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CVS Hires 50,000 Employees to Keep Up With Demand
CVS has seen rapid growth within the last quarter, and It announced in late March that it planned to hire 50,000 people in part-time, full-time, and temporary roles to keep up with demand. The drugstore chain CVS has kept store locations open as an essential retailer during the coronavirus pandemic due to being a…
California to Begin Reopening Non-Essential Businesses
. California Governor Gavin Newsom detailed the state’s plan to begin executing a phased exit from social distancing-enacted policies. The state’s nearly 40 million residents have been on lockdown since March 19. According to Newsom’s plan, some “lower risk” non-essential businesses will be able to start reopening for curbside pickup services as early as Friday….
The Future of Eradicating Fit Risk: Retail Refined
In this episode, we speak with Haniff Brown, Founder of Fit:Match to discuss how AI is helping consumers get exactly what they want. Much like netflix powers a recommendation engine for content, Fit:Match can scan a person in 3 minutes and use that data to find and suggest the brands and retailers that carry…
A New Look at the Checkout Experience: Retail Refined
In this episode we discuss how FutureProof is helping propel the industry forward when it comes to the acceleration of contactless and mobile payments in grocery, fashion and beyond. No longer a generational conversation, we are seeing an emergence of the DIY consumer and we speak about how that is shaping adoption. And the…
The History of the Time Delay Safe: Made In America Bonus Clip
MarketScale’s award-winning original series, “Made in America,” hits the highways and byways of our country seeking out American-made, American-proud companies that are the backbone of our great nation. Over the course of the Tidel episode of MarketScale’s Made In America series, we learned a lot about the diligence and quality Tidel puts into its products. In this…
How Automation Solutions Are Empowering Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
For years now, eCommerce has been forcing brick and mortars to up their game to remain competitive with the convenience that online shopping has provided for consumers. In fact, in 2019, there was an estimated 1.92 billion digital buyers with eCommerce sales accounting for 14.1% of retail purchases worldwide. However, as millions of quarantined…
A New Look at the Last Mile: Retail Refined
With new norms emerging such as a new equilibrium in supply and demand and emerging family priorities, we are seeing an increased adoption of technologies that reposition how consumers receive products and services. Last mile is focusing on hyper convenience with speed, ease and utility as the guiding light. Experiential tech won’t go away,…
Harmonic Retail and Beyond in the Modern Retail Landscape
On this episode of the MarketScale Retail podcast, host Tyler Kern was joined by DeAnn Campbell, Vice President, Retail Strategy and Insights for Harbor Retail. Harbor Retail is committed to the idea of Harmonic Retail, which it defines as an ecosystem where online and offline experiences “interact, enrich and react” to one another in…
Spieckerman Speaks Retail: A New Retail Podcast
Consistently named a top retail influencer, Carol Spieckerman is a recognized authority on retail and brand strategy. As president of Spieckerman Retail, she helps retailers, brand marketers, agencies and tech companies navigate retail from now to next. Spieckerman regularly contributes to major retail and business media outlets across a broad spectrum of retail topics…
The Look and Feel of Retail Shopping Post Pandemic
Without a doubt, the retail landscape has changed dramatically in the last few months as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. So what does the future of retail look like? How will shoppers shop? How will businesses advertise? MarketScale’s Technology podcast poses these questions and more to guest John Andrews, CEO of Photofy….
Rewriting the Playbook for Predicting Consumer Demand
First Insight approaches retail with a forward looking view to consumers via predictive analytics. Through their extensive longitudinal data they are formulating insights around how consumers are being reconditioned. They are seeing a convergence of demographics and a shift to online happening as people shift to staples and stockpiling, but what does the future…
How Should Essential Workers Empower Themselves in the Workplace?
