Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether shipping directly to customers’ homes, enabling curbside pickup or restocking store shelves, consistently improving speed, accuracy and adaptability is crucial for meeting shopper expectations and maintaining market share. A multi-channel retailer and North Americas leader in womens apparel and lingerie with more than $1.75

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Six months after launching a digital shop for DSW shoe styles on Hy-Vee.com , the retailers are moving their partnership into the brick-and-mortar space. By October 2, DSW shops will open at six Hy-Vee locations in Minneapolis, with additional DSW shop-in-shops slated to open in 2021. Hy-Vee, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

The other complicating factor is you’ve got consumers who are incredibly aware of the supply chain, inventory and shipping challenges that are out there. We appreciate the physical experience of brick-and-mortar and the value of shopping in-store. At the end of the day, we view this as a successful season.”.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

In a world where consumers can shop from virtually anywhere, ecommerce is no longer limited by geography. For example, a fashion store may sell winter clothing in the Northern Hemisphere while offering summer apparel to customers in the South. A cross-border approach, in contrast, allows brands to diversify their revenue streams.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Amazon’s push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a guard against rivals such as Temu and Shein who offer rock-bottom prices on goods they ship from China. Amazon is also facing competition from rivals at home.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Starboard Cruise Services , LVMH Moët Hennessy and Celebrity Cruises are launching an immersive luxury shopping experience onboard the cruise ship Celebrity Beyond. The space is divided into distinct zones, including experiential luxury boutiques on Deck 5 and lifestyle, Swiss time pieces and immersive multi-category shops on Deck 4.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

Conscious consumption is on the rise and two big names in retail have launched new programs to tap into the consumer appetite to shop sustainably. eBay UK Features ‘Imperfect’ Products from North Face, Puma and More. eBay UK describes its new “ Imperfects ” program as “the fashion equivalent to supermarkets’ wonky veg initiatives.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Rebag customers can now resell gently worn items on ThredUp to earn Rebag shopping credit, and ThredUp customers can now shop select Rebag inventory directly on Thredup.com. For items that sell on ThredUp, customers will receive Rebag credit that can be used online and in store. ” .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Customers will now be able to earn Stitch Fix credit for “gently worn” apparel items they give back to the brand via ThredUp ’s Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality. Technology advancements, a refreshed brand identity and a new marketing campaign showing how Stitch Fix solves common shopping complaints are being rolled out.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Value shopping app Shein is opening up its platform to third-party sellers with the debut of a new global integrated marketplace. This contrasts with fellow China-based discount shopping apps such as Wish and Temu , which use a consumer-to-manufacturer marketplace model. 1 shopping app in America. Shein still holds the No.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Located in the biggest shopping destinations of the English capital, the Covent Garden store, which is part of The Yards, has opened, and the Soho store will open on 14 th November. Salomon, the modern mountain sports lifestyle brand, is proud to announce the opening of two new brand stores in the heart of London.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

The Chinese-based retailer has frequently come under fire for its questionable business practices, with stories of the waste and churn of cheap apparel, poor working conditions , bad product quality and claims of counterfeiting regularly landing SHEIN in the headlines.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The collection, available while supplies last, encompasses women’s, girls and baby apparel and accessories along with beauty and home décor items starting at a $4 price point. These items can be assembled and shipped in four weeks or less. Target debuted a value-priced private label brand earlier this month.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Consumers will be encouraged to clean out their closets to earn PacSun credits and to shop for “pre-loved” (a.k.a. Consumers can fill the ThredUP Clean Out Kits with women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes and accessories from any brand and ship them to ThredUP for free using a prepaid shipping label.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

The acquisition of Anomalie aligns with David’s Bridal’s recent steps toward building out its omnichannel strategy and securing its role as a one-stop-shop for special occasion attire. In 2021, the retailer partnered with The Black Tux , the online men’s formalwear brand, to expand its offerings in the special occasion apparel space.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Online shopping became a refuge, not because of overwhelming convenience, but because contactless commerce was necessary. One in four consumers are shopping more with small brands. Even more astounding, one in four consumers (and 48% of Gen Z) said they are shopping online because they were bored with nothing else to do.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Located in the biggest shopping destinations of the English capital, the Covent Garden store, which is part of The Yards, has opened, and the Soho store will open on November 14 th. Salomon, the modern mountain sports lifestyle brand, is proud to announce the opening of two new brand stores in the heart of London. – 7 p.m.,

