Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Are they in stock? Because let’s face it — there’s nothing worse than finding a really neat item and navigating to the website only to discover it’s out of stock or no longer on sale. Consumers appreciate engaging with email directly and not having to click on a link. Do they have the right size? Are they still on sale?

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365 Retail

APRIL 17, 2025

But now Ive taken stock, and heres my five learnings from Shoptalk Spring 2025, five reflections that were necessarily what was expected going into the show. The days of hyperbole like physical retail is dead seem to be a thing of the past. Its a lot to digest. The tariff scale was unexpected. And thirdly, retail media.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

This applies across the customer shopping journey, from customized recommendations to predicting consumer behavior and product demand as well as creating more seamless omnichannel experiences. This involves inputting key words that can result in a dead link or generating unwanted products in some cases.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the post-COVID landscape (which is only just unfolding), retailers will need to adopt this view and live by it if they’re to form new ways of surviving and reaching consumers. And interestingly enough, creating a functional model might involve snagging some ideas from what we thought was retail’s long-dead past.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2024

Product curation When it comes to stocking products, Motte said it’s about curating brands, not having the broadest assortment. “We Sometimes I hear retail is dead, and you know what, boring retail is, that’s for sure. We grew twice to six times faster than the prestige beauty market in most geographies,” he said. We donated 1.7

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Inside Retail

JUNE 23, 2024

Our eco-conscious brand uses digital printing for less waste and fixed brand colours to eliminate dead stock. At Beam Bold, we aim to educate consumers on investing in high-quality, long-lasting pieces that can easily be integrated into their existing wardrobe. All the fabrics we use are made from natural fibres.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Nixon attributed this to consumers being online more and having more time to shop, as well as the growth of the lingerie and sleepwear industry throughout this period. The brand endeavours to buy dead-stock from larger brands, which it redesigns into its own pieces.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Earlier this year, the brand made a debut inside Myer’s Bourke Street Mall flagship store and became the first Cambodian apparel brand to be stocked by the Aussie retailer. To Sann, sustainable fashion encompasses both consumer behaviour and the resources used in materials. Better for people equals better for planet”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Upparel takes unwanted clothing and textiles from consumers and businesses across Australia. So our partners in New Zealand have already committed their dormant, unwanted stock, and places like the Salvation Army have committed to give what they don’t deem sellable.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

The Covid-19 outbreak urged consumers to change their buying and shopping behaviors not only in Singapore but worldwide. The Omakase eyewear styling service online enables consumers to much more conveniently experience such exciting journeys of self-expression.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Our survey reflected that consumers are drawn to physical stores for the tactile experience – with 56 per cent of consumers visiting stores to view products in real life and 46 per cent of consumers visiting stores to compare similar products within a tangible retail setting. “And And this appeal will last.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

With customers continuing to seek more value as cost-of-living pressures bite, Wesfarmers’ Kmart Group is set to benefit from shifting consumer demand, and an increasingly strong value proposition. Labour, leases, and clearance stock So, what are those levers?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It can be used as its own pop-up store, on dead space like a wall, in a shop window that’s closed for some literal window shopping, or even on a store under construction so people can interact or shop with a brand before it opens.” As many customers know, going into a changing room at a store can be time-consuming and it can be tedious.

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Wiser

APRIL 10, 2023

If your product range is too narrow, then you won’t be able to meet consumer demand. Too wide and you’ll end up with leftover dead stock. This way you can rely on regular purchases with little worry of retaining dead stock. Deciding on your product assortment isn’t as simple as it might sound.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2022

It did not take her long to realise the potential of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to supply Indian consumers. We’re doubling down on improving store incomes and consumer choice in these areas now,” she added. Items such as deodorants, pressure cookers, and personal care items were added to the informal catalogue.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2022

1 position in the hearts, minds, and wallets of Indonesia’s consumers. Online food delivery: dead heat on a major battleground. There is now very little to separate the two companies in the eyes of Indonesian consumers. GoTo’s Tokopedia started with a big advantage, but Sea’s Shopee is closing fast. Is ‘Hyperlocal’ the answer?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A few years ago, it seemed like every new brand making noise in the market was adopting a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model. Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ to ‘Look at this amazing DTC brand! Everyone should do this.’ million before going public in 2020.