Essential workers are on the front lines of the pandemic; they’re also the least protected and, often, the lowest paid. A lack of PPE, hazard pay, and paid sick leave for workers in vulnerable sectors, like grocery store, fast food, sanitation, and some other sects of retail, is putting the pressure on employers to act,…
How Contactless Pickup Aids in the Fight Against COVID-19
Some of the greatest innovations are born or adopted out of necessity but end up being an integral part of society long after a period of uncertainty has passed. The current COVID-19 pandemic brought about by the novel coronavirus and its extensive ripple effects are having a similar incubation effect for solutions that shape the…
Retail Refined: The Shopping Experience and Future of Payment Integration
The future of payments will be more fluid than ever in tomorrow’s “new norm.” Customers are engaging with brands across channels with fewer pauses and will expect that fluidity to continue in a seamless and frictionless way, from in-store to online. In this discussion, learn how Klarna is helping brands and retailers re-think strategies…
Retail Refined: Introducing A New Retail Podcast
Designed for retail leaders and retail lovers alike, the Retail Refined podcast is designed to explore the in-store technology of the future, challenge the industry’s preconceived notions, and sit down with retail’s biggest names to understand the brand strategies that will define the next decade in retail. The guide on this journey is Melissa…
How AI is Powering New Package Retrieval Solutions in Retail
The retail landscape has changed a great deal over the last decade. New concepts have emerged, like creating frictionless experiences for consumers and buy online, pick up in store. However, these new concepts and ideas have birthed challenges for multi-unit residential facilities and retail establishments. How can these businesses cope with the rising number…
Unemployed Workforce Turns to Amazon, Gig Economy, and Grocers for Jobs: Business Casual
On this snippet from Business Casual, host Daniel Litwin paints a picture of the potentially massive spike in unemployment around the corner due to coronavirus. As more workers at small businesses or in service industries lose their jobs, large entities in our economy look to hire en masse: grocers, gig economy platforms, and ecommerce giants….
6 Ways to Protect Your Product-Based Business During the Coronavirus Outbreak: Bricks and Clicks
On the first episode of Bricks and Clicks, a new podcast show with host Jennifer Kaylo Ruscin, we’ll break down… Utilizing Amazon for immediate distribution. Mastering selling on your own website. Creating a subscription model. Delivery options when traditional transportation isn’t available. How to ensure you have enough inventory for high online sales demand….
Are Bidets a Coronavirus Trend or Here to Stay?: Business Casual
Quarantines are considered a measure of last resort when no preferable means is available to halt the spread of a deadly communicable disease. However, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continue to rise in the U.S., many citizens are flocking to stores to buy products that can last them for the long haul…
How to Harness AI to Craft a Unique Customer Experience: Retail Legends
Welcome to this week’s episode of the Retail Legends podcast. This program’s mission is to provoke thoughts, challenge ideas, encourage growth, and offer leadership and insight to promote prepared and proactive retail. Host Nicole Leinback Reyhle kicked things off at the National Retail Federation’s 2020 Vision Big Show in NYC with interviews with Brian…
Retail Legends: Introducing A New Retail Podcast
Designed for retail leaders and retail lovers alike, The Retail Legends podcast is designed to provoke thoughts, challenge ideas, encourage growth and, most importantly, offer leadership and insight to help retailers be both prepared and proactive to retail’s always evolving and constantly demanding needs. From consumer expectations to store marketing strategies, operational tactics and…
Walmart Restructures and Refocuses to Compete with Amazon: Business Casual
On Tuesday, March 3, Walmart will be launching their new fulfillment services, enabling third-party vendors to showcase their items on Walmart.com’s marketplace and use the company’s logistics to store, pack and ship their products. While sellers will pay a fee, Walmart’s new fulfillment services should drive profitability for these smaller third-party vendors while offloading…
Amazon Opens First Cashierless Store
Amazon Opens a Full-Size, Cashier-less Grocery Store. Known as Amazon Go Grocery, the flagship store opened on Tuesday in the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill. The 10,500 square foot store utilizes the same technology as the smaller Amazon Go stores around the country. Customers scan a bar code on their smartphones at a turnstile when…
Empowering Employees in the Changing Retail Landscape with Derek Jones of Deputy
Derek Jones, VP of Enterprise Strategy for Deputy, joins us to talk about the shifting dynamic in retail and how it’s impacting workers. The retail storefront has forever changed due to the explosion of ecommerce. With convenience and ease, shoppers haven’t completely abandoned brick and mortar stores, but the in-store experience has to evolve. This…
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