Retail’s 10 Best CEOs

As the retail industry continues to reinvent itself amid increasing competition and changing market conditions, the value of a strong and innovative leader is more important than ever.

EKN Research Report

Strategies for Agile, Profitable and Secure Omnichannel Execution

Download the handbook from EKN, sponsored by Radial, for new research findings plus insights that will empower you to overcome your order-fulfillment challenges.

Store Systems

Sephora Debuts New Digitally Infused Store Format

Sephora’s next-gen flagship ushers in a new format for the cosmetics retailer. The new stores are overflowing with tech including a sea of tablets loaded with augmented reality software allowing shoppers to interact with the retailer’s entire product array.

White Papers

Peak Distress: How One Simple Failure in November Can Spell Doom for Your Entire Year

Download this whitepaper and discover how leading retailers are able to successfully navigate the logistical minefield of the peak-selling season and ensure flawless execution throughout the end-of-the-year rush.

Human Resources

The Value of Solving a Company’s Most Challenging Issue

Like most, my own company stemmed from a problem that hadn’t yet been solved - accurately mapping indoor spaces. REITs and mall owners were struggling to keep their in-mall directories up to date and it was negatively impacting their shopper experience and pushing more share towards e-commerce.

Retail Executive Summit 2017

How Tophatter Built a Mobile-First Shopping Experience

Tophatter COO Andrew Blachman speaks with RIS News in this exclusive video about how to reimagine a mobile shopping experience and how an auction environment and mobile technology engages shoppers.

Supply Chain and Merchandising

The Weekly 5: What Happened in Retail with Walmart, Amazon, Target

This week there were new openings and online offerings, words on retail from the Vice President, and we heard one CEO's take on Amazon's deal with Whole Foods. Don't miss the latest news from Walmart, Amazon, Target, Vice President Pence, and Alibaba.

Customer Engagement

Walgreens Invests In New Technology and Personalization

Walgreens Boots Alliance said the company is making big investments in updating and upgrading its technology, as well as shifting spending towards personalization. Find out the details.

White Papers

Driving Your Working Capital

Find out how to keep cash in perpetual motion, turning payments received in store into flexible, usable working capital at the highest of high speed.

7 Ways to Transform Your Retail Organization with Mobile

3/23/2017 — Mobile technology is the link that delivers real-time, user-friendly and unified information across every retail organization. With the right mobile solutions in place, retailers can provide the personalized experience today's shoppers desire while improving organizational efficiencies.

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Latest Bulletins

Thu

OrderDynamics Announces OrderDynamics OMS Integration with Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Wed

NRF NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN

Tue

Texas Humor Enhances M-Commerce Experience with Next-Gen Features

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RIS Deep Dive: Unified Commerce

Read the latest developments and deployments in the still-emerging world of Unified Commerce.

Learn the Latest!

How Xcel Brands' Media First Strategy is a Win

Xcel Brands' CEO Robert D'Loren tells how the company is achieving such fast growth through its media strategy and supply chain speed.

Upcoming RIS Events

Sep

2017 RetailTechCon

Wed, Sep 06 - Fri, Sep 08

Wednesday, September 06 - Friday, September 08

| Ritz Carlton Orlando | Orlando, FL

RetailTechCon brings together senior-level executives who want to learn about what’s new, what’s effective and what works to build their businesses.

Blogs

Retail Insight

Thu

Stores Are Dead, Stores Are Not Dead, Get a Grip!

Broad generalizations about the state of the retail industry absolutely positively fudge the truth.

Thu

Kidbox: Disruption Through Machine Learning

What makes Kidbox interesting in the hyper-competitive retail environment is that it is disruptive in a disruptive category – subscription-box retailing. As with all areas of retailing today there is a proliferation of sub-box startups.

Retail Techtalk

Thu

Prime Day Sets Another Sales Record, Experts React

Amazon’s third annual mid-summer sales blitz set a single-day sales record for the online giant. Learn the results and hear the reaction from the industry’s insiders.

Thu

Analytics Now