In episode 137 of Total Retail Talks, recorded at this year's NRF Big Show in New York City, Hampton Catlin, vice president of engineering at Rent the Runway, discusses how the fashion brand that provides designer dresses, apparel and accessories for rental is using in-store kiosks to expedite the pickup and drop-off of orders. Catlinโฆ
In-Store Technology
Today, retailers with a heavy brick-and-mortar presence are hard-pressed to deliver on several fronts as the industry grapples with the best strategy for incorporating and optimizing digital best practices into physical store environments. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the search for more effective ways to collect and use in-store data more intelligently. Throughโฆ
Technology is having a profound effect on the retail industry. Technologies such as the web, cloud, mobile devices and artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating the evolution and transformation of this long-standing, multitrillion dollar industry. One obvious example is that consumers today have far more options for shopping than ever before, including from the comfort ofโฆ
Starbucks is testing a new Wi-Fi login process in its U.S. stores, asking customers to provide their email address before connecting, Geekwire has reported. Since rolling out free Wi-Fi in its U.S. stores nearly eight years ago, Starbucks has asked customers to simply accept terms and conditions in order to connect to its public networkโฆ
The retail industry is in the throes of a major transformation as the traditional retail model gives way to new modes of โexperiential retail.โ A key element of experiential retail is the innovative use of technology to provide richer shopping experiences that are more informative, frictionless, immersive and satisfying. To create richer experiences both onlineโฆ
As Nick Wingfield, technology correspondent for The New York Times described in his vivid, first-hand account of shopping at the Amazon Go store, itโs hard not to get excited about the future of retailing. And while the retail industry can use all the good press it can get, Iโm not sure this is it. It wasโฆ
As Nick Wingfield, technology correspondent for The New York Times described in his vivid, first-hand account of shopping at the Amazon Go store, itโs hard not to get excited about the future of retailing. And while the retail industry can use all the good press it can get, Iโm not sure this is it. It was [โฆ]
In episode 134 of Total Retail Talks, recorded earlier this year at the National Retail Federation's Big Show in New York City, Steve Wilder, CFO and CIO of City Furniture, a South Florida-based furniture, mattress and home accessories retailer, discusses how the launch of three mobile apps has helped the company's store associates personalize andโฆ
There's little doubt in the retail industry that itโs time to make big changes. And if anything was clear this year at the National Retail Federation's Big Show, it was that retailers are on the search for technologies that can help them adapt to the times. Specifically, these retailers are looking to provide the omnichannelโฆ
In an interview at the eTail West conference in Palm Springs, Calif., this morning, Bruce Starnes, vice president, digital solutions, Target, addressed how the big-box retailer is evolving its business to thrive in a changing retail environment. Starnes was interviewed by Jenny Kaplan, consumer goods reporter for Bloomberg.