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The Tech Ulta Beauty & Sephora are Banking on to Reimagine the Beauty Industry

Beauty retailers Sephora and Ulta have made a living through services and letting consumers’ try-before-they-buy. As they reopen amid COVID-19, RIS looks at two tech areas they are using to respond to altered shopping behaviors.

4 Retail Marketing Strategies to Adopt During COVID-19

While there isn’t a crystal ball to see how the industry will be fully impacted, there are certain strategies retailers can employ now to successfully pivot their marketing.

Wegmans Mobile App Lets Shoppers Do the Scanning

Wegmans' new mobile app help get its customers in and out of stores more quickly.

Digital Transformation 101: A Guide to the New Retail Revolution

Retailers are radically rethinking how they use technology, pursuing new business models and creating highly personalized shopping environments that coordinate seamlessly across channels. Read about how you can enhance in-store, online and omnichannel shopping experiences, along with back-of-house operations, in this comprehensive new guide to digital transformation.

7 Ways to Transform Your Retail Organization with Mobile

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.

Keep Your Retail Business Agile and Competitive in the Era of Unified Commerce

The store of tomorrow is a full-service, connected hub; integrating web, social networks, and the supply chain. To stay competitive, retailers need to be equipped with intelligent and scalable technology to offer their customers a seamless shopping experience.

Levi Strauss ‘Poised to Win'

Despite operating in a supremely uncertain environment, Levi’s anticipates the strength of its brand coupled with its digital investments will carry it through the coronavirus health crisis.

Your E-Commerce Guide to Outsmarting Retail Giants and Winning Online Shoppers

A consumer survey conducted by Radial shows that e-commerce marketplaces are impacting global online shopping trends. Sixty percent of shoppers report that purchasing products at the lowest price is most important and over half now expect free shipping. Download the survey results for the retail tactics you should prioritize this year.

New Service Can Help Drive Repeat Sales at Brick-and-Mortar

LedgerPay and Dunnhumby are teaming up in the name of repeat sales.

LuckyVitamin Offering BOGO Memberships to Support Frontline Healthcare Providers

Health and wellness e-commerce retailer LuckyVitamin is offering front-line healthcare providers free six-month memberships to its LV+ program for every new standard member who joins.

Data & Analytics: Gaining a Pulse on Today’s Spontaneous Shopper

Given the level of spontaneity of consumers, and the overwhelming amount of choice, retailers need to capture the pulse of shoppers and stay ahead of consumers’ thinking.

Macy’s Closing 125 Stores and Moving Tech Offices

Macy’s is closing a chunk of its stores in “lower-tier” malls, slashing around 2,000 corporate jobs, and consolidating its offices to NYC and Atlanta, GA, which will serve as its primary tech hub. RIS talks to experts and connects Macy’s latest updates to retail’s larger trends.

For the Love of Golf: PGA Tour Superstore Wins With Experiential Retail

At a time when brick-and-mortar stores are closing, the grass is greener at PGA TOUR Superstore, which grew its customer base by half a million in 2019. Hear how the golf retailer is winning over customers with experiential retail in this exclusive interview with its SVP of operations, Randy Peitsch.

Tractor Supply Puts Data and AI to Work, Promotes Three to C-Suite

Tractor Supply Company says it’s putting its customer data into action and using artificial intelligence to communicate one-on-one with customers.