Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. As The Wall Street Journal noted, consumers are making 8% more trips to different retailers as inflation impacts household budgets.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

In 2015, the more financially accessible Marc by Marc Jacobs line was pulled back, and LVMH shut down the brand’s menswear department in 2017. The fashion house also gained a younger, more trend-savvy consumer base with the launch of the Heaven by Marc Jacobs line in 2020. We Can Only Hope”.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Fitness tracker Fitbit is facing an $11 million penalty in Australia after admitting it committed deceptive representations about consumers’ rights to a refund or replacement if the device sold was found faulty. The post Second strike: Fitbit fined again for misrepresentation appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

After discontinuing its paper mailer in 2017, the J Crew catalogue is back. The return of the J Crew catalogue was a deliverable that Wadle promised in a LinkedIn post back in 2020 when she first announced that she would be taking the helm of the brand – but there was already wide consumer demand for its return.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). First opened in 2017, Nio aimed to design an experience beyond just selling a car through its exclusive lounge concepts and on-site perks.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company has been profitable since 2017. Despite a widespread return to offices and schools, consumers still appear to be enjoying the more comfortable fashions they adopted in droves during the pandemic.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 8, 2024

Deliveroo has returned to profitability as it’s growing partnerships with supermarkets and retailers helped to boost orders through the app. We innovated our loyalty programme, Plus, with the biggest changes since we launched the programme in 2017 as we continue to make strides towards our ambition to be a Plus-first business by 2026.

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365 Retail

JUNE 8, 2022

of global sales in 2017, to 21% in 2022. But with great gains come great returns. Significant revenue gets lost when mass quantities of orders are returned, leaving retailers with a ton of inventory that is then discounted, liquidated, or even thrown out. Optimise Your Returns Validation with Data. In a store?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

This is especially true among younger consumers, like the 67% of millennials and Gen Zers who plan to have pets instead of kids. While cost was a leading reason for this pivot, consumers still plan to spend big bucks to show love towards their “fur babies.” billion in the U.S.

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Retail Next

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Having a clear return policy in place is good for your business. Research shows that 27 percent of consumers are willing to make a significant purchase from a store that offers free return shipping. Unfortunately, returning products has become a bad habit of so many consumers. This is called “ bracketing.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2022

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the financial services giant has been engaging in anticompetitive conduct since 2017 in the supply of debit card acceptance services, with the purpose of substantially lessening competition. Eftpos was often the cheapest option, the commission said.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, beauty brands and other companies in various retail sectors have been integrating AR technology into the consumer shopping experience since well before 2020. This allowed consumers to “try out” a piece of furniture and get a feel for whether or not it would work. In 2020, 83.1 million in the year prior.

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Retail Minded

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

While the pandemic and subsequent ecommerce explosion have driven strong demand for true omnichannel supply chain commerce solutions, it has also fuelled a less immediately obvious longer-term move towards direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfilment too. Examples of D2C Success . Take Adidas as an example. Nimble Is the Name of the Game .

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, due to factors like the rise of e-commerce, the increased availability of cheaper, “dupe” denim brands and an outdated aesthetic at a time when athleisure reigned supreme, True Religion fell off the retail grid and filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy not once but twice in 2017 and 2020. They’re not paying full price.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 29, 2023

The beauty conglomerate said on Monday it was exploring “strategic alternatives” for its skincare unit, which it acquired from L’Oréal in 2017 for £857m. In a bid to return to profitability, the group has been looking for “discipline” and deleveraging.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2024

Ecommerce has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, and warehouses must consistently deliver a seamless, end-to-end consumer experience to remain competitive in this evolving market. Time to value, or return on investment (ROI), goes beyond the initial investment and measures the ongoing value derived from the technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

Over a four-week period, Build-A-Bear turned its store locations into micro-fulfillment centers so it could maintain store operations, keep associates working and create a bright spot for consumers navigating uncertainty and stress. We love the feedback that says ‘Hey, I was able to do this.

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365 Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

The boss, who replaced Christopher Bailey in 2017, will leave the UK-based retailer to take up a new, unspecified, role in Italy to be closer to his family, the company said. Burberry and other fashion brands faced consumer boycotts and a backlash from Chinese authorities, although bosses said the impact was “limited”.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 9, 2021

CVS Health’s leadership team outlined a new strategy Thursday focused on making health care more convenient, personalized and affordable for consumers. Advancing primary care delivery capabilities by guiding consumers across the care continuum to sites and to providers that meet their needs — both in person and virtually.

