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7 Retail POS Software Features to Streamline Your Small Business in 2018

Rahis Saifi — January 17, 2018 Follow @57rahis — January 17, 2018 Point of Sale systems has been a staple of businesses for a number of years allowing cashiers to zip customers through the checkout line with speed and accuracy. They also serve up benefits to the businesses themselves since employers and managers are able … Continue reading 7 Retail POS Software Features to Streamline Your Small Business in 2018 →

The top 3 retail strategies that dominated the holiday season

Holiday Season

As we say goodbye to the holidays and hello to a new year, columnist Tom Mucklow looks back at the strategies and technologies that drove online shopping. Tom Mucklow on January 11, 2018 As the holidays fade into memory, we can look back at a very successful holiday season. Retail sales from November 1 … Continue reading The top 3 retail strategies that dominated the holiday season →

Why SMBs Need Referral Marketing During the “Retail Apocalypse”

Marketing Guide

Robert Woo — January 11, 2018 — January 11, 2018 As apocalypses go, a “retail apocalypse” doesn’t sound too bad. That is, unless you’re a business owner. Then it might send a shiver down your bottom line. And if you think this is just the end of big box retailers like the recently gutted Sears … Continue reading Why SMBs Need Referral Marketing During the “Retail Apocalypse” →

Gamification to Make Mobile Retail Web Apps Even More Engaging and Effective

Business Effectiveness

Georgi Todorov — December 8, 2017 Follow @GeorgiTodorovBG — December 8, 2017 Gamification is emerging as a favored tool for boosting customer engagement. Gamification combines “game mechanics” – such as point-based award systems and other non-traditional incentives – to build relationships and to drive sales. As of 2015, 87% of retailers were already using some … Continue reading Gamification to Make Mobile Retail Web Apps Even More Engaging and Effective →

How to Prepare Your Retail Business for the Holiday Season

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Kayla Sloan — November 8, 2017 — November 8, 2017 JuliaBoldt / Pixabay If you are a retail business owner your schedule is most likely stretched to the limit under the best of times. Keeping up with all of the aspects of your business can take a lot of your time. So how do you … Continue reading How to Prepare Your Retail Business for the Holiday Season →

Retail SMS Marketing – The Best Time to Send Your SMS Campaign [Infographic]

SMS Marketing

Jake Jeffries — October 16, 2017 Follow @TextMarketerLtd — October 16, 2017 Retailers have fallen in love with SMS marketing, and fallen hard. Thousands of messages flying out every day from retailers, offering their customers amazing savings, updating them on their orders, along with many other ways, keeping customers well informed and happy. 50% of … Continue reading Retail SMS Marketing – The Best Time to Send Your SMS Campaign [Infographic] →

Retail Hiring Is On The Rise: 3 Tools That Can Help

Retail Marketing

Ji-A Min — October 5, 2017 — October 5, 2017 Retail is making headlines again: While Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy recently, Target announced plans to hire 100,000 holiday workers, up 40% from last year. As one of the first retailers to announce their hiring plans for the 2017 holiday season, Target’s hiring plans … Continue reading Retail Hiring Is On The Rise: 3 Tools That Can Help →

Virtual Reality Pop-Up Shops Are the Future of Experiential Retail

Virtual Reality Marketing

My N. Tran — September 25, 2017 Follow @https://twitter.com/mynrtran — September 25, 2017 Free-Photos / Pixabay When I proposed bringing relevance back to offline retail through a tightly designed online experience to offline utility loop, I also criticized attaching new technological features, without context, in hopes of boosting the engagement metric. Despite my reservations about … Continue reading Virtual Reality Pop-Up Shops Are the Future of Experiential Retail →

Add chatbots to your arsenal today: Reap the benefits during the holiday retail season

Chatbots

Don’t get left behind the competition this holiday season. Contributor Rohit Gupta explains why retailers should invest in chatbots before the shopping onslaught begins. Rohit Gupta on September 5, 2017 The buzz around chatbots has been growing to a dull roar. Though consumers have been wary of bots due to privacy concerns and usability … Continue reading Add chatbots to your arsenal today: Reap the benefits during the holiday retail season →

The game changer in retail personalization: Consumer identity management

Identity

Contributor Dave Dague explains how consumer identity management will help you deliver a personalized, relevant experience to customers and give you a leg up on the competition this holiday season and beyond. Dave Dague on September 1, 2017 While many retail marketers are excited about the opportunities technologies such as machine learning and artificial … Continue reading The game changer in retail personalization: Consumer identity management →