Global apparel giant expands its reach in a big wayZara is making its way into more than 100 countries — at least online. These innovations are driving retail growthA retail transformation is well underway, and it is being lead by retailers’ investments in technologies that improve the customer experience. First Look: Walmart’s tech incubator has a sleek, industrial feel Walmart upped the cool factor when designing its first-ever technology incubator. How to Empower Your Workforce to Create Repeat Loyalists No industry faces disruption as acutely as retail right now. Teen apparel retailer ‘gets schooled’ on predictive analytics Rue 21 made a strategic decision to ensure it could get the biggest return on its predictive analytics investment. Manual intervention is hindering the customer experience By failing to automate pricing and replenishment processes, brick-and-mortar retailers are failing to improve the customer experience. Walmart re-imagines its mobile app price checks Walmart’s mobile app barcode scanner just got a makeover. Poor stock availability is biggest turn-off of store shopping The lack of stock is shoppers’ biggest complaint when it comes to shopping in physical stores. Sears in another Amazon deal Sears Holdings Corp. has found a way to extend its relationship with Amazon, and it is using its Kenmore brand to do so. Deloitte: Holiday shoppers hooked on these two shipping preferences Free consistently trumps fast when it comes to holiday shipping. Albertsons to test robotic pick system for online orders A supermarket giant is using artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify and automate online orders created at store-level. More robots rolling down the aisles at Schnucks Now in aisle five at select Schnucks Markets, “Tally,” a shelf-scanning robot. First Previous 348 349 350 351 352 Next Last