manage

4 Tips to Better Manage Company Time and Resources

Every moment spent away from core revenue-generating activities can result in lost opportunities and diminishing returns. This article offers four key areas that you could look at optimizing to ensure you are spending less time on the operational tasks and more time on customer satisfaction.
mobile-first experiences

The Future of Customer Loyalty Lies in Mobile-First Experiences

Traditionally, customer loyalty was built through consistent quality and brand trust. Today, however, it's about convenience, personalization and immediate engagement. Offering exceptional mobile experiences built on those key drivers is vital to customer retention.
customer loyalty

How to Build a Strong Customer Loyalty Strategy

Customer loyalty is an integral part of every retail brand. It’s what keeps your name relevant and shoppers coming back for more. Whether you’re looking to build a loyal customer base from scratch or are just looking for a few tips to strengthen your existing one, here is some insight from retail experts on what exactly shoppers are looking for from retailers today that will keep them coming back. 
economic

Thriving in Economic Downturns: A Blueprint for Entrepreneurs

In the face of economic downturns, inflation and uncertainty, entrepreneurs need to adopt strategies that ensure resilience and sustainable growth. The key to navigating these turbulent periods is through strategies focused on diversifying revenue streams, leveraging relationship capital, investing in team development and maintaining a long-term vision centered on the company’s core values.
AI

How AI is Driving a More Sustainable Future for Supply Chains

The retail sector continues to face mounting pressure to meet higher standards of social and environmental responsibility. Many organizations are turning to AI to drive a more sustainable future for their supply chain.
phantom inventory

How to Solve Phantom Inventory with AI

While many issues can contribute to out-of-stock situations, one cause is very common, very hard to spot and very damaging to any retailer’s business: phantom inventory. This article details the different ways in which AI can help with this issue.
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Empowering Retail Resilience Through RAIN RFID  

More retailers are turning to new technologies to enhance the customer experience, strengthen their market position and drive profit growth. RAIN RFID in particular, is playing a growing role in helping leading retailers meet this shifting demand and remain resilient in today’s cutthroat retail environment.
brand growth

How to Build Authentic Relationships for Brand Growth

Building strong relationships with customers and your team is crucial for brand growth. It’s impossible to run a successful business and without establishing meaningful...
campaign builder

Campaign Builder Simplifies Small Business Marketing

Marketing for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can certainly be a difficult endeavor. Between needing a budget, a whole marketing team and the know-how to be...
returns

Consolidators Improving the Returns Process for Retailers

As customer returns continue to remain a problem in retail, brands are coming up with different ways to make it easier not only for...
technology

Addressing Retail Industry Challenges with RAIN RFID Technology

I’ve spent my career building strategic partnerships with customers across the retail industry. While the industry is made up of a diverse range of...
delivery

The Importance of Estimated Delivery Dates

Providing shoppers with an estimated delivery date is crucial for customer satisfaction and loyalty. It can even help improve conversion rates. According to an...
small business

Tips From an Entrepreneur: How to Scale a Small Business

No matter what you’re venturing into, it can be difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel when starting your own...
RFID

Navigating Walmart’s RFID Mandate as a Specialty Retailer

Since 2020, Walmart has required suppliers to add RAIN RFID tags to certain categories of goods as part of an ongoing digital transformation aimed...
AI

How AI Can Help Your Business

For the beverage alcohol industry, distribution is the critical bridge between production and consumer — but distributors often face hurdles that range from routing...
The State of CMS 2024 report.

New Report Finds Companies are Switching to Headless CMS

Storyblok, a content management system (CMS), just released The State of CMS 2024 report to show how companies manage content today and what their content plans...
AI

How AI is Reshaping Retail

As consumer preferences keep changing and the online buying sector continues to evolve, retail brands need to prioritize innovation to stay competitive in today’s...
leadership

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 “just don’t want to...
gift card

2024 Gift Card Trends Shaping the Future of Customer Loyalty

In a world where consumers have an endless supply of online shopping options, loyalty is crucial in order for retailers to survive. And loyalty...
4PL

How Your Business Can Benefit from 4PL

As supply chains become more complex, an increasing number of companies are turning to the fourth-party logistics (4PL) operating model in which a business...