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The National Retail Federation today said it expects holiday retail sales during November and December to increase between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent over 2018 to a total of between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion.

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As Kendra Scott experiences significant growth year-over-year, it needed a way to better manage its inventory and customers to offer the same level of stellar experience it was built upon. Using Oracle Retail Services, the retailer is delivering on this promise by putting real-time insights into the hands of its associates.

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Infor today announced the general availability (GA) of its Infor Coleman AI (Artificial Intelligence) Platform for embedded machine learning models.

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According to a new report from VDC Research, brick and mortar retailers are investing in point-of-sale (POS) solutions in order to increase efficiency as well as provide customers with faster checkout and some form of personalisation.

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The athletic footwear and apparel giant announced a $3 million investment in a new start-up, NTWRK, a youth-oriented e-commerce and content platform that offers live video shopping and programming via its mobile app or web store.

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C-store chain adopts marketing tool developed by Pinnacle

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Mastercard announced yesterday that it is partnering with Levi Strauss & Co., Marks & Spencer, VF Corporation and the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) to pay garment factory workers digitally.

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Paytronix Systems, Inc., announced that Great Harvest Bread Company has migrated its loyalty program to the Paytronix Platform.

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Luxury Cayman Villas said it selected ALICE to streamline communication and enhance staff efficiency across its expansive property of luxury vacation rental villas.

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Ingenico Group has partnered with M&S to implement a new payment service that will encompass all M&S customer touchpoints and digital channels.

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Digital transformation initiatives are crucial for success in today's retail industry. Here's an example of how one technology is changing the game.

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The retailer is implementing the operations data platform (ODP) from SoundCommerce to obtain operational insights and enhance decision-making across sales and fulfillment channels.

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Levi’s has launched a voice assistant which uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

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Using the new A/B Testing and Optimization (ABTO) solution from Nosto, Fashion Bunker tested three variations of different messaging that introduced personalized recommendations shown on its product pages.

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Inside New York’s Penn Station, the beverage company is constructing Starbucks Pickup.

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Cosmo’s Pizza has selected SpeedLine point of sale as the exclusive POS technology partner for their Colorado-based pizza chain.

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Amazon is in talks to bring the cashierless technology that runs its Go stores to other retailers like airport shops and movie theaters, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Hotel Internet Services has announced the installation of enhanced Wi-Fi and BeyondTV with voice control abilities at the Pantai Inn.

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Unions hate extended hours, but rules intended to protect workers threaten to hasten the disappearance of jobs for checkout clerks.

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General Motors will let U.S. owners of vehicles that are 2018 models or newer download Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant software to control phones, navigation and streaming media.

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Ulta Beauty is introducing Sparked, a lifelike online store based on virtual reality (VR) technology.

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Office Depot will try to improve customer experiences by alleviating wait time for its print and copy services via a virtual line queuing system.

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Hibbett Sports launches new e-commerce experience for Hibbett and City Gear Customers

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Skoda will be adding a virtual assistant to its vehicles, which will be accessible through vocal commands.

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Walmart's Sanger, TX, distribution center has opened the first-of-its-kind Walmart Supply Chain Academy to train the retailer’s supply chain associates and provide them with a clear path to advancement.

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To date, 110 of the 650 restaurants have the new POS system, and 50 more locations will be up and running in fiscal 2020, explained Jill Golder - SVP and CFO. ”… We continue to be pleased with the new POS system.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill is connecting the digital and in-store sides of the customer experience.

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Postmates, and O'Charley's, announced a partnership to deliver O'Charley's menu favorites direct to customers' doorsteps.

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Shoppers can wander through store aisles, slowly browsing and checking off the items on their paper lists if they want to, but thanks to the influence of online and mobile mapping, today’s shopping experience has the potential to be much more streamlined.

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As fashion brands look to adopt more sustainable practices, new luxury handbag brand Novae Res is using technology to make quality handbags in less than 48 hours, with zero waste and no inventory.

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McDonald’s Corp. is rolling out “McDonald’s Apply Thru,” the world's first voice-initiated job application process, as part of the recently launched Made at McDonald's global hiring campaign. The new process works with devices enabled with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant voice assistant technology.

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Church’s is aligning with new partners and adopting new digital strategic priorities. An integrated media approach of national television, rooted in both new paid digital media channels and the growth of owned digital channels, has been a driver of overall sales and traffic growth, year to date.

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The GetUpside technology platform provides personalized consumer offers to increase profits for retailers.

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Aldo has used a new retail technology approach to build a centralised Amazon Web Services (AWS) data lake that it says will enhance its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.

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The e-tail giant’s 2019 devices event included shopping-friendly wearables and a major in-car Alexa integration.

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InnSpire has partnered with the Holiday Inn Krakow City Centre in Poland to deploy its solutions across the property's 236 guestrooms and suites.

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C&S Wholesale Grocers is giving supermarkets and other customers a real-time view of incoming deliveries via a new predictive supply-chain platform.

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Hunkemoller uses a data-driven approach to launching and promoting new products that both boosts conversion rates and reduces the levels of returns to industry-beating levels.

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Bon Appétit announced the launch of Bon Appétit, Delivered, a virtual restaurant featuring dishes curated by the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen. The delivery-only concept is available exclusively in Chicago through Grubhub.

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