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Industry Trends | February 5, 2024

The Best Presentation I Saw at NRF Had Me Cheering By Myself in a Room Full of Strangers

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Industry Trends | January 23, 2024

New Tech I Saw at NRF That May Be a Waste of Money

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Industry Trends | January 16, 2024

NRF 2024 Day 2

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Industry Trends | January 2, 2024

5 Reasons to Switch Up Your Retail Communications

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Industry Trends | December 18, 2023

NRF 2024: Your Best NRF Yet!

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Industry Trends | September 22, 2023

Groceryshop 2023: Day 3 Takeaways

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Industry Trends | September 21, 2023

Groceryshop 2023: Day 2 Takeaways

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Industry Trends | September 20, 2023

Groceryshop 2023: Day 1 Takeaways

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Industry Trends | June 23, 2023

Building the Future of Retail: Key Learnings from Future Stores Seattle

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Industry Trends | June 6, 2023

Retail Pride 2023

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Industry Trends | May 24, 2023

Cracking Down on Organized Theft

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Industry Trends | May 12, 2023

Shoptalk Europe Recap: Insights, Sustainability, and the Power of AI

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Industry Trends | May 10, 2023

Inside IKEA’s Strategy for the Evolving Role of Stores: A Global Perspective

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Industry Trends | April 21, 2023

Improving Store Execution: The Key to Boosting Sales in a Challenging Retail Economy

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Industry Trends | March 29, 2023

Tuesday at Shoptalk: The top takeaways

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Industry Trends | March 28, 2023

Monday at Shoptalk: The top takeaways

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Industry Trends | February 21, 2023

Employee Burnout: The Silent Assassin Of Your Top Performers

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Industry Trends | February 7, 2023

A visit to Nike’s first North American RISE store

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Industry Trends | January 31, 2023

Modern Day Build Versus Buy

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Industry Trends | January 27, 2023

Why Aren’t More Retailers Great Places to Work?

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Industry Trends | January 25, 2023

Technology takeaways from FMI Midwinter

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Industry Trends | January 18, 2023

NRF 2023 Day 3 Insights

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Industry Trends | January 17, 2023

NRF 2023 Day 2 Insights

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Industry Trends | January 15, 2023

NRF 2023 Day 1 Insights

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Industry Trends | January 14, 2023

The Three Reasons Why Leading Retailers are Spending More on Technology in 2023

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Industry Trends | January 13, 2023

How retailers can benefit from microlearning

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Industry Trends | January 3, 2023

Why Shift Swapping is a Competitive Advantage in Retail

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Industry Trends | December 13, 2022

A Guide to Your BEST. NRF. EVER.

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Industry Trends | October 6, 2022

Learnings from NACS 2022: Why it all comes down to stores

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Industry Trends | October 5, 2022

The C-Store Evolution: Takeaways from GroceryShop

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Industry Trends | October 4, 2022

The Ultimate Retail Holiday Hiring Round-Up

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Industry Trends | July 19, 2022

Unlocking the power of aligned teams at Future Branches

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Industry Trends | June 23, 2022

When it Comes to Retail, Does the Metaverse Matter?

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Industry Trends | June 17, 2022

Why Large-Format Stores & DCs Need a Mobile Employee Communication Solution

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Industry Trends | June 13, 2022

Five Awesome Things at the New Amazon Store

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Industry Trends | June 5, 2022

RCC Store 2022 Highlights & Insights

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Industry Trends | June 2, 2022

For Lush, ‘handmade’ is more than just a name

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Industry Trends | May 9, 2022

Retail IT teams are headed toward disaster. Here’s why.

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Industry Trends | April 14, 2022

When it comes to retail, grocery is the best place to work

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Industry Trends | April 11, 2022

Lush’s Plan to Grow is the (Bath) Bomb

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Industry Trends | April 4, 2022

Interesting Insights: The State of Store Comms Teams’ POV

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Industry Trends | March 29, 2022

Insights from Shoptalk Day 2: Digital transformation requires retail stores

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Industry Trends | March 28, 2022

Insights from Shoptalk Day 1: Why Enabling the Fleet Matters

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Industry Trends | March 25, 2022

Celebrating the Women of Retail (Part 2)

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Industry Trends | March 22, 2022

3 fascinating stats from our State of Store Comms Report

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Industry Trends | March 14, 2022

Celebrating the Women of Retail

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Industry Trends | February 22, 2022

Grocery Frontlines Brace for an Onslaught of Technology Upgrades

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Industry Trends | February 10, 2022

These grocers are putting the “super” in supermarket

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Please Don’t Quit: New Data From Zipline show Declining Mental Health Among Retail Associates

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Industry Trends | February 4, 2022

How To Handle Labor Shortage Challenges Using Real-Time Data

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Industry Trends | January 24, 2022

NYC: The Capital of Experiential, Experimental & Innovative Retail

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Industry Trends | January 21, 2022

Day 3 Insights | NRF Experts’ Forecast is in… Clear Skies Ahead!

