With customer shopping habits evolving, retail giants like Macy’s are working to understand how to keep digital part of its core and why in-person stores coupled with e-commerce will be vital to success in the future. Read More on The Advantages of Linking Your Stores with Your Online Business
Despite pandemic-fueled demand for home delivery skyrocketing, e-commerce growth is slowing down. But Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program, which enables consumers to use their Prime benefits on websites outside of Amazon, is here to help small and medium-sized businesses. Read More on Two-Plus Years into the Pandemic, E-Commerce Growth Finally Slows
Keeping up with the accelerated change in the retail industry can be incredibly challenging. That’s why Shelley E. Kohan works with smaller and mid-sized companies on how to increase sales, reduce costs and better align resources to achieve their goals. Read More on Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs and Aligning Resources to Achieve Retail Goals
In the face of inflation, supply chain issues and the need to transform their brands, industry giants Macy’s and Kohl’s are leveraging Target’s proven growth strategy. To discover the benefits of focused repositioning, alignment with young consumers’ preferences and enhanced shopping experiences… Read More on Assessing Target’s Growth Strategy
Around the globe, brand values and consumer expectations are driving more environmentally conscious policies and spending aimed at ameliorating the negative environmental impacts of carbon emissions, material waste, energy consumption and limited resources. While sustainability in the retail space began as just a buzzword, the global pandemic underscored the importance of nature for mental and… Read More on Wrap & Send’s 2021 Environmental Impact Savings
While many thought the ongoing pandemic would slow down the retail sector, creativity, tech advances, bold experiments and more are all transforming the customer experience and improving how brands sell products. Read More on Trendy Retail Industry innovations for 2022
Considering the profound effects global warming and climate change are having on our planet, two-thirds of consumers say that they would like to pay more for sustainable products. But two-thirds of retailers believe consumers are not prepared to spend more. What gives? Read More on With Trends Converging, Sustainability is Key
Between new employment pressures, the pandemic-prompted “Great Resignation” and being forced to work longer hours or more days while taking verbal abuse from customers, retail employees are now leveraging their power to choose employers that meet their needs — both professionally and personally. Read More on The Retail Industry Power Shift
While e-commerce has enabled retailers to measure and monitor actions and transactions instantly, collecting, storing and accessing both online and offline data remains a challenge. Today, unified commerce is helping retailers improve a customer’s journey and experience. Read More on Improving Customer Experiences with Unified Commerce
Global supply chain issues are already impacting retailers’ finances — and holiday issues are right around the corner. While some retailers are in stock, many others are struggling to keep up. Consumers are eager for a more “normal” holiday, but will there be enough gifts to go around? Read More on The 2021 Holiday Shopping Season’s Mixed Signals