ACI Worldwide reports surge in global e-commerce retail amid COVID-19

May 12, 2020

80% of U.S. SMBS expect long-term impact from COVID-19

May 12, 2020

A good majority of small business owners expect to be dealing with a long-term impact to the business due to COVID-19.

How the consumer mindset is shifting during COVID-19

by Brian Cluster — Director of Industry Strategy for CPG & Retail, Stibo Systems

Brian Cluster, director of industry strategy for retail, Stibo Systems, explains how COVID-19-related shelter-in-place orders are prompting consumers to shop…

Big adapting ahead for retailers striving to succeed in post-COVID-19

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

COVID-19 is transforming retail in unprecedented fashion and moving forward the customer experience will be transformed as well. Keith Jelinek, managing…

Why personalizing customer experience is essential to brand building

Gordon Darling, VP, product development, ITK Solutions Group and Theodore Rose, principal, Applied Retail Transformation and special consultant to ITK, share…

Amazon unique visitor level tips 4 billion mark

May 1, 2020

 Amazon saw 4.06 billion unique visitors in March — more than eBay, Apple, Walmart, Samsung.com, Apple.com and Rakuten sites combined.

At-risk shoppers are priority at Whole Foods Market

April 30, 2020

Whole Foods Market, a supermarket chain owned by Amazon, is putting the elderly, disabled and high-risk consumers to the front of the line as COVID-19, the…

BOPIS gains steam in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

April 30, 2020

Consumers are increasingly more likely to use buy online and pick-up in-store services as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S.

Digital shopping spurs sales for Target

April 28, 2020

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Target is seeing healthy same-store sales with April's figures climbing 5% compared to a year ago despite a double digit…

COVID-19 pandemic drives e-commerce upward big time

April 21, 2020

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered businesses and forced most to self-isolate, is having a huge impact on e-commerce activity.

How AI is changing the face of modern web design for retailers

by Edward Coram James — Chief Executive, Go Up Ltd

Edward Coram James, a UX design professional and the CEO and co-founder of Go Up Ltd, shars insight on how web design plays an important role for the…

Diebold Nixdorf retail expert: It's time to give customers their time back

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Retailers are shifting operating models, and it began well before COVID-19 shuttered stores, and will continue once the retail industry is back and running at…

Amazon hiring on once again to handle pandemic's online shopping surge

April 14, 2020

The online shopping surge due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is driving Amazon to hire on another 75,000 employees less than a month after it announced it…

Online tactics to revive brick-and-mortar in a post-pandemic economy

by Marcel Hollerbach — CMO, Productsup

As COVID-19 rages on, Marcel Hollerbach, CMO at Productsup, explains that at some point, social distancing will end and consumers will once again fill retail…

Perch closes on $8M funding round

April 10, 2020

Perch, a commerce company that acquires and operates Amazon fulfillment businesses, has closed on $8 million in funding in a round led by Spark Capital.

Amazon suspends shipping non-Amazon goods

April 10, 2020

The continuing coronavirus pandemic, which has disrupted supply chains around the world, is prompting Amazon to temporarily suspend shipping of non-Amazon…

Deloitte strategy experts: Cloud services bode big rewards for retail segment

by David Linthicum, chief cloud strategy officer and Jerry Hoberman, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Deloitte Consulting LLP's Chief Cloud Strategy Officer, David Linthicum, and Jerry Hoberman, principal, share insight on how and why cloud adoption and…

Wayfair enjoys stock boost as COVID-19 pandemic rages on

April 7, 2020

Not every retailer's bottom line is hurting due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Why retailers leveraging robotic process automation will rule e-commerce

by Rohan Thambrahalli — Founder, UpstartWorks

Rohan Thambrahalli, founder and president at UpstartWorks, offers insight on the value of robotic process automation and how it's proving to be a disruptive…

COVID-19: How retailers can overcome the challenges of a pandemic

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Mike Rittler, head of retail card services at TD Bank, shares insight on what the coronavirus event is doing to the small and large retailer and how businesses…