Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

At opposite ends of the political spectrum, the National Party and the Greens both argued that divestment provisions should be incorporated into federal competition laws to ensure fair trading with suppliers and consumers. and a low point of $15.24, albeit edging close to the higher mark at years end.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We look at ourselves as the antithesis of online shopping. We seek to create a customer experience inside our locations where you can touch, feel and smell the products, where there are experiences from a sensory perspective that excite consumers. If you know exactly what you want, why would you go beyond Amazon ?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

After years of searching and research, Ross eventually realized just how large of a market there was for consumers like herself and knew she had to take matters into her own hands. It is this deep understanding of how consumers want to be marketed to and the power of storytelling that Ross has achieved success.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Our company started with a dream and I think we would say that we’re still a dreaming and innovation company at heart,” Rebecca Cai, general manager for APAC at On, told Inside Retail. “I I think it goes back to the vision that we have at On: We want to build the most premium global sportswear brand,” she added.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Dicks Sporting Goods is expanding its Dicks Varsity Team content creator and influencer program by inviting consumers who have a passion for both sports and social media to join.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2025

trillion , according to the NRF State of Retail & the Consumer. If consumers spend at the high end of the scale, 2025 would exceed the 2024 growth rate of 3.6% , and even at the low end will outstrip last years $5.29 Consumer spending is not unraveling. The National Retail Federation (NRF) is forecasting U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2025

Retail is at a tipping point in Australia. Global geopolitics are making Australia look like an attractive market, but retailers are continuing to grapple with huge shifts in consumer behaviour as well as technological change. These evolving consumer expectations are a key driver behind the changes happening in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The decision to cease operations was made following exhaustive efforts by the Company to find a path forward that would allow continued operations in an immensely challenging environment driven by inflationary pressures on costs and consumer spending, among other factors, according to a company statement.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Simon Baptist, principal economist for Visa Asia Pacific, said that “consumer sentiment remains fragile with a lot of people saying their financial situation is worse compared to last year” Baptist added: “Aussie households will welcome this rate cut as it will help return their finances to a sustainable trajectory.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2024

They’ve been shaped/scarred by not one but two global economic traumas — the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID pandemic — and they’ve grown up with social media playing an increasingly large (and loud) role in shaping culture, including how these consumers shop, research and purchase products and services. What are you listening to?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Everyday consumers are brands most powerful influencers today. Even long-established companies can quickly lose market share to new competitors that excel at building these connections and fostering loyalty. Digital experiences have a profound influence on consumer behavior, shaping their preferences, habits and purchasing decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Earlier this year, Google added compelling new features to Google Wallet to help consumers get more out of their mobile wallet passes. With this update , developers can send wallet notifications, letting consumers receive notifications about any updates to cards or passes stored in their mobile wallet.

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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. For retailers and consumer businesses, a surge in data breaches presents difficult challenges. In light of this, it’s critical that businesses strengthen their defenses. million last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

While policymakers often champion tariffs as a mechanism to protect domestic industries, their ripple effects are far-reaching, inflating costs, disrupting supply chains and, ultimately, burdening consumers. Price-sensitive products suffered a drop in demand as consumers struggled to shoulder the rising cost of tariff-stricken goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) introduces significant regulatory changes for the cosmetics industry, aimed at enhancing consumer safety and product transparency. A well-organized record-keeping system is essential for MoCRA compliance and safeguarding consumer safety.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

But consumers are demanding in other ways, too. According to a study by UC Today , 90% of consumers expect to have an omnichannel retail experience when we shop. Digital channels are alive with opportunities to dazzle consumers. But where does that leave your marketing strategies for the humble shop floor?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

Given that different cannabis products can produce a wide range of effects among consumers, one of the biggest challenges facing cannabis retailers is matching the right product with the right customer. AI will make everyone better at their job, said Kooi. Understandably, both co-founders are bullish on AIs use in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Traditionally, consumers bought them to get the benefit of wearing a near-enough copy of a luxury item they desired without having to sell a kidney to pay for it. Many shoppers, particularly younger consumers, see buying dupes as markers of frugal cool, and revel in their ability to find a bargain that has the look and feel of the real thing.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

and European retailers have observed – and, often, participated in – the social-commerce explosion happening in China and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) while wondering if, when, and to what extent the same thing would happen at home. Cultivating KOCs (key opinion consumers, a.k.a. For the last half decade, U.S.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The influencer marketing industry was priced at £21 billion in 2024 and is projected to rise to £25 billion pounds by the close of 2024. Consumers commonly invest in the product recommendations of their chosen influencer; others are turned away by what they deem inauthentic content. When every post is an ad, consumer trust takes a hit.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Amid all the ongoing furor around new artificial intelligence applications, when it comes to actual utility for both brands and consumers, the cream that has risen to the top appears to be AI-powered agents. This shift could eliminate the gap between research and purchase entirely, creating a more intuitive consumer journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

The stores centerpiece is its Dome Tent, where shoppers can lay down and look up at AI-generated content that will take them through a 30 -minute visual journey, featuring natural soundscapes and visuals to take the viewer from day to night.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has sued Walmart and Branch Messenger , alleging that the partners forced the third-party delivery drivers in Walmarts Spark Driver program to use costly deposit accounts to access their earnings and in the process harvested more than $10 million in fees from the workers.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Taking place from 4 th to 6 th April at Westfield London, followed by Westfield Stratford City from 11 th to 13 th April, the event is expected to draw over 300,000 visitors across both weekends rivalling the footfall typically seen on Boxing Day at the centres. Spanning 4.2

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This has never been more apparent than now, as consumers look to elevate their in-store shopping experiences and expect the same versatility and ease that they have obtained with modern omnichannel retail. Consumers want to be part of an in-store experience that allows them a personalized, agile and enjoyable shopping experience in store.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Fraud has plagued retailers for quite some time, but the issue is now getting its time in the spotlight due to the increased use of AI within the industry, as well as consumers’ general awareness of the trend. This is a more straightforward use case for AI implementation, and one that consumers have come to know and crave.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Consumers now spend an average of 8 hours a day online, and as a result, “there’s extremely high expectations of the content consumers choose to engage with online,” said Rema Vasan, Head of North America Business Marketing at TikTok. Do branding and performance marketing need be at odds with one another?”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

Consumers came out to spend this holiday season and clearly underscored the solid growth in the U.S. economy, said Jack Kleinhenz, Chief Economist at the NRF in a statement. Even though consumers are still relatively healthy and there was a notable increase in spending, they remain budget conscious. 1 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Innovations like biometrics and tap-to-pay have transformed how, when and where consumers shop. How can retailers update their payments systems to meet rapidly changing consumer behavior during peak demand? During the holiday rush the security and ease of the payments experience can be as crucial as product price or availability.

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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.

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