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4 Ways COVID-19 will change grocery merchandising
September 11, 2020
Grocers have adapted with lightning speed to the new challenges of the pandemic. Supply chain upheaval, new fulfillment models, social distancing requirements and compliance issues are just a few of the obstacles that have emerged since March. Out of the public eye, visual merchandising and space planning processes were significantly…
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Eyemart Express Selects One Door to Streamline Visual Merchandising
National retailer will deploy Our platform to improve brand consistency across all stores BOSTON – (July 22, 2020) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced a new agreement with national eyewear retailer,...
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One Door Names Jen Loesch to Board of Directors
Retail industry veteran brings extensive merchandising experience to the company BOSTON – (July 14, 2020) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced that it has appointed Jen Loesch, CEO of Minnesota-based...
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One Door Releases Computer Vision Capability for Our platform
New feature introduces artificial intelligence and image recognition for retail merchandising execution and compliance BOSTON – (June 25, 2020) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced an innovative...
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Putting the “Visual” Back in Visual Merchandising – IV: taking Walgreens into the future with technology
June 24, 2020
For Part IV of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising,” we are chatting with Tracy Allen. Tracy is the Sr. Director of Space Management for Walgreens…
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Putting the “Visual” Back in Visual Merchandising – III: applying tech solutions to specialty retails
April 29, 2020
For Part III of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising,” we are chatting with Anthony Perrotta. Anthony has worked with specialty brands, including J. Jill and Alex & Ani and is currently with…
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7 Things to consider when it’s time to reopen stores
April 07, 2020
How do retailers bring their stores back online after being closed for weeks or months? How does HQ bring their field teams up to speed quickly with the latest promotions, floorsets and marketing campaigns? Most importantly, how does HQ ensure that store teams feel supported, safe and cared for? Working across different types of retail…
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Putting the “visual” back in visual merchandising – II: the power of visual merchandising
March 31, 2020
For Part II of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising” we are chatting with Kristin Lauer. Kristin is a seasoned expert in visual merchandising with over 25 years of experience. She began her career at Filene’s, Bloomingdale’s and Barneys – where she worked under design icon Simon Doonan – and later opened her own studio, Blue Potato …
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Putting the “Visual” Back in Visual Merchandising
March 12, 2020
After participating in One Door’s Big Ideas Session at NRF this past January, I walked off stage thinking about all of the technology (heat maps, display engagement stats, traffic counters etc.) that retailers are using to plan in-store merchandising, but I recognized a gap in the process. Retailers aren’t using technology to help today’s retail associates execute planograms….
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Space planning and visual merchandising – how AI, cloud, and mobile are changing the game
March 09, 2020
When we talk to retailers around the world, one thing is clear: everybody thinks they’re behind when it comes to planogram automation and merchandising execution. At NRF 2020, we set out to discover how space planning and merchandising are evolving with new….
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One Door Joins Emerging Technology Session with Blue Yonder at 2020 CMA + SIMA Annual Conference in Dallas
DALLAS – (Feb. 24, 2020) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced its Emerging Technology joint presentation with Blue Yonder, Inc. (formerly JDA Software) at the 2020 Category Management Association &...
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Turn your retail store associates Into merchandising rockstars
February 21, 2020
In a perfect world, every shelf in your store would be merchandised flawlessly and your team of sales associates would spend their workday interacting with customers and selling products. But in today’s fast-paced retail climate, chances are that your team is losing several hours a day on unnecessary tasks like fixing mistakes on resets….
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Simplify visual merchandising for better in-store execution and compliance
January 18, 2020
When store teams lack clear, interactive, step-by-step instructions on how to set fixtures and displays, compliance suffers. And when compliance suffers, sales are lost, and labor hours are wasted. In fact, retailers report an average of 40+ hours per week of lost time spent merchandising that could be better invested in serving customers….
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One Door to Showcase Innovation in Visual Merchandising and Space Planning at NRF 2020
Software provider gives retailers the tools they need to simplify work for store teams NEW YORK CITY – (Jan. 9, 2020) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced its full lineup of activities for NRF 2020, which...
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One Door and JDA Software Partner to Simplify Work for Stores
Integration of platforms transforms planograms into step-by-step instructions and gives retailers “x-ray vision” into stores BOSTON – (Dec. 19, 2019) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today announced a...
