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MAY 22, 2023

With the exception of 2020, the total number of shoplifting complaints across New York City’s five boroughs has increased every year since 2018 — although there are signs that this tide is turning in 2023. The plan includes targeted solutions to reduce retail theft perpetrated by individual shoplifters as well as by organized crime rings.

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MAY 16, 2023

Peloton is planning to relaunch its brand as the struggling fitness company works to shed its old image, but the process will run alongside a new recall involving more than 2.1 million potentially faulty original Bikes.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Woolworth’s play is the latest in a string of acquisition offers for API, from a proposed merger with Sigma in 2018 , to an offer of acquisition from Wesfarmers in 2021 , which was rivalled by Sigma , and now Woolworths. The post Woolies blocks Wesfarmers’ plans for API with $872 million bid appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2022

Third-party marketplaces have emerged as one of the biggest growth opportunities for retailers this year, with companies from Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to Giant Food and Michaels launching marketplaces (or announcing plans to do so) in the last six months alone. Second Time’s the Charm?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD was recently named ‘Business of the Year’ in the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

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APRIL 7, 2023

This includes new types of insurance plans and preventive tools like AI and threat monitoring. The annual global cost of cybercrime rose over 900% between 2018 and 2022, and it is only expected to continue to grow over the next several years. Retail businesses can also take steps to help protect their customers’ data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

Liu oversees the MINISO business, including product marketing, PR, user operations and global ecommerce, so he shared some exclusive insights into the company’s expansion plans and priorities. In 2018, MINISO established the MINISO DESIGN ACADEMY (MDA), our international and diverse design team.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Nike ’s controversial Colin Kaepernick ad campaign in 2018 helped pave the way for the retailer to build immense loyalty among its Gen Z shoppers , and Adidas also could benefit from choosing to take a stand over pursuing sales.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The alliance, which is made up of 165,000 businesses across the grocery supply chain, is calling for a ‘national food security plan’ to minimise future price increases due to further disruption. The post How Invertigro, Urban Plant Growers plan to shorten the food supply chain appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In May 2019, the World Health Organisation officially classified ‘burnout’ as a recognised illness, while a 2018 Gallup study found that of the 7,500 full-time employees surveyed, 23 per cent felt burned out at work very often or always, and an additional 44 per cent felt burned out sometimes.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Since 2018, when the OG aggregator, Thrasio, launched in the US, there has been a veritable explosion of similar startups, including Opontio in Dubai, Upscalio in India, Valerio in Mexico and Rainforest in Singapore. It has already acquired several e-commerce businesses in Australia, where it plans to focus its efforts.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

In the past year, one of our proudest initiatives has been formalising our commitment to Reconciliation through our first Reconciliation Action Plan. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year? IR: Tell me about your plans for the e-commerce side of the business.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Dillards has been executing a highly successful strategic plan focused on improving operating margins, prudently managing capital expenditures and aggressively returning capital to stockholders, said James Mitarotonda, Chairman of Barington in a statement. However, we are concerned with Macys large capital expenditure programs.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

“As CEO, Tamalin has done an excellent job delivering Adore Beauty’s financial and operational successes and developing the strategic plan. This will be the third CEO since Adore Beauty’s co-founders Kate Morris and James Height stepped down from the chief executive role in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Amazon will increase its planned investment in India to $26 billion by 2030, according to an announcement made by CEO Andy Jassy after he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amazon has reportedly planned to invest $12.9 The move will involve adding an additional $6.5 billion on top of other previously announced investments.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

The shoe brand is planning to expand its own brick-and-mortar footprint with 30 additional stores in the second half of 2021. Nike is well-positioned to benefit from the additional exclusivity generated by sharing its brand with only select retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

19 investor day, Ralph Lauren revealed that its growth plans through 2025, which will include opening 250 stores globally. Since our last investor day in 2018, we have transformed our business — building a strong foundation with multiple engines of growth that are already showing momentum,” said Louvet. At its Sept.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sears is planning for the sale or redevelopment of its Hoffman Estates, Ill. The department store chain also has been steadily shrinking its property holdings since it filed for bankruptcy in late 2018 before being rescued by former CEO Eddie Lampert’s Transformco in early 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Baratto has been with Under Armour since 2018 as Managing Director of the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Trent has served in multiple roles at the retailer, including leading the merchandising and planning functions for the EMEA region, and brings prior experience from buying roles at PUMA and Reebok.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Aetna members can access the service with a $0 co-pay for virtual visits and certain in-person services at MinuteClinic and CVS HealthHUB locations, once their deductible is met on qualified high-deductible health plans. The retailer made the acquisition for $78 billion in November 2018 to broaden its healthcare offerings.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

PROVEN and Sephora have collaborated in the past and have been planning this partnership since August 2021. In 2018, PROVEN participated in Sephora Accelerate, the retailer’s brand incubation program. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Buzzfeed has sold youth culture media company Complex to livestream shopping platform NTWRK , which plans to use the acquisition to build a “next generation content and shopping experience.”