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Industry Trends | January 17, 2022

Highlights from NRF: The crossroads of convenience and conscience

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Highlights from NRF: Retail Talent, front and center

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Highlights from NRF: How Allbirds anchors their flock around sustainability

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Your NRF Daily Digest | Day 2 Insights

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Industry Trends | January 16, 2022

Your NRF Daily Digest | Day 1 Insights

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Industry Trends | December 29, 2021

The Five Priorities that Make Chico’s FAS a Digital Transformation Case Study for Executive Women

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Industry Trends | December 21, 2021

Advance Auto Parts Shows Why Brakes, Tires, and Batteries are Great Business

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Industry Trends | December 16, 2021

For Aldi, Fast Growth and Sustainable Habits Go Hand-in-Hand

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Industry Trends | December 9, 2021

Meijer Shows How Retailers can Meet Sustainability Goals

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Industry Trends | December 1, 2021

NAPA Auto Parts Keeps Customer Focus in the Driver’s Seat with Savvy Digital Decisions

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Industry Trends | November 23, 2021

Walgreens Joins Push to Expand Health Services While Diversifying its Executive Team

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Industry Trends | November 19, 2021

An Outstanding Shopping Experience: BJ’s Wholesale Club Meet Members’ Demands

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Industry Trends | November 6, 2021

Buckle Up: Holiday 2021 Could Shatter Spending Records

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Industry Trends | November 5, 2021

An Unlikely Entertainment Destination: Why Wegmans is So Successful

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Industry Trends | November 2, 2021

Zipline 💖: Supporting Brands That Matter

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2021 Top Women in Retail: What Retailers Best Leaders Can Teach Us

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Industry Trends | October 14, 2021

Notes from NACS 2021: The Future’s C-Stores are Innovative and Resilient

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Industry Trends | October 11, 2021

Our Top Three Takeaways from Groceryshop 2021

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Industry Trends | September 24, 2021

Four Things We Learned At The NGA Executive Conference

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Industry Trends | August 9, 2021

Future Stores Connect: Reimagining Retail in the Roaring 2020s

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Industry Trends | June 28, 2021

Top Takeaways from NRF Retail Converge 2021

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Industry Trends | June 25, 2021

Readying for Retail’s Return

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Industry Trends | June 17, 2021

Are Retailers Doing Enough for Their Employees?

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Industry Trends | June 14, 2021

Are Dark Stores the Future For Post-pandemic Retailers?

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Industry Trends | May 19, 2021

Lessons from Shoptalk for Women: Empowering Retailers to Lead With Purpose

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Industry Trends | May 11, 2021

Walgreens just launched 2-hour Delivery. Here’s what should happen next.

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Industry Trends | April 30, 2021

People are the Heart of Retail

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Industry Trends | April 27, 2021

Why Gartner Attributes an Associate-First Strategy With Lowe’s Covid-19 Success

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Industry Trends | April 20, 2021

NG Digital Retail Summit: How Retail Brands Must Leverage Technology to Meet Customers Where They Are

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Industry Trends | April 14, 2021

Emerging Trends in Retail for 2021 According to the Experts

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Industry Trends | March 25, 2021

Revenge Spending: How Retailers Can Prepare

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Industry Trends | March 19, 2021

Why Comms Will Only Become More Important as the World Reopens

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Industry Trends | March 6, 2021

Zipline Department Stores Set Apart from the Competition

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Industry Trends | February 25, 2021

How COVID Woke up Retail and Drove Lasting Innovation

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Industry Trends | February 18, 2021

Stores: Still a Vital Part of the Retail Experience

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Industry Trends | February 2, 2021

NRF 2021: Chapter One

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Industry Trends | January 19, 2021

Social responsibility initiatives at The Home Depot and Ulta Beauty build authentic relationships

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Industry Trends | January 13, 2021

Four surprising ways Covid has changed the shopper journey

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Industry Trends | August 24, 2020

How Zipline Protects Brands From Inevitable Covid Lawsuits

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Industry Trends | August 17, 2020

Your Tech Vendor Just Got Acquired – – Now What?

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Industry Trends | August 10, 2020

Litigation and Retail – Protecting Your Brand From Harm

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Industry Trends | July 22, 2020

How Customers Influence the Product Development Process

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Industry Trends | July 1, 2020

Five Things Convenience Store Customers are Looking for in a Loyalty Program

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Industry Trends | June 26, 2020

What it means to be in service to stores

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Industry Trends | June 19, 2020

Here’s the hardest thing about recalling furloughed workers. (Spoiler alert: It’s not the paperwork.)

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Industry Trends | June 11, 2020

Why SIP Didn’t Stop Leading Retailers From Implementing New Technology

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Industry Trends | June 9, 2020

The Store of the Future is going to need a communication upgrade

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Industry Trends | May 28, 2020

Brace Yourself: Returns are Coming

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Industry Trends | May 11, 2020

How Essential Retailers are Helping Their Communities During COVID-19

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Industry Trends | May 8, 2020

The Future of Grocery: What’s in Store (and what’s not)

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Industry Trends | May 6, 2020

How Essential Retailers are Giving Back to Employees During COVID-19

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Industry Trends | May 4, 2020

Five Insights from Cannabis Retailers Navigating COVID-19

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Industry Trends | April 27, 2020

Why Retailers Are Moving Forward With Tech Initiatives Despite Covid-19

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Industry Trends | March 17, 2020

COVID-19: Retail Response Best Practices

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Industry Trends | December 13, 2019

Z-Tail Report: Gen Z Shopping Habits

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Industry Trends | July 10, 2019

Surviving the Dreaded Middle

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Industry Trends | June 18, 2019

Gen Z and Retail

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Industry Trends | June 4, 2019

Retail: Learning from Banks

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Industry Trends | May 14, 2019

Brick and Mortar Success in a Digital World

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Industry Trends | May 7, 2019

Learning from Digital Native Retailers

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Industry Trends | October 27, 2018

Australian Lessons for American Retailers

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