Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

For instance, AI-powered virtual assistants can provide product suggestions based on previous shopping habits, while interactive kiosks offer tailored promotions and inventory updates. IoT and Smart Inventory Management The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionising inventory management.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

When UK and Irish discount book, games and toy retailer The Works set out to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its inventory management across its stores it turned to Zebra Technologies to revolutionise its back-end management system.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

When retailers meet these demands, they reap the rewards of loyalty, word-of-mouth promotion, and repeat purchases. Consolidating loyalty data also grants a deeper insight into customer behaviour, enabling targeted promotions and tailored product suggestions.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Do you know how to manage your inventory as effectively as possible? What are the inventory management best practices? If you can’t answer these questions, it’s time to reconsider how you manage your inventory. Tracking your inventory will provide you with the data necessary for these insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Retasmart is designed to enable retailers to unify all channels and experiences in one solution, allowing them to solve challenges related to inventory management, customer engagement, payment options, reporting and analytics, and multichannel retailing — all from a single platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2024

By examining this network traffic, retailers can gain valuable insights, such as the most frequented areas of a store, the effectiveness of digital signage, the efficiency of store layouts and even the performance of online versus in-store promotions. The potential of network analytics extends far beyond simple foot traffic analysis.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Collectively, the VUSION suite of services are designed work together to promote agility, sustainability and an improved customer experience.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Wholesale inventory bloat, combined with a softening demand in the economy, is taking its toll on cash flow and earnings at retailers. . billion of inventory in October, a 21% increase from last year, according to the U.S. “Seemingly overnight, shortages are flipping to inventory surpluses in certain categories.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

Ramadan shopping trends become more relevant Ramadan has continued to be a key shopping period across Southeast Asia, with retail sales seeing consistent year-over-year growth, Sukesh Singh, commercial director, Southeast Asia at Criteo, told Inside Retail. This year, Ramadan began on February 28 and ends on March 30.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For four generations, we have committed to creating a customer experience as high-quality and timeless as our product assortments,” says Brent Stern, EVP at Rogers & Hollands in a statement. “By BTM Global led the implementation.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

We’re talking to a consumer that will drive the next 10 years of our business, so at the least they would expect mobile technology [in our stores],” said Hewitt. Additionally, Jumpmind built an inventory management tool into the POS, so we can transfer product, receive product and do cycle counts — it’s all baked in now.”

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 20, 2025

Understanding how your shops perform in terms of inventory and ROI is essential to the success of any multi-store operation. What if we told you that you could successfully manage all of your stores’ inventory and ROI with one intuitive inventory management system? Start with: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

grocers are valued at $8.5 Theres also experiential shopping that allows shoppers to try products while they are browsing in-store and order them online at a later date if they like them. According to the State of Digital Grocery: In-Store Media Monetization report by Grocery Doppio, retail media networks for U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Consumers are a little more cautious,” said Steve Rogers, Managing Director at Deloitte in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “ The challenge for retailers is understanding where their customers will be six months from now and positioning their inventories, promotional plans and overall business outlook accordingly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

“By partnering with RELEX, our corporate demand planners have the ability to improve processes that support our distribution and inventory management strategies,” said Bill Ruggles, Director of Procurement for Sheetz in a statement. RELEX will ultimately help ensure Sheetz customers have what they want, when they want it, 24/7/365.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The company has promoted EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Sean Thompson to the role of President and Chief Commercial Officer, adding marketing and ecommerce roles to his existing responsibilities. Smith brings more than 25 years of supply chain experience to the role, most recently as EVP, Global Supply Chain at Carter’s.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Enhanced Inventory Management Effective inventory management is vital for retail success. A centralized database provides retailers with a comprehensive view of stock levels across all stores, warehouses, and online platforms, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding inventory replenishment and distribution.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2020

Digital Signage: Digital signs are gaining traction indoors these days, and serve as a form of in-store digital marketing for grocers, allowing them to showcase promotions, highlight new products, or provide cooking inspiration for seasonal or unusual ingredients. Smart shelf technology can also interact with customers via smartphones.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