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MARCH 29, 2024

The Home Depot has revamped and rebranded its retail media network, which first launched in 2018. Don’t miss the chance to hear directly from Babcock about The Home Depot’s plans and the future of retail media at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo taking place June 4-6 in Chicago.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

“This new direct-to-consumer experience is the next step to bringing a fuller expression of the brand to consumers in key markets,” said the brand in a statement announcing the store plans. 2022, we coming in HOT!

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The original Toys ‘R’ Us was liquidated in 2018 , but Tru Kids acquired its intellectual property and resurrected the retailer in 2019. and The Galleria in Houston in time for the 2019 holiday season, but plans for additional brick-and-mortar stores in 2020 were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

off-price apparel retailer plans to open 75 Ross Dress for Less and 25 dd’s DISCOUNTS stores. Burlington also plans to open new locations this year, forecasting 90 net new stores during FY 2022, which ends Jan. Saks Off 5 th opened its first location since 2018 with the July launch of an Eastchester, N.Y. The Dublin, Calif.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Brown Venture Group, founded in 2018 with the goal of raising $50 million to invest in entrepreneurs of color, shares a home town of Minneapolis with Best Buy. Actions have included the retailer providing $44 million to expand college prep and career activities for BIPOC students and a commitment to spend at least $1.2

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

Founded in 2018, KnownOrigin’s technology and platform enables artists and collectors to create, buy and resell NFTs via blockchain-supported transactions. GameStop is planning to launch its own NFT Marketplace later this year as that company also looks to reinvent itself as a tech-focused ecommerce retailer.

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MAY 31, 2022

She will leverage her experience to help advance the omnichannel fashion retailer’s plans for growth and developing a best-in-class customer experience. Katz spent 33 years with Neiman Marcus, including eight as CEO, before retiring in 2018.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It started in 2018 when pioneering marketing executive Melanie Babcock saw an opportunity to let the Home Depot’s suppliers bid for retargeting traffic. As a result, our media offering grew on-site and off-site at the same time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2022

Just five months after the opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Las Vegas, size-inclusive lingerie brand Savage x Fenty is planning to more than double its physical footprint, from five locations to 11. metro area. and UK retailers, according to market intelligence platform Edited.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

It appears the ecommerce giant is using these brick-and-mortar locations primarily for consumer and market testing purposes, but Amazon has released little data about plans or timetables for additional openings. Closer to home, Amazon is reportedly planning to open department stores in the U.S. carrying clothes, electronics and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2024

Dollar General has teamed up with Criteo to enhance its retail media offerings with onsite sponsored ads as well as plans to add additional ad formats later in the year. ” To learn more about retail media, check out our full guide here.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Founded by Zhang Hongchao in 1997, Mixue Ice Cream and Tea opened its first overseas store in Vietnam in 2018 and currently has 600 stores in 11 Asian countries with 21,000 stores in China. Global milk tea giant Gong Cha announced plans to open 17 new stores to its existing 118 locations in Australia last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2022

At eBay ’s investor day March 10, CEO Jamie Iannone shared details about the company’s long-term growth strategy and previewed new products, including plans for the eBay Vault — both a physical storage facility and a digital marketplace for trading cards and other high-value collectibles.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

brands, the owner of Culture Kings, Princess Polly, Petal & Pup and Rebdolls, last week announced its long-awaited IPO, initially planning to offer almost 14 million shares of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. The preliminary prospectus doesn’t state when the IPO will begin, but its expected to be sometime this week.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While holiday shopper participation during the Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday period remains very high, it has been on the decline: 71% of consumers plan to shop this year, compared to 74% in 2020 and 79% in 2019, according to Deloitte. Additionally, ecommerce shopping has become the norm on Thanksgiving.

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