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.

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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. As Gap looks to course correct its larger business, the company said it is taking a “more aggressive approach” to assortment balancing, which will lead to increased promotional levels primarily at Old Navy.

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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. Amazon controls the inventory, marketing and promotional strategy. How do I Compete?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

The retailer, which had not done a major POS upgrade since 2019, adopted a cloud-native POS solution from Jumpmind that not only unchained associates from the cash wrap but had the added benefit of being easier for them to use. The retailer also has tapped Jumpmind’s Promote application for managing deals and promotions.

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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. Retailers will need to spread out their promotions so people can buy over longer periods of time, with less traffic. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

McNamara spotlighted a surge in promotional activities in July 2022 that marked the official kickoff of the back-to-school season. There is likely to be a similar kickoff period in the middle of October where we could see a pretty significant surge in promotional activity,” McNamara explained. “If

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

toy industry sales increased 11% in Q3 2021 from 2020, according to the NPD Group , driven by price increases, a continuation of pandemic lifestyles and fewer promotions. Adobe reports that out-of-stock messages are up 172% compared to January 2020 and up 360% from January 2019. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2024

There are indications that consumers were waiting for Prime Day promotions to make some major purchases. It has now become tradition for other retailers to hop on Amazon’s Prime Day bullet train, hosting their own promotional events during the same period. Across both days, $7 billion was spent through mobile devices, up 18.6%

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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. Its campaigns featured a wide range of models across the gender spectrum with different skin tones, body types, and aesthetics.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

Now, to increase inventory turn and remove excess stock from their balance sheets, retailers will likely launch a highly promotional season starting in late summer. For example, store associates should get measured on fulfillment metrics if they are picking and shipping. Loyalty Shifts to Value. 5: Retailers will Test NFT Drops.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

FedEx has forecast that it will deliver 100 million more packages this holiday season than it did in 2019. What you see is a lot of messaging about shop and ship early, pulling sales forward, pulling promotions forward. A lot of retailers have really leaned into that this year.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2020

of Prime members expected to spend more this year than in 2019, while only 8%. of non-members planned to make purchases during the promotion — a sizable audience. We see a high degree of noise and distraction in advertising and promotions.”. billion in third-party sales and $1.4 billion in third-party sales and $1.4

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

The brand also partners with Whitney Simmons and other fitness influencers who align with Gymshark’s values to promote new product launches. Starbucks is also a master at leveraging user-generated content with promotions like its #redcupcontest , which encourages customers to use Starbucks cups as their own personal canvases.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

billion in 2019 with expectations of long-term market growth. According to Nate Faust, CEO at Shop Olive, more than 10 billion single-use boxes were shipped last year. The sustainable footwear market was $7.5 In many cases, brands have focused on messaging around style and price over sustainability.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Overall, the four days from Thanksgiving through Sunday were down -49% compared to 2019. Black Friday, on the other hand, hurt — with only half as much traffic as in 2019. Retailers are already warning shoppers to get out early to avoid shipping delays. We saw steady improvement over the weekend as Saturday (Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Even back in August, major carriers such as FedEx and UPS already were seeing holiday-level volumes, with UPS’ shipping volume up 30% and FedEx’s up 25%. Extend Holiday Promotions to Ease Delivery Burdens. During those same months in 2019, 95% of Prime orders were received within the promised delivery window.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In 2019, GhostData found that 56,000 Instagram accounts were associated with the counterfeit of luxury brands, representing a 171% increase since 2016. These accounts generated 64 million posts to promote imitation products, up more than 300% from 2016. This allows communications with the sellers to be documented and used as evidence.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Notably, Walmart didn’t kick off the holiday shopping season with October promotions like many other retailers, including rivals Target and Amazon. Victoria’s Secret’s first post-spinoff quarter was promising: sales rose 7% compared to Q3 2020, though they fell 9% compared to Q3 2019 due to the closure of 260 locations.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amazon’s director of Australian operations, Mindy Espidio-Garcia, said that 2,000 seasonal workers had been on-boarded to help pick, pack and ship customer orders at its sites, over the festive season. He added that as businesses began reopening after lockdowns, and in the months since, many have struggled to find talent to fill positions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

Of course, there are reasons why certain kinds of products haven’t been as quick to become ecommerce mainstays — mailing a live tree will never be as simple as shipping at T-shirt, for example. billion compared to roughly $3 billion in 2019, according to data from IWSR. were up 80% last year, approaching $5.6

