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So, Your Retail Partners Want to See Ideas Before They Actually Exist? Virtual Can Do That.

In today’s retail industry, disruptive players such as Brandless, HelloFresh and Dollar Shave Club are forcing traditional brands and retailers to completely transform in order to stay competitive in the modern world. With almost every retailer looking for ways to...

September 18, 2019

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3 Big Ways AI is Transforming Retail Management

Machine learning, or artificial intelligence, is no longer a futuristic-sounding concept for most people. Smart home devices like smart thermostats and lights, navigation apps, or even music streaming services are all powered in some way by machine-learned algorithms, and millions...

September 4, 2019

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Why In-Store Planning is Similar to… Flying a Plane?

Category management might seem a world away from a piloting an airplane, but there’s one aspect of the job that both professions benefit from–testing and training. When it comes to flying a plane, the FAA requires pilots to have extensive...

August 20, 2019

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Here’s Why Category Managers are Turning to VR Technology

Today’s responsibilities as a category management professional have never been so expansive. As Professor Janet Hartley told the told attendees at the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) conference in April, category management is a “really interesting mix of skills… You...

June 27, 2019

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3 Musts for a Shelf-First Approach to Retail Merchandising

Staying at the forefront of retail innovation means starting to think differently. Brands and retailers should start looking at the whole picture–how products look on the shelf, how the shelf looks to a customer, and how people will ultimately react...

June 5, 2019