Featured News
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Staples Acquisition Pondered By Private Equity Firms
5/9/2017
Amid talks of sales, Staples is rebranding to focus on business contracts operations.
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Retail Is Not Dead Yet: U.S. Retail Sales Grew 4.1 Percent In Q1 2017
5/8/2017
Report finds retail sales growth, despite the apocalyptic predictions of the media.
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Walmart’s Pickup Discount May Be The Wave Of The Future
5/5/2017
Walmart recently announced that they will be launching “Pickup Discount,” a new feature to their ecommerce site that will lower the prices on online-only items if the customer chooses to pick up at a local store instead of opting for shipping. This latest move demonstrates the retail giant’s determination to best its online competitor, Amazon, but it is also indicative of the future of retail, according to the results of a new study from Walker Sands.
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Retailers Choose Customer Satisfaction Over Security To Boost Sales
5/4/2017
Despite growing concern for the impact of shopping cart abandonment on sales, 1 in 6 retailers have chosen to sacrifice security for UX by declining to use a 3-D authentication tool at checkout, which ties credit cards to an online password that’s used for transactions.
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Retailers Oppose Elimination Of The Durbin Amendment
5/3/2017
Retail trade groups have expressed strong opposition to the Financial Choice Act introduced to Congress by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) last week. The legislation sets the stage for major gutting of bank reforms and other financial regulations put in place after the financial collapse of 2008.
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Retail Employees Lack The Ability to Identify Security Best Practices, Survey Finds.
5/2/2017
Just 29 percent are aware of best ways to prevent cyber and data privacy incidents.
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Walmart Launches New Money Transfer Platform, Lowers Fees
5/1/2017
Price cuts and new digital experience celebrate the third anniversary of the Walmart2Walmart option.
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New Report Finds Apparel Retailers Saying “Out With Seasonal, In With Cross-Channel Offerings”
4/28/2017
The report helps retailers reconcile the tech with the tactile by highlighting shopping trends.
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Using Predictive Analytics To Help Solve Retailers’ Challenges
4/27/2017
How to solve the most common retail data problems to improve efficiency and boost sales.
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Retail IT Managers Make Mobile Payments Technology A Priority
4/26/2017
Report shows that retailers are pursuing convenient, safe, efficient technology to woo customers.