Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While some brands claim to completely understand what these consumers really want, there are many times when Gen Z shoppers’ thoughts and behaviors don’t quite match up. The day-long event hit on various hot topics closely linked to these digitally native consumers, including authenticity, sustainability, mental health and wellness.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

After all, studies show that consumers care more about the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions than ever before. Especially in this era of fast fashion, most retail products are produced overseas and shipped thousands of miles to their destination.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Memobottle makes rectangular plastic and steel water bottles in the same dimensions as A5, A6 and A7 pieces of paper and ships to over 100 countries. In 2014, the brand crowdfunded its initial concept on Kickstarter, in which consumers essentially fund a product’s creation, and get a product out of it at the end.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2024

It moved into a larger warehouse in 2014 and by 2018, it was shipping 30,000 parcels per day. In particular, Book Depository was able to drive down prices because it provided free shipping due to a partnership with the UK Royal Mail , until it ceased operating in 2023. By 2020 , Booktopia was listed on the ASX.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

Founded by then-21-year-old Cami Téllez in 2019, Parade was initially created to fill a gap in the market for stylish and size-inclusive bras and underwear for Gen Z consumers. In January, P&G Beauty acquired Mielle Organics, a textured haircare brand founded by husband and wife team Melvin and Monique Rodriguez in 2014.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While wearable tech developed by Google, Apple and others is still in development, sensors used in modern iPhones have already brought usable tech into consumers’ pockets. The key way to accomplish this is by ensuring the product fits correctly before it’s even shipped.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

The company upended the mattress industry when it debuted in 2014, with its fresh branding and ecommerce-based approach to a category that had steadfastly resisted digital disruption. It flipped the script and put the power with the consumer, and that changed the entire category. This category is still very anti-consumer at its core.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2023

A key reason for the last trend may be that many of today’s younger consumers aren’t in love with the drawn-out, showroom-style shopping experience of traditional bridal retail. Source: Azazie) “Many consumers don’t like having a lot of strangers watching them when they’re trying on dresses,” she said.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even if only a fraction of these users convert into consumers, it spells immense profitability for retail brands. This is precisely what direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have been capitalising on in recent years. Since 2014, DTC start-ups have secured over $2.5 Imagine if they could bypass middlemen and reduce costs.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 21, 2022

OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. Established in 2016 this OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. offers four brands of consumer electronics (CE) products. And since it has been in business since 2014, it has experienced 35%-50% Year over Year Growth each year. The gross revenue is $710,000 with a cash flow of $36,000.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 29, 2021

Many consumers got comfortable with online shopping during the pandemic, engaging with brands and other shoppers in a virtual sense, but nothing beats the authenticity of in-store experiences. This helps to deliver that crossover experience between online and in store that consumers are looking for.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

This kind of category-specific innovation is largely possible because of that great democratizer, the internet, which has made it easier than ever before to bring new retail concepts to niche consumer groups at the scale required for success. In this regard, furniture company Interior Define is no different than its DTC counterparts.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2024

For the past decade, Blue Diamond Growers has worked with SAP , starting with a rapid installation of SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) in 2014. So we’re focused on making sure we’ve got the right data in place, the right insights in place, so we can respond quickly to our customer and consumer demands.”

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Back in October, the online marketplace teamed up with global real estate giant Simon and Shop Premium Outlets to bring US brands to Chinese consumers through a series of livestream shopping events. The company is also doing virtual walkthroughs of stores for its consumers. Global Shopping Festival and throughout the holiday season.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2022

Recupero, who was previously chief financial officer of Amazon’s North American consumer business, will be replaced by Chief Accounting Officer Diana Saadeh-Jajeh. Founded by Hannah Spilva and Verity Tuck in 2014, LVLY provides gift delivery services in Australia. This is my first week at Taco Bell Australia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

Birthday suit vice Against this backdrop, Australian fashion brand Nakedvice is on a mission to redefine accessible luxury with timeless designs that draw inspiration from vintage pieces and ‘90s nostalgia, aligning with emerging trends and consumer sentiments. It has also enabled the brand to ship from store if an item is out of stock.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 16, 2023

With the industry facing increased pressure from consumers to become more sustainable, we take a look at some of the planet friendly steps retailers can take without having to break the bank. Founded in 2014, the company works with retailers, designers and their construction teams to design retail lighting environments.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival? Sound familiar?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In 2014, Weiss launched Glossier with four products: a cleanser, priming moisturiser, lip balm, and a misting spray. The once direct-to-consumer brand had always maintained an air of exclusivity by being available only on its website and in a limited number of physical stores.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

APRIL 3, 2023

746, 749 (2014), which held that for state courts to exercise specific jurisdiction, the suit must “arise out of or relate to the defendant’s contacts with the forum.” The Court’s ruling clarified its decisions in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Superior Ct. of California, San Francisco Cnty. , 1773, 1780 (2017) and Daimler AG v. Bauman , 134 S.

