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Target Announces October Circle Week Deals, Adds 20,000 SKUs and Expands Next-Day Delivery
Target is promising a large holiday splash amidst a better-than-expected August U.S. sales report, announcing the return of its pre-holiday deals as w [...]
Tory Bartlett, CEO, PopUp Bagels | Total Retail Tech 2025
This video features a discussion with Tory Bartlett, CEO of PopUp Bagels, titled “Grip, Rip, and Scale: How PopUp Bagels is Redefining Franchising and [...]
Agentic Commerce: Retail’s Answer to Data Deluge
Retailers are overwhelmed by a deluge of data from disparate sources. The rise of omnichannel customer touchpoints — from website traffic to chat inte [...]
Lift-and-Learn Technology: The Future of Digital Signage in Retail
Nearly half (49 percent) of U.S. retailers are using store intelligence technologies (including artificial intelligence/machine learning, cameras, etc [...]
The Experiential Edge: How Brands Are Harnessing the Power of Curated, Community-Building Brick-and-Mortar Experiences Via Technology
What do athletic apparel brand lululemon, beauty brands Glossier and Sephora, outdoor equipment company REI, and the restaurant brand Eataly have in c [...]
Preparing for Peak Season Pressures
Peak season is the time of year when retailers see their revenues surge, making it the focal point of their annual operations. While efforts to spread [...]
CEO Andy Jassy says Amazon’s partnership with independent sellers is the most ‘substantial collaboration in the history of retail’
At the annual Accelerate seller conference, Jassy said the decision to welcome independent sellers reinvented Amazon’s business and the customer exper [...]
August Retail Sales Rise Amid Back-to-School and Inflation
Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald Trum [...]
Retail’s Race Against Time: Why Strategy Needs Slack, Sanity, and Smarter Execution
For retail technology leaders, the pressure of the holiday season doesn’t begin in November. It starts in Q1, builds in Q2, and peaks by August when m [...]
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025: Everything you need to know to get deals October 7-8
Everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025, including when it starts, when it ends, and how to get the best deals October 7-8. [...]