Retailer Web Services Digital Advisor Winter 2018 | Page 3
DIGITALAdvisor
MAGAZINE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Carle Publishing Inc.
Erika MacLeod
Jessica Embree
CONTRIBUTORS
Jennie Gilbert
Tom Swain
Kim Cecere
Patrick McAvoy
Jim Kane
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CONTENTS
Welcome....................................................... 2
Retailers Deserve More
News................................................................ 4
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What’s NEW For RWS Customers?
On Deck......................................................... 5
Rich TV: Making First Impressions
In-Store.......................................................... 6
RetailDeck ® Price Quotes: Easy as 1-2-3!
On-Design................................................... 7
A Look at GerhardsAppliance.com
Meet ‘Socrates’........................................ 8
WebFronts® Next Gen Design Platform
Retailer Q&A........................................... 10
2018 Digital Priorities
Did You Know?....................................... 12
Google Could be Scaring Your Customers Away
Notes From the Network.............. 14
Black Friday 2017
Seeing Stars............................................ 15
What Retailers are Saying about RWS
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