Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

” Isaac Gross, lecturer at the Monash Business School’s Department of Economics, commended the RBA’s move and expressed optimism on further rate cuts. ” The post Some relief at last: Interest rate trim welcomed by retailers appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Party City Holdco Inc. PCHI) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas and has begun to wind down retail and wholesale operations, including holding going out of business sales prior to closing its approximately 700 stores across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2024 alone, several high-profile companies, including Dell, AT&T, Ticketmaster and Disney have suffered the consequences of a major breach. In the retail and consumer sectors, the average cost of a security breach was below this average, sitting at $3.91 million and $3.48 million, respectively.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In addition to extended store hours, increased inventory pressures and customers who often are even more impatient than normal, these workers also often find themselves working more hours at a time when many other employees are taking time off. “On The reality is not everyone is going to get that time off. It’s a lot of fun.” “I

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

“Reimagining how and where beauty lovers can shop with us has always been at the core of Ulta Beauty’s mission,” said Jodi Williams, VP of Ecommerce at Ulta Beauty in a statement. To celebrate the launch of the partnership, customers can receive $10 off orders of $50 or more through Jan. ” .” ”

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

On Sunday I did my weekly shopping at the store to find out if Amazon Fresh might be able to fill the hole left by Fairway, literally and figuratively. Amazons other attempts at brick-and-mortar have fared even more poorly. billion acquisition of Whole Foods. Regular carts, albeit green, are available outside.)

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

If you’ve never had someone dress you, you may not realize what an intimate thing it is, said Sarah Funderburk,VP of Styling and Client Support at Stitch Fix in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Were always looking at how we can actually achieve this balance, and not overswing in any one direction.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

Hosted by: Alicia Esposito, VP of Content at Retail TouchPoints Kieran Powell, EVP at Channel V Media Featuring interviews with: Billy Conway, VP of Product, Fastlane at PayPal Marta Frattini, Industry Strategy & Marketing Lead at Adobe Nino Horttrich, Head of Global Marketing, Retail at Diebold Nixdorf Prakash Gurumoorthy, General Manager – (..)

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“Our work with Avery Dennison will improve inventory visibility, which means products will be on the shelves when our customers want them, while enabling our associates to spend more time with our customers,” said Jordan Poff, VP of Retail Operations at Kroger in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Picture this: You’re about to buy something online, but the site doesn’t remember who you are, so you go buy your item elsewhere, or just not at all. If your customers have to deal with an annoying login process at the end of their shopping journey, they’ll just abandon their cart. times per day on average.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

store, at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando in early 2024, the brand has opened its next three U.S. stores at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y., where the brand has previously been sold via its owned website and wholesale at retailers including Bloomingdales , Nordstrom and Dillards sales grew 58.7% million ($3.1

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2025

These digital twins do more than simply reconfigure pixels, however: A digital twin that uses physics AI means it understands the weight, depth and size of these products , which really matters, said Azita Martin, VP and General Manager, Retail and CPG at Nvidia.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Shein is very Gen Z oriented, so we bring in as many Gen Z team members as possible,” said Marisa Runyon, Director of Creative Content and Production at Shein. “We Shein spoke during a panel discussion at the recent FUTR conference in New York City. We spend a lot of time in brainstorming sessions, asking them, ‘What are you watching?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Today’s consumers are increasingly skilled at tuning out marketing. Just look at email, where 79% of consumers ignore or delete marketing emails at least half the time. Google is even testing out a new type of digital ID in Google Wallet that works at select TSA checkpoints. The utility mobile wallets offer is endless.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Shellhammer was most recently Chief Product Officer at the Etsy-owned musical instrument marketplace Reverb , and prior to that he held jobs with increasing responsibility at Ebay for more than six years. “I Retail and resale veteran Bradford Shellhammer will join Rent the Runway as Chief Product Officer effective Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With claims from Teamsters General President Sean OBrien that Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket line by failing to show them the respect they have earned, Teamsters locals at two New York City facilities and one in Skokie, Ill. and internationally, is spotty at best. Amazons labor record, both in the U.S.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Chris Bristow, a company liquidation and corporate rescue specialist at Real Business Rescue, examines the financial health of retail businesses under the current climate. We look at some of the factors shaping the health of the retail industry, such as the evolution of retail technology, economic conditions and sector trends.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2025

