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CB4 Earns 2021 Great Place to Work® Certification

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15 Must-Have Products to Add to Your Grocery Store Assortment, According to TikTok

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How an Increase in Minimum Wage Could Affect Retail Profitability

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3 Ways Retailers Are Getting More Done, Faster With CB4’s New Messaging Feature

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5 Predictions for Post-Pandemic Life Retailers Are Banking On

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5 Reasons Shoppers in the US are Crazy for European Grocers

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3 Misconceptions About Amazon Pharmacy & What It Says About the Future of Physical Pharmacy Retail

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A Snapshot of Grocery Supply Chain: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

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5 Ways the Best Retailers Increase Customer Lifetime Value

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2nd Annual Grocery Store Loyalty Awards

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UV Disinfection in Grocery: Is It The Next Big Thing?

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Caring for Communities: How the Top 3 Retail Pharmacies Lead the Charge

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CB4 and Road Ranger Announce Partnership to Improve Customer Experience and Sell More Product Chainwide

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Analyze This: What Retailers Can and Can’t Do with Market Basket Analysis

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CB4 Named to the 2020 CB Insights Retail Tech 100 – List of Most Innovative Retail Startups

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CB4’s 2nd Annual Convenience Chain Loyalty Awards

Retail News & Trends — 3 min read

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RFID in Food Retail: Will Stores Bite?

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Top 3 US Retail Pharmacies: Who’ll Capitalize on Consumer Obsession with Health & Wellness?

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CB4 & Kum and Go Extend Partnership Chainwide to Drive Sales and Improve Customer Experience

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The Rise (and Fall) of QR Codes in Retail: Is it Time for a Comeback?

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Local Grocery Chains vs. Big Box Supermarkets: Which is Coming Out of Covid-19 Ahead?

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3 Ways You’re Wasting Staff Time & Retail Labor Costs

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5 Grocery Industry Trends to Watch in 2021

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Top 3 US Retail Pharmacies: Are New Store Formats the Prescription for Success?

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5 Ingredients That Make Kroger a Customer Favorite in the Food Retail Industry

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How Innovative Retail Companies Are Capitalizing on Their Outdoor Footprints in the Pandemic

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Retail Strategy: Compete for Bargain Shoppers Without Seeing Red

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Conflict De-Escalation 101: Cautionary Tales for Retail Operations

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Retail Industry Trends: Make a List and Check it Twice for a Successful Holiday Season

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Grocery Store Operations: What Shoppers & Front Line Workers Reveal on Reddit

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Can’t Touch This: Contactless is Now a Must-Have for Grocers

Retail News & Trends — 1 min read

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Urban Outfitters Expands Partnership with CB4 to All Stores to Empower Store Associates with AI

Retail Technology — 1 min read

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CB4 Announces Partnership with Spanish Supermarket Giant Eroski to Streamline Operational Execution

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How Retailers Are Using Machine Learning to Overcome Covid Challenges.

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Retail’s Reopening Numbers: The Truth Behind the Headlines

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3 Realizations on the E-Commerce Shopping Experience in COVID

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Covid Retail Restructurings: Just in Time or Too Little Too Late?

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10 Things I Learned Leading a Remote Team Through the Pandemic

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Retailers Form 3 Unconventional Partnerships to Beat Coronavirus

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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Covid & Pharmacy Retail

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Grocery Shopping in the Time of Corona: It’s Awful

Retail News & Trends — 21 min read

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How Retailers Are Responding to COVID-19: A Timeline

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What Happened When I Used CB4’s AI Engine to Predict US Covid-19 Outbreaks

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How Retail is Readying for a Post-Pandemic Rebound

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5 Ways Grocers are Protecting Their Store Teams Through the Pandemic

Store Operations — 8 min read

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5 New Rules for Retailing in a Recession

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How to Support Your Grocery Staff During Coronavirus

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3 Reasons Why Gamification Is Everything in Retail Technology

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Privacy v. Personalization: How Retailers Like IKEA Walk the Line

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9 Ways to Train Your Retail Store Staff… For Real

Retail Technology — 7 min read

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5 “Wow” Moments from My Visit to Nordstrom’s New NYC Flagship

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Retail Store Audits: Pitfalls to Avoid Before, During, & After Your Audit

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3 Reasons Why Dollar Stores Are On The Rise

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Expert Spotlight: 3 Big Ideas from My Interview with The Retail Doctor

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3 Things Traditional Retailers Can Do To Capture Sneakerheads Like Me

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5 Key Takeaways from CB4’s NRF 2020 Big Ideas Panel

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Watch the Throne: Can Wegmans Become King of New York?

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The Very Hungry Carter-pillar: How Carter’s Ate Up the Competition

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Conscious Capitalism: Retailers Reaping the Benefits?

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Results Not Reports. Why Store Managers Love CB4.

