Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

He compared the level of interest of a consumer who had simply seen a Natori ad on social media to one who had “gone to the website, added something to their bag and abandoned the cart. That’s much more useful [data] than the first consumer. We aren’t blindly retargeting every user,” said Natori.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Driven by advancements in technology, evolving consumer expectations, and a renewed focus on sustainability, the retail landscape is poised to undergo significant changes in the coming years. Imagine walking into a store and being greeted by a digital assistant that knows your size, style preferences and recent purchases.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. It’s essentially a ‘Virtual Try-On’ service that becomes a social experience.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

Specialty stores are often a part of small retail store businesses. Unlike department stores that sell a wide variety of items, specialty stores offer niche-specific products. According to a report , small specialty retail stores have a market size of $33.4bn in the US. The answer is a big resounding YES.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Understanding the Chinese consumer. From Chiu’s perspective, Chinese consumers have always been on the lookout for luxurious experiences with international brands. As a British lifestyle brand, we want to be authentic but more importantly, relevant to Chinese consumers. I am a strong believer in online-to-offline experiences.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Secondly, having a strong e-commerce channel enables customers to find products online that they may have struggled to locate in-store. Sales Mobile commerce has become the norm and social commerce has grown, especially as Gen Z become young adults with their own spending power.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

With lockdowns forcing many shops to shut their doors and trade exclusively online, retailers were forced to get creative with how they engaged and communicated with consumers. E-commerce and social commerce tools – helping to change dynamic. High-end brands have also started working with influencers.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Jigsaw teamed up with luxury rental and re-sale platform My Wardrobe HQ in 2021, giving consumers the change to rent collections and sell any of their own pre-loved Jigsaw items. Social Commerce. Levelling up the social commerce space is live commerce. Return options. for a return. in November 2022.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 8, 2024

Walburn adds that it could bring in “more niche” brands into these larger stores that might introduce their own staff the way that some of its beauty and department store competitors do. Superdrug views its physical stores and digital presence as complementary rather than competing.

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Mass Relators

JULY 15, 2024

over the past four years (per the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index). Deloitte’s ConsumerSignals research finds that 73% of consumers are concerned about rising prices for everyday purchases. “We Retailers can expect headwinds to volume and loyalty as consumers seek to save money.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The themes on display are often indicative of the global trends affecting consumers and retail. In the past year or so, KPMG has published global research papers that add further insights to the big trends affecting retail models and consumer behaviour. Statista has reported that the global value of social commerce will grow from US$1.3

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

How will brand orgs need to transform to take advantage of the digitized store? Scott Silverman: What do you think will be the most surprising post-pandemic consumer behaviors that e-commerce retailers should prepare for? The size and not the the consumer. [22:50] Will shopper marketing and trade dollars increase?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

There are countless examples of how social media virality, especially on TikTok, has helped lift a company’s profits in unprecedented ways, from the sale of fragrance products via #perfumetok to antacids via #hotgirlswithstomachissues. And boy did they ever. What can retail brands take away from Stanley’s success?

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 10, 2025

Jason [8:39] The retailers may offer deals earlier and earlier but consumers have never spent earlier. So if we look at October sales growth it’s the same every October for the last 30 years so I get it has it it’s not like October has become more important over time as these sales have gotten early and earlier and so when.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Yes Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. The bulk of my e-commerce data comes from Amazon.

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