Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

She is SVP at the 65- year-old company, which supports and operates shipboard retail stores on nearly 100 ships operated by 15 cruise lines. Stacy Shaw: I joined the company in 2019 to create a luxury division; Starboard had been discussing this as a strategic move even back then.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2021

In the outdoor category, Eddie Bauer is a bit late to the game — REI Co-op has rented its gear for decades and expanded its offerings in 2019; that same year, DTC Coozie Outdoors (which has since been renamed as Arrive Outdoors )launched its own gear rental program.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

While Amazon has developed impressive systems to make sure its customers’ orders are shipped efficiently and quickly, the company has failed to show the same level of commitment to protecting the safety and well-being of its workers. What’s more, the vast majority of our employees tell us they feel our workplace is safe. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Australian wine-makers have shipped millions of bottles of wine to Hong Kong in a bet that China will soon lift tariffs on Australian wine and revive a trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to industry figures and trade data. Tim Ford said Treasury had not shipped wine for China to Hong Kong. million litres worth $65.5

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S. in the next five years and also has its sights set on international expansion, with plans to launch omnichannel operations in key markets in Western Europe and Asia Pacific next year as well as an innovation center in Taiwan. Listen to the full episode here.].

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

True Classic, founded in 2019, was identified as a fast-rising DTC brand in November 2022, and the retailer’s COO detailed the company’s brick-and-mortar expansion plans earlier this month. ParcelLab is not just a vendor, but a partner,” said Breanna Moreno, VP of Customer Experience at True Classic in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The retailer also is currently seeking third-party solution providers in areas including payment processors, order management and shipping and fulfillment. Michaels’ CEO Ashley Buchanan first revealed plans for a marketplace in a February 2021 story in The Wall Street Journal. Michaels gained access to some of A.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to discounts, program members also will receive shipping perks, early access to sales and new product launches, and exclusive access to limited edition drops. In 2019, Hanna Andersson shifted to a fully DTC model , closing all its stores and ending its wholesale business.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Whole Foods delivered three times as many orders in 2020 as it did in 2019, causing the costs associated with equipment and technology to rise. In response, 81% of retailers are planning to increase investment in more complex last-mile initiatives over the coming year, according to Convey. Manchester, N.H.;

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

Retail Ecommerce Ventures LLC, which purchased the brand assets of Dressbarn from Ascena Retail Group in 2019, has offered $20 million for the intellectual property and e-Commerce business assets of Pier 1 Imports. The retailer plans to hold an asset auction on July 8, according to SEC filings , and a hearing is scheduled for July 30 in U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. 3 shopping day in 2019. 11 through Dec. 24, 2020), or 2.4% 1 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While this figure is down $50 from 2019, given 2020’s overall uncertainty, such a slight decline would represent a significant victory. Adding to the overall shipping volume will be those consumers who would normally have purchased a gift in-store and brought it to the recipient themselves.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

compared to 2019 for the six weeks from Nov. The other complicating factor is you’ve got consumers who are incredibly aware of the supply chain, inventory and shipping challenges that are out there. Overall sales were up 8.5% year-over-year during the period from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, 2021, according to data from Mastercard.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2020

of consumers said that they plan to spend about the same or more on holiday gifts compared to 2019 — the highest level recorded by Tinuiti in the past three years. Even some overall positive news can be mixed: 76% of shoppers still plan to spend the same or more, but that share is down from 85% in 2019, according to AlixPartners.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The business has been running since the end of 2019, and kicked off just prior to the first round of Covid-19 lockdowns. What we’ve seen is that the online purchase of vitamins [across the industry] has more than doubled since 2019,” Loutati said. “We It’s been an amazing acceleration of what was already a trend.”. What’s next?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2020

Most of the closures are expected to be smaller, non- Zara branded locations, and the retailer also plans to open 450 new stores fitted with the latest sales integration technology. Staff members at the closed stores will be offered new roles with the company, such as handling fulfillment of ship-from-store orders.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

In a stock exchange filing, the company said the right-sizing plan will incur between $80 million and $93 million in one-off costs but save the business $53 million to $59 million annually moving forward. That estimate excludes the cost of planned commissary closures in Southeast Asia and costs associated with “legacy IT assets”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Your clients’ websites must clearly communicate how inventory can be delivered, arrival time frames, and what different shopping and shipping options cost. Undertake the following: Create a sitewide banner that boldly announces purchase-by dates for remote holiday shipping to prevent consumer letdown and brand reputation damage.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

