Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In fact, 54% of marketers planned to activate their 2024 holiday campaigns in Q3. But consumers have spoken, and 89% think pre-October is “too early” for brands to launch their Christmas marketing campaigns, according to new data from brand tracking company Tracksuit. RTP: Consumers are especially mindful of value this year.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 23, 2023

As retailers adapt to a new normal, a seamless omnichannel experience and hybrid shopping are shaping the future of retail. Here are the top 10 retail trends impacting the industry in 2023. Brands typically need more data to deliver personalized messages to consumers at scale. Or vice versa.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It has accelerated retail trends, especially the surge of online shopping and the waning of physical retail. An Astound Commerce survey conducted in May found that 60% of consumers made online purchases weekly or more often since the onset of the pandemic. McKinsey confirms that 75% of U.S.

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Mike Anthony

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But if retail is changing, then manufacturers and suppliers (as well as retailers) need to adjust their strategies and plans to address each of the trends, to realize the huge opportunities that each offers, and to ensure that the (equally huge) threats they pose are understood and mitigated. Retailers operate on slim margins.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 2, 2025

On the flip side, we have also witnessed an increasing level of standardisation emerge across retail design, which is resulting in a lack of differentiation and slow growth for many brands, in multiple sectors. So, what can we expect in 2025 and how can Checkland Kindleysides help retailers?

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online.

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Retail Times

APRIL 6, 2021

Have a look and see if you can incorporate these into your retail strategy. The rise of e-commerce was a massive step forward in retail innovation. Machine learning and forecasting automation are powerful tools to analyze consumer trends and the additional uses can have major impacts. Social shopping.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

Organizing a retail event in a physical store can be a good way to pull consumers. 58% of consumers are interested in attending a retail event in the future ( SCORE ). The retail workforce mainly includes cashiers, retail salespersons, or first-line supervisors of retail salespersons.

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Rangeme

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Soaring e-commerce adoption has driven consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers to embrace digital marketing to connect with consumers around the clock and around the world to fuel sales. Worldwide, the average consumer between the ages of 16 and 64 spends 145 minutes per day on social media. Retail Dive. January 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

Matt Moorut, principal analyst at Gartner for Marketers , recently explored the topic of livestreaming and offered practical advice for how retailers can get the most out of it. Retail TouchPoints (RTP) : Why are consumers flocking to livestream shopping? For younger consumers, this is an extension of the way they behave online.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

Going Online Still Makes Sense The idea of retail businesses going online to reach a wider audience has been around since the early 1980s. Innovations like e-wallets, advertising services, and smartphones have all helped to make this a constantly changing area with the chance to reach an ever-greater potential market.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Retail media and other alternative revenue streams By 2028, Coresight predicts that retail media could represent as much as 27 per cent of the total advertising market in the US, a major spike from just 17 per cent in 2023. per cent and outpacing the hardware segment, which will see 40.9 per cent YoY growth in 2025.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Before Amazon most retailers where primarily in the business of selling goods. Then Amazon comes onto the scene and shows the retail industry there are other ways to make money including by having a lucrative cloud business or through advertising sales. That’s why if you are a food and beverage retailer, stores matter a lot.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

When you connect the runway, lifestyle and pop culture trends with actual product data from online retailers, five pivotal themes shaping retails future come into view. Recommendations for retailers From Girlhood to Dollcore, romance, youth, and hyper-femininity continue to inform fashion.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Retail trends tend to surface in the UK and Europe about 12-24 months before they reach Australia. On the ground, I can report that there are challenges facing UK and European retailers that savvy Australian retailers can learn from to plan ahead. That’s what took me to the UK this month for a fact-finding mission.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Wayfair operates on a dropship model where it doesn’t own the majority products it sells to consumers. At one end of the supply chain, an entrepreneur identifies a product – usually through Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress – which they think they can sell to European or American consumers. Wayfair uses advertising to buy growth.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 90% of the United States population lives within 10 miles of a Walmart store this move has become a game changer for the retailer. Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. Be honest, before the pandemic weren’t you were part of the vast majority of consumers that had never tried curbside pickup?

