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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Health-focused online grocer Thrive Market plans to launch a retail media network powered by Instacart ’s Carrot Ads solution. Thrive Market will use Carrot Ads to help connect brands with its more than 1.5 million members through sponsored product and display ads on its own website and app.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Reddit is preparing to go public, eying a significant valuation of at least $5 billion. With plans to make the move this spring, this development has generated buzz within the investment community.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today there are 10 stores in Australia with a new outlet set to open at Oran Park in Sydney next week. Lukumades plans overseas growth Doug Downer of Franchise Ready is handling franchise recruitment. “We We have targeted 50 stores in Australia but have signed much larger development agreements in international markets,” he said. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

However you look at it, healthy people are at the center of any successful sustainability plan. At Bragg, we review employee compensation annually and ensure that we remain competitive to market. At Bragg, we’ve seen firsthand how employee engagement contributes to the company vision.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ikea will open a Plan and Order Point as its third store in the Dallas-Fort Worth market on Nov. We’re ready to say ‘hej’ to our new neighbors and support them by providing sustainable and affordable furnishings,” said Ben Sandoval, Market Manager for Frisco at Ikea U.S. in a statement. billion to enhance U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2024

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has cut its profit forecast for fiscal 2024 and plans to close “a significant number of underperforming stores,” CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts on a call for the company’s fiscal 2024 Q3 earnings period, which ended May 31, 2024. Third quarter sales at WBA increased 2.6% year-over-year to $36.4

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Following a Q4 that its new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol termed “very disappointing,” Starbucks will make a number of changes designed to improve both the customer and associate experience at its cafés. Additionally, the retailer plans to freeze any price increases on its U.S.-owned For FY 2024, which ended Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2024

for the first time in more than 30 years in Los Angeles,” said Mark Rooks, VP Creative, Sponsorships and Entertainment at Dick’s Sporting Goods in a statement. ” “We couldn’t be happier to have Dick’s Sporting Goods back in the Olympic and Paralympic family,” said Chris Pepe, Chief Commercial Officer at U.S. .”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The new “Triple Shot” plan builds on the original reinvention strategy introduced by former CEO Howard Schultz at the company’s Investor Day in September 2022. said Michael Conway, Group President of International and Channel Development at Starbucks in a statement. “We

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

It has been seven years since Amazon acquired the American grocery chain Whole Foods Market, but from its perspective, it is still only scratching the surface of the grocery sector. The way we see it: It’s still Day 1,” stated Tony Hoggett, senior vice president of worldwide grocery stores at Amazon. “The

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Many of these expansions are cross-border launches, as chains muscle in on the territory of incumbent market players. It has been opening stores at a furious pace, including 1371 net openings in the second quarter alone. Starbucks: collateral damage at the premium end The growth in store counts by Luckin has made it the No.1

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Academy Sports + Outdoors has revealed the locations of the nine new stores it plans to open this fall, bringing it closer to the goal the retailer set in March : to open up to 17 new stores during its FY 2024, which began in February 2024. Academy already has opened three locations since the beginning of its fiscal year. Kingsport, Tenn.;

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2022

Coco Republic is to launch two flagship stores in California ahead of a progressive rollout in selected US markets and other global locations, the company has announced. ” The US expansion will commence with a flagship store in San Francisco’s Union Square in October and another at Culver City in greater Los Angeles late this year. .”

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2024

Competition in digital marketing is fierce: 81 per cent of retail marketing executives expect it to increase even further this year, and 69 per cent plan to raise their spending accordingly. The report was commissioned by Klaviyo – an intelligent marketing automation platform – in partnership with Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This expansion marks the beginning of a significant 10-year investment plan, with the US fast-food chain committing US$75 million to the venture. Inside Retail spoke with Hugh Park, head of Asia Pacific operations at Chick-fil-A, about the brand’s vision for the Asian market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

with plans for stores in a dozen new markets through a partnership with mall operator CBL Properties. The first wave of store openings started in November 2023 at malls in Roanoke, Va. Throughout the rest of 2024, stores will open at malls in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn.; expansion plans. . expansion plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Though many of the economic indicators were excellent, including the low unemployment numbers and strong GDP growth, there was a lot of uncertainty in the market throughout the year. And it’s never too early to start planning for Q4 2024. In the martech ecosystem, publishers continued to feel the pains after the COVID-19 bump.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

