Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For a long time, retail consumer data-gathering was a game rigged for big players. As a report from consulting firm Catalina showed, 90 of the top 100 consumer packaged goods companies lost market share to smaller brands in recent years. Many of these smaller brands are benefiting from changes in consumer panels. Not anymore.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Disruption — I hate that word; you don’t want to disrupt,” he said at an event hosted by retail management platform Trax in January 2023. “No Still, for many new brands hitting the market today, disruption of legacy norms, and brands, is the goal, And whether he likes it or not, Dubitsky is very good at it. Why do they suck?’ [His

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In fact, a 2023 Contentsquare survey found that promotions not working at checkout caused 33% of abandoned carts. Lets look at what e-retailers can do to ensure bugs dont reach their customers and send them away. Almost two-thirds of consumers say they abandon purchases due to poor website UX. tested during deployment.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Half of these pet-owning households are run by millennials and Gen Zers, who don’t just look at their pets as “furry friends” but as their children. The company was founded in 2012 with its core product offering, BarkBox. Consumers want what is best for their dog; it’s personal. At Bark, it’s more than attribution.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Since its 2012 debut, Instacart has made significant progress in convincing Americans that grocery shopping can be done online. That was really the birth of Connected Store it was the intersection of those two insights from our retailers and from our consumers. It’s very rare to find something with so much consumer pull.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

True Religion is just the latest in a wave of popular, Y2K-era fashion labels experiencing a revival at the moment. By 2013, the company reached peak profit, when it hit $490 million in revenue, after nearly tripling sales between 2007 and 2012. So, what is driving the renewed consumer interest in True Religion today?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

Ethical consumer goods brand The Honest Company filed for its long-anticipated IPO on April 9, 2021. Co-founded by actress Jessica Alba in 2012, the company touts a line of hypoallergenic, ethically sourced products in the baby, beauty and home cleaning categories. According to the SEC filing , The Honest Co. The Honest Co.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2022

New stores are about to open at Auckland’s Botany Town Centre and Sylvia Park Shopping Centre, each offering eye testing at least five days a week. . The brand, established in 2012, specialises in designer high-end frames. Each of the shopping centres houses more than 200 retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

can link eligible accounts to earn 2% cash back from Bank of America (on top of the rewards and benefits they already earn on qualifying purchases) and one Star for every $2 spent at Starbucks. The millions of BoA cardholders and Starbucks Rewards members in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2025

Pana Organic, founded by founder Pana Barbounis in 2012, is one of the many specialty chocolate brands having to adapt in real-time to the cacao shortage. This broader product mix helps the company manage fluctuations in cacao prices while still providing consumers with a diverse selection of organic treats, explained Barbounis.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has prohibited Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology in its stores, claiming the retailer failed to implement reasonable security procedures and prevent harm to consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Australian activewear brand Do You Even marked the start of its Big W retail partnership and its first range being stocked in the discount department store with a consumer launch event. The Do You Even range at Big W officially rolls out in over 150 stores nationwide on Monday, October 28. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2024

In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11 stores selling counterfeit bags and shoes. Seventy tonnes of products were destroyed in March alone, the letter said.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Karen Boone, former Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Restoration Hardware , has been appointed Chairperson of the Board, while Uber veteran Tammy Albarrán was named Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Foley and Kushi have remained heavily involved with Peloton since they founded the company in 2012.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

The recent C-suite shuffles between two of the Australian retail industry’s biggest players — Brett Blundy’s BBRC and Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments — are prime examples of how businesses at the top successfully operate, an industry expert says. million business to a $319.8 million global retailer.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The Retail Food Group (RFG) will pay $5 million to some franchisees of Michel Patisserie stores as part of a court-enforceable undertaking that settles the unconscionable conduct proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Waiving historical debts. This story originally appeared on Franchise Executives.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The Retail Food Group (RFG) will pay $5 million to some franchisees of Michel Patisserie stores as part of a court-enforceable undertaking that settles the unconscionable conduct proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Waiving historical debts. This story originally appeared on Franchise Executives.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

in January, the highest rate since 2012. Ms Dickinson also said this will directly affect the cost of living crisis, stating “it would be impossible to protect consumers from any future rises” in costs. According the latest BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index, annual shop price inflation jumped from 0.8% in December, to 1.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

since 2012 when it became the first retailer to bring the brand to the U.S. consumer insight and unparalleled reach across North America, Nordstrom is the right partner to help ASOS accelerate the growth of our Topshop and ASOS brands in this key market,” said Nick Beighton, CEO of ASOS in a statement. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Starbucks operates in India through a 50:50 joint venture with Tata Consumer Products called Tata Starbucks. Launched in 2012, Tata Starbucks now operates more than 390 stores across 54 Indian cities, with approximately 4,300 employees. To meet this goal, the company will open one new Starbucks in the country every three days.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2020

