Albertsons and Rite Aid plan to merge, with Rite Aid top executive John Standley as CEO and Albertsons chairman and CEO Bob Miller as chairman. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. See how the merger will expand Rite Aid’s omnichannel operations.
Listening to current retail technology discussions, it’s safe to say that artificial intelligence is the early favorite for buzzword of the year, with countless taglines promising unprecedented productivity improvements based on AI. Here is what you need to know about AI and the difference between traditional and advanced forecasting.
Card-not-present fraud is a huge and growing problem for ecommerce, and one way merchants try to prevent it is with blacklists. Here is what you need to know about how to combat card-not-present fraud in your retail business.
If you read the headlines, it seems like 2018 already belongs to Amazon. However, it doesn’t need to be this way. Retailers can use their own strengths and go up against Amazon this year. Here are three ways to make this happen.
Walmart has added features to its mobile app to help customers navigate stores quicker, including making Walmart Pay, the search bar and scanner more accessible and user friendly. See what these enhancements are and the plans why mobile commerce is such an integral part of the shopping experience.
Levi Strauss & Co. said its direct-to-consumer sales grew 20% in the fourth quarter and 15% for fiscal 2017, based on performance and expansion of the company’s retail network and its ecommerce growth. Here is what CEO and President Chip Bergh had to say about the quarter.
Barnes & Noble is cutting staff, including cashiers, digital leads and others. The staff cuts came after a dismal 2017 holiday season. See what these numbers reveal and how they ran counter to the holiday season in the retail industry.
Valentine’s Day will be here as quickly as cupid can shoot his arrow. So how are shopping trends shaping this holiday? This infographic by Criteo gives a good look at how consumers are shopping for Valentine’s Day this year.
One of the most allure aspects of ecommerce is the ability to sell to a whole planet of customers. A borderless storefront should mean limitless growth, right? Unfortunately, the allure of growth into international markets is commonly stymied by the fear of increased fraud risk. Here is why putting an entire country on an ecommerce blacklist isn’t the right move.
While everyday use of virtual reality in retail may be a few years off, Walmart and its Store No. 8 innovation and incubator division are looking to get ahead of the curve with the acquisition of startup Spatialand.