This is a replay of the webinar “Debunking the Retail Apocalypse”. To review a recording of the webinar, click the picture below. To get the full research report, you can do so here. If you just want the slides for the session, you can get those at the link below […]
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If you have updated your iPhone or iPad you might not have realized this change to the way the Control Center handles WI-FI and Bluetooth settings. In previous OS releases, when you turned off these settings in the Control Center, it actually turned off the radios. But the change in […]
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Those retailers that are growing faster than 5% in the market not only have decoupled their IT Spending from a fixed figure on last year’s revenues, but are making key investments at a much higher rate in specific areas to extend their lead over average retailers. In this video we […]
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We’ve done the research. We looked at 30 categories of technologies in the area of Unified Commerce – from Store Systems, to Merchandising, to Marketing, to BI/Analytics to Infrastructure. Of those, we can see consistent increases in sales of retailers that have deployed 8 of these technologies vs those that […]
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NASHVILLE – August 30, 2017 – Retailers are opening 4,080 more stores in 2017 than they are closing and plan to open over 5,500 more in 2018, according to a new research report from IHL Group. The report, Debunking the Retail Apocalypse, was released today and is available here. The […]
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Late yesterday Amazon announced that they were going to close on the Whole Foods acquisition on Monday, August 28th. Not surprisingly, they announced immediate dropping of prices on a handful of items, the beginning integration of the IT systems, Amazon lockers in store for product pickup, and a few other […]
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If you go to any trade show or look up a technology directory you see hundreds of vendors that promise that their products help increase sales for retailers. But which ones, once deployed, can actually show a correlation to increased sales? We’ve done the research. We looked at 30 categories […]
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In out last video we talked about the Technology Innovation Gap in Retail and how retailers need to embrace and invest in Unified Commerce to succeed going forward. Today, we look at the 3 foundational systems that are required for retailers to have in place to ensure Unified Commerce success. […]
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Hi Everyone, we are thrilled to announce a new YouTube channel (First Light) that highlights key data from IHL’s Research in quick bite 2-3 minute format. Today’s installment is on the Technology Innovation Gap In Retail – TIGIR. Future episodes will outline the specific technologies retailers can deploy that have proven themselves […]
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US retail is undergoing some significant change, but not nearly the retail apocalypse that is being portrayed in the media. In fact, retail is growing – at a healthy pace. Part of this is the way that the government releases data (month to month growth), a good portion of the […]
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