What do you see as the biggest challenges retailers face at the moment? Consumers fear for their health and they fear for their finances, especially today with what is around 20 million. The challenge that puts on retailers is, ‘ How do I convince this finicky consumer that it’s safe to do business with me?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2023

External economic factors, such as fluctuating interest rates, an unpredictable housing market and persistent inflation have prompted consumers to rethink their spending habits. Faced with shifting economic and consumer dynamics, retail leaders strive to unlock strategies that turn losses into profits. In 2019, it declined to 6.7%

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2024

This article delves into the psychological effects of the Olympics, explores how they influence consumer behaviour and provides insights into what retailers can do to capture and extend the positive sentiments the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will generate. So let’s start by looking at these key emotions a little more deeply.

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Inside Retail

MAY 21, 2024

Australian direct-to-consumer brand Who Gives A Crap disrupted the way consumers bought toilet paper almost a decade ago; now its CEO is challenging businesses across the supply chain to “give a crap”. What progress has Who Gives A Crap made towards its mission since being founded in 2012? That’s how we’ve looked at it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

Given unprecedented levels of ASONTV spend in 2020, there will be a significant pent-up consumer demand for these extensively advertised products. Consumers quarantined in their homes have been watching more television than ever before. Lower rates, however, are only part of the story. Ad Spend and Product Popularity.

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Inside Retail

MAY 14, 2024

Requests to Good360 from charities increased by 400 per cent at the start of the year, compared to the same period in 2023,” Alison Covington, founder and managing director, of Good360 Australia, told Inside Retail. Partners with benefits For retailers, the problem with holding deadstock doesn’t stop at the opportunity cost.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

She previously served as CMO of The RealReal from 2012 to 2019 and owned Anica Boutique , a fashion and home store. Prior to joining The RealReal, Julian served in various executive leadership roles at Sportsman’s Warehouse , Deluxe Entertainment Services, Callaway Golf and Lydall.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As many direct-to-consumer brands are learning, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for growth. So many DTC brands start out where a founder saw a niche in the market based on their own personal experiences,” said Nikki Baird, VP of Strategy at Aptos in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Dallas, Boston and Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2022

SMS marketing is a staple in today’s direct-to-consumer toolkit, opening new opportunities for customer engagement, retention, and revenue growth. The channel’s reach and popularity have extended to all corners of the world, including in Australia, where more brands and consumers are going mobile to not only communicate but shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

There’s no question that rising prices have altered consumer behaviors. Whether they’re choosing lower-cost private-label items at the grocery store, cutting back on discretionary apparel purchases or spending less on electronics, persistent price increases are top-of-mind for shoppers across all retail sectors.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

Co-founder Stuart Landesberg is out as CEO and is being replaced by Jeff Yurcisin, who previously held CEO positions at Zulily and Shopbop and was a longtime Amazon executive. I’m proud of the impact of our work on the broader industry and how we, together, create a more sustainable future at a time when change is so urgent.”

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Inside Retail

APRIL 19, 2021

Australia has gained a reputation for having a large number of conscious consumers, and it’s leading global brands with a sustainable focus to set up shop in the land down under. Queen of Raw , an online marketplace for unused textiles, launched in Australia at the end of last year. Koalas, kangaroos and eco-friendly shoppers?

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2021

The partnership makes StockX the official resale marketplace for Daniel Arsham editions and establishes a Daniel Arsham x StockX Next Gen Scholarship Fund at New York’s historic Cooper Union, a private college renowned for its art and architecture courses. The rise of the art-lennial. In 2020, we grew two-and-a-half times in two months.

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Retail Dive

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The agency acknowledged that consumer interest in more sustainable retail products has risen since it last updated its “Green Guides” in 2012.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

The first thing Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer at Future Intelligence Group , wants people to know about the metaverse is that you haven’t missed the boat. This whole space] is still very nascent and very new, so don’t feel like you’re missing out,” she reassured attendees at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Thirty years on, and the true realization of the metaverse is still at least decade or so away, but the promise of this virtual ecosystem is starting to become tangible. The NFT shopping area at a London Selfridges. According to Napoli, as of November 2021 only 31% of U.S. 1: Infrastructure. 1: Infrastructure.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2022

In the past two years, we have seen a seismic shift in the way consumers in Southeast Asia purchase technology,” Alex Tan, managing director for HP Malaysia told Inside Retail. From HP’s internal research, the company has found that nearly 50 per cent of consumers still prefer shopping in physical stores to online.

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