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CB4 in Action — 5 min read

The Secret to Successful Supermarket AI Deployment

Joseph Lee

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Apparel Retail — 4 min read

3 Reasons CB4 is Tailor-Made for Apparel Retail

Heidi Sax

118

CB4 in Action — 5 min read

5 Retailers Using Tech Incubators to Stay Competitive

Alex Baldinger

136

C/R

Convenience Retail — 4 min read

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

Heidi Sax

165

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Apparel Retail — 5 min read

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

Francesca Nicasio

242

C/R

Convenience Retail — 5 min read

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

Jared Holst

223

A/R

Apparel Retail — 4 min read

Staying on Top: Highlights of Levi’s Tech Infrastructure

Heidi Sax

474

CB4 in Action — 4 min read

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

Yoni Benshaul

208

This exclusive survey from CB4 and Convenience Store Decisions touches on all aspects of c-store operations, summarizing...

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Grocery Retail — 4 min read

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

Sandy Smith

155

C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

7 Things Legacy Retailers Should Know About Digital Native Brands

Jaclyn Trop

174

A/R

Apparel Retail — 4 min read

3 Ways Fashion Retailers are Using AI for Operational Efficiency

Heidi Sax

151

CB4 in Action — 2 min read

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

Heidi Sax

133

We surveyed 1,000+ grocery shoppers to see what’s most important to them when they visit the grocery store. The goal w...

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Convenience Retail — 7 min read

7 Ways to Crush it in Convenience Retail in 2019

Jared Holst

147

G/R

Grocery Retail — 6 min read

CB4’s 1st Annual Grocery Store Loyalty Awards

Fiona Soltes

139

R/T

Retail Technology — 3 min read

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

Jaclyn Trop

127

CB4 in Action — 3 min read

How CB4 Lifts the Burden on Retail IT Teams

Heidi Sax

106

A comprehensive overview of our perspective on the retail industry and into each vertical that we service: fashion, conv...

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Retail Strategy — 4 min read

5 Partnerships That Could Transform Your Local Walgreens

Sandy Smith

121

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Retail Marketing — 6 min read

5 Ways to Attract Retail’s Conscious Consumer

Alex Baldinger

116

C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

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

Jared Holst

115

A/R

Apparel Retail — 4 min read

3 Types of Data You Need for Killer Clienteling in Fashion Retail

Heidi Sax

Even retailers whose stores use BI tools suffer from low hit rate and lack clear revenue gain. In this article, we exami...

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CB4 in Action — 4 min read

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Apparel Retail — 5 min read

5 Tech Innovations Responsible for H&M’s Turnaround

Francesca Nicasio

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In this survey, we asked 1,500 grocery shoppers about their experiences with the industry's biggest brands. Learn what's...

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Grocery Retail — 5 min read

3 Grocers Using Tech to Combat Food Waste and Drive Profits

Alex Baldinger

102

A/R

Apparel Retail — 5 min read

CB4’s 1st Annual Apparel Retail Loyalty Awards

Jaclyn Trop

103

CB4 in Action — 5 min read

How CB4 Mitigates Loss Across Retail Chains

Heidi Sax

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Convenience Retail — 5 min read

How to Increase Basket Size in Your C-Store

Jared Holst

117

In these interviews, learn how the top women in grocery are tackling challenges in the industy, and what they think are ...

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Grocery Retail — 4 min read

Food Retailers: Know This Before Investing in a Grocerant

Sandy Smith

114

G/R

Grocery Retail — 6 min read

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

Francesca Nicasio

A/R

Apparel Retail — 7 min read

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

Heidi Sax

102

CB4 in Action — 7 min read

How Customer Feedback is Driving Our Product Strategy in 2019

Heidi Sax

110

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Convenience Retail — 6 min read

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

Justin Petrillo

102

C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

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

Fiona Soltes

C/R

Convenience Retail — 5 min read

4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Curb C-Store Theft

Sandy Smith

100

A/R

Apparel Retail — 6 min read

How Nike Slayed 2018, and Takeaways for Fashion Retailers

Alex Baldinger

111

In this report, learn what convenience shoppers care most about, and how they rank the top c-store brands according to e...

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R/S

Retail Strategy — 4 min read

How International Retailers are Digitizing Customer Experience

Fiona Soltes

CB4 in Action — 6 min read

How CB4 Keeps Convenience Stores Competitive

Heidi Sax

C/E

Customer Experience — 5 min read

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

Sandy Smith

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

How Top Retailers Use Mobile Tech to Boost Employee Motivation

Fiona Soltes

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Convenience Retail — 5 min read

CB4’s 1st Annual Convenience Store Loyalty Awards

Jared Holst

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CB4 in Action — 4 min read

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

Heidi Sax

253

R/S

Retail Strategy — 3 min read

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

Jaclyn Trop

CB4 in Action — 5 min read

How CB4 Retailers Use Tech to Enable Store Managers

Heidi Sax

A comprehensive overview of our perspective on the retail industry and into each vertical that we service: fashion, conv...