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Now owned by the SPARC Group (a joint venture between brand management firm Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and mall operator Simon Properties ), Forever 21 has spent the last few years refining its image and business model to avoid a repetition of its 2019 bankruptcy. We just did an event with 100 influencers at our Hollywood store.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2023

Myles Anceschi, who had formerly held the role of chief operating officer and helped steer the ship during the failed buyout, was promoted to CEO. In the end, Anceschi left the role in May of 2019, with Blackmores boss Dave Fenlon taking over. During his nine-month stint as chief, Ansceshi saw confidence in the business plummet.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2023

Every Arc’teryx order is delivered for free via carbon-neutral shipping. To extend this dedication to preserving the environment for future generations, the Bondi Junction store was built with a carbon-neutral design and will offer on-site repair as well as a selection of second-hand clothing, promoting a more circular economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

Shop Premium Outlets first launched in early 2019 as an affiliate site, where consumers could discover products but were redirected to each brand site to complete purchases. The platform is commission-based and most orders are fulfilled via drop shipping, although BOPIS options are a growing offering. SPO isn’t Stingy with its Data.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the age of digitization and ongoing global supply chain and shipping disruptions, this holiday season is shaping up to be the year that will make or break many retailers,” said Matthew Furneaux, global commercial director at Loqate. “At In attempts to avoid the shipping delays and sold-out items that are expected this year, 88% of U.S.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 7, 2022

Prior to the innovative coolers and boxes to ship out their meat products, Catullo Prime Meats inserted gel packs into their shipping containers, which did not allow them to be out of the cooler for too long. Without the prize money, Catullo said he would not have been able to get these new coolers for at least another couple of years.

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Retail Next

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

To increase your sales through web push notifications, use them to: Promote new products or offers. Check out these email marketing strategies to promote your retail shop: Automate emails. From welcome emails to order confirmation and shipping notifications, there are many ways retailers can use automation.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Shopee opened for business as a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace in the first quarter of 2015 and evolved into a hybrid B2C/C2C business model that by late 2019 was growing fast. Some have lost patience and deserted the ship. billion in 2019 to -US$2.6 How much longer will investors have to wait? on 24 June.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2021

RFG is exploring ways to reduce the entry price of drive-thrus for potential franchisees, such as retrofitting shipping containers, rather than building stores from scratch. . At the same time, RFG is starting to promote its digital pre-ordering capabilities after launching click-and-collect across all of its brands over the past year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

Long-time winemaker Shelley Cox has found a cost-effective way to promote and sell brands from her Barossa community. Cox established Workspace Barossa, the region’s first co-working space, in July 2019. Cox is the founder of Makers & Merchants Barossa, a collective store showcasing the work of local creatives and producers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

Long-time winemaker Shelley Cox has found a cost-effective way to promote and sell brands from her Barossa community. Cox established Workspace Barossa, the region’s first co-working space, in July 2019. Cox is the founder of Makers & Merchants Barossa, a collective store showcasing the work of local creatives and producers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

To help retailers navigate the new realities of the customer journey while the fight for fresh customers picks up speed, Inside Retail has joined forces with multi-channel, multi-carrier e-commerce shipping solution provider ShipStation to release a new report on customer behaviour entitled Casting the Net.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

When Entwined first took over the account, the company had five games in the market and was shipping printed material to 4000 sites three times a week. While brands have often funded promotional campaigns for specific brands, there’s never been a really clear commercialisation of it, he says.

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Wiser

MARCH 15, 2018

The future of retail is certainly unified, especially if Boston Retail Partners’ projection that 81 percent of retailers would have unified commerce in place by 2019 comes to fruition. . After all, sending shoppers general promotions and incongruent product recommendations will simply turn them away. Personalized Promotions .

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Wiser

APRIL 7, 2020

According to a 2019 study by retail think tank Coresight Research, retailers in 2018 completely missed out on roughly $300 billion in revenue, or 12 percent of total retail sales, due to markdowns. For example, a promotion where customers who spend at least $100 on a purchase can get 20 percent off their total order is a sale.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

Meanwhile, grocery price inflation eased at a slower rate this month, as the proportion of promotional products bought fell compared to December. “Retailers have taken their foot off the promotions gas slightly as we’ve come into the new year, and that’s meant inflation hasn’t fallen as quickly.” in January, down from 6.9%

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

. “It was the biggest opportunity that was ever available to us over the years to really grow at a significant level and take on some really good stores,” explains Taylor, sharing that the business came close to securing a deal for the high street chain back in 2019 before the pandemic hit.

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