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Gartner’s 3 critical ways space planning software must change
December 11, 2019
When research firm Gartner published its market guide on space planning this year, it made one thing clear: retailers who put off digital transformation of their space planning processes risk losing sales. After all, stores face increasingly tough competition from online shopping which offers unlimited options, personalized customer journeys, and represented more than half of all retail growth in 2018. “Left unchecked…
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Space management automation to the rescue
December 09, 2019
As a space planner, your goal is to get the right product in the right store at the right time. Maximizing every square foot of retail space with localized assortments is your mantra. Finding that perfect formula for how space is allocated – from category management to shelf space efficiency – is your jam. Today’s advanced data aggregation tools and space analytics are helping you understand your customers’ shopping…
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Create killer retail promotions with our platform
October 30, 2019
Today’s consumers expect retailers to keep up with their constantly changing interests. As a visual merchandiser this means you’re faced with the big challenge of better understanding your customers, and then quickly creating highly targeted promotions that speak directly to them.One Door’s Our platform platform is the end-to-end visual merchandising software solution that helps…
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4 user experience superpowers that are transforming visual merchandising software
August 09, 2019
As a consumer, when I ask for “seafood restaurants near me,” there are four key capabilities that make the response so useful, and I call these “User Experience Superpowers.” These applications know me and the context of my situation (where I am, etc.). They consolidate and organize…
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One Door Launches Season One of “Off the Shelf”, Filmed at SHOWFIELDS
New short-format video series celebrates visual merchandising and the creation of great retail experiences BOSTON – (June 18, 2019) – One Door, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, today launched “Off the Shelf”, a new...
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1/19 – Oracle and One Door collaborates to help retailers through AI
Oracle Retail and One Door, a leading provider of cloud-based visual merchandising software, have announced… Read More
1/19 – Oracle and One Door Collaborate to Deliver Compelling In-Store Retail Experiences
Combination of Market Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation Enables Retailers to Optimize… Read More
12/18 – One Door to Host ‘Big Ideas’ Session with Best Buy at NRF’s Big Show 2019
Customer success story, Our platform demonstrations and new research will highlight how…Read More
Why its time to retire the paper planogram
April 27, 2021
Planograms have been the standard approach to planning merchandising for decades. But as more and more retailers are discovering, planograms just aren’t up to the realities of merchandising today: more frequent store resets and promotions, store teams stretched thin, and HQ investments in big data tools to drive…
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With cloud and mobile, retailers can finally see what’s happening on every shelf
January 05, 2021
If you want to understand just how outdated many of today’s merchandising execution tools and processes are, consider this: the planogram was invented by Kmart in 1970 and remains the industry standard for communicating product plans to stores.Now consider how much merchandising has changed in the last 50…
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Putting the “visual” back in visual merchandising – VI: curation and the bridge between digital and brick-and-mortar
November 3, 2020
For Part VI of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising,” we continue chatting with Michael Abata. Michael is a thought leader and cultural and consumer futurist…
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Putting the “visual” back in visual merchandising – V: a consumer futurist’s take on virtual reality and the speed of change in retail today
October 15 2020
In our press release last week announcing our relationship with Movista we talked about a “single pane of glass” for store teams. Here’s a little more about what we mean.Today, roughly…
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Merchandising Strategies for the New Normal
October 14, 2020
The following is a recap of the One Door’s on-demand webinar: Merchandising Strategies for the “New Normal” available here.
This has been one of the most disruptive years for retail in living memory. COVID-19 has fundamentally changed consumer behaviors and has forced retailers to respond rapidly to today’s market while adapting new merchandising…
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4 Ways COVID-19 will change grocery merchandising
September 11, 2020
Grocers have adapted with lightning speed to the new challenges of the pandemic. Supply chain upheaval, new fulfillment models, social distancing requirements and compliance issues are just a few of the obstacles that have emerged since March. Out of the public eye, visual merchandising and space planning processes were significantly…
read more
Putting the “Visual” Back in Visual Merchandising – IV: taking Walgreens into the future with technology
June 24, 2020
For Part IV of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising,” we are chatting with Tracy Allen. Tracy is the Sr. Director of Space Management for Walgreens…
read more
Putting the “Visual” Back in Visual Merchandising – III: applying tech solutions to specialty retails
April 29, 2020
For Part III of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising,” we are chatting with Anthony Perrotta. Anthony has worked with specialty brands, including J. Jill and Alex & Ani and is currently with…
read more
7 Things to consider when it’s time to reopen stores
April 07, 2020
How do retailers bring their stores back online after being closed for weeks or months? How does HQ bring their field teams up to speed quickly with the latest promotions, floorsets and marketing campaigns? Most importantly, how does HQ ensure that store teams feel supported, safe and cared for? Working across different types of retail…
read more
Putting the “visual” back in visual merchandising – II: the power of visual merchandising
March 31, 2020
For Part II of our discussion, “Putting the ‘Visual’ Back in Visual Merchandising” we are chatting with Kristin Lauer. Kristin is a seasoned expert in visual merchandising with over 25 years of experience. She began her career at Filene’s, Bloomingdale’s and Barneys – where she worked under design icon Simon Doonan – and later opened her own studio, Blue Potato …
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