retail
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Best Practices
Marketing to Multiple Generations Under One Roof
Independent retailers increasingly serve three, sometimes four, generations within a single transaction. A grandmother evaluating comfort features, a parent focused…
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Content Marketing for Retailers Who Don’t Want to Be Influencers
The modern definition of content marketing has been hijacked by trends that reward spectacle over substance. But for most retailers,…
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Staying Competitive in the AI Era: A Small Retailer’s Survival Guide
Small retailers face many challenges as the market grows and technology advances, including rising costs and improved competition. AI tools…
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Owning Your Customer Data (Before Someone Else Does)
For decades, independent retailers built customer relationships the old-fashioned way. Handshakes, trust, memory and a good POS receipt drawer. The…
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Measuring ROI on Marketing Efforts
Marketing is one of the most emotionally charged line items in an independent retailer’s budget. In this article, we discuss…
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7 ways to ensure consistency and reliability across your supply chain
In today’s hyper-connected world, supply chain performance is no longer measured only in speed and cost. The true differentiator is…
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Leveraging Social Media Without Losing Your Local Identity
Independent retailers walk a tightrope these days—one foot on Main Street, the other on the digital superhighway. Local identity is…
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Maximizing Word-of-Mouth in the Digital Age
Word-of-mouth has always been retail’s most persuasive force. But today, it doesn’t travel by coffee chats or chance encounters alone—it…
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How Mobile POS Is Reshaping the Retail Checkout Experience
Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) technology is turning a long-standing pain point into a competitive advantage. By putting the entire POS system…
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The Evolution of Search: What It Means for Retailers in 2025
The way consumers find and research products online is fundamentally changing, evolving into a complex, multi-platform process influenced by social…
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Home Depot misses on Q1 2024 revenue
Large home-improvement retailer The Home Depot reported sales of $36.4 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, a decrease…
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E-commerce – Silent Relationships
E-commerce grew 88% faster than general retail sales U.S. e-commerce sales totaled more than $270 billion in the third quarter…
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Tips for Business Leadership Development
All across the internet, people have been sharing their opinions on the job turnover surrounding Gen Z and how they…
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November Same Store Sales & Retail 2023 reporting
The OPE market update sales report from Constellation Data Solutions is based on a group of dealers who have reported…