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The retail industry was shaken by store closings, bankruptcies and innovative new technologies in the first half of 2017. While retailers such as Shoes.com and Sears have struggled to stay afloat, others including Nordstrom, Sephora and Meijer have implemented “hot” new solutions and strategies to enhance the customer experience.
The Retail TouchPoints Top 10 most-viewed articles at mid-year spotlight retailers’ battles to keep brick-and-mortar stores viable and also demonstrate how progressive retailers are winning with: personalization via machine learning; streamlined customer service capabilities thanks to chatbots; a more convenient grocery shopping experience with home delivery; and enhanced last mile capabilities to drive customer loyalty.
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View below to read more about the most popular retail stories for the first half of 2017.
Why Did Shoes.com Lose Its Footing?
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The sudden shut down of the @Shoesdotcom online brands had the industry questioning what went wrong.
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See how @Nordstrom, @1800flowers and @Sephora achieved real business results with #chatbots.
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The @Kronosinc / @Oracle cloud collaboration is designed to provide simplified deployments & quicker time to value.
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url(https://www1.retailtouchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/story_4_image_a.jpg?id=274) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1497453066499{padding-top: 75px !important;padding-bottom: 75px !important;background-color: #282828 !important;}”][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”40″ font_weight=”900″ txt_transform=”capitalize” font_family=”Cardo” font_type=”google” animation=”fade-in” el_class=”sectionheaders”]Innovative Tech[/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”20″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”capitalize” font_family=”Open+Sans” font_type=”google” animation=”fade-in” el_class=”sublinepadding”]The Most Impactful Technologies Coming To Retail[/mk_fancy_title][mk_button dimension=”outline” size=”large” url=”http://www.retailtouchpoints.com/features/executive-viewpoints/the-most-impactful-technologies-coming-to-retail ” target=”_blank” button_custom_width=”220″ el_class=”sublinepadding” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#d9232e” outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#d9232e” outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]READ MORE[/mk_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1497454606446{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”topgraph2″][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text]Suresh Acharya of @JDALabsMTL spotlights a new focus on people, data science & machine learning in retail.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Tweet” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”primary” size=”sm” align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-twitter” add_icon=”true” el_class=”tweet” 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Why the #lastmile is a chance to establish personal customer connections; use cases from @Amazon & @BestBuy.
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Corporate layoffs at @Lowes (500 employees) and @ToysRUs (250 employees) designed to streamline organizational operations.
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.@Sears struggles to stay afloat; kicked off 2017 by closing 150 more stores.
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2017 @Packetzoom study of 15 retail apps revealed @Sephora & @Walmart apps have the fastest download times.
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31% of consumers will order groceries online in 2017—@Meijer, @Walmart, @Kroger already on board with #eGrocery.
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Learn how @FjallravenUSA drove a 45% conversion uplift on shoppers’ favorite items w/ #machinelearning.
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