Premier Investments has posted a decline in sales for the fiscal first half, with the results dragged down by a double-digit drop at Smiggle. At Peter Alexander, sales rose 6.6 At Peter Alexander, sales rose 6.6 Meanwhile, sales at the stationery and gift chain Smiggle dived 14.5 per cent decrease. per cent to $157.3

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Inside Retail

MARCH 18, 2025

Sales remained flat at $1.83 billion, attributed to mixed trading conditions, store closures, and Myer Exclusive Brands stock trapped at its national distribution centre. Comparable sales climbed 0.8 Meanwhile, online sales rose 4.8 per cent to $409 million, accounting for 22.3 per cent of total sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Geekplus robots are now in use at all three of Happy Returns’ Hubs. Happy Returns is about 10 years old, and we’ve seen a real evolution of how merchants think about returns, particularly as younger consumers [account for] a higher share of overall spend , said Fehr in a session at the NRF Big Show. and Valencia, Calif.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Now, securing sought after products at the best price is becoming increasingly chaotic for consumers, with prices fluctuating during a number of weeks across the Golden Quarter. The average price of a wearable this year came in at £287.80, down by 8.55% compared to 2023’s average of £313.83. to a retail price of £2999.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The goal, according to Allison Peterson, Chief Retail & Digital Officer at Carters, is to connect with the next generation of families while doubling down on the issues (like sustainability) that the business has prioritized for years. Peterson: Our reimagined retail experience is fully captured at Carters first-ever flagship in Atlanta.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a headline topic at the National Retail Federations annual Big Show , and NVIDIA is undoubtedly one of the companies leading the industrys innovation in this sector. Ultimately, this can help retailers improve throughput and fulfill orders faster.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Jason Potter, a 30 -year grocery retail veteran, will take on the President and CEO roles at Grocery Outlet as of Feb. who has held the President and CEO titles at Grocery Outlet on an interim basis since October 2024. Current Fresh Market COO Brian Johnson will become that retailers President and CEO, also on Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

Users can take over control of the remote browser at any point, and Operator is trained to proactively ask the user to take over for tasks that require login, payment details or when solving CAPTCHAs. To start, users describe the task theyd like done, and Operator will get to work.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most recently, when fashion and accessories retailer Primark unveiled its 450 th store worldwide at the Florida Mall in Orlando, it announced it would have an entire floor dedicated to its growing partnership with Disney — a new kind of experience for the blossoming retailer, although certainly not the last.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

These platforms have revolutionized the way consumers shop, offering convenience, variety and competitive pricing at the click of a button. They are willing to wait for extended periods if it means securing products at rock-bottom prices. For context, theres been an incredible amount of spending to put Americans on notice.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

High-profile fashion collaborations are nothing new, but does making luxury accessible and marketing it to a younger audience come at a cost? It does not feel luxury at all, and brand cues are lost with a product that looks generic, and store environments without brand cue,” Mansfield said. billion Bitmoji avatars globally.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

At Macy’s we promote a culture of ethical conduct,” said Tony Spring, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s, Inc. At Macy’s First 50 stores — that is, the locations where the company has already made investments in staffing, assortment and merchandising as part of its Bold New Chapter turnaround strategy — comparable sales grew 1.9%.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

After opening its newest outpost at Katy Mills in Katy, Tex. It’s the through line that permeates everything we do at True Religion.” True Religion opened its first new store since 2019 in September 2023 at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta, exceeding soft opening projections by 67.9%. bringing its total store count to 51.

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