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Tech Tools for Retail Stand Out at National Show

Retail's Big Show 2017

From Jan. 15-17, the National Retail Federation (NRF) welcomed thousands of retail industry professionals to its annual convention, Retail’s Big Show 2017. The event provided attendees with opportunities to network with other retail professionals as well as listen to experts on …

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How Home Depot Analyzes and Uses Customer Data

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The Home Depot collects data from digital resources, such as its website, promotional emails and social media, and uses that information to drive traffic to stores and better target its advertising and marketing efforts. A Home Depot executive discussed those methods Jan. 16 at …

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Lowe’s Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Lowe's Acquisition

Lowe’s will have a new chief financial officer starting March 3. The big-box retailer has chosen Marshall A. Croom to replace Robert F. Hull Jr. in the role. Hull is retiring after 17 years with the company and will stay through March to help with …

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Walmart to Add 10K Retail Jobs in the US

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Walmart plans to add 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S. within the next year, according to The New York Times. Walmart says it plans to build, expand or relocate 59 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores and distribution centers. The company says …

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Amazon Envisions Floating Distribution Centers

Amazon made its first successful product delivery by unmanned drone in December, and the online retailer had already been thinking ahead for ways to improve air delivery. Amazon filed a patent in 2014 for what the company calls “airborne fulfillment centers,” according to the patent …

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Lowe’s Reducing Its Workforce

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Lowe’s has plans for laying off and changing job descriptions for thousands of people in its workforce, according to The Wall Street Journal. Lowe’s employs more than 285,000 workers, and will be cutting the positions of less than 3,000 of them “as the home-improvement retailer tries to …

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National Retail Federation Show Focuses on Future of Retailing

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Thousands of people from across the retail industry arrived in New York to focus on the future of retailing over the weekend at the National Retail Federation convention. The retail trade association kicked off its 106th annual conference and exhibits, Retail’s Big Show 2017, in New …

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