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Creating a seamless journey between online to in-person shopping

A look at the integration of online and in-person shopping.

How AI can personalize the shopping experience

How ecommerce retailers use AI to improve customer satisfaction.

Education

National Teacher of the Year finalist: Alaskan village “unlike anything else in the world”

Frist-grade teacher Harlee Harvey of a rural village in Alaska is one of 5 finalists for the National Teacher of the Year.

Infrastructure

Farm-Powered Sustainability with John Hanselman from Vanguard Renewables

Learn how the agriculture sector is becoming more sustainable through the use of anaerobic digesters that take food waste and cow manure and turn it into products like natural gas, fertilizer, bedding for cows and cash for farmers.

Digital Technology

How to leverage marketing data automation in 2023

Data automation can breathe new life into that marketing data you’ve been collecting over the years, much of which is likely siloed and unorganized.

Several elementary-school students from Salem City Schools in Virginia using VR glasses while sitting on the classroom floor.

Education

Deepen student learning with virtual field trips: Tips from the field

Virtual field trips can make teachers' lessons more engaging by putting students in a different country or environment or even on a planet.

Food

What’s the big deal with small-format retail?

Whether it’s to fill a niche in suburban towns, plug into urban markets or meet the needs of college communities, many retailers – from traditional “big-box” to grocers and more – are adjusting their store models by shifting to smaller-format stores that occupy a fraction of the square footage of their traditional store models.

Technology

SmartSummit: Transformative technology trends and innovations in grocery retail

How grocery retailers are using new technology to glean shopper data, streamline operations and improve customer satisfaction.

Digital nomad and bleisure travler persona

Travel

Part 1: How to serve today’s digital nomad and bleisure travelers

From hotel and lodging to air travel, digital nomads and bleisure travelers are impacting business travel in ways being felt across the board.

Marketing

Amazon best practices for maximizing sales

With 35% of shoppers discovering new brands on Amazon, a solid sales strategy there is a must. Follow these Amazon best practices to boost your e-commerce sales.

Infrastructure

EDF Renewables Sees Stability in 2023

Tristan Grimbert and Raphael Declercq from EDF Renewables discuss what lies ahead in 2023 for the renewable energy industry.

Marketing

2023: 3 content marketing trends

Video, engagement through data and visitor segmentation are 3 content marketing trends Ezoic’s Tyler Bishops sees for 2023.

Digital Technology

Why a Google Analytics 4 transition should be your top New Year’s resolution

Here’s why the time is now to transition to Google Analytics 4 – and reap the benefits sooner rather than later.

3 ways publishers can create premium ad experiences to drive revenue

Digital Technology

3 ways publishers can create a premium ad experience to drive revenue

Through improving consumers’ ad experiences, publishers can sustainably keep subscription costs low while ensuring that their models are sustainable and profitable in 2023 and beyond.

Digital Technology

NFTs & Web3: What does 2023 hold for brand marketers?

While NFTs took a hit in 2022, Kent Lewis looks at how forward-thinking brands can still find value in them while also taking advantage of Web3 capabilities.

Marketing

AR meets billboards: 2023 trends in OOH advertising

From augmented reality to neuroscience, KEVANI founder Kevin Bartanian breaks down 2023 OOH trends in advertising.

Consumer Insights

5 food and beverage trends to watch for 2023

Five of the top food and beverage trends to watch for 2023 include a beverage category that will continue to gain popularity and the social media platform that experts think will most influence where and what consumers want to eat.

"Safe" and smiley face on pavement for safe schools

Insights

5 questions that lead to safe schools

Students perform better when they feel safe.. Creating safe schools requires a comprehensive plan with physical steps and mental preparation.

New policies, new posters: Is your business prepared?

Subscription and digital services for labor law posting requirements can save businesses time -- and keep them in compliance.

screenshot of dashboard for CritterCoin virtual house system

Edtech

How using a digital house system strengthened the school-home connection

Our school's digital house system to manage student groups has been a fun and informative way to keep in touch with families.

Marketing

Should you cash in on the rise of retail media networks?

Retail media networks are growing faster than social media and CTV advertising. Here’s the latest look at RMNs – and the opportunity.

Digital Technology

How to use AI-based translation in your marketing strategy

Unbabel CEO Vasco Pedro explains how AI translation can help smart marketers localize campaigns and product literature when they expand into new countries.

Digital Technology

SEO dos and don’ts for
e-commerce product pages

Here are 5 dos and don’ts to make sure the e-commerce SEO for your product pages converts prospects into customers, courtesy of Cloudways’ Robert Jacobi.

Infrastructure

Iron Flow Batteries on the Rise

Hugh McDermott from ESS outlines the crucial role iron flow batteries are poised to play in the long-duration energy storage market.

Digital Technology

Personalization has changed the face of e-commerce

Bloomreach CEO Raj De Datta leads you through 3 questions and several steps to create an e-commerce personalization strategy.

Food

Craft brewers cheer the return of in-person drinking, festivals

Craft beer sales rebounded in 2021 and 2022 saw the return of Oktoberfest and the Great American Beer Festival.

CPG

Smart labels, sustainability and food safety: What’s new, now and next in food packaging innovations

From improving food safety and offering sustainable material alternatives to helping retailers glean more customer data, food packaging innovations are revolutionizing the food and beverage retail industries.

Infrastructure

How Demand Response automation creates a greener, more resilient grid

James Muraca from Enersponse explains how automated Demand Response systems can enhance grid resiliency, utilize more renewables and save users money.

Infrastructure

Green Hydrogen Hub Taking Shape in Louisiana

Green hydrogen is on its way to Louisiana in the form of the H2theFuture hub

Educational Leadership

Brain science strategies to aid educator wellness

Feeling emotionally drained after the recent pandemic and school upheaval? Quick physiological tactics can ramp up educator wellness.

Food

Restaurants reallocate some tasks to robots to deal with staffing shortages

As restaurants adjust to changing business conditions some operators are using robots and other automation technologies to reallocate some tasks and maximize efficiency.

Consumer Insights

Consumer vs. restaurant: Hartman research on the challenges of eating out

Americans love to eat out, yet research from The Hartman Group shows how restaurant offerings often present challenges to individual eating approaches.

A reinvention of the third-party cookie misses the mark for what the ad industry needs, writes Semcasting's Ray Kingman

Digital Technology

Putting the cookie back in the jar isn’t going to work

A reinvention of the third-party cookie misses the mark for what the ad industry needs, writes Semcasting's Ray Kingman. He explores the battle over the first-party cookie and what we can expect with the future of identity.