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I Vend

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Consumers continue to spend on essentials such as food, personal care, and basic clothing, but reduce their outlay on items such as furniture, home electronics, sporting goods and accessories. Read more That decline may manifest across the economy as low unemployment, rising prices and squeezed margins. Product mix. Retaining customers.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 25, 2021

In episode 273 we interview Alex Kopco Founder and COO of Forum Brands, a roll-up of digitally-native consumer brands selling via Amazon. Alex Kopco is the Founder and COO of Forum Brands , a roll-up of digitally-native consumer brands selling via Amazon.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Through Covid, we have seen a vast number of permanent store closures, which has somewhat re-ignited the ‘stores are dead’ debate. Once one becomes popular, we seem to quickly look for a new one and proclaim the old one ‘dead’, even if most of the industry hasn’t caught up. My big question here is about balance. Experiential stores.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 10, 2022

Brand health includes customer loyalty, the consumer experience journey and customer connectivity. The store of yesteryear may be dead, but the store of today is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance.

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Mike Anthony

JANUARY 24, 2022

Despite the hyperbola you read in the press, bricks and mortar grocery is far from dead. For example, retailers such as Wal-Mart are turning to smaller brands, often Direct to Consumer brands , to add an exclusive element to their range. Bricks and mortar retail stores are still a huge asset for retailers.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s not to say the mobile phone shop is dead. The 4,230 sq ft space, dubbed the EE Studio, features a gaming zone, a lounge area offering complimentary tea and coffee, a digital spa inviting consumers to relax in an immersive sensory room.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Yet, like most things that have been pronounced dead (such as physical stores), small data still very much has its place. Some researchers live by it, highlighting that there is nothing richer than hearing something in a consumers’ own words, and diving deep into their experiences and feelings. That place has simply evolved.

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Storis

MAY 23, 2024

The following is used for the Turns formula: Turns = Year’s Cost Of Goods Sold $/Year’s Avg Units On Hand * Year’s Avg Unit Cost $ This ratio provides insight into how quickly a business can convert its stock into sales. Additionally, regular inventory audits are essential to identify non-performing items.

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365 Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks M.I.L.T., This April, however, Primark launched a revamped website that checks stock levels in local stores for availability, finally announcing this month its click & collect trial to “satisfy unfulfilled demand”. Read the full report here.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Technology has advanced significantly and with brands now moving into their busiest season, consumers will continue to opt for convenient shopping both online and on the high street for the ideal purchase. . Shoppers want to search, transact, acquire and consume products and services safely and easily across an entire ecosystem.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’

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Retail Gazette

MAY 8, 2024

Turning a blind eye to the mediocre performances of longer standing competitors Deliveroo, Amazon and Just Eat, venture capitalists and start up CEOs forged their way to misguided glory, chasing mirages of untold successes down a dead end path. Huge expansion, rapid investment and growth have all dissolved in a matter of three years.

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Retalon

AUGUST 14, 2023

Powerful analytics help you optimize stock levels to drive sales, improve margins, and increase customer satisfaction. This software uses technology like barcode scanners, RFID, IoT sensors, and integrated ERP systems to monitor, track and manage your furniture stock. Furniture inventory management software offers a smarter solution.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock. What is bad inventory called day-to-day?

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This was possible because: Talented labor in other countries was cheaper than domestic workers Overseas factories began producing high-quality products at lower prices Consumers wanted goods to be equally attainable for all financial classes Increased margins allowed retailers to stock more inventory and carry larger assortments.

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Retail Prophet

JULY 18, 2022

A shock to the system of western merchants and consumers who had largely operated with an assumption of unconstrained access to whatever they’ve wanted, whenever they’ve wanted it. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic. Image Credit: Hip To Save).

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Retail Next

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The way consumers are shopping has changed and many larger chains have failed to keep up with the trends. Stocking exclusively in-store products. With even high-profile brands going out of business or closing stores on a regular basis, it’s easy to think that the brick-and-mortar approach to retail is dead in the water.

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Retail Insider

MARCH 25, 2021

There is a strange belief around ethical consumption that products should be at a price that low income consumers can afford otherwise that is of itself in some way unethical. She is more positive on the consumer attitude to luxury and fashion noting: “No-one makes the choice to support exploitation and environmental degradation.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

” Sean emphasizes the importance of being a direct-to-consumer brand and how Lovesac has found sustained success by focusing on customer acquisition costs and offering a high-quality product. He discusses the concept of direct-to-consumer and shares his thoughts on its significance. 10, 20, 50, 100, 250 locations now.

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