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5 Strategies for Victoria’s Secret in 2020

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3 Most Common Ways Stores Frustrate Mission-Driven Shoppers

Retail News & Trends — 9 min read

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Expert Spotlight: 6 Big Ideas from my Interview with Neil Saunders

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Year in Review: Most Epic Retail Collaborations of 2019

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C-Store Rebranding in 2019: Chains Weigh Opportunities and Risks

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The Anatomy of a Winning Pop-Up Shop

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Thoughts on GameStop by Someone Who Loved GameStop

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Retail News & Trends — 8 min read

How Retailers Are Thriving in The Resale Economy

Jasmine Glasheen

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Expert Spotlight: 5 Big Ideas from my Interview with KIZER & BENDER

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The Recipe for Successful Alternate Format Grocery Stores

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Retail Store Heat Mapping: Hot or Not?

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Retail News & Trends — 8 min read

5 Ways to Increase Conversion in Retail & Prevent Store Walkaways

Jasmine Glasheen

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5 Amazing Tales of Apparel Retail Comebacks

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The Secret to Localizing Assortment the Easy (CB4) Way

Retail News & Trends — 8 min read

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Retail Bankruptcies of 2019: Lessons Learned from Forever 21, Gymboree, & More

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How to Energize Your Retail Workforce

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AI in Apparel Retail: From High Tech Gadgetry to Revenue Builder

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How American Eagle is Building the Denim Brand of the Future

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3 Ways CB4 Helps Grocers Bring Home the Bacon

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6 Ways to Enhance Your Retail Hiring and Onboarding Processes

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5 Ways Lululemon Dominates the World of Athleisure

Retail News & Trends — 7 min read

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7 Tips to Supercharge Your Retail Influencer Strategy

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The Secret to Successful Supermarket AI Deployment

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3 Reasons CB4 is Tailor-Made for Apparel Retail

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5 Retailers Using Tech Incubators to Stay Competitive

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A Peek Inside Whole Foods’ New C-Store & Takeaways for Grocers

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Retailers are Joining the Rental Economy. Who Will End Up on Top?

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7-Eleven’s Tech Innovations, and How Other C-Stores Can Keep Up

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Staying on Top: Highlights of Levi’s Tech Infrastructure

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Why Machine Learning is the Key to Driving Same-Store Sales

Yoni Benshaul

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Key Takeaways from CB4’s Interviews with Top Women in Grocery

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7 Things Legacy Retailers Should Know About Digital Native Brands

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3 Ways Fashion Retailers are Using AI for Operational Efficiency

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How Digital Tech is Changing Human Life (and Retail) as We Know it

Store Operations — 7 min read

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7 Ways to Crush it in Convenience Retail in 2019

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CB4’s 1st Annual Grocery Store Loyalty Awards

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L’Oréal’s Tech Arsenal: How The Legacy Brand Stays On Top

CB4 in Action — 3 min read

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How CB4 Lifts the Burden on Retail IT Teams

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5 Partnerships That Could Transform Your Local Walgreens

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5 Ways to Attract Retail’s Conscious Consumer

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Five Below: What’s Behind this Discount Retailer’s Success?

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High Impact, Low Ask: How CB4 Creates IT Department Heroes

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5 Tech Innovations Responsible for H&M’s Turnaround

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3 Grocers Using Tech to Combat Food Waste and Drive Profits

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CB4’s 1st Annual Apparel Retail Loyalty Awards

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How CB4 Mitigates Loss Across Retail Chains

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How to Increase Basket Size in Your C-Store

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Food Retailers: Know This Before Investing in a Grocerant

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5 Click-and-Collect Pitfalls to Avoid (and Some Successes, too)

Store Operations — 7 min read

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Ready to Reduce In-Store Apparel Returns? Try These Tactics on For Size

CB4 in Action — 7 min read

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How Customer Feedback is Driving Our Product Strategy in 2019

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Self-Driving Cars Are Coming. Is the Convenience Industry Ready?

Justin Petrillo

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The Rise of the Grocery CX Officer & Implications for the Industry

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4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Curb C-Store Theft

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How Nike Slayed 2018, and Takeaways for Fashion Retailers

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How International Retailers are Digitizing Customer Experience

CB4 in Action — 6 min read

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How CB4 Keeps Convenience Stores Competitive

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Retailers: Use Negative Yelp Reviews to Your Advantage in 5 Steps

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How Top Retailers Use Mobile Tech to Boost Employee Motivation

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CB4’s 1st Annual Convenience Store Loyalty Awards

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The Lost Sales Calculator: What It Is & Why We Built It

Retail News & Trends — 3 min read

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Why Big Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Are Thinking Small in 2019

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How CB4 Retailers Use Tech to Enable Store Managers

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The High Cost of Grocery Store Shrink, and What to do About It

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Naming a Product “Corn Knuckles” and Other Private Label Pitfalls

Retail Technology — 7 min read

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6 Ways to Improve Grocery Store Profit Margins with Technology

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How Ulta is Revolutionizing the Beauty Biz (With the Help of AI)

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Kohl’s x CB4 NRF Panel: How to Satisfy Mission-Driven Shoppers

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How Alibaba & TMIC Help Retailers Capitalize on Local Demand

