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Can You Personalize Retailing without Shopper Participation?

One of the toughest issues for retailers to deal with in this high-tech world is how much to personalize their communication and offerings. On the one hand, retailers need as much customer information as possible to target individual shoppers more … Continue reading

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Upgrading Walmart’s Employment Practices

For years, Walmart has had tough labor practices and been heavily criticized for them. For example, it has been sued by many women for unequal pay and promotion opportunities, fought hard against employees unionizing, paid low wages, etc. But, now … Continue reading

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Do You Want to Be a Successful E-Business?

Would you be surprised to learn that only a small percentage of E-commerce sites gain any traction at all? Most dwell in obscurity. Consider these observations from Cent Muruganandam, writing for Business2Community.com and check out the infographic shown below his quote: “You … Continue reading

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