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The Ultimate 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is nearly here, and with the Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping weekend upon us, consumers are getting ready to celebrate the season of giving. Whether you're looking for gifting inspiration or just want to treat yourself, our Ultimate 2025 Holiday Gift Guide has something for everyone.
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IV20 Brings Together the Alcohol and Cannabis Communities

Blending the worlds of alcohol and cannabis has been attempted before, but has never been successfully done due to federal and regulatory complications. IV20 made its successful debut by blending together different terpenes, resulting in the spirit tasting and smelling like cannabis, but it's 100% vodka.
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2024 Holiday Gift Guide

With most consumers already starting their holiday shopping, retailers need to be prepared with the perfect gift offerings. To help business owners get prepared, Specialty Retailer is sharing our first annual Holiday Gift Guide, offering up some inspiration for store owners to decide which products to stock their shelves with.
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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...
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Kueski Pay Advancing Mexico’s Economy

As a means to help finance purchases over a set period of time, buy now, pay later (BNPL) services have become quite popular —...
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SpotOn Unveils First AI Marketing Tool for Restaurants

According to the National Restaurant Association's latest report, operators cited attracting new customers (79%) and bringing back repeat customers (56%) as significant challenges in...
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Maui Jim and Red Bull Partner to Create Sunglasses Line

Blending style and performance, Maui Jim and Red Bull just announced a three-year partnership in which they will be offering polarized sunglasses. Through this...

Solving the Global Multi Trillion Dollar Problem of Counterfeit Goods

The problem of counterfeit products in the supply chain is an ever-growing threat. Logistics Management reported that counterfeiting is a trillion dollar issue and...

8 Latinx Brands to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures and...
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ClearBags Expands Slimline Packaging Options, Adds New Holographic Bag

Tennessee-based ClearBags has expanded its packaging options for slimline cards and has also added to its holographic bag collection. Archival safe and acid- and lignin-free,...

Snap Introduces AR Enterprise Services

Augmented-reality tech company Snap, which boasts 250 daily users of its AR technology, has introduced AR Enterprise Services (ARES), a way for merchants to...
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OneView Commerce, Anker Partner on Ultra Lightweight, Modern Self-Checkout

OneView Commerce, a Massachusetts-based provider of SaaS store solutions for retailers, has partnered with Anker Kassensysteme GmbH, a producer of POS hardware, for a...
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Quality Bicycle Products Updates Dealer’s Choice Program for Retailers

For 2023, Quality Bicycle Products has updated its Dealer’s Choice partnership program to help retailers boost their bottom line in a rapidly evolving marketplace. The...
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Epson to Create In-Store Experience with Café at NRF 2023

Epson has announced that it will be demonstrating retail POS and back-office solutions at NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show from January 15-17, at the...
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MySize Demonstrates New FirstLook Smart Mirror at French Menswear Event

In early December, MySize Inc. partnered with Promas, the French menswear federation, to demo its FirstLook Smart Mirror during the Promas fashion event in...
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‘The Artist Series’ Expanded by American Express, Helping Retailers Welcome Customers

Local artists across the United States, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and South Africa are designing custom signage for merchants to proudly...
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Into the Great White North: eTailPet Launches POS Platform in Canada

eTailPet, the multi-channel, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) software solution designed for independent pet retail businesses, is expanding its support of pet businesses in North America...
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U.S. Postal Service Announces New Prices for 2023

The U.S. Postal Service has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for shipping services scheduled to take effect January...
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‘What Your Online Customers Expect Now’ – Free Webinar from ClearSale

ClearSale, the Florida-based ecommerce fraud-protection company, has announced a new on-demand webinar to help online merchants better understand the expectations of ecommerce consumers. The free...
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Quivers Adds Lightspeed Retail X-Series Plugin for Specialty Retailers

Quivers, a commerce platform for specialty brands and retailers, has announced the addition of the Quivers Plugin for Lightspeed Retail X-Series – a platform...