Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

In 2020, global ecommerce sales reached $4.2 These expectations have significantly impacted the same-day delivery market, which experts predict will grow nearly 20% year-over-year between now and 2028. In 2023, the global warehouse automation market was valued at $23 billion. Just two years later, online sales jumped to $5.7

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2024

A 2020 survey by Secure Authentication Brands LLC reported that 37% of respondents admitted to wardrobing, many of whom are knowingly defrauding the system. Georgia Leybourne is Chief Marketing Officer at Linnworks. Leybourne holds a BA in Business Studies, a DipM, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

In 2024, our business performed well in a challenging retail environment, and we made significant progress on our Life Out Here strategy, said Hal Lawton, President and CEO of Tractor Supply in a statement, referring to the retailers long-term strategic roadmap revealed in October 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Online grocery shopping soared during the COVID pandemic, rising from 52% of all grocery shoppers in 2020 to 64% in 2021, according to FMI, The Food Industry Association. neighbor is Northgate Market , which worked with Shook Kelley to launch a new food shopping and dining destination: Mercado González. Mercado González.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 18, 2025

Daily Dive M-F DTC Weekly Every Tuesday Marketing Weekly Every Wednesday Tech Weekly Every Thursday Operations Weekly Every Monday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. About 32 million items are in-stock at the fulfillment center, per the press release. on June 3, 2025.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 30, 2025

Daily Dive M-F DTC Weekly Every Tuesday Marketing Weekly Every Wednesday Tech Weekly Every Thursday Operations Weekly Every Monday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. At the time, Home Depot said the acquisition expanded its total addressable market by $50 billion to about $1 trillion.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Redicals vision of fulfilling unrealised potential for its assets has built strong market momentum since its conception in 2020, as it demonstrates its transformative approach, industry differentiation and appetite for growth.

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

CAGR between 2020 and 2027 taking it to a global value of US $16.9 Omnichannel retailers need to have a single view of all inventory , whether it sits in a store or a warehouse, so that they can rapidly fulfill all orders, from the same pool of stock. The term omnichannel has been part of the retail world since around 2010.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

A consolidation of retail share among top-tier malls also will strengthen the market positioning of their parent companies, bringing with it several advantages, including the ability to compete more fiercely in the market. Fulfillment also will be a key driver of innovation. Partnerships.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With an expanded total addressable market of $225 billion [updated from $180 billion ], we have significant runway for growth. Over the last five years, we have delivered strong financial performance and enhanced our competitive advantages through the execution of our Life Out Here strategy.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 23, 2025

Daily Dive M-F DTC Weekly Every Tuesday Marketing Weekly Every Wednesday Tech Weekly Every Thursday Operations Weekly Every Monday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Dive Insight: AI has become a key tool in Amazons repertoire to accelerate its fulfillment and delivery processes.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 20, 2025

Daily Dive M-F DTC Weekly Every Tuesday Marketing Weekly Every Wednesday Tech Weekly Every Thursday Operations Weekly Every Monday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at anytime. The line is produced in Tailored Brands’ New Bedford, Massachusetts, factory.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But while Targets drawback on DEI was a major emotional blow to Black brand founders, many of whom were added to the retailers roster following the Black Lives Matter movements of 2020, several retail executives have stated that boycotting Target will ultimately hurt Black founders and their teams the most.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 22, 2025

This process is vital for effective decision-making and adapting to market changes. It enhances adaptability to market changes, ensuring all members understand and work towards common goals. Continuous assessment of your strategic plans allows you to adapt to changing market conditions effectively.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 14, 2025

The city supports a diverse job market with job openings in technology, design, and music. Coworking spaces are abundant, and high startup activity attracts talent, keeping the job market dynamic. The city experienced a 27% increase in hiring between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021, reflecting a dynamic job market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

The Second Wave research results from April 27, 2020 showed that 73% of respondents expect this pandemic experience to change the way they shop in the future. According to the Q1 2020 Salesforce Shopping Index report, sites offering BOPIS grew digital revenue 92% between March 10-20, 2020 compared to 19% for sites not offering BOPIS.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon will remain the retailer to beat, but fulfillment strategies like buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside are only becoming more important. “The Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

