Inside Retail

JANUARY 8, 2025

Reserve Bank of Australia data shows payments using mobile wallets accounted for 11 per cent of retail sales in 2020, surging to 35 per cent in three years later, in 2023. However, with mobile wallet usage at 37 per cent, the adoption rate could be slowing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

At the same time, Walmart Canada also announced that it was also selling its fleet business to Canada Cartage. billion investment, announced in 2020 , which included the modernization of more than 180 stores as well as the opening of four new stores, three DCs and one fulfillment center. Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest $6.5

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Called the Michael Strahan Design Lab , the custom pieces will be offered at flat prices, such as a two-piece suit for $399 , three-piece suits for $499 and sports coats for $299 , according to WWD. Customers can personalize patterns, lining, lapels and threads and add monogramming.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

One common tactic is receipt fraud, where fraudsters will attempt to return stolen items or items purchased at a discounted price, with an altered or fake receipt. Instead, retailers must invest in user identification solutions that analyze device attributes and user behavior to reveal suspicious activity at scale.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

for coats — higher than the typical F21 price point, but markedly lower than just about anything available at Barneys back in the day. Forever 21 also filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and was bought by SPARC , a joint venture between Authentic and mall owner Simon Property Group, for $81 million in 2020. for a T-shirt to $129.99

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

Combining Education and Customer Service Since its official launch in 2020, the Jointly app has notched half a million downloads, and monthly average user figures are in the tens of thousands , said Kooi. AI will make everyone better at their job, said Kooi. Understandably, both co-founders are bullish on AIs use in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

Exclusive: Google Debuts New Retail Media Solution with Lowes as First Beta Tester (March 18, 2024) Retail media was THE growth story in 2024, fueled by these networks ability to target consumers at key decision points in the shopper journey. consumers wallet.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In 2020 my beloved local Fairway went under, and for five years the store space has languished, sitting dark and empty alongside several other shuttered chains: Modells , Subway (although somehow the Kohls has survived). Amazons other attempts at brick-and-mortar have fared even more poorly. billion acquisition of Whole Foods.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Even small networks can run campaigns at scale without investing in a large internal ad ops team by tapping into ad exchanges and supply-side platforms. Mark Zamuner currently serves as President of Juice Media , a data-driven omnichannel media activation platform he founded in 2020 that was acquired by Altice USA in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Reward Actions Both Before and After the Purchase Discounts tend to be a one-and-done proposition, effectively beginning and ending at checkout. Customers receive a digital gift card instantly at the time of purchase, as opposed to waiting weeks or months for a rebate.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Tractor Supply Co. plans to open approximately 100 new stores in 2025 as it moves toward its eventual goal of operating 3,200 locations 200 more stores than its previous target as part of its Life Out Here 2030 strategic vision.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 27, 2025

Employees could also waive meal breaks for six-hour shifts or opt to take meal or rest breaks at the start or end of a shift. In its submission to the Fair Work Commission, the ARA stated that the General Retail Industry Award 2020 currently presents many rigid restrictions that hinder productivity and lead to operational inefficiencies.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Loblaws anticipates similar investment levels over the next five years, leading to more than $10 billion to be invested by 2030, adding to the $8 billion+ Loblaws has already invested in its store network and supply chain since 2020.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2025

Sydney-based fashion brand One Mile was founded by Sammy Robinson in 2020 after a collaboration with another brand sparked the desire to have her own label. One Mile made its runway debut at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2022 with its Resort ’23 collections. Things happen so quickly, that’s the exciting thrill of it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

In 2020, global ecommerce sales reached $4.2 In 2023, the global warehouse automation market was valued at $23 billion. Some warehouses can scale down their square footage by relying, at least in part, on automated solutions. For starters, consumers appetite for digital commerce is skyrocketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

It was a tough week to be at the top in retail with a number of companies announcing CEO switch-ups following disappointing performances, including Petco , Under Armour , Fossil Group and, as Retail TouchPoints previously reported, Allbirds. This will be the third CEO switch-up at the company in nearly as many years.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The decision to close all its stores in 2020 could have been seen as a rare failure for beloved childrenswear brand Hanna Andersson. Companies that put customers at the forefront of everything they do tend to thrive in ecommerce,” said Lapic in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The second thing is, they are made for play.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

SMB Advisory was appointed liquidator of Harrolds Group and placed its four entities – Harrolds Logistics, JTP Sydney, Harrolds Femme and Nelson River International – into liquidation at the start of October. Notably, Harrolds was a latecomer to e-commerce, only launching an online shopping site in 2020.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2024

