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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Fighting ‘Gatekeeper Markets’ that Throttle Fair Competition

Retail TouchPoints

A study from Pew Research in 2016 found that 65% of Americans felt the country’s economic system “unfairly favors powerful interests.” Connecting the dots between problems in the world and our policy choices — be it high grocery prices or independent pharmacies being run out of the market — has been key.

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NRF Big Show to Spotlight Innovative Consumer Products and Workforce Solutions

Retail TouchPoints

New to this year’s event is the Consumer Product Showcase , offering SMB brands the opportunity to show off innovative customer-facing products. The industry’s ongoing search for talent — a particularly challenging problem in today’s tight labor market — will be addressed in a number of NRF sessions. 16 keynote from 3:15-3:45 p.m.

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5 New Ways Retail Marketers Can Utilize Location Data This Year

Retail TouchPoints

While location intelligence has been almost synonymous with measuring foot traffic to stores, there are much broader applications that retailers and marketers should incorporate into their strategies this new year. Additionally, almost half of those exposed to the campaign (42% of consumers) visited a location within 24 hours.

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The Rise of Micro Markets in Airports

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are also becoming more exposed to self-checkout options, and they are in turn becoming more normalized and natural. The growing exposure of travelers to self-service options has led to consumers preferring them as they are much more convenient than previous models.

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MCoBeauty CEO Shelley Sullivan on bringing ‘masstige’ makeup to the US market

Inside Retail

Australian luxe-for-less beauty brand MCoBeauty launched into the US market this week and is now stocked in over 1,800 Kroger Co stores. Inside Retail: How did MCoBeauty approach entering into the US market? IR: Was MCoBeauty available to US consumers via e-commerce prior to launching into Kroger Co stores? SS: Absolutely.

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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

Some stats support the gloomy outlook: according to Kearney , 40% of consumers feel they have too many subscriptions, and subscription ecommerce is predicted to have its slowest growth year on record in 2023 ( Insider Intelligence ). Today, brands are competing for consumers’ share of wallet. The reality though is less stark.

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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).