Retail Wire

MAY 6, 2025

ALDI is gearing up to grow.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 7, 2025

After May 2, ultra-fast fashion will be slightly more expensive. The human cost, however, remains astronomical. For years, ultra-cheap, ultra-fast fashion has rewired where and how Americans shop. Led by Chinese-founded online retailers Shein and Temu, ultra-fast fashion has succeeded in part by driving prices for trendy clothes as low as possible. Now that model is starting to fray.

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Retail Dive

MAY 5, 2025

Around 96% of American toy companies are small- and medium-sized businesses. Nearly half of them could shutter due to U.S. tariff policies.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 6, 2025

Co-op has warned customers of ongoing product shortages across its store network as the retailer continues to battle a sustained cyber attack that has forced it to shut down some of its delivery systems. The retailer said the attack on its systems, which began last week, has caused serious disruption to store availability, particularly in fresh categories such as fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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A1 Retail

MAY 6, 2025

Nespresso has opened its London flagship location in Covent Garden, offering a unique haven to touch, taste and explore the wonderful world of Nespresso coffee. Located at 34 Henrietta Street, spanning 1,345 sq ft, overlooking Covent Gardens iconic West Piazza, the boutique encapsulates the Nespresso brand values whilst celebrating the beautiful architecture and history of the old bank building in the thriving heart of London.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2025

Google has made headlines once again by announcing a significant shift to its approach to digital privacy. Rather than eliminating online cookies or offering users an opt-out option in Chrome, the tech giant has committed to maintaining cookies as a core part of its browser functionality. Since Google introduced the Privacy Sandbox initiative in 2019, the digital marketing landscape has undergone a significant transformation.

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Retail Dive

MAY 6, 2025

As small businesses brace for tariff impacts, Walmart is pairing them with mentors and showcasing their products as part of its new initiative.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 6, 2025

Asda has named Morrisons’ marketing director Rachel Eyre as its new chief customer officer. Eyre previously served as chief customer and marketing officer for Morrisons, where she was in charge of the rival grocer’s customer service, brand, marketing, digital and PR activities. Prior to joining Morrisons in 2021, Eyre held various senior marketing and commercial roles with Sainsburys and Barclays.

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A1 Retail

MAY 7, 2025

With anticipation building since the February announcement of its first bricks and mortar store, digitally native active-inspired brand TALA now confirms its flagship store on 3-4 Carnaby Street willopen on Saturday 24th May 2025 at 1pm BST. Visitors eager for a first look are encouraged to join the virtual queue with details to be released via TALAs site.

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Retail Wire

MAY 9, 2025

Mother's Day deals abound in 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2025

Nike has made significant structural and personnel changes at the top of its organization. The footwear companys Consumer, Product and Brand leadership, formerly under the direction of President Heidi ONeill, will now be divided into three distinct areas: Consumer and Sport, Marketing, and Product Creation, inclusive of Innovation and Design. All these roles will report to Nike President and CEO Elliott Hill, who took this position in September 2024.

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Retail Dive

MAY 7, 2025

OpenAI wants to make it easier for shoppers to find, compare and buy products as more customers turn to generative AI for purchases.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 7, 2025

John Lewis chair Jason Tarry is in line to receive more than 1.3m this year, significantly above the pay package of his predecessor Dame Sharon White. The former Tesco executive, who joined last September, took home a 415,000 pay check in his first four and a half months. The retail giant said Tarry agreed a base pay of 990,000 on appointment as chair, but that this has been adjusted upwards so that it equalised to the amount paid to the chief executive officer to reflect the recalibration of th

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A1 Retail

MAY 7, 2025

The Spitalfields Estate has reached full occupancy just over two years since its renovation programme was completed with architects Foster + Partners. The leading historic market destination for East London, Spitalfields E1 ( www.spitalfields.co.uk ), has welcomed two new leading brand names, with Swedish health-tech company Neko Healthnow open on Lamb Street, and French fashion eyewear brand bloobloom open on Market Street.

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Retail Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Walmart's Grow With US program helps small businesses succeed.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2025

For the second time in the past 18 months, struggling pharmacy retailer Rite Aid has commenced Chapter 11 proceedings, and this time the retailer appears to be preparing for a sale. Rite Aid has secured commitments from some of its existing lenders for $1.94 billion in new financing which, along with cash from its operations, is expected to provide sufficient funding during the sale and court-supervised process, according to a company statement , and Rite Aid intends to divest or monetize any as

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Retail Dive

MAY 5, 2025

The Jacksonville site will serve 25 Sam’s Club locations and also store imported goods destined for other facilities.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 6, 2025

M&S has been forced to suspend several of its popular meal deal offers due to a prolonged cyber attack that continues to disrupt the retailers operations. The ongoing cyber attack, which has now entered its third week, has caused significant stock availability issues, impacting M&Ss ability to fulfil meal deal offers in stores. Shoppers in affected locations have been informed of the disruption, with some stores displaying signs such as one at Victoria Station, which read: Due to availab

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Wiser

MAY 5, 2025

In todays fast-moving ecommerce landscape, marketplace growth has unlocked new revenue opportunities for retailers and brands alike. But it has also introduced new challenges for the teams tasked with protecting brand value and pricing consistency. With more sellers and platforms entering the picture every day, enforcing a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy has become not only more difficult, but more important than ever.

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Retail Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Are Target's self-checkout lines set to be a thing of the past? The retailer has released an update to its plans for the self-service kiosks.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2025

Lowes has followed its March 2025 introduction of the Mylow customer-facing AI-powered app with one for associates, built on the same foundation, which it has launched to all 1,700+ stores in the home improvement chain. This at-scale deployment of the Mylow Companion will give store associates access to generative AI to help them assist customers with more confidence.

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Retail Dive

MAY 5, 2025

“Mars Tricks, Treats and Trends” report unmasks consumer plans and patterns around Halloween.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 7, 2025

The Original Factory Shop owner Modella Capital is among a number of parties circling Poundland. The private equity firm, which also owns WHSmiths high street business, has made it through to the second stage in the auction of the discount chain, Sky News reported. If successful, Poundland would be the fourth major retailer Modella has acquired in recent months.

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A1 Retail

MAY 6, 2025

Florian Rotberg, Managing Director of invidis consulting and co-host of Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSSE), offers an exclusive preview of whats to come at the industrys most anticipated strategy event, taking place 21 st 23 rd May 2025 at Hilton Munich Airport. What makes DSSE stand out, and why is it such an important event for the industry? Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSSE), organised by invidis and ISE, is unique because its purpose-built for strategic exchange.

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Retail Wire

MAY 6, 2025

Rite Aid promises to stay open regardless.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2025

The ways consumers discover products and develop loyalty to a brand has changed dramatically. A customer may see an ad for sunglasses served to them on social media, hear about it from a friend and do their own research on them, before actually adding them to their digital cart. Advertisers need to rethink the entire marketing funnel. They need to find new pathways of making initial and lasting connections with audiences by rewriting the aspects of what makes a positive shopping experience.

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Retail Dive

MAY 7, 2025

The line will be available both in stores and online starting this fall.

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365 Retail

MAY 6, 2025

Landsec has expanded the retail offer at One New Change in the City of London with the arrival of a new Aesop concept store. The 57 sqm retail space introduces a design-led approach inspired by the principles of the circular economy, reinforcing both Landsecs and Aesops commitment to environmental sustainability in the retail sector. The stores interiors have been constructed using reclaimed materials from Aesops former head office at Long Yard.

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