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Are You One Step Ahead of Your Shoppers?
Get our report to learn what leaders value most in retail technology solutions.
Get the Q2 2023 Quarterly Index
Dive into Placer.ai’s Q2 2023 Quarterly Index to learn how the Fitness, Car Wash, Discount & Dollar Store, Grocery, Dining, Superstore, and Mall categories performed in Q2 2023.
The Sweet Smell of First-Party Data Success in Paid Media
Ready to understand the real practice of leveraging customer data to drive paid media performance?
Tips & Tricks for a Winning PLM Project
7 FAQs on PLM implementation
Unleashing the Power of Retail Media with First-Party Data
Executive Summary First-party data is the backbone of retail media business, but by integrating existing…
How to Streamline Omnichannel Sales
Unlock the best specialized ERP features to maximize profits for omnichannel sellers
Do you know what assortment strategy is right for your business?
Assortment expansion is not a one-size-fits all strategy – maximize value by leveraging dropship, marketplace or a unified strategy
Report: U.S. Convenience Store Landscape Q1 2023
Get the insight report! In the first quarter of 2023, U.S. inflation slowed, as did…
Retail 101: Modernizing and Digitizing Retail Store Operations
Are you unsure where to begin prioritizing the frontline experience as it competes with other projects? We can help!
The Value of RMS Partnerships in Changing Times
In constantly evolving markets, staying ahead of competition while exceeding customer expectations is top of mind for retailers. Our industry report reveals what leaders want most from modern RMS solutions.
Watch Now: 2023 Key Metrics and Benchmarks to Guide Brands Toward Omnichannel Success
OSF Digital Strategy consultants examined 120 U.S. retailers across 15 verticals for the 2023 Index. Join our exclusive webinar to find out what they learned!
Report: U.S. Drug Channel Landscape Q1 2023
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Don’t Miss eTail Boston, August 14-17, 2023
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Ready to See Acumatica in Action?
Connect your storefront and back office, watch an interactive demo of Acumatica’s top-rated Retail-Commerce edition.
A Complete View of the Beauty Consumer and Industry Trends
Discover the complete beauty market and what consumers are buying with our downloadable eBook, “A Complete View of the Beauty Consumer and Industry Trends.”
Can The Right ERP Elevate Your Business?
We surveyed global decision-makers about their ERP purchase journey to learn what they seek in modern ERP solutions. Discover how leaders are using ERP for digital transformation.
How To Achieve Omnichannel Retail Excellence
Discover powerful omnichannel retail strategies to delight your customers and accelerate your profits.
Discover Key Retail Insights for Forecasting Ahead
Stay on top of key trends shaping the global market with our Retail Insights Report. Find out how consumer preferences are evolving and how you need to adapt!
Capture customers at the discovery stage
Customers can spend hours looking for the right product, comparing prices, options and shipping information before they make a decision. Improve your customer’s journey and overall buying experience by downloading our eBook for an actionable checklist for the Discovery stage.
RetailWire Whitepaper: The Rise of the Data-Driven Chief Merchant
Advanced tech and the need for speedy decision-making have elevated the retail merchandising process to new levels of sophistication. Download this new RetailWire whitepaper, sponsored by SAP, to learn more about the expanding horizon of the data-driven chief merchant.
Report: Pricing’s New Disconnect
Recent survey shows disconnect between these two teams on key pricing and price perception strategies. Download this report to learn where this costly misalignment comes from and what retailers can do to unify departments.
Establish a seamless retail experience
With the lines increasingly blurred between online and in-store shopping, smart businesses need unified commerce solutions that include updated capabilities in all selling channels, integrated inventory management, and data-driven loyalty programs.
How-To Guide: Site Selection Using Consumer Behavior Data
With so much on the line, site selection is a critical decision that can’t be left to guesswork or outdated rules. Get your copy for answers to crucial questions before opening a new location.
See how Steve Madden uses predictive retail intelligence
You know Steve Madden. They’ve been creating cutting edge comfort through styles designed for all shoppers since 1990. What you didn’t know is that the secret to their success goes beyond designing looks that shoppers crave. Download this report to get the details.
