Omnichannel

Rebecca Minkoff Introduces Self-Checkout at Flagship Store
December 5, 2016 at 12:23 pm

Luxury accessories brand Rebecca Minkoff last week introduced a self-checkout system at its Manhattan flagship store that allows customers to buy anything in-store on their own without dealing with a sales associate. The system is a RFID security tag that attaches to all items in-store. When placed on a checkout table, the items appear onโ€ฆ

4 Steps to Rich Shoppable Content That Converts
December 5, 2016 at 9:37 am

Retailers are more aware than ever of the power of rich, impactful digital experiences. More than 50 percent of in-store sales were influenced by digital channels in 2015, and that number will just continue to grow as customers expect fresh and interactive content. In a recent Demandware and L2 report, industry experts explored four strategiesโ€ฆ

4 Dos And Donโ€™ts for Retailers This Holiday Season
December 5, 2016 at 9:20 am

It doesnโ€™t take a genius to know that the holiday season is the Super Bowl of retail. Retailers plan for months, evaluating the competition, sweating the details, and getting ready for kickoff โ€” i.e., Thanksgiving weekend. And we know why: This year, total holiday sales are estimated to be about $630.5 billion. Generally, holiday salesโ€ฆ

Specialty Retailโ€™s Best-Kept Secret: Pool Distribution
December 2, 2016 at 11:33 am

While e-commerce is growing rapidly, the vast majority of retail revenue still comes from stores. And now that the holiday shopping season is here, retailers are bracing for the tidal wave of consumer demand and its impact on their supply chains. For specialty retailers such as Famous Footwear and GNC, pool distribution โ€” in its contemporaryโ€ฆ

Plan for Increased Omnichannel Orders This Holiday Season
November 29, 2016 at 11:39 am

This holiday season, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is expecting โ€œretail sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurants) to increase 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion. Online sales are forecast to increase between 7 percent and 10 percent over last year to as much as $117 billion.โ€ OrderDynamics tends to agree. Looking at the past twoโ€ฆ

Retail SMBs: Making it in the Omnichannel Big Leagues
November 23, 2016 at 10:19 am

With Black Friday in two days, the holiday season fast approaching and e-commerce exploding around the globe, opportunities for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in the retail industry are skyrocketing โ€” and the rules of the game are changing. Cloud-based e-commerce and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are lowering the barrier to entry, while mobile technology isโ€ฆ

Casper Plans to Open Physical Stores
November 22, 2016 at 11:31 am

Online mattress brand Casper has plans to open a fleet of physical stores, according to help wanted ads placed on its website. The two-year-old company has plans to sell its foam mattresses โ€” which are currently delivered tightly folded in a box and inflate on their own when opened โ€” in other stores, and to evenโ€ฆ