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Dollar stores have adapted to keep pace with the needs of evolving consumer behaviors by expending their assortments and offering more sophisticated mobile app experiences.

Category Insights Report: Dollar Stores Redefine Themselves with Enhanced Merchandising and Mobile Apps

Once largely associated with lower-income households, dollar stores are now becoming retail staples even for more affluent households,…

Features February 8
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How the Store of the Future will Track Shopper Behavior Ecommerce-Style

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on…

Features February 7
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Petco is standing out from competitors with its suite of services and partnerships.

From Veterinarians to Lowe’s to Marriott: Petco’s Partners are Becoming its Key Differentiator

Over the course of his 30 years in retail, Justin Tichy has worked at Walmart, Target and Best…

Features February 6
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More Orders from Amazon will Soon be Arriving in their Own Packaging — Here’s Why

For households across America and the world, the Amazon “smile” has become a familiar feature of their daily…

Features February 5
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Moving from Monologues to Conversations: How Brands are Driving Innovation with Unified Commerce Experiences

Steve Jobs once famously said that his job was to figure out what consumers want before they know…

Features February 2
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Retailers Look to AI as They Grapple with ‘Pricing Game of Chicken’

Even though inflation has been easing in recent months, a majority (70%) of retail CFOs say they plan…

Features February 1
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The 2024 Connected Retail Report from CI&T indicates that while consumers are hungry for low prices, they will not sacrifice a good retail experience.

CI&T Research: Price-Conscious Consumers Still Want Stellar Shopping Experiences

We’ve all heard that today’s empowered consumer demands seamless and consistent experiences, but new research from CI&T indicates…

Features January 31
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Retailers Increasingly Turning to Third-Party Resources to Handle Fulfillment

Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and…

Features January 29
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More payments options adds complexity so the true unlock is payment orchestration.

Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

The seamless nature of digital commerce has inspired consumers to expect more from the payment experience everywhere they…

Features January 26
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