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Cisco Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

It can cost more to deliver support from in-kind donations than to distribute cash due to the added cost of logistics and shipping. When we started this cash program in late 2014, it was all done manually — we printed tens of thousands of vouchers and traveled far distances to distribute them in person.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. While many argue Forever 21’s demise is due to a more socially conscious consumer fast fashion retailers are as popular as ever.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 26, 2021

The ecommerce world has changed dramatically since the height of the pandemic, and now that many consumers are used to shopping online, these changes could be here to stay. The survey found that ratings and reviews are the most important factor, which marks a shift in consumer behavior. Trust Can Help Boost Consumer Optimism.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 30, 2022

billion in its 2014 IPO. But its revenues only grew by 10% over last year, the lowest growth rate since Alibaba became a public company in 2014. In 2014 eCommerce only represented 12.4% Fast shipping. billion came after Alibaba had made several investments in the retailer starting in 2014. “We

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I Love Fashion

JULY 7, 2024

Reference image: [link] However, most of the time, cart abandonment happens due to – Charging extra costs and unexpected hidden costs like taxes, fees, or shipping costs. Some companies invest thousands or more in PPC and CPC ads to entice consumers to their online stores. Slow delivery time. Lack of multiple payment options.

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Retail Prophet

JUNE 16, 2021

But, as Christensen also observed, these same technologies often tend to improve on a trajectory that far outpaces consumer needs. Scuti, for example, is a start-up that focussed on “bringing to life the world’s first retail marketplace through games and allowing brands to sell and ship direct to game players.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

From small retailers to large retailers sufficient foot traffic has never been more important as consumers elect to do more of their shopping online. But consumers still love the brand and see it as one of the preeminent destinations for toys for children. Just because you build it doesn’t mean they will come.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2022

ShipBob is a tech-enabled third-party logistics provider (3PL) that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. And be Engineers we were able to automate effectively everything in that e-commerce business except the part around shipping and Logistics. Scot: [5:52] And then so that was 2015 earlier kind of also 2014 yet.

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Store Growers

JULY 9, 2019

Glossier is one of the direct to consumer beauty brands that are challenging the established beauty conglomerates. Being at the crossroads of big audience actual consumers and industry contacts, she had a good feeling of the opportunities in that market. So in 2014, she managed to raise $2 million in venture capital to start Glossier.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

5:15] Another hobby of I guess it was a shared one is we like to coin phrases, one of the ones that I coined was Zero friction addiction so when consumers have these low-friction experiences not only are they great.

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Rangeme

MAY 26, 2022

The Nona Lim brand was born in 2014 and has since expanded as a national brand with noodles, broths, and sauces. After each harvest they ship the seeds to their farmhouse in Brooklyn, NY, where the oils are cold-pressed, naturally cleaned, and bottled.

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Retail Prophet

JULY 23, 2021

But, as Christensen also observed, these same technologies often tend to improve on a trajectory that far outpaces consumer needs. Scuti, for example, is a start-up that focussed on “bringing to life the world’s first retail marketplace through games and allowing brands to sell and ship direct to game players.”

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Store Growers

AUGUST 20, 2019

The SKAG strategy has a couple of obvious downsides: Creating Single Keyword Ad Groups is Time-Consuming. Creating Single Keyword Ad Groups is Time-Consuming. 2014: Google introduces close variants. Can be something like “Free Shipping And Returns”. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Hard to keep an overview.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Consumers stuck at home have had the time to thin out their wardrobes and make room in the garage — along with strong financial incentives to turn their possessions into cash. With consumers seeking bargains from home, online secondhand is set to grow 69% between 2019 and 2021, while the broader retail sector is projected to shrink 15%.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2022

Alibaba Group said it would not give a forecast for the current fiscal year due to Covid-19 risks as it reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2014. Annual active consumers on its platforms reached about 1.31 billion for the fiscal year, including more than 1 billion consumers in China for the first time.

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