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[NEW FROM IRI] The Impact of Inflation on Consumer Behavior
The U.S. economy has proved resilient, but we’re not out of the woods yet. For a nuanced picture of how inflation is affecting CPG retail, download IRI’s new report. You’ll get a comprehensive outlook and predictions for increases in 2023.
Boost Your Product Value with AP Lazer
Leave a Lasting Impression and Add Emotional Value to Your Already Popular Products! Learn how customized artwork can increase the value of a product by 400% or more!
The Building Block of Retail Digitalization: Electronic Shelf Labels
Download this whitepaper to learn how ESLs are driving pricing systems for retailers around the world. Learn about benefits like better product information for customers, waste reduction and he elimination of pricing discrepancy between the label and the register.
NEW SURVEY: Consumer Preferences in the digital-First Economy
What do consumers want in a down economy? The trends are clear: value, reliability and a great experience, and they’re finding it online. Download this survey to learn winning strategies, whether consumers shop in-store or online.
What to Consider When Choosing the Right ERP System for Your eCommerce Business
This guide is the key to evaluating ERP solutions for the retail-commerce industry. Read it to unlock the essential information you should know before making an ERP investment.
6 Strategies to Maximize Background Check Efficiency
Creating a self-service kiosk requires complex technical, environmental, compliance, and user experience considerations. The careful planning, design, and execution can be daunting for any organization because of the lack of necessary resources and experience.
eBook and On-Demand Webcast | Mastering Self-Service Kiosk Creation
Creating a self-service kiosk requires complex technical, environmental, compliance, and user experience considerations. The careful planning, design, and execution can be daunting for any organization because of the lack of necessary resources and experience.
Times are Tough, Now is the Time to Invest in a Pricing Strategy!
In today’s retail climate, discovering new pricing opportunities is key to increasing sell-through and maximizing product margins. Join our expert panel as they share insights on how to adapt your pricing to the current economic crisis.
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[Webinar] Drive Product Decisions & Maximize Revenues
Manually collecting competitors’ pricing, assortment and promotional information is time consuming, error-riddled and instantly out-of-date. Join this webinar and learn how to quickly analyze competitors’ pricing and promotional strategies and pinpoint trends with speed and accuracy.
Your Ecommerce on Google Analytics 4
Happening today! Twenty years after its launch, Google has decided to sunset its legacy Analytics platform and launch a new version. Join this event to learn how to take advantage of this change in your overall ecommerce analytics ecosystem.
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[Webinar + Q&A] How to Grow Your Business by Delivering Unforgettable Shopping Experiences
Learn how to leverage first-and-third party data to deliver perfectly timed, personalized experiences at scale.
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[Digital Event] Discover the tech that boosts efficiency
Ready to empower all of your teams with next-gen tech tailored for the unique challenges of their roles? Join in on March 2, 2023 to see how the right tools benefit everyone from product developers to merchandisers to C-level executives in the apparel and consumer goods industries.
Watch RetailWire LIVE: 40 Brands in 60 Days
For men’s retailer Harry Rosen, rapidly launching new categories keeps assortments relevant and allows testing at a faster pace than the competition. See this 30-minute on-demand session with chief product officer Shannon Stewart as she shares how Harry Rosen launched the home goods category at the speed of consumer demand.
Podcast: Sustainability Deep Dive
Tune in and discover how planners can make huge strides for sustainability. Meet the Centric experts as they discuss the vital role of planners, and how effective inventory management reduces both waste and overproduction, contributing hugely to a company’s green goals.
Get the most meaningful 2022 e-commerce trends
Register now for Commerce Pulse Quarterly: Holiday 2022, for analysis of actual data on how consumers shopped during Q4 and forecast ahead to what these shopping trends mean for e-commerce next year.
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[DEMO] Discover Dynamic Visual Assortment Building
This recorded session with Centric Software Fashion Tech experts explores the ground-breaking digital tools and benefits of Visual Boards that are empowering brands and retailers to maximize retail assortments.
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[Watch] How Stores Are Dealing with Understaffing and Uncertainty
In this 28-minutes recorded RetailWire LIVE session, our panel of experts breaks down the findings of UKG’s third-annual holiday season trend report that sought to understand today’s biggest staffing-related challenges — from high inflation, to sustained understaffing and ongoing supply chain challenges.
