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The Buyers: Omnichannel Customer’s Impact On Retailers

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No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. With the advent of connected devices in the palm of almost every consumer’s hand, the retail ecosystem has certainly seen a shift. Through this omnichannel experience, retailers have more ways to connect with consumers.

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Retailers Team With Providers For eCommerce Payments’ Tear

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in 2016, the most recent data available. billion — online payment volume was completed in the Eurozone in 2016, the most recent data available. Seat Geek is among the platforms using Apple Pay: the ticket retailer includes the payment method amid its options for its Snapchat ticket buying experience. percent from 19.3

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Retail Pulse: Stop & Shop To Deploy Autonomous Vehicles; Chico’s FAS Plans To Close 250 Stores

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Grocers are using autonomous vehicles to help bring fresh food to the doorsteps of consumers, and news came this week that another retailer plans to use the technology: Approximately one month after Kroger announced that it had started to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona, Stop & Shop is intending to use them in the Bay State.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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Cable Startup Layer3 Bets Against Streaming

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The Boston- and Colorado-based startup was founded in 2013 and to date has received over $70 million in venture funding from investors Evolution Media Capital and North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity. and has since rolled out to Chicago.

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Cosi Files For Bankruptcy

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According to reports, the Boston-based chain has filed for bankruptcy as it looks to restructure its debt load and conduct a sale process. Though bankruptcies have become part of the standard, perhaps the biggest out-of-left-field default is coming out of Cosi, the flatbread sandwich maker and QSR staple of the last decade.

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Bringing Omnichannel’s Attention Back To The Curb

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What followed over the next four decades was the evolution of a once familiar retail fixture – the carhop – who first walked, and then later roller skated their way into creating a convenient way of serving the customer. Retailers are having to find new ways of fulfilling shoppers’ orders.”. Pulling Up To Convenience .

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