A SMARTER STORE

Infographic | December 5, 2019

Retailers want to use technology to move forward, but they are often held back by previous investments: the average merchant spends 58% of their IT budget to maintain legacy systems, even as they work to compete with e-Commerce giants, improve their omnichannel capabilities and increase personalization. Security concerns also play a big role: 69% of companies are reluctant to innovate if they can't overcome cybersecurity issues.

Infographic | January 6, 2020

With the 2019 holiday season barely in hindsight, you might be thinking it’s too early to begin putting together your 2020 seasonal retail marketing calendar. But, there’s no such thing as being too prepared for the holidays especially when, according to our 2019 holiday survey, more than 95% of retailers say their store is either “somewhat prepared” or “very prepared” for the retail holiday season.

Infographic | December 25, 2019

Today's retail point-of-sale systems have come a long way from nickel-plated, bell-ringing cash registers, but their evolution is not yet complete. But the future of POS could arrive much sooner than you might guess!

Infographic | January 1, 2020

BUILDING THE BETTER Entrepreneur COUNTRY This information is based off the research project Global Engineering and Entrepreneurship done by Duke University. 549 company founders were surveyed from the United States.

Infographic | December 7, 2019

Retailers face a number of challenges getting shoppers to download and use their mobile apps, but when they do succeed, the rewards are high: shoppers spend, on average, 30% more when using branded apps. Omnichannel efforts also pay off handsomely: consumers spend 17% more when their shopping experience is matched on multiple devices.

Infographic | December 30, 2019

In the largest Affiliate Incrementality Study ever conducted over 21M retail consumers and 5.5M transactions we’ve proven the incremental effect that affiliate has on shopper behavior. Let’s look at two groups of shoppers to demonstrate how affiliate moves the needle.