Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

The Role of E-Commerce in Inflationary Periods During times of inflation, online retailers have an advantage over physical stores. Many costs are avoided by digital shops, including multiple locations, large staff teams, and high utility bills. When inflation is high, department stores expand their clearance sections.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

With new applications on the horizon, AI is set to play an ever growing role in improving not only customer experience, but also store efficiency and operations. Whether it’s a small boutique or a major department store chain, all businesses can harness the potential of this powerful technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

Social commerce and livestream shopping in particular continues to pick up steam in the U.S., With its increased customer engagement, partnership opportunities and ample “social proof,” livestream shopping offers an attractive new strategy for today’s retailers. What makes this latest iteration different from the past versions (i.e.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sichel also spent 13 years with McKinsey & Company as a Partner and marketing and retail practices leader, supporting clients across department stores, specialty and big box retail and branded manufacturers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The brand has grown to have a presence in 80 countries through a distribution network encompassing 1200 points of sale across stand-alone stores, franchises, department stores, multi-brand leather goods stores, travel retail and e-commerce websites.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

The model that Amazon first pioneered 22 years ago — an online shop of products from third-party sellers (as opposed to its own inventory) and advertising offerings to help those sellers connect with consumers — is becoming commonplace across the retail industry. It very well might be [advertising].”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2021

It’s true that some of this marketplace momentum can be attributed to retailers looking to take a bite out of Amazon’s pie by launching their own “Everything Stores” (Walmart and Target in particular come to mind). Yahoo Shops is the next step in our commerce journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. Most of them, of course, achieved their initial success through the use of creative advertising and storytelling, often in mass-market print and television. Dragorad Knezi is CEO of eyezon.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Considering that endcap displays generate 70% of grocery and department store spend, the ROI of a solution that provides intelligent insights can be fast and decisive. AI can generate data that retailers can use to negotiate the terms when third parties want to display products or advertise in the store.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

The aim is to make all items and products that can be Pinned – or bookmarked – by users available for purchase, with the ability to shop integrated across the entire user experience. According to in-house research, over half of users expressed that they use Pinterest as a place to shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Gen Z consumers are neither easy to define nor predictable in their shopping habits. It is assumed that they are more adept at using the technology in their hands and that this facility will inform their consuming behaviors, which McKinsey refers to as “seamless and intuitive adoption of online shopping and transactions.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

URW acquired Westfield in 2018 in a deal that included major shopping centers such as the Westfield World Trade Center in Manhattan, Century City in Los Angeles and the Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. On a call with investors, CEO Jean-Marie Tritant said he believes URW will be able to sell its U.S. malls as prime targets.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Starts at 60, the online news and community hub aimed at seniors, has just launched an e-commerce platform as it looks to become the go-to destination for the growing number of baby boomers shopping online. Older online shopping ‘boom’. But that changed last year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Amazingly, the savage string of rate rises so far this year doesn’t seem to be affecting the shopping habits of Aussies overall, although there has been a dip in sales figures for household goods (down 0.8 per cent) and department stores (down 0.4 per cent bump. I’d say it’s a little more complex than that.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Currently available in Melbourne and Sydney, Gimme was started by Matt Bartalotta, Christian Charisiou and Lahiru Perera to solve one of the biggest pain points of online shopping: waiting for the order to arrive. Online shopping is convenient, but it often falls down when it comes to delivery times,” Bartalotta told Inside Retail. “It’s

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

The trend of a cautious yet resilient consumer has continued into the early stages of 2024, with high-ticket luxury and department store industries underperforming sectors that sell necessities — online retail, discount/club, automotive and grocery. Where else are my customers shopping? How can I adjust my strategy to compete?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2022

The vast majority of our customers already bring their own reusable bags to shop, which is the very best outcome for the environment, and we encourage customers to keep up the great work.”. According to Woolworths state GM for Western Australia, Karl Weber, the move will remove over 30 million plastic bags from circulation within the state.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

“Now that consumers have come back into the stores, everybody really wants an experience,” Plenert said. When they go shopping, they want to be treated specially. They’ll go with their friends, have lunch and then shop afterwards. It also is a way to bring in new customers that may feel intimidated to go into a big store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

There has always been a gap between consumer demands and retailer execution of seamless shopping experiences,” Wu said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The technology to support seamless shopping experiences is at their fingertips, but technology is only part of the equation.” Now it’s really just shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2021

While we are taking care of our health, working from home, and shopping online, we are prioritizing people and the community. For the last 100 years, we have regulated land use to separate where we live from where we work and where we manufacture, store, and move goods. At a human level, the urban shift signifies behavioral change.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Creating a Memorable Shopping Experience In an era dominated by online shopping, the physical retail space must offer an experience that transcends the transactional. Christmas windows, acting as the gateway to the store, set the stage for a memorable shopping journey. Christmas Windows Around the World!

