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Why Health And Fitness Are Driving More Retail Change

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Furthermore, consumers are always looking for variety, and for community — something a digital operation like ClassPass can help build in almost a social media-like way. Innovation is also taking place within retail brick-and-mortar pharmacies. Fulfillment, too, is serving as fuel for innovation in this area of retail.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

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I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. Conversely, the population share in the lowest and highest income brackets of the study grew by 4 and 5 percentage points over the same period, respectively.

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