SHEIN has officially launched its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin City Centre, Ireland and is planning to host approximately 30 pop-up store events across the region this year to boost its profile with customers. The news comes as fellow Asia-based discount shopping app Temu picks up steam in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

For example, Floor & Décor faces several forecasting and inventory planning challenges because one of its core products, flooring, is usually only purchased twice in an average consumer’s lifetime. Floor & Décor also prides itself on having a large in-stock selection at its more than 225 stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

has announced plans to lay off 20% of its workforce. In connection with this reduction in force (RIF) plan — which Beyond filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. In its SEC filing, Beyond said that the layoffs were aimed at creating a “more streamlined organization to align to its asset-light business.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

PayPal is entering the media business with plans for a new advertising platform that will draw on its relationships with millions of consumers and merchants to help the latter “sell more products and services effectively,” according to a company statement. I’m thrilled to have Mark join our team and lead this important work.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Following COVID lockdowns and the massive shift toward remote and hybrid work scenarios, the brand’s founder and leadership team realized they had to evolve its product set and marketing positioning in order to maintain relevance.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Batteries Plus has hired Derek Detenber as its new Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer. In the role of CMMO, Detenber will lead teams across omnichannel marketing, design, category and merchandising to tell the Batteries Plus story. .

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Google is planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, it said on Monday, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority had also scrutinised Google’s plan over concerns it would impede competition in digital advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

“Our decision to invite sellers into our store nearly 25 years ago was one of the best things we ever did for our customers, because the sellers brought in this just amazing array of products and brands and great prices,” he said at the Amazon Accelerate conference for its third-party sellers earlier this month. “It

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you manage or influence customer deliveries, if you haven’t done so, implementing optimised transport route planning is a game-changer for your bottom line. Automate planning : Reduce planning time with automated route planning. Implement a system that reduces the overall planning time. Easier said than done?

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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2024

Hog’s Breath Cafe is looking to rebuild its restaurant footprint, and has plans to open another 20 restaurants by 2029. We will build restaurants the right size to suit the market. Hog’s Breath growth strategy “The fact we are here shows the real power of the name in the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Party City has launched a new digital party-planning marketplace, aptly called Party+ Marketplace , that brings together local vendors and service providers with the retailers’ range of party supplies. Suppliers and service providers will work with customers directly through the Party+ platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Macy’s has named Sharon Otterman as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective Dec. Otterman, a 25- year marketing veteran who was most recently CMO at Caesars Entertainment , will report to Macy’s President and CEO-elect Tony Spring. At Caesars, Otterman launched Caesars Sportsbook, a new sports betting brand in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2024

The era of third-party cookies is at an end. In January, Google Chrome restricted third-party cookies for 1% of users and plans to ramp up restrictions to 100% of users by 2025. With today’s emphasis on privacy, third-party cookie deprecation will inevitably impact your brand, marketing strategy and customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This is as true for new brands as it is for well-established ones: there are substantial benefits to a collaborative approach in which marketing and design teams work hand-in-glove to develop and roll out new brick-and-mortar retail concepts. As an example, the design of the first U.S.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 19, 2024

However, Temple & Webster plans to join the club by investing in technology to scale and gain a competitive advantage. The hypothesis right now is, we’re an online retailer for furniture and homewares [with] a clear vision to make the home more beautiful one room at a time,” he said. million in FY23 to $1.8

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Walmart has opened two new Neighborhood Market stores that are over 40% larger than the average-sized location in this format, boasting 57,000 square feet of selling, pickup and delivery space. In January 2024 , Walmart announced ambitious plans to open 150 new stores and remodel 650 existing locations within the next five years.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Peloton has named Lauren Weinberg as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), replacing Leslie Berland. Weinberg will report directly to CEO Barry McCarthy and oversee brand and product marketing, growth marketing, creative, consumer insights, membership and global communications. Facing a product recall of 2.1

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