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2025

The retailer is set to launch a new home publication, Foundation , alongside a major spring advertising campaign as part of its commitment to growing its homeware division. Over one-third of the UK population shop with John Lewis, and last year home customers grew by 11%.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

Since the pandemic hit last year and shopping patterns shifted, historical data in retail businesses has been pushed to the side, as analysts have had to quickly understand new information to cater to customers. UK department store John Lewis is famous for its moving Christmas advertisements, which it first launched in 2013.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2022

Getting into new demographics and new geographic locations, Black brands want to partner with the larger department stores, but their models can be very challenging for smaller brands,” said Karamoko. Unfortunately, the business requirements of many retailers make the hurdles even higher.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A decade ago, the advertising and marketing sector was taken to task by Peter Field and Les Binet. At the time of publication, many brands were prioritising short-term metrics and missing out on the results of advertising campaigns which research showed develop over time. per cent, department stores up 3.6

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Others of us old enough can recall the carrier’s bold blue circular logo and global advertising campaigns promising a luxurious lifestyle in the sky. Seongsu-dong used to be a centre for small manufacturing businesses, such as print shops, hand-made shoe stores, and the leather garment makers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

Within retail, grocery and liquor majors have the highest commercial potential at $94 million per business, while shopping centres, convenience networks and retail aggregator sectors each deliver an average of $30 million to $43 million per business, per year. When a retailer takes that advertising spend, that’s a new revenue stream.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Lululemon experienced strong online sales growth when stores closed, with comparable sales increasing 157% compared to the same period in 2019. Off-Price Retail: Like dollar stores, off-price retailers tend to thrive in times of economic uncertainty. Nearly 500 of the enclosed shopping malls across the U.S.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Moreover, with the cost of advertising on social media rising – without the promise of conversion – it’s not surprising that brands are looking to reach consumers in new and old ways. In 2023, Selfridges launched “Yellow Pages”, a zine that positions the luxury department store at the epicentre of a new season and cultural conversation.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 25, 2023

From closing stores to reconfiguring product lines, the end of tax-free shopping for tourists has plagued the retail industry since it was axed at the end of 2020 as part of the government’s Brexit plans. “T he only difference is tax-free shopping” And retailers are expecting the situation to worsen.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

For its 1700 brand partners, that means a steady stream of new shoppers to target across a wide range of categories, including fashion, health, and beauty, marketplaces, gift cards, electrical, department stores, alcohol, and more. We take wasted advertising spend and give it to the consumer. It’s that simple,” said Wilson.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. Specialty stores are often a part of small retail store businesses.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Graphics, and signs in particular, have long been associated with shops. While these have moved on from the traditional signs that once adorned the front of shops, the purpose very much remains the same – getting people inside to browse and purchase products.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 30, 2024

A Debenhams Facebook advert advertising up to 60% off in the retailer’s sale has been banned for misleading claims. A paid-for Facebook ad for the online department store, seen on 9 March 2024, featured a caption that read “Step into Spring with up to 60% off fashion, home and beauty at Debenhams”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As a woman of South-Asian background, Willink said she has always struggled to find complexion-based products in retail stores. “I I remember going shopping for cosmetics with my predominantly white friends in my teenage years and noticing the disparity between our experiences,” she recalled. In 20 years, ‘not much has changed’.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2022

A retina scan lets advertisers push products on him like a new Lexus or American Express card, as well as giving them the ability to access his purchase history to determine whether his socks need replacing.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2024

In fact, if you are looking for a local doctor and google the word ‘clinic’, you get mostly plastic surgery shops instead of medical offices. Lotions, serums, sunscreens and other skincare products typically advertise whitening on the label. Influencers Influencers are a key driver of sales in the beauty market.

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