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“Retailers expect more tasks to be done by robots by 2025: report” by Tatiana Walk-Morris via Retail Dive

by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | News, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

Courtesy of Simbe Robotics Dive Brief: Retailers foresee up to 70% of routine tasks to be wholly or partially automated by 2025, according to a 2023 Connected Retail Experience Study conducted by Incisiv in collaboration with Verizon Business. The use of...

“Ocean Pacific Apparel Founder Jim Jenks Dies, Helped Birth Modern Surf Industry” by Kari Hamanaka via Shop Eat Surf

by admin | Mar 21, 2023 | Community, Industry, Legends, News, Rest In Peace, Retail History, Surf

Clockwise from top left: Jim Jenks in the Op days; Jim with his last truck; the famous Op corduroy shorts. Photos courtesy of Junior Jenks and the Surfing Walk of Fame. Jim Jenks, the former surf shop worker who turned Ocean Pacific into an industry-defining...

“Caity Simmers, João Chianca Win MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal” by Joe Carberry via The Inertia

by admin | Mar 16, 2023 | Competitions, News, Surf

Caity, at just 17, captured her first Championship Tour victory. Photo: Damien Poullenot//World Surf League “We’re seeing a generational shift here in Portugal.” Well, duh. That was overwhelmingly the overused phrase from the broadcast during the MEO...

“How consumers are celebrating a record-breaking St. Patrick’s Day – Lucky for retailers, people aren’t just wearing green — they’re spending it too” by Lea Grgich via National Retail Federation Blog

by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | Community, Customer Experience, Holiday, News, Retail Strategy

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, consumers are donning green clothes and buying green food dye in preparation for the lucky holiday — and more people are celebrating than ever before. This year, 61% of consumers plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, up...

“US livestream commerce expected to surpass $31B in 2023: report” by Tatiana Walk-Morris via Retail Dive

by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | m-commerce, News, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce, Social Media

Retrieved from Piqsels. Dive Brief: The livestream e-commerce market will reach $31.7 billion by the end of this year, nearly triple its size in 2021, according to a report by Coresight Research and Bambuser. The report projects that the market will reach $67.8...

“Dick’s Sporting Goods to Shutter Field & Stream Brand” by Joe Keenan via Total Retail

by admin | Mar 9, 2023 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, News, Outdoor, Retail Economy

Dick’s Sporting Goods is shifting focus away from its Field & Stream stores toward its House of Sport concept, a significantly larger — and more profitable — version of the familiar Dick’s Sporting Goods store. Dick’s opened its first Field &...