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[REGISTER NOW] Returns – Enhanced customer service throughout the process
When inventory is stuck in an inefficient returns process, it increases costs, impacts customer service and dilutes margins. This webinar explores how an Intelligent Planning Platform can empower you to mitigate margin dilution by managing costs and inventory more effectively.
Join the Webinar and Gain Total Inventory Control!
Attend “Simplify Multi-Level Inventory Replenishment with ML-Guided Forecasting” and see a live demo of the solution that enables teams to improve margins with automated DC replenishment forecasting, and more.
Watch It On-Demand: ‘Evolving Self-Checkout’
Watch this 28 minute RetailWire LIVE session to learn now innovative self-checkout deployments are leveraging AI, machine learning and edge computing to address perennial pain points that plague the industry.
Boost Your Product Value with AP Lazer
Leave a Lasting Impression and Add Emotional Value to Your Already Popular Products! Learn how customized artwork can increase the value of a product by 400% or more!
The Future of Retail: Drexel’s Online MS in Retail & Merchandising
Drexel University’s online MS in Retail & Merchandising prepares you to think outside the shop and thrive in the evolving retail landscape. You’ll learn to apply your knowledge in areas like retail operations, merchandise management and strategic planning to help you find success throughout the industry.
Spotlight your innovation leadership with RetailWire eBlasts
RetailWire’s high-impact email promotions are designed to help you spark forward-thinking action from your prospects.
Stay front-of-mind with the RetailWire Web-Social Program
RetailWire’s month-long marketing campaigns widen your reach across the RetailWire.com website, e-newsletters and social media channels.
Advance Your Career with Drexel’s Online MS in Retail & Merchandising
Drexel University’s online MS in Retail & Merchandising prepares you to think outside the shop and thrive in the evolving retail landscape. Learn how to expand your knowledge in retail operations, merchandise management, strategic planning and customer relations.
Optimize Every Customer Experience
Today’s consumers demand the same buying experience online and in-store. Improve customer service by offering multiple ways to pay right on their phone. Learn to close more sales without delays.
Retail data monetization: Your next source of revenue
The disruption of the past two years has forced the retail industry to get creative with data. And with the increase in data sharing among partners and customers, data monetization is likely to become a significant source of income throughout the industry. Read this to blog post to learn about the era of data monetization.
What are the advantages of a PLM system for emerging retail and fashion brands?
Manufacturers face complex global retail markets that are competitive, fast-paced and rapidly shifting. What if you could empower your entire stakeholder ecosystem by centralizing, digitizing and automating the value chain from ideation to manufacturing? Read this to learn more.
Datalogic self-checkout delivers value to retailers
Self-checkout continues to expand across retail. DIY, Convenience, grocery, and more are adding self-checkout stations throughout their stores. Datalogic has SCO solutions tailored to every type of retail driving value through increased throughput, protection against shrink, and ease of use. Learn more.
Are your solutions front of mind when decision time comes?
As a solution provider, you take a leadership role in helping retailers and marketers retool and stay ahead. RetailWire can give your company premium visibility in the retailing industry with our creative communications options.
Datalogic mobility drives value for retail in-store operations
In-store operations like customer support, mobile POS, shelf replenishment, pricing and more deliver a better customer experience when staff have mobility technology capable of seamlessly switching between applications. Datalogic handheld devices drive value for retail in-store operations. Learn more.
Datalogic technology drives value for retail logistics
Ensuring accurate inventory, order accuracy and complete supply chain traceability is the only way to meet growing consumer expectations. Datalogic technology drives value for retail logistics to keep stores stocked, e-commerce flowing and deliver end-to-end supply chain visibility. Schedule a demo to learn more!
GUEST BLOG: This new checkout technology is revolutionizing how people shop
Most marketing campaigns have the same end goal: get customers to your website so they’ll buy something. But what if there was a more efficient way to sell online – without customers actually going to your website?
