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Stratacache hires consumer experience veteran Erkki Rajamaki
December 1, 2020
Erkki Rajamaki Stratacache has named Erkki Rajamaki director of business development for Canada, a 13-year digital signage and consumer experience…
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Charleys testing Walmart locations
December 1, 2020
Charleys Philly Steaks launched a pilot test with Walmart Tuesday when it opened inside a Walmart in Columbus, Ohio.
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Partech adds FreedomPay payment gateway for Brink POS
November 30, 2020
Partech Inc., a provider of point of sale software and integrated technical solutions to the restaurant industry, has added FreedomPay as a payment gateway…
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Industry loses e-commerce pioneer Tony Hsieh of Zappos
November 30, 2020
Tony Hsieh Tony Hsieh, the magnanimous entrepreneur who revolutionized shoe retail with Zappos.com, died as a result of a house fire at the age of 46…
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Saks Off 5th taps Klarna for flexible payment option
November 30, 2020
Saks Off 5th is teaming with payments provider Klarna to offer customers a "buy now, pay later" solution at checkout.
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Dick's CEO stepping down after 36 years at helm
November 30, 2020
Ed Stack, who has served as CEO for Dick's Sporting Goods for 36 years, is resigning the role and taking on the job of executive chairman and will continue as…
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French fashion retailer taps Cegid to speed up digital transformation
November 30, 2020
The Beaumanoir Group, a France-based fashion retail enterprise, is deploying Cegid's cloud-based unified commerce platform to enhance omnichannel and POS…
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Why last year's benchmarks matter even more to retailers now
Sharon Shapiro, director of integrated planning at Bluecore, explains how and why last year's email marketing program benchmarking is critical for structuring…
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Electronic payment, cards top choice for holiday shoppers
November 27, 2020
Contactless payments are being embraced by consumers this holiday shopping season and the trend will likely continue.
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Data: The other Black Friday treasure chest
by Brian Cluster — Director of Industry Strategy for CPG & Retail, Stibo Systems
Brian Cluster, director of industry strategy, CPG and retail, Stibo Systems, reveals how Black Friday (and the surrounding weeks) isn’t just about cash profit…
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Boosting customer engagement by fostering community connectivity
Melissa Tatoris, chief innovation catalyst at Acoustic, shares why retailers must focus not only on attracting customers, but retaining them for the long haul.
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NYC Fairway Market installs self-checkout kiosks
November 25, 2020
Fairway Market's flagship store in New York City, located at 75th Street and Broadway, has installed self-checkout kiosks, replacing "express" lanes for 10 or…
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Anti-gun groups lobby retailers to pause sales during holiday season
November 25, 2020
Guns Down America, an organization striving to reduce guns in the U.S., is calling on Walmart and Dick's, as well as any other retailer selling firearms, to…
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Jewelry retailer taps Loop Commerce to boost digital gifting
November 25, 2020
Catbird, a New York jewelry designer and retailer, is deploying Loop Commerce's GiftNow to streamline, personalize and enhance the gifting experience.
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COVID changing U.S. holiday shopper behavior
November 24, 2020
More than half of U.S. consumers will shop less, or not at all, in a physical retail store this holiday due to concerns about COVID-19.
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Foot Locker debuts power store concept in Canada
November 24, 2020
A Foot Locker community power store is now open for business in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the footwear retailer plans to open a second in Toronto in…
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Changing the economics of the retail store floor
by Dipesh Hinduja — Director, Mobile Solution Architecture, Stratix Corp
Dipesh Hinduja, a mobile solutions architect at Stratix, explains that as retailers set out to reinvent their stores transforming the economics of the store…
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Mobile cash technology: Get bills from the ATM, but leave the debit card home
by Pat Shea — Editor, NetworldMedia
John Clatworthy, SVP, chief customer and strategy officer for Cash Connect, explains what mobile cash technology is all about and how it can help keep…
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Holiday sales growth to hit between 3.6% to 5.2%, predicts NRF
November 24, 2020
Holiday sales between November and December won't be as dim as some may think due to the pandemic as there will be growth, according to the National Retail…
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ASOS, APEXX partner to optimize global payments in retail fashion
November 23, 2020
APEXX Global, a global payments platform, and ASOS, an online fashion retailer, are teaming up on a partnership that will let APEXX process payments for ASOS…
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