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How CB4 Improves Communication in Retail

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How to Convert Fuel Shoppers & Increase Convenience Store Sales

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How to Cut Costs Without Sacrificing Customer Experience in Retail

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3 Things We Learned Working with Convenience Store Managers

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Workforce Management Techniques for Today’s Fashion Retailers

Anne Miller

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5 Ways CB4 Improves Pharmacy Same-Store Sales

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The Future of Grocery Technology: Level Up or Get Left Behind

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CB4 in Action — 3 min read

How Tech-Savvy Operations Teams Keep Pace in Fast Fashion

Hanna Neier

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Top Performers Reports: A Retail Blind Spot

Yoni Benshaul

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5 Retail Technology Investments that Could Have Saved Sears

Matthew Zeidenberg

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How Tilly’s Used Augmented Reality to Increase Foot Traffic

Vittorio Bollo

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How Grocery Store Operations Teams Lead Customer Experience

Anne Miller

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3 Examples of Convenience Store Software that Increase Sales

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Wholesale Store Innovation: Sam’s Club Takes the Lead

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Smart Fitting Rooms: Mango & Ralph Lauren Get Wise

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Total Immersion: Walmart’s VR Retail Training

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3 (Non-Marketing) Ways to Use Big Data in Retail

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Discount Stores: Why We Love Them and What Retailers Can Learn

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Outlet Store Challenges: The DIESEL Store Interview

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Delivery in Retail: How Brick-and-Mortar Can Get the Edge

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Retail Social Media: Harvesting Likes, Sales and Impressions

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Omnichannel Retail and the New Role of Stores

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The Fall of Sears: A Failure to Adapt to Changing Retail Trends

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5 Misconceptions About Amazon Go and the Future of Retail

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Retail Mobile Apps: The Case for (and Against)

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IoT in Retail: Changing the Customer Acquisition Landscape

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The AI Assistant Revolution Comes to Retail

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Custom Retail in the World of Sporting Goods

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Retail Supply Chains Just Got Smarter: AI and the Supply Chain

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Smarter Systems: AI and Machine Learning in Retail

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Innovations in Pharmacy: How Tech is Revolutionizing the Drugstore

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AI and the Customer Experience: Today and Beyond

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Robotic Shopping Carts Are Here (To Stay?)

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In-Store Innovation: Lessons from the Apple Store

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Retail IoT: Tailored In-Store Experiences and Precise Messaging

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Retail IoT Solutions Impacting the In-Store Customer Experience

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Will Self Service Checkouts Boost Your Business?

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Clienteling: Retail Realness with Dorian Nicholson

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C-Store Stories: The Evolving Face of Circle K

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Retail Store Automation: Embracing Machines and Humans Alike

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Store Operations — 7 min read

The Limitations of Traditional Retail Business Analytics

Yoni Benshaul

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Inside Store Operations: Denimwall, the South Beach Interview

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Store Planning: The Changing Face of Retail Store Formats

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Customization in Retail: A Whole New World

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Peak Convenience: Mobile Ordering in Convenience Stores

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Personalization and Artificial Intelligence in Luxury Retail

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How Kroger is Staying On Top of Grocery Store Technology Trends

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Technology In Retail Stores: A Double Edged Sword

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VR & AR in Retail: Better Customer Experience Through Technology

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Using Experiential Retail to Create Memorable Brand Experiences

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Blockchain in Retail: Applications Beyond Crypto

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Inside Store Operations: The G-Star RAW Interview

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How In-Store Technology Empowers Retail Operations Teams

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How to Use A Customer Loyalty Program to Increase Sales

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How Technology Inspired and Drove Fast Fashion’s Meteoric Rise

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Gamification in Retail: Delighting Shoppers & Store Teams Alike

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Paper Coupons: Still Relevant for Retailers in a Digital World?

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What Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Bet Means for Retail

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How One Retailer’s Productivity Point System Failed Employees

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Speak and Shop: How IT Teams Use Retail Voice Technology

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Killer Retail Apps that Improve the In-Store Experience

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4 Retail Inventory Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Kathryn Thompson

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What You Need to Know About Grocery Store Technology

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Cannibalism and Complementary Effects in Retail

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How Retail Technology Investments Improve Same-Store Growth

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What is Boring Retail? And How to Avoid It in Your Stores

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Tracking Promotions Across Your Retail Chain

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How to Improve Same-Store Sales Using Promotions

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Why Do Retail Customers Prefer an In-Store Experience?

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Novelty Detection: Finding New Classes of Anomalies in Complex Processes

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Kohl’s Geek Day 2018, The Future of Retail Technology

Emily Sinzer

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Know This: Demand Patterns vs. Purchasing Patterns in Retail

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The Challenges of Time-Series Forecasting in Retail

Store Operations — 2 min read

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The Challenge of Solving Operational Issues in C-Stores

Meryl Tevrizian

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Aggregated Market Basket Analysis and Tricky Analytics

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Retail Analytics – How Granular Should You Get?

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How Conventional Sales Benchmarking Fails Retail Analytics