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Besieged with a pandemic crisis, Americans are experiencing a new stay-at-home existence—and the life-altering restrictions that come with it. With schools shut down just about everywhere, part of this new reality is having the kids at home—where many of them are bored to tears. Many parents are going “old-school,” turning to tried-and-true indoor activities like […]

It’s an international operation that in some ways has seemed to be going against the tide of modern retail. For Casaideas, one of South America’s dominant chains for household and design merchandise, has yet to fully embrace online shopping. It does sell digital gift cards online, but for the most part depends on customers visiting […]

Seguramente ha pensado que su computador o teléfono móvil escucha lo que dice. Y también habrá notado que la búsqueda web de un servicio o producto, inmediatamente desencadena anuncios de información relacionada. Todos estos hechos, aparentemente casuales, están íntimamente ligados con la Transformación Digital. La experiencia del usuario es hoy más valiosa que nunca, por […]

It’s been a standing joke in so many sitcoms in which a wedding is being planned. “I should have eloped,” exclaims the bride-to-be, her already frazzled mind nearly taxed to the limit by the many complexities of what should be the happiest day of her life. Which needn’t be the case, says the man who, […]

Hoy en día hay más y más personas determinadas a mejorar su condición física y a llevar una vida más sana. Es por esto que, para alcanzar estos objetivos, muchos se han apoyado en las diferentes herramientas tecnológicas que hoy en día se encuentran a disposición. Dicho esto y con el ánimo de aprovechar este […]

Maybe it’s the handbag you always wanted. Maybe it’s the hottest accessory in this year’s designer fashions. Either way, it’s pricey; way beyond your budget as it shimmers in a store window or as an elusive online image instead of over your shoulder. But it may not be that elusive as recommerce takes hold, matching […]

It’s no secret: Traditional retail companies have a reputation for being behind the technology curve. But this has to change, says Yoav Guttmann—at least at Almod Diamonds. A 25-year veteran of the tech space, he serves as senior vice president and global CIO for the company where he is ushering in incremental, manageable technology and […]

Who knew the desire to sell wild Maine blueberry jam in 1991 would burgeon into a booming business with 21st century tech demands in every phase of its operations? That’s the story of Stonewall Kitchen, where the first products were sold at a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, farmers market. Founders Jim Stott and Jonathan King would […]

The largest grocery store merger in history between two Idaho greats took place on January 29, 2015—and standing in the middle of the action was Albertsons Companies’ Rucha Nanavati, who had to help oversee $280 million of IT synergy as part of the larger deal. By the numbers, the merger of Albertsons, a Boise, Idaho-based […]

Like many manufacturers and retailers, Bassett Furniture has been launched into the new digital economy. Customers, it seems, expect retailers to meet them at the de facto common ground of the 21st century: online. For the 117-year-old furniture manufacturer, that meant finding someone who understood not only data and computers, but how technology impacts every […]