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Facing a changing consumer, Barnes & Noble College transforms stores into high-touch engagement points

Just as millennials caused retailers to make dramatic shifts in how they operate, Generation Z will be no different, says Lisa Malat, chief operating officer of Barnes & Noble College. Broadly speaking, members of Gen Z were born around 1995 through 2012. The youngest are in elementary school while the oldest have graduated from college.

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From customer experience to analytics, Virtual Visions brings the power of ecommerce to bricks-and-mortar

It all started with a request from Lululemon to bring the power of a mobile application into the store environment. The apparel retailer’s online customers could browse for products across its entire inventory, and the company saw big advantages in enabling that same experience for shoppers in the store.

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Father of invention

Pradeep Elankumaran is CEO and co-founder of Farmstead, an artificial intelligence-powered digital micro-grocer hoping to reinvent the supermarket model through technology. Operating from a small warehouse near its customer base, Farmstead’s priority is local food delivered from farm to fridge in under an hour.

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California Closets upgrades showrooms to help customers design better lives

California Closets has spent several years renovating and relocating about half of its approximately 130 showrooms, with a goal of transforming all within a year or two. Already, the change to what the company calls “Showroom 2.0” is paying off with increased order sizes.

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Cut TCO by 15% on barcode devices

Retailers have relied on rugged handheld devices for over 30 years to boost efficiency and productivity. All along, devices have suffered from failures due to charging contacts that get dirty, corrode, or break. Wireless charging prevents device failure, drastically reducing TCO. An enterprise can easily reduce TCO by 15% or more deploying wireless charging devices.

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Trends

Beginning a 'Nunbelievable' journey to end hunger

If ever a collaboration could be considered “heavenly,” this might be it. Peak performance strategist and philanthropist Tony Robbins has partnered with innovation incubator Idealab New York, venture collective Loeb.nyc and growth accelerator Bonin Ventures to create Nunbelievable Inc.

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Book this: Past meets present at Shakespeare & Co.

Shakespeare & Co., a perfect mix of nostalgia and modernity wrapped up in an independent bookstore, has long been known for its “Espresso Book Machine,” a 3D printer that produces books on demand in about the same span of time needed to make a cup of the caffeinated elixir.

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NRF News

How thredUP is getting consumers to think secondhand first

Shopping for used clothing is turning into a luxury experience with thredUP, a company that started online and expanded into five stores in just a few years. On this episode of NRF’s Retail Gets Real podcast, President Anthony Morino talks about how the company handles more than 100,000 new arrivals every day, the retailer’s “thredUP IRL” strategy and how it’s blazing a trail in the $24 billion secondhand market.

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Americans ready for barbecue, travel this Fourth of July

Eighty-six percent of Americans plan to celebrate Independence Day this year, spending $6.7 billion on food items, according to NRF’s annual survey. That’s down slightly from last year’s $6.9 billion. Cookouts, barbecues and picnics continue to be the most popular activity (61%), followed by fireworks and community celebrations (40%).

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