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The rise of social commerce

Businesses that are ticking all the relevant retailing boxes these days are very aware that a social presence is necessary. As the most popular activity on the internet, social media is primed to capture the attention of and engage with any potential and current customers. In doing so it takes the retailer on a beneficial path of building a relationship which may well lead to sales all through likes on Facebook, tweets on Twitter, and pins on Pinterest.

In order to achieve social commerce retailers

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Which technology should retailers embrace?

There are conflicted views in the retail industry with reports suggesting that retailers aren’t grasping exactly how to utilise technology.

Following a decline in in-store footfall, it appears that brick and mortar retail stores are now taking steps to become showrooms in order to work in harmony with online stores rather than against them. Despite the obvious decline in consumer numbers, figures from the British Retail Consortium show that the fall is in fact slowing. In the first six months

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The next steps for retail IT

Best technology, user experience and managing the online image are considered the key focus areas for retailers’ online sales strategy, following a recent CW500 Club event on Retail IT.

As the battle of high street and online retailing continues industry experts came together to debate ideas that follow today’s digital trend. Three IT leaders discussed their views and experiences within retail IT in a session titled ‘The high street vs the internet and the lessons for other sectors’.

During

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