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Grocery Retail — 6 min read

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

Sandy Smith

173

G/R

Grocery Retail — 5 min read

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

Jared Holst

G/R

Grocery Retail — 7 min read

6 Ways to Improve Grocery Store Profit Margins with Technology

Francesca Nicasio

362

CB4 in Action — 2 min read

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

Fiona Soltes

In this article we discuss three obstacles to improving same-store sales and how machine learning helps solve them....

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

How Alibaba & TMIC Help Retailers Capitalize on Local Demand

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CB4 in Action — 4 min read

How CB4 Improves Communication in Retail

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Convenience Retail — 5 min read

How to Convert Fuel Shoppers & Increase Convenience Store Sales

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Store Operations — 5 min read

How to Cut Costs Without Sacrificing Customer Experience in Retail

Heidi Sax

How can machine learning and AI transform store operations? This question strikes at the heart of what we do and is subj...

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CB4 in Action — 4 min read

3 Things We Learned Working with Convenience Store Managers

Matthew McAlister

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Apparel Retail — 4 min read

Workforce Management Techniques for Today’s Fashion Retailers

Anne Miller

CB4 in Action — 5 min read

5 Ways CB4 Improves Pharmacy Same-Store Sales

Matthew McAlister

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Grocery Retail — 5 min read

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

Joseph Lee

This exclusive survey from CB4 and Convenience Store Decisions touches on all aspects of c-store operations, summarizing...

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

How Tech-Savvy Operations Teams Keep Pace in Fast Fashion

Hanna Neier

104

CB4 in Action — 3 min read

Top Performers Reports: A Retail Blind Spot

Yoni Benshaul

R/S

Retail Strategy — 5 min read

5 Retail Technology Investments that Could Have Saved Sears

Matthew Zeidenberg

R/M

Retail Marketing — 4 min read

How Tilly’s Used Augmented Reality to Increase Foot Traffic

Vittorio Bollo

107

We surveyed 1,000+ grocery shoppers to see what’s most important to them when they visit the grocery store. The goal w...

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Grocery Retail — 5 min read

How Grocery Store Operations Teams Lead Customer Experience

Anne Miller

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Convenience Retail — 3 min read

3 Examples of Convenience Store Software that Increase Sales

Matthew McAlister

101

S/R

Specialty Retail — 4 min read

Wholesale Store Innovation: Sam’s Club Takes the Lead

AJ Ogundimu

113

A/R

Apparel Retail — 3 min read

Smart Fitting Rooms: Mango & Ralph Lauren Get Wise

Beth Osborne

138

A comprehensive overview of our perspective on the retail industry and into each vertical that we service: fashion, conv...

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

Total Immersion: Walmart’s VR Retail Training

AJ Ogundimu

117

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Retail Technology — 6 min read

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

Heidi Sax

R/S

Retail Strategy — 5 min read

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

Heidi Sax

A/R

Apparel Retail — 6 min read

Outlet Store Challenges: The DIESEL Store Interview

Jessica Amodeo

111

Even retailers whose stores use BI tools suffer from low hit rate and lack clear revenue gain. In this article, we exami...

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Retail Strategy — 3 min read

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

AJ Ogundimu

R/M

Retail Marketing — 3 min read

Retail Social Media: Harvesting Likes, Sales and Impressions

AJ Ogundimu

R/S

Retail Strategy — 4 min read

Omnichannel Retail and the New Role of Stores

Beth Osborne

R/S

Retail Strategy — 3 min read

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

AJ Ogundimu

118

In this survey, we asked 1,500 grocery shoppers about their experiences with the industry's biggest brands. Learn what's...

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Retail Strategy — 6 min read

5 Misconceptions About Amazon Go and the Future of Retail

Heidi Sax

111

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Retail Marketing — 3 min read

Retail Mobile Apps: The Case for (and Against)

AJ Ogundimu

R/M

Retail Marketing — 4 min read

IoT in Retail: Changing the Customer Acquisition Landscape

Beth Osborne

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

The AI Assistant Revolution Comes to Retail

AJ Ogundimu

In these interviews, learn how the top women in grocery are tackling challenges in the industy, and what they think are ...

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Customer Experience — 3 min read

Custom Retail in the World of Sporting Goods

AJ Ogundimu

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Retail Technology — 5 min read

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

Beth Osborne

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

Smarter Systems: AI and Machine Learning in Retail

AJ Ogundimu

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

Innovations in Pharmacy: How Tech is Revolutionizing the Drugstore

AJ Ogundimu

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C/E

Customer Experience — 3 min read

AI and the Customer Experience: Today and Beyond

Beth Osborne

G/R

Grocery Retail — 3 min read

Robotic Shopping Carts Are Here (To Stay?)

Heidi Sax

R/S

Retail Strategy — 3 min read

In-Store Innovation: Lessons from the Apple Store

AJ Ogundimu

R/M

Retail Marketing — 3 min read

Retail IoT: Tailored In-Store Experiences and Precise Messaging

Beth Osborne

In this report, learn what convenience shoppers care most about, and how they rank the top c-store brands according to e...