RetailWire Vlog – Retailers find smart workarounds for 2021 supply chain disruptions
Retailers are forward buying to ensure plentiful inventories heading into the 2021 holiday selling season with the turbulence in the supply chain. Find out how Alibaba.com is helping SMBs spend less and worry less while selling and achieving more. #Thatsbusiness
Retailers find smart workarounds for 2021 supply chain disruptions
Short term turbulence upsetting the supply chain operations in the U.S. and abroad could prove to be longer-term challenges, requiring retailers to rethink how they manage their supply chains, from sourcing to order fulfillment.
Claim Your Loyalty Strategy and Program Design Checklist
The new era of Loyalty 4.0 is gaining strength. Register for this virtual event and discover a thoughtful customer-centric model that reflects experiential and connected experiences, hyper-personalization, intelligence-driven programs, and much more.
Your Ecommerce on Google Analytics 4
Happening today! Twenty years after its launch, Google has decided to sunset its legacy Analytics platform and launch a new version. Join this event to learn how to take advantage of this change in your overall ecommerce analytics ecosystem.
[Digital Event] Discover the tech that boosts efficiency
Ready to empower all of your teams with next-gen tech tailored for the unique challenges of their roles? Join in on March 2, 2023 to see how the right tools benefit everyone from product developers to merchandisers to C-level executives in the apparel and consumer goods industries.
New Keynote Speaker: Sumit Singh, CEO Chewy
Sumit Singh takes the Shoptalk main stage to discuss how the company’s customer-first mindset has grown its active
customer base to more than 21 million pet parents and how Chewy is innovating the future of the pet care industry.
Retailers! Need Product? OFFPRICE Show
Find trending accessories below wholesale. Explore latest trends in accessories like sunglasses, hats, handbags, hair accessories and glam stuff to finish off any outfit. Register today for OFFPRICE Show.
Are you pre-marketing your trade show activity?
In-person events are back and 2023 industry shows are heating up. RetailWire can help you announce your participation with an array of effective marketing options so you’ll stand out in a crowded field.
What it takes to bring your eCommerce from table stakes to competitive strength
Attend this executive symposium on Sept. 28th to hear from Josh Janos, VP Marketplace at Macy’s Inc as he reveals the marketplace strategies that are helping Macy’s to thrive in the current retail environment.
Lowe’s: Fully Digitizing the World of Home Improvement
Learn how Fortune 50 retailer Lowe’s is building the future of home improvement. From products to stores to customers’ homes, Lowe’s is using AI and simulation to create new possibilities.
Tickets Increase Friday!
Shoptalk Fall Meetup is all about impactful meetings. Tickets go up Friday — get yours now and join meetings that matter this fall.
Register Now: Off Price Show Las Vegas 2022
OFFPRICE Las Vegas offers a wholesale marketplace to those needing to source products, make valuable connections, and write orders. Check out the low, discounted rates at the 5-star Venetian Resort and the Palazzo Hotel in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
Exclusive Webinar – CX Needs More Actionable Insights, Not More Data
With today’s proliferation of CX data, do you think customer experience leaders need more information or more actionable insights? Join CX experts Reputation to learn how companies can surface impactful takeaways from an ocean of data.
Shoptalk is the Industry’s Best Event
Join us at the retail industry’s reunion where 10,000 attendees, 250 speakers and 500 sponsors come together to push the industry forward.
Join Retail’s Community of Changemakers
Shoptalk is where 8,000+ retail changemakers come together every year to create the future of retail. Join us as industry leaders and innovators cover the latest technologies, trends and the rapid transformation of what consumers discover, shop for and buy.
Retailers! Need Product? OFFPRICE Show
Retailers! Find trending accessories below wholesale. Explore latest trends in accessories like sunglasses, hats, handbags, hair accessories, and glam stuff to finish off any outfit. Register today for OFFPRICE Show
Free your mind with a glimpse of what retail can be
And learn why 50 global specialty brands have chosen NewStore for a modular, mobile-first omnichannel solution that associates *and* consumers love. See NewStore at NRF Booth 1005 to discuss how they can help you accelerate your digital transformation.
Checkr: 74% of Retail Workers Looking for New Jobs in 2023
Thanks to our friends at checkr for sponsoring this great post. Faced with economic uncertainty and inflation, American retail workers share their feelings about the state of the current retail job market, the importance of pay transparency and a less stressful job hunt, the impact a wage increase would have on their job search, and…
