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How Retailers Can Be More Customer-Centric

A while back, Professor Joel Evans of Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business wrote an article about “Customer Centricity” for Promo Magazine (now part of Chief Marketer.) The essence of that still rings true today — even more so given … Continue reading

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2016 Holiday Shopping Tips for Smart Consumers

Every year, BE Retail offers a list of holiday shopping tips intended to help shoppers avoid overspending their budgets. Since the holiday season starts earlier and earlier each year, this post keeps getting moved up. In 2012, when the holiday … Continue reading

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Take a Store Wi-Fi Quiz

Retail Touchpoints has made available an interesting online quiz: “In-Store Wi-Fi — Are You Keeping Pace With Your Retail Peers? Take this quick quiz to understand how well you are leveraging Wi-Fi in the race to build your business. See how … Continue reading

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