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by admin | Feb 15, 2024 | Competitions, News, Surf
All that’s left is a world title. Photo: Bielmann//World Surf League Something crazy happened Saturday afternoon in Hawaii, on that little stretch of sand at Ehukai Beach Park. Out in the water, a new generation was blowing minds. A new generation of women, that...
by admin | Feb 13, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, E-Commerce, Point of Sale, Retail Technologies
It’s the time of year when the world’s thoughts turn to love. For retailers, Valentine’s Day offers a shopping boost in the after-holiday mid-February slump, but it’s more than that – it’s also a reminder that love comes in many forms, including the love that shoppers...
by admin | Feb 7, 2024 | News, Outdoor, SUP, Surf, Tourism
Photo: Jeremy Lanfranchi//Unsplash The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) has released a report detailing 2023 shark attack numbers. The report shows a notable uptick in the number of unprovoked shark attacks, as well as the number of those...
by admin | Feb 5, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence / CHAT GPT, Community, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, E-Commerce, Opinion, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
Credit: Jon Stamell Do you know how many emails are sent every day around the world? I ask people that all the time and I get some surprising answers. I’ve heard 10 million, 100 million and up to a billion. The answer is that in 2024, people around the world will send...
by admin | Feb 3, 2024 | Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce, Social Media
I remember when a local business group asked me to present for half a day and the focus became social media marketing for retail stores. It was a typical group of small and medium-sized businesses that sold everything from clothing and sporting goods to banking...
by admin | Feb 1, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, E-Commerce, m-commerce, Social Commerce
Credit: Getty Images by Photographer is my life Analyzing the pressures facing the world of retail and how businesses need to tackle challenges by prioritizing the needs of Gen Z and millennials In the aftermath of the pandemic and the global economic strain, Gen Z...
by admin | Jan 25, 2024 | Competitions, Event Planning, News, Olympics, Skateboard
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal and Portugal’s Gustavo Ribeiro took the championship in the 2022 SLS Triple Crown season It’s an Olympic year, which means that skateboarding, which was added to the program for the Tokyo 2020 Games and which will return in Paris this...
by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | Accounting and Business Services, News, Resources, Retail Strategy
In this outstanding webinar, the people behind BRA Supporting Vendor Partner Cohn Reznick and a couple of their special guests focused on data and lessons learned from the holiday season, margin enhancement opportunities from the investor perspective, and proactive...
by admin | Jan 21, 2024 | Community, Competitions, News, Olympics, Surf
In news that we’ve heard rumblings about for weeks, Carissa Moore, a five-time world champion and defending Olympic gold medalist is officially stepping away from the World Surf League’s Championship Tour (she doesn’t want to use the word “retire”). She will surf...
by admin | Jan 19, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence / CHAT GPT, Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, E-Commerce, m-commerce, News, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
Credit: Getty Images by Busakorn Pongparnit From emerging technologies to AI-enabled retail associates, Honeywell shares thoughts on evolving retail experiences in the year ahead Retail is changing significantly as new technologies pave the way for future shopping...