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Mass Relators

JULY 23, 2021

LONDON — Brian McNamara has been appointed CEO designate of the new, independent consumer health care company that will be spun off from GSK in 2022. The new resulting Consumer Health care company is expected to attain a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange. Brian McNamara. and China. “We I am honored to have this opportunity.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Brosa attracted $5 million in Series B funding in 2017. It expanded from e-commerce – opening stores in Melbourne and Sydney in 2017 an d 2020 – invested in its technology capabilities, and strengthened its supply chain over the last few years. They’re] basing themselves on the belief that the Covid-19 dance will always continue.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2023

But Wells knows that to successfully acquire this coveted group of consumers while also retaining its incredibly loyal base of millennial shoppers, the brand can’t simply live in the past. Starting as a Senior Designer in 2006, he worked his way up to VP of Innovation before he left the company in 2017.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Direct-to-consumer strategies have transformed retail, both in the way consumers shop and how brands and retailers manufacture, market, and sell. Importantly, a winning direct-to-consumer business will artfully navigate the relationships between brand, retailer, and consumer. What Does Direct to Consumer Mean?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

There are some products consumers will never feel entirely comfortable buying exclusively online. Many consumers prefer visiting a store to give their mattresses a bounce before making a purchase. Consumers can visit a store to physically check out a mattress and then return home to make the purchase online and schedule delivery.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Designed and launched in 2017, Tommy Adaptive is Tommy Hilfiger’s inclusive range that makes dressing easier for adults and children with disabilities. Figuring out the language and understanding the consumer’s journey were the biggest barriers we faced in creating [our marketing campaigns].”. “We Accessible shopping experience.

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Mass Relators

JULY 15, 2024

The firm’s Retail & Consumer Products practice, which conducted analysis for the report, expects U.S. Several product categories have already reached that level, including toy and hobby, office supply, consumer electronics, books and magazines, music and videos, computer hardware and software, home furnishings, and sporting goods. “E-commerce

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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. Online purchases are three times more likely to be returned compared to in-store purchases.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

By comparison, the long-awaited return of Burger King’s Chicken Fries in Singapore in May was a much more tame version of this phenomenon, but no less successful. In response to this shift in consumer behaviour, we recognise the importance of providing ultra-fast and convenient snacking options.

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365 Retail

JULY 19, 2022

Not too long ago, during the depths of lockdown, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) model was hailed as the saviour of retail and the future of the industry. Meanwhile, others are returning to a more traditional wholesale approach to increase their visibility in the eyes of consumers. Going direct: every capability counts.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Headless is widely seen as a more agile ecommerce foundation, allowing businesses to respond quickly to changing consumer demand and technological innovations. Competing with the likes of Shopify and Commercetools, fabric aims to offer mid-sized brands an easy entry point into the world of API-based headless commerce solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

(AEO) has invested heavily in winning the hearts, minds and dollars of Gen Z consumers. From Roblox to Snap, the retailer is dedicated to not just being where this consumer is but also creating compelling experiences that drive engagement. Key milestones shared included: Planet: 3.5

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

per cent increase in the number of consumers that purchased from brands powered by Shopify, with Australians ranking fourth globally in total spend. This pattern of consumer behaviour is indicative of what you’ll see in the industry, [and] there’s an opportunity to bring forward bargains [and] purchases,” he said.

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A1 Retail

MAY 19, 2021

Founded in 2017 by entrepreneur Tillie Peel, the company works with local makers and offers them an outlet to sell their crafts to shoppers and launched in Seven Dials in London on Monday 17th May and Chelmsford on now running on the first Sunday of every month, with further pop-up events planned across the UK for later in the year.

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Wiser

APRIL 20, 2018

Displays are part of the standard merchandising playbook , but expensive and time consuming to execute properly. Do these merchandising displays return the investment brands pour into them? How many brands are actually looking at this return? billion market), yet over 800 new breweries opened in the US in 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Instead, a series of recent diversifications, including the launch of a direct-to-consumer site in 2017, meant the brand was poised to roll with the pandemic punches. These gave Kerrits the advanced analytics and segmentation tools she needed to react to the volatile market forces and shifting consumer sentiments that shaped the year.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Dobbies Garden Centres revealed today (30 September) that it is set to close 17 stores as it looks to return to “sustainable profitability” The garden centre chain is thought to have faced another difficult year after racking up losses of £130m last year driven by high inflation and unseasonable weather dampening sales.

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