Category Archives: Online Retailing

Bricks-and click retailing and online-only retailing are covered here. There are lots of posts on multi-channel retailing.

The Varied Interests of Build-A-Bear

Build-A-Bear’s Dave Finnegan discusses the retailer’s partnership with Oracle and the Retail Orphan Initiative (ROI). He also talks about the merchant’s cross-channel efforts and its use of social media.

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Generating Smarter Retail Operations

Click on the photo to learn more about how better cross-channel data integration can result in smarter retail operations.

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Retail Integration

More than 1,300 retailers replied to Shopatron’s survey “on topics ranging from in-store and online sales to mobile phone usage in stores.” According to Shopatron: “Retail-integrated E-commerce empowers brands to use online sales to expand in-store sales. This is a significant … Continue reading

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