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2022

customers can print a prepaid shipping label from torrid.thredup.com, fill a shippable box with apparel, shoes and accessories from any brand and send it to ThredUP free of charge. The ThredUP RaaS platform allows brands to tap into its Clean Out program, which helps consumers clean out their closets for retailer credit.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Amazon in particular invested more than $60 billion in shipping alone in 2020, helping it maintain blazing fast delivery times, but O’Shea believes its lack of a significant physical store footprint will cause it to lag behind the competition to some degree. Struggling Apparel Retailers See Hope Online.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2021

Nordstrom will open 21 INDOCHINO store-in-a-store shops across the U.S. The experience of shopping at the store-in-a-store will closely mirror the experience of INDOCHINO’s 50 full-sized showrooms. The experience of shopping at the store-in-a-store will closely mirror the experience of INDOCHINO’s 50 full-sized showrooms.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2025

Consumer demand has evolved beyond conventional music purchases to encompass a diverse range of products, including limited-edition collectibles, branded apparel, and beauty product collaborations. The company also eliminates combined shipping fees, making international shopping more cost-effective.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

Once an item is purchased, the seller will receive a prepaid shipping label to send it to its next owner. The process is designed to reduce the retailers’ environmental footprints and reduce the need to handle the logistics of shipping items to a third-party warehouse.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In a survey of consumers conducted by Doddle , 84% said a positive returns experience encourages them to shop with a retailer again. Conversely, 73% of consumers responding to a survey by Returnly said they would not shop with a brand again after a poor returns experience. However, apparel and department stores are elevated.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2024

In its latest move to combat the growth of discount Chinese shopping apps Temu and Shein , Amazon is reportedly planning to add its own China-direct section, according to The Information. Shein even announced earlier this year that it was opening a U.S. office and fulfillment hub in Amazon’s backyard of Seattle.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

We sat down with leading retail finance experts from The Reject Shop, Forever New, Taking Shape and Vinomofo to find out. Clinton Cahn, CEO of The Reject Shop, noted that there has been a rise in demand for everyday essential items, whereas its discretionary range showed a drop-off in demand, which affected margins.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2021

customers return any Timberland footwear, apparel or accessory to a Timberland store to either be repaired or refurbished. A ship-from-home option will launch later in the summer, and the overall program will expand to the EMEA region in fall 2021 and the APAC region in spring 2022. Starting in August 2021, ReCircled will let U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Nava Rose models one of her styles for the Dump Fast Fashion shop on ThredUP. “I The shop features three distinct looks that Nava thrifted on ThredUP.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2023

In the leadup to Earth Day, American Eagle , Toms and The Sak all added new resale programs powered by ThredUp’s RaaS, and Fabletics has expanded its existing RaaS resale program to include a secondhand shop on its website. Toms customers can now also shop for used Toms products in a new Preloved section of the brand’s website.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

.” Beyond Yoga Joins Growing ThredUp RaaS Roster Beyond Yoga has launched a Closet Clean Out program powered by the ThredUp Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) solution , allowing customers to resell gently worn items from any brand for shopping credit at Beyond Yoga. For styles that sell, customers can choose Maje online credit or cash.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2023

Shopping app Temu has been stealing the spotlight from fellow discount platforms Shein and Wish of late thanks to its meteoric rise in the U.S., Shein’s model does share direct connections to Chinese factories, which allows for rapid turnaround on the latest styles, with most orders shipped directly to consumers from the factory.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. But times have changed dramatically in the 13 intervening years: Temu , which debuted just last September, is now the top shopping app in the U.S., Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The free points-based program includes free shipping twice per year and access to personalized deals, perks, exclusive member events and special sales. By offering a rich cashback loyalty program with many ways to earn points and lots of great benefits, we’re giving our customers more reasons to shop and engage with Claire’s.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How do you believe consumers’ omnichannel shopping behaviors will evolve or accelerate during the holiday shopping season? In fact, BOPIS became the new norm for items across all categories, from footwear and apparel to accessories, home goods, furniture and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2021

For example, online apparel reseller ThredUP recently announced plans for a new 600,000-square-foot distribution center in Texas that will expand its capacity by 150% to meet growing demand on the part of both sellers and buyers of used goods. This supply influx is echoed in reports from other resale platforms. in the report. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2021

When was the last time you abandoned an online shopping cart: yesterday? In an effort to combat the estimated 70% of shopping carts that are abandoned, many retailers now send automated cart abandonment emails — and with good reason. After all, what good is promoting free shipping over $49 to your $400 cart abandoners?

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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. The pandemic has pushed the reach of digital retail beyond its traditional sectors — apparel, accessories and luxury goods. consumers have engaged in new shopping behaviors — including purchasing alternative brands.

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