It can also double as a convenient way for broadly-focused brands to experiment with homing in on a product area of interest, such as Nordstrom’s recent activewear push coinciding with their agreement with the at-home fitness company Tonal. Winning the Space Race. Space isn’t solely a prized commodity on the sales floor, either.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It’s no surprise that 63.88% of shoppers expect pricing and promotions to be consistent across online and in-store channels. Invest in Real-Time Inventory Management Systems: Utilize integrated systems that sync inventory data across all channels in real-time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

But simply buying all of those platforms — CDP, POS, Loyalty, Promotions, Ecommerce, package payment terminals, and pricing and inventory management software — doesn’t automatically put retailers on the path to success. Does my data strategy integrate easily with third parties today?

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By integrating real-time insights, brands can better understand how execution at the store level impacts sales and make data-driven decisions that improve both product visibility and sales effectiveness. By combining syndicated POS data with execution data , brands gain a fuller picture of what drives success at the store level.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Accurate demand forecasting is the bedrock of efficient inventory management — a vital logistics function that should be operating at peak performance levels during the holiday shopping season when consumers expect the inventory they want to be available. 1: Demand forecasting. 2: Order cycle time. 4: Return rates.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this article, we’ll talk about retail management, what it is and why it’s important. Let’s look at effective strategies and tools that will help improve business efficiency. What is Retail Management Retail Management is a set of activities that ensure the efficient operation of a retail business.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If tasks aren’t completed on time in a prioritised, efficient manner, omnichannel services can run late, customers receive lacklustre service, and employees can become frustrated at their inability to effectively complete their work. Zebra’s Workcloud is split into three solutions, (each formerly branded Reflexis).

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I Vend

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Inventory is a big part of your retail business investment – up to 80% of the total in some cases. Flawless inventory management is therefore one of the most effective things you can do in order to reduce costs and maintain smooth operations. Learn about our integrated POS, inventory management and smart replenishment.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. In manufacturing, product substitution can be a valuable tool for optimizing inventory management.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

One answer is that the connected capabilities of the cart allow retailers to provide customers with more relevant promotions and recommendations. Approximately 90% of Caper cart users log in with their loyalty card at the start of their shopping trip, allowing retailers to engage with customers digitally in a whole new way, said McIntosh.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

in its fiscal year 2023 (ending in September) versus 2022…which may come as no surprise to you at all if you’ve been in a Costco on a Saturday lately. Better inventory management means better business operations, period. Manage your inventory exceptionally well. Costco grew revenue by 6.7% and net income by 7.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This year is all about margin and profitability,” said Rob Garf, VP and GM, Retail at Salesforce in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “ KPMG has forecast holiday retail growth at a solid but notably more modest 4.2% This change can be attributed to retailers pursuing better inventory management. as an outlier.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Groundbreaking at the time, but now sorely outdated, UPCs are finally getting a facelift and moving into the 21st century thanks to the GS1 Sunrise 2027 initiative. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. A true win-win!

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Consumers switched brands at a rapid pace during the pandemic, and research from McKinsey indicates that 30% to 40% of consumers are continuing to do so when brands don’t meet their expectations. There’s another advantage to earlier-than-usual holiday promotions. Early Birds Get the Products.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. However, there are other dynamics at play that will impact seasonal results.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4% Inventory management. With innovative inventory tools, retailers can always be sure the necessary goods are in stock in a particular store. from 2023 to 2030.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Case for Store-Level Selling with Data-Driven Insights For years, CPGs have relied on market-level data to guide trade negotiations and promotional activities. However, forward-thinking brands are realizing the value of arming their sales reps with store-level sales data to influence purchasing decisions at the individual store location.

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Retail Minded

AUGUST 1, 2024

Regardless, the importance of inventory management remains the same. We will examine some of the latest technologies, such as barcoding, RFID, and inventory management software. Not only will this provide a seamless customer experience, but it will also make inventory management a lot easier.

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