley Ramsden has died aged 81. He was instrumental in establishing the Ramsden Group, Nisa Retail, and the Todays Group wholesale buying group. His family said he would leave "an enduring legacy that continues to support independent businesses across the UK".

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365 Retail

JANUARY 31, 2025

Loading bays are essential to any industrial building, vital in settings from logistic centres to warehouses. Unfortunately, not all of them are as energy-efficient as they could be. Current government initiatives require companies to examine the energy efficiency of their business practices to reduce their carbon footprint. Loading bays are a good place to contemplate making changes that could help reduce energy bills, improve energy efficiency and even reduce carbon footprint.

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