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  • Borrowing a page from big tobacco to grow produce sales

    Big screen actors and television personalities made smoking cool for generations of Americans. Now produce marketers and retailers hope a new deal with Hollywood can have the same effect on fruits and vegetables.

  • Social shopping arena gets more crowded

    Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube have some new competition as social commerce tools.

    Visual commerce provider Curalate is releasing Curalate Reveal, a new solution enabling consumers to discover and shop products by clicking on images in blogs. Thus retailers can create shopping experiences on their own blogs or blogs of key influencers.

  • Now Trending: 2015 Holiday Season Retail Storecast

    “Now Trending” is an exclusive online series to chainstoreage.com, featuring trending topics that impact the retail real estate landscape.

  • Belk gets social with customers for holidays

    Regional department store retailer Belk Inc. is using social media to make the holidays a little more fun and rewarding for its shoppers.

  • Adobe: Holiday shoppers are on the move

    Mobile will drive more than half of Thanksgiving Day online shopping visits (51%) for the first time in 2015.

    That is just one mobile-friendly statistic from the new Adobe 2015 Digital Index Online Shopping Predictions. The Index also forecasts mobile will account for close to a third (29%) of all holiday sales, a 12% increase from 2014. iOS will drive 22% of sales, Android just 7%.

  • Baby's First Christmas is omnichannel at Babies"R"Us

    Babies"R"Us is looking to get parents thinking about holiday gifts early with in-store and innovative digital promotions appealing to “Baby’s First Christmas.”

  • Poler Outdoor Stuff activates Instagram indoors

    Consumers who live active lifestyles often document their adventures on Instagram.

    Poler Outdoor Stuff, a Portland, Oregon-based specialty outdoor retailer that operates an e-commerce site, as well as a flagship store, has been using Instagram for online promotions since launching four years ago. More recently, Poler has also been leveraging the promotional power of Instagram in its store.

  • Another social platform becomes a shopping channel

    Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube have some new competition as social commerce tools.

    Visual commerce provider Curalate is releasing Curalate Reveal, a new solution enabling consumers to discover and shop products by clicking on images in blogs. Thus retailers can create shopping experiences on their own blogs or blogs of key influencers.

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