In his most recent role, Liedtke was credited with orchestrating the creation and implementation of a five -year plan that drove more than $8 billion in revenue growth for Adidas, promising results for Under Armour, which has unveiled extensive plans to tackle business declines.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A recent report from the payments and shopping service Klarna found that 34% of shoppers actually plan to spend more on gifts this year than last year, with Gen Z ( 57% ) and millennials ( 53% ) more likely than other age groups to expand their budgets. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL. 22 and 23, which would be a new record.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a three-year deal, Coles plans to deploy Palantir’s tools across more than 840 supermarkets to cut costs and “redefine how we think about our workforce”. Food (and the labour needed to grow, pack and ship it) is transformed from a human need to an optimisation problem. A walled garden Second, dependence.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Same-store sales at Old Navy were flat compared to 2019 in the fiscal fourth quarter, reported in March. The company is clearly also hoping a leadership change will help to right the Old Navy ship. “As In another sign of trouble for the parent company, Banana Republic will shut down its ecommerce operations in the UK on May 31, 2022.

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Wiser

JANUARY 18, 2019

To learn more about the changes consumers are looking for in the coming year, Wiser has surveyed over 2,400 of our mobile app users about their 2019 shopping preferences. 52 percent of survey participants are more likely to make a purchase in-store in 2019 while 48 percent are more likely to make a purchase online.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2022

Together with Tim Bloore, he launched Azura Fashion Group in 2019 to provide brands with an alternative way of dealing with excess stock. It handles all the marketing, and if a product sells, it sends the supplier a shipping label and pays them a portion of the sale price.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Amid planning for new locations in other areas of New York and Washington, D.C., We see our location on the Upper East Side, and future locations we are planning to open in 2023, as complementary to our showroom experience, allowing us to reach the widest possible audience in whatever atmosphere they would prefer to shop with us.

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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2021

At the height of the pandemic, not only did Toys R Us offer curbside pickup , it partnered with food delivery service DoorDash to offer same-day shipping on items that were available in-store. The company also introduced drone delivery in 2019. Data shows 30.97 We are leading the way,” Preet said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

Private label, especially in profit-challenged categories, gives Amazon an opportunity to design the products for ecommerce success in everything from designing optimal packaging, minimizing shipping weight and addressing feedback in product design. For example, take Amazon’s Wickedly Prime Chicken Noodle Soup. How do I Compete?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Retailers will have to have a definitive plan to communicate order confirmations, delivery updates and delay notifications. Customers understand that, and just want to be informed as close to real time as possible so they can plan accordingly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

plan to start buying gifts earlier – the No. For example, store associates should get measured on fulfillment metrics if they are picking and shipping. Based on our research, 25% more customer service engagements this holiday – both physically or virtually – will involve associates compared to 2019.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Launched in December 2019 with 100 adaptive clothing and footwear products across men, women and kids, EveryHuman is one of the few online retailers targeting the underserved market of people with disabilities. Bucking the trend.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2019, NMG joined forces with handbag and accessories reseller Fashionphile to roll out an integrated circularity program that included the debut of six Fashionphile locations inside Neiman Marcus stores. NMG also has teamed up with Give Back Box to let Neiman Marcus customers donate items they no longer use to someone in need.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Inflation has tightened margins and supply chain issues have caused havoc with inventory planning. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Even June 2020 outperformed June 2019 by 140%, alluding to a possible sustained increase in people buying online, even as their pre-COVID channels begin to reopen.”. Below, Zachariassen reflects on the evolution of the online wine market, how consumer needs and behaviors are changing, and how Vivino plans to maintain competitive momentum.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In terms of overall sales, I’ve seen predictions for 2020 ranging from flat with 2019 to a 2% to 3% increase. If it gets to even with 2019, everybody should think that’s pretty good. When retailers don’t have to buy as much, they don’t have to plan for the markdowns and large promotions that Richard described. Richard Maicki.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Being able to let customers know which items are available in-stock in stores, which items are available for buy online, pick up in-store, which items can be shipped from a store — being able to serve up these types of opportunities to our customers is really key for us. ”. Hoyler noted that: 94% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2021

The program has been an early success — 11% of Americans reportedly became subscribers within two weeks of its launch — and Walmart is seeking to drive further enrollment through benefits such as free next-day and two-day shipping. Walmart+ Rx for less builds on the $4 generics program Walmart Pharmacy launched in 2006. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Amazon focused on these and other investments as a justification for its planned increase in Prime membership fees, which will go into effect in late February for new members and late March for current members. billion in Q4 2021, up 98.6% Prime Reasons to Pay More. Since 2018 in the U.S., For example, Amazon’s piece of the U.S.

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