If you want to extend your brand reach, SMS (Short Message Service) marketing is one of the most reliable ways to do it. According to Zoho, about 43% check their messages nearly ten times during the day, 79% opt-in to receive text from businesses, and 91% of businesses say that …

UK retailer Co-op is working with Walmart Commerce Technologies to bolster its “quick commerce” operations. The co-operative store network, which operates approximately 2,400 food stores and provides products to more than 6,000 other stores, will implement the Store Assist solution from Walmart Commerce Technologies to improve the ease, speed and …

[Update as of July 9, 2024] Walmart Canada will add sensory-friendly hours in all 400+ stores, reducing noise and moving images to improve the shopping experience for neurodivergent people and others that are oversensitive to stimuli. From opening until 10 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, stores will minimize sounds …

Like many industries, retail is currently experiencing a talent shortage. How severe is that shortage? While vacancies for the U.S. job market overall are down 5.6% in the last 12 months, retail vacancies are up 11.6% through April 2024. And, interestingly, job seeker activity is starting to trend up, too. …