Thinking Out Loud

Weekly Technology Thought Leadership

Jan 24, 2025

Retail Media: The Golden Age of Customer-Centric Advertising


  With consumers expecting to shop anywhere, anytime, and brands striving to make every advertising dollar count, retail media is becoming an essential tool in the modern marketer’s arsenal [Adverity].

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Stop Asking for Surveys: Your Restaurant Has the Answers


  Amazon sends them. So does your dentist. Your bank definitely does. And they are on Every. Single. Restaurant Check. “Tell us how we did!” Surveys are great…but they have big limitations [Black Box Intelligence]. 

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Don’t Let What You Don’t Know Hurt You


 In the days leading up to its legendary Thanksgiving parade, Macy’s made headlines not because of the holiday season, but for the more than $150 million in parcel shipping expenses an employee hid over an extended period [Reveel].

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How Poor Hotel Tech is Affecting Employee Retention


 New user experience research has revealed that 38% of hotel employees say their experience with property management systems influenced their decision to leave a job [Cloudbeds].

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2024 Digital Grocery Takeaways


Reflecting on the evolving digital grocery sector and the key themes that defined the segment over the past 12 months [Grocery Doppio].

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The Must-Have 2025 Social Media Calendar


  As the landscape of social media management continues to shift, new holidays create opportunities for brands to boost social media engagement with their target audiences [Emplifi].  

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Fashion and Apparel eCommerce Trends to Watch in 2025


The fashion world never stands still. This means fashion ecommerce never stands still either, and neither should your business [Linnworks]. 

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How Hooters Evolved Its Iconic Brand to Collect 277x More Guest Feedback


“We’re re-evaluating the menu and improving certain processes that we were following for 40 years.”-Chip Davis, Director of Operations Services at Hooters [Tattle].

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Fine-Tuning Stable Diffusion XL for Personalized Fashion Imagery


 By leveraging AI’s generative capabilities, SDXL creates visuals that reflect a brand’s unique style and maintains the high level of realism that SDXL is known for [Skellam].

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