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C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

Retail IoT Solutions Impacting the In-Store Customer Experience

Beth Osborne

C/R

Convenience Retail — 5 min read

Will Self Service Checkouts Boost Your Business?

Heidi Sax

A/R

Apparel Retail — 6 min read

Clienteling: Retail Realness with Dorian Nicholson

Jessica Amodeo

C/R

Convenience Retail — 3 min read

C-Store Stories: The Evolving Face of Circle K

AJ Ogundimu

107

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

Retail Store Automation: Embracing Machines and Humans Alike

Heidi Sax

CB4 in Action — 2 min read

The Limitations of Traditional Retail Business Analytics

Yoni Benshaul

A/R

Apparel Retail — 7 min read

Inside Store Operations: Denimwall, the South Beach Interview

Jessica Amodeo

C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

Store Planning: The Changing Face of Retail Store Formats

Brianna Ahearn

A comprehensive overview of our perspective on the retail industry and into each vertical that we service: fashion, conv...

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Customer Experience — 3 min read

Customization in Retail: A Whole New World

AJ Ogundimu

C/R

Convenience Retail — 3 min read

Peak Convenience: Mobile Ordering in Convenience Stores

Brianna Ahearn

103

R/T

Retail Technology — 3 min read

Personalization and Artificial Intelligence in Luxury Retail

AJ Ogundimu

G/R

Grocery Retail — 3 min read

How Kroger is Staying On Top of Grocery Store Technology Trends

AJ Ogundimu

In this article we discuss three obstacles to improving same-store sales and how machine learning helps solve them....

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

Technology In Retail Stores: A Double Edged Sword

Brianna Ahearn

C/E

Customer Experience — 3 min read

VR & AR in Retail: Better Customer Experience Through Technology

AJ Ogundimu

C/E

Customer Experience — 3 min read

Using Experiential Retail to Create Memorable Brand Experiences

Brianna Ahearn

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

Blockchain in Retail: Applications Beyond Crypto

AJ Ogundimu

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Apparel Retail — 6 min read

Inside Store Operations: The G-Star RAW Interview

Jessica Amodeo

128

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

How In-Store Technology Empowers Retail Operations Teams

AJ Ogundimu

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Retail Marketing — 3 min read

How to Use A Customer Loyalty Program to Increase Sales

Brianna Ahearn

216

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Apparel Retail — 3 min read

How Technology Inspired and Drove Fast Fashion’s Meteoric Rise

AJ Ogundimu

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Customer Experience — 3 min read

Gamification in Retail: Delighting Shoppers & Store Teams Alike

AJ Ogundimu

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Retail Marketing — 3 min read

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

Brianna Ahearn

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

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

AJ Ogundimu

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Store Operations — 3 min read

How One Retailer’s Productivity Point System Failed Employees

Jessica Amodeo

We surveyed 1,000+ grocery shoppers to see what’s most important to them when they visit the grocery store. The goal w...

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

Speak and Shop: How IT Teams Use Retail Voice Technology

Brianna Ahearn

112

C/E

Customer Experience — 4 min read

Killer Retail Apps that Improve the In-Store Experience

Brianna Ahearn

110

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Store Operations — 4 min read

4 Retail Inventory Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Kathryn Thompson

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Grocery Retail — 5 min read

What You Need to Know About Grocery Store Technology

Brianna Ahearn

A comprehensive overview of our perspective on the retail industry and into each vertical that we service: fashion, conv...

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Retail Strategy — 4 min read

Cannibalism and Complementary Effects in Retail

Irad Ben Gal

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Retail Technology — 4 min read

How Retail Technology Investments Improve Same-Store Growth

Brianna Ahearn

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Customer Experience — 5 min read

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

Brianna Ahearn

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Retail Marketing — 4 min read

Tracking Promotions Across Your Retail Chain

Brianna Ahearn

Even retailers whose stores use BI tools suffer from low hit rate and lack clear revenue gain. In this article, we exami...

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Retail Marketing — 3 min read

How to Improve Same-Store Sales Using Promotions

Brianna Ahearn

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Customer Experience — 4 min read

Why Do Retail Customers Prefer an In-Store Experience?

Brianna Ahearn

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Retail Technology — 2 min read

Novelty Detection: Finding New Classes of Anomalies in Complex Processes

Irad Ben Gal

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Retail Technology — 3 min read

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

Emily Sinzer

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Retail Strategy — 4 min read

Know This: Demand Patterns vs. Purchasing Patterns in Retail

Irad Ben Gal

102

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Retail Strategy — 3 min read

The Challenges of Time-Series Forecasting in Retail

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Convenience Retail — 2 min read

The Challenge of Solving Operational Issues in C-Stores

Meryl Tevrizian

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Retail Strategy — 3 min read

Aggregated Market Basket Analysis and Tricky Analytics

Irad Ben Gal

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Retail Strategy — 2 min read

Retail Analytics – How Granular Should You Get?

Irad Ben Gal

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Retail Strategy — 2 min read

How Conventional Sales Benchmarking Fails Retail Analytics

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This exclusive survey from CB4 and Convenience Store Decisions touches on all aspects of c-store operations, summarizing...

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