I got a view of everything around Sephora; I got to see what it was like to do digital marketing, the ecommerce business, the forecasting and planning business,” Turley said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “I We’ve also made sure our site and in-store inventory are real-time, and that convenience is part of all our marketing stories.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery. The space will allow the retailer to stage inventory, satisfy merchandise pickup and delivery and fulfill store-based and ecommerce orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As part of the virtual Retail Innovation Conference, Retail TouchPoints presented the winners of the 2020 Retail Innovator Awards (RIA) last night on a livestream celebration across its social platforms. The platform also gives consumers the ability to opt in to the offers, making it a privacy-friendly method to engage customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. From early 2020 to mid-2021, the percentage of retail chains offering curbside pickup surged from a miniscule 7% to a staggering 51%. Nicholas offered six best practices: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Many of these take the form of a “boast post,” a confident and colorful tour de force displaying the company’s mastery of the market’s direction. Is that even possible coming out of a year like 2020? One futurist we know said, “2020 was so weird I didn’t even get a chance to be wrong.”. But let’s be real here.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Taking advantage of the surge in online grocery generated by COVID-19, Farmstead plans to bring its dark store fulfillment model to a third market: Raleigh-Durham, N.C. was its first new market in this region, and Farmstead plans to launch in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. The expansion will be fueled by a $7.9 Charlotte, N.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. Four of those new stores will be in the greater Phoenix area, representing a new market for Aldi , as well as its first locations in Arizona. In May 2020, Aldi announced its plans to expand curbside pickup to 600 stores in 35 states by the end of July. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2020 alone, driven largely by COVID-19, digital sales doubled , as did the number of households using Kroger’s network of digital offerings. The company reported on the success of its “Restock Kroger” transformation strategy over the last three years and outlined a new strategy called “Leading with Fresh and Accelerating with Digital.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2022

And while the majority of retailers didn’t break any records, most reported steady growth and in-store traffic improvements compared to 2020. Walmart’s Q4 results were characteristically solid for the retail giant; with such massive market penetration, it’s difficult to achieve the truly explosive growth that smaller companies can achieve.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

The idea of transforming malls into “mixed use” gathering spots has become popular, but an aerial view of these complexes provides an interesting perspective on another potential evolutionary path for the mall: as a fulfillment center. “ All those back-of-house loading docks are just perfect for fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

While some industry watchers predicted that the boon to online grocery would subside later in 2020, that never happened. Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

They’re building new distribution warehouses, they’re bringing on more staff to fulfil online orders. To find out how you can market to your customers this festive season, visit: [link]. The post 2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas? They’re looking at a more omnichannel approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference. The robots also can improve merchandising.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kroger has kicked off a multi-year agreement to have Gatik AI ’s autonomous box trucks transport products from the retailer’s Dallas customer fulfillment center to multiple retail locations in the area. and Louisiana since late 2020. The retailer also teamed up with Ford Motor Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

Amazon is planning to hire 75,000 additional employees across its fulfillment and logistics network in the U.S. The news comes as many companies struggle to find available workers amid continuing disruption to the job market caused by the COVID pandemic. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Shoppers in select markets will be able to schedule same-day and next-day delivery for supplies that can easily fit in a car, including tools, fasteners and paint, with coverage expanding to multiple markets nationwide by the end of 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

The company operates more than 250 micro-fulfillment centers across the country, fulfilling orders for common items including cleaning and home products, over-the-counter medications, baby and pet products, food and drinks and alcohol. The funding will build upon the $1.15 delivery charge. The company acquired BevMo!

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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. The pandemic’s impact on shopping habits isn’t abating: 66% of respondents will prefer home delivery over other fulfillment methods, according to a survey by Oracle.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

From the increased market share of digitally native brands to decisions from companies like GlobeWest and Homebodii to dial up D2C strategies, shoppers are becoming increasingly accustomed to purchasing products directly from brands. Fulfilment of the future. Direct-to-consumer selling. Australians spent an unprecedented $50.46

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2020

1, 2020, rising from $18.2 However, Target’s brick-and-mortar stores proved to be essential elements in the retailer’s overall growth, fulfilling more than 90%. Additionally, the retailer saw strong market share gains across all five of its core merchandise categories. Target achieved a record-setting 24.3% billion this year.

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