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Retail Bound

APRIL 23, 2024

Retail is an ever-evolving industry that has seen its fair share of changes over the years. From traditional brick-and-mortar stores to the rise of e-commerce, product startups have had to adapt and keep up with changing consumer behavior. Product startups can leverage data analytics to gain a competitive edge in the retail market.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

When you shift activities consumers used to complete on their own to a retailer, someone has to pay for it. Let’s not forget about advertising. Amazon’s advertising business generated $31 billion in 2021. Analysts estimate Amazon’s advertising business has margins as high as 75%. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

AUGUST 16, 2022

and is often a driver for consumers to visit a store —especially in the convenience channel. in the four weeks ending May 15, 2022, in all multi-unit retailers. Convenience stores are also a top location for CBD purchases, with 29% of consumers making purchases there and a quarter of people visiting at least once a day.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

From small retailers to large retailers sufficient foot traffic has never been more important as consumers elect to do more of their shopping online. But it isn’t just online shopping that is affecting location decisions since the majority of retail sales still happen offline. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Luggage from direct to consumer brand Away By Tricia McKinnon The CEO of digitally native menswear brand Indochino said it right when he stated : “customer acquisition is the hardest part of running an online-only business.” The company used to incur between $20,000 and $30,000 per day on advertising for Dirty Lemon on Facebook and Instagram.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Oatly has so effectively captured the hearts and minds of consumers that it has attracted the attention of high-profile investors including Oprah Winfrey, Roc Nation which is owned by Jay Z and Blackstone which is a private equity company. This approach also led to product discovery amongst consumers in a more organic way.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MAY 24, 2022

Online appointment scheduling, touchless shopping in stores, real-time updates on online deliveries, and personalized services are now easier for many as retailers have adapted to new consumer needs and preferences. While Google slates to phase out its third-party cookies, digital advertisers keep a close eye. Probably not.

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VMS

AUGUST 11, 2021

With more cash in hand—fueled in part by the Child Tax Credit and pent-up savings—consumers drove U.S. retail spending growth, excluding automotive and gasoline, to +10.9% Consumers are shopping, spending and splurging across channels.”. Advertisement. compared to July 2020. July numbers reflect a return to the store.

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Rangeme

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The worst thing would be to run out of inventory or lose your advertising placements because you ran out of budget. Whether you’re looking to purchase inventory, expand your warehouse, boost your advertising, or a myriad of other options, get the funding you need to keep the cash flowing and your business growing.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 3, 2022

Whether it’s Savage X Fenty or Fenty Skin or Fenty Beauty she has done what many retailers have struggled to do, make products that appeal to everyone. Her focus on inclusivity is striking a cord with consumers because it’s authentic. Take a look at how Fenty is winning over consumers by catering to their needs in four critical areas.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 2, 2022

The consultant McKinsey has published research suggesting Black consumers are willing to shift about $260 billion of their annual spending to companies that better meet their needs. Moreover, this is an international issue, with opportunities for product providers and retailers in other global markets. Backstage Capital.

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Rangeme

JUNE 16, 2022

Sentiment quickly falls flat for brands who simply swap out logos on social media during June and can backfire if consumers believe a retailer’s colorful products are released with the sole intention of boosting sales. Inclusive advertising. One way to do this is by making advertisements more LGBTQ-inclusive.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 5, 2022

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Launched in 2010 AliExpress is a global retail marketplace. AliExpress.

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Rangeme

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, there’s no need for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands to panic. Since consumer habits have shifted due to the pandemic, supply chain disruption , and rising inflation, research your market for the latest data. Throughout a downturn, all consumers … typically re-evaluate their consumption priorities.” July 28, 2022.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 22, 2022

With consumers afraid and taking cover at home people began ordering groceries online at rates Instacart had never seen before. Like Zoom and Peloton and other pandemic success stories that are struggling as consumers return to their pre-pandemic behaviour there are concerns about Instacart’s future. Advertising. Fast delivery.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Only 50% of male consumers have ever heard of Etsy and one of the ways it plans to increase awareness amongst this demographic is by placing ads during NFL games. “As We’re starting to advertise in channels where men are a bigger part of the viewership.” “We So we’re now starting to merchandise more directly to men.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

Perhaps it can be taken for granted but most consumers are struggling to make ends meet. Consumers at that time were reeling from the recession and Aldi and Lidl entered the grocery market in the United Kingdom with low prices and were able to steal share. Amazon makes more in advertising in a year than many retailers make combined.

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Rangeme

MAY 19, 2022

As retail catapults into the future, companies can’t afford to get left behind. Leading the way in industry influence, Amazon shapes global retail standards and shopping habits. Digital advertising. Suppliers nimbly adapt to consumers’ values. Rapid delivery. 15 Wells, Jeff and Sam Silverstein. 21 Hawkins, Andrew J.

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Rangeme

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Consumers’ purchasing power is rapidly eroding, with more problems ahead as central banks raise interest rates to fight the price rises. The impact on the retail sector is inevitable. Cash-strapped consumers spend less money – decreasing revenues for retailers and product providers. during 2022, down from 6.1%

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Rangeme

AUGUST 25, 2022

Regulator – Not all industries are equally strictly policed, but in key areas where there is potential for consumer harm, standards are more stringent, and monitored by a central regulator. This protects your exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, and perform the work. Dealing with regulation. including both products produced in the U.S.

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