2018 Retail Wrap-Up: Biggest Company Growth
2018 saw a huge spike in growth across every aspect of retail. While names like Wal-Mart and Amazon dominated the sales charts, the most successful companies … Read More
2018 Retail Wrap-Up: Biggest Sellers
As 2018 closes out, it’s time to take stock of how the landscape of retail changed this year. The shift to digital sales continued, unsurprisingly, … Read More
What Can Facial Recognition Do For Retail?
In a past blog, we looked at a few restaurants that are using kiosks to great effect and focused in on NEXTEP Systems and their facial … Read More
2018 Black Friday Recap: The Retail Rebound
Black Friday 2018 has been one of the best examples of how the supposed “Retail Apocalypse” has been actually a great boon to the retail industry … Read More
What Does Augmented Reality Look Like in a Retail Environment?
As is the case for many industries, the future of retail is heavily intertwined with the rate at which technology progresses. This is due in part … Read More
How Wal-Mart is Staying Relevant with Innovation
It was over thirteen years ago that the Wal-Mart brand was taking fire from all sides – media, competitors, and the government – the heat of … Read More
[EXCLUSIVE] Big Data for Mid-Sized Retailers
It’s not easy to visit a retail news site in 2018 without seeing a lot of discussion about what Alibaba or Wal-Mart is doing in regards … Read More
Your Point of Sale and Targeted Marketing
We wrote last month about how customer loyalty was critical to ensuring your retail stores could drive foot traffic. We touched briefly on a few ways … Read More
Can Book Retail Be Done Right?
At face value, it would seem that most large bookstores are either gone or on their way out. Borders has been closed for years, and in … Read More
How Less is More in the Modern Retail Environment
A renewed focus on building better customer-brand interactions has resulted in an unexpected strategy emerging in department and big-box retailers alike. Apparel retailers like Macy’s, Nordstrom, … Read More