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Future of Retail, Pt 4
“Like many men, I’ve never been very enthusiastic about shopping. That’s partly because I’m frugal, and don’t enjoy spending money. It’s partly due to the hassles I associate with visiting retail...
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Future of Retail, Pt 5
A person with a smart phone can scan a bar code in Best Buy or Macy’s, check the price, and order from Amazon or Target on the spot. So Amazon could receive an order from a customer that was stimulated...
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Future of Retail, Pt 6
For decades the mystery shopper was the main way retailers assessed operations from a customer’s point of view. By sending in a fake shopper, typically once a month, an individual store essentially was...
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Raising Awareness in Local Offices
Back in October 2013, PGHretail sat down with County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald, and proposed a wide array of alternative transportation ideas under the PGHshare initiative. We’ve been able to sit...
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Connect Card Rewards
The Port Authority of Pittsburgh has made leaps and bounds by activating the Connect Card program to make bus fare more efficient and data collection to adjust routes. PGHretail was able to sit down...
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Augmented Reality for Retail Advertising
Featuring Layar, a scanning app for print media, adding more digital layers to your shopping and reading experience. We were excited to try out our print advertising for Designer Deals Downtown in the...
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Summer Sponsored Markets 2015
PGHRetail has been organizing and sponsoring community events and markets since 2011. It’s gratifying to be a resource for opportunities and networking to grow our local economy in a multitude of...
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Crowdfunding For Free Skill Sharing Events
As of today, we need just $96 more dollars… to unlock our matching funds and reach our ultimate goal. Each donation, no matter how large or small, will receive an emailed report on all events in the...
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Historic Deutschtown Business District
Recent developments in the Northside for retail are growing with new urban mall re-branding, lofts, hotels, breweries, and more. Local groups collectively developed a marketing video to highlight one...
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Pittsburgh Summer Event Opportunities
For those just getting in to the open air markets for extra cash and experimentation of retailing products, or are fully fledged seasonal caravans of scaled product lines and banking wholesale...
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