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Despite Bad News Most of the Year, Mexican Consumers Aren't Reluctant to Spend

November 12, 2015

Shares in Walmart, the American retailing behemoth, have dropped by a third so far this year. But those of Walmex, its separately listed Mexican arm, are up 30 percent. This shaft of sunlight is surprising, for the mood south of the border has generally been glum.

What's Best Way to Fulfill E-commerce Orders In-store?

November 11, 2015

Logistics Viewpoints

Research shows that one of the biggest questions retailers face when they move to an omnichannel initiative is where to start?

Retailer Targets Complete Revamp of Its Grocery Supply Chain

November 11, 2015

FierceRetail

Target has been revamping its grocery business and is seriously considering enlisting a third party to help solve supply chain issues.

Increase in Holiday Shopping Spending Predicted, Especially Among Millennials

November 11, 2015

Apparel

With a quarter of holiday shoppers planning to spend more this year than last, retailers can start to celebrate. In its second year of research into holiday shopping plans, analytics company SAS polled 3,458 consumers in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. led spending growth with 29 percent of consumers saying they'll spend more. Canadian shoppers, on the other hand, are tightening their budgets this year. Millennial shoppers (ages 18 to 29) are most likely to up their spending this year, while older consumers are tending to stick with last year's budget.

Consumers Become More Interested in Social Media, Thanksgiving Day Shopping, Study Say

November 10, 2015

Fierce Retail

Holiday shoppers are expected to spend more this season, but it's where or how they plan to spend that should interest retailers, as Thanksgiving Day shopping and social media gain in popularity, according to a new study from Accenture.

Retail Shrink on Rise in U.S, Around the World, Survey Finds

November 10, 2015

Checkpoint Systems

Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, and administrative errors, rose in the U.S. from 1.28 percent of sales in 2013-2014 to 1.97 percent during 2014-2015, based upon responses from common retail respondents who participated in Global Retail Theft Barometer surveys both years. Globally, this compares to 1.42 percent, a figure also up from the previous .94 percent average of all common retailers surveyed the previous year.

Half of Customers Who Opted to Pick Up Online Purchases in Stores Ran Into Hassles, Study Says

November 10, 2015

Wall Street Journal

"Buy online, pickup in store" has become an increasingly popular strategy for retailers looking to reduce delivery costs. But a new study reveals it isn't working as well as the store owners hope.

Americans - Even Millennials - Prefer Paper Discount Coupons Over Digital, Study Finds

November 5, 2015

CreditCards.com

Despite all of the technology available to today's consumers, Americans still prefer paper coupons, according to a new CreditCards.com report.

Start-up Says That Data Collected on Customers In-store Can Boost Retail Sales

November 4, 2015

CRM

Alexi Agratchev was working on a video securitysystem to help casinos catch criminals, as part of an internal start-up at Cisco Systems, when an idea popped into his head. He wanted to apply the same concept – extracting data from technology such as video cameras – to help retailers better serve their customers and drive sales in stores.