The pilot will kick off at Lowe’s hometown location in Central Charlotte, North Carolina, from June 8 through June 12, before moving to Lowe’s stores in North Bergen, New Jersey, and Sunnyvale, California, from June 22 through June 25. .” In 2020, 83.1 million the year before.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2024

Its new 415sqm Richmond store is described as “an inspiration universe” for furniture buyers to delve into tactile material and colour samples “to build their dream piece of furniture” at the in-store design atelier.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. Most recently, she was Chief Administrative Officer and CFO at Bright Health Group. Morris’ most recent role was as SVP of Enterprise Business Services at Walmart.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Prices start at 350 rupees ($4) for dresses. Christian Westphal, co-founder at SilverSpoon Consultancy, told Inside Retail the most significant aspect of the licensing deal is the local storage of all customer data in India, with Reliance maintaining complete control over the platform’s infrastructure and operations.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 7, 2025

Ros brings over a decade of experience at LVMH, most recently serving as president and CEO of Louis Vuitton in Mainland China. Ros began his career at Marks and Spencer in the UK before taking on senior roles at Diesel and Tous. Ros began his career at Marks and Spencer in the UK before taking on senior roles at Diesel and Tous.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2025

At its height, Forever 21 operated more than 500 locations in the US and at least 800 worldwide. In February 2020, Authentic Brands Group bought the Forever 21 brand name out of bankruptcy in February 2020 and licensed it to Sparc Group.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

This is the second time the local master franchisee of the Chinese discount variety products retailer has entered administration, having previously undergone a restructuring in 2020. It also includes stores at Pacific Fair in Queensland and at Westfield Carousel in Western Australia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2025

The combination of data-driven insights into consumer behaviour and business performance, and human experience at the heart of decision-making, is endlessly fascinating for many people. She started her online retail career between musical theatre contracts at RY, an online beauty and hair-care site.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In response, retailers including Sephora and Rent the Runway signed on to the 15% Pledge in June 2020 , which called for retailers to reserve 15% of their shelf space for Black-owned brands. Additionally, in terms of marketing images, [Black people] need to see themselves in these images to see that [the product] is created for me. [We,

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chief executive Andy Lightfoot said: “We are delighted to report another record-breaking half of sales up 38% on last year, continuing our run of greater than 30% growth every year since 2020. The results come as Space NK prepares to open the doors to its Milton Keynes store at centre:mk shopping centre at the end of this month.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Farmers Pick, founded by Joshua Ball and Josh Brooks-Duncan in 2020, works directly with farmers and producers to rescue and purchase produce that would otherwise go to waste for its vegetable box delivery business. If you look at a standard pallet holding half a ton at about 1.2 million tonne per annum food waste problem.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Prior to that she was EVP of Supply, North America at PVH from 2020 to 2021, building on an extensive tenure across several supply chain leadership roles for key businesses within the PVH portfolio, including Calvin Klein North America and The Underwear Group from 2013 to 2020.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2024

Prior to joining Tigerlily, Wright served as GM at Esther & Co. ” Founded in 2020, Ecommerce Equation entered into a strategic partnership with private equity firm Glow Capital Partners in February this year. . Former Tigerlily CEO Travis Wright has joined Ecommerce Equation as chief product officer.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

From eye-catching brand partnerships to strategic category expansion, Farm Rio is slowly but surely taking the world by storm, one tropically patterned print at a time. The two decided to fill in the white space themselves and started with a small booth at an independent fashion market. Tropical fruits and flowers. Jungle prints.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The store, located at Austin’s Domain Northside, is designed by Will Fox of Fox & Fox and will feature collections such as intimates and shapewear, loungewear, healing compression wear for recovery, occasion wear for events and baby showers. Bumpsuit was founded by international model and entrepreneur Nicole Trunfio in 2020.

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Tokinomo

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The global big data analytics in retail market size was valued at $4,854 million in 2020 and is projected to reach $25,560 million by 2028. The retail industry is an ever-changing landscape. How do big data and retail combine? This shows us the importance of big data in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Hyper-relevance at scale: With access to detailed first-party data, brands can reach consumers with precise messaging, ensuring that partnerships feel natural rather than forced. Enhanced customer experience: These unexpected partnerships can surprise and delight shoppers, creating a more engaging and memorable holiday shopping experience.

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