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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Apple plans to launch an online store in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in summer 2025, providing consumers in the country with service and support directly from Apple in Arabic. And beginning in 2026, the tech retailer plans to open several flagship physical locations, including one in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

However, at last week’s Delivering the Future event in Nashville, Tennessee, the retail giant announced major plans to combine choice and convenience for its customers. This is how Amazon plans to deliver choice and convenience to consumers without compromising on speed or value.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses that use deceptive tactics, such as hidden fees and difficult-to-cancel subscriptions, are in the crosshairs of the Albanese Government’s latest consumer protection reforms. Deceptive online tactics: Methods designed to overwhelm or confuse consumers, often creating false urgency or hiding important information.

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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. Breaking up is hard to do The first report critical of the supermarket sector was released in January 2024.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

The company also announced that it was testing out same-day delivery in 75 stores with plans to expand to thousands of stores if the test performs well. New Project Elevate Plan Features Light-Touch Remodels of More Mature Stores In the retailers fiscal 2025 (which ends Jan.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

The launch of WHSmith North America Media Network represents an exciting new chapter for WHSmith North America on our ongoing journey to create more exciting and engaging retail experiences for consumers in travel , said Toby Keir, CEO of WHSmith North America in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

The cashless convenience stores will have a community focus, supporting local partners and minority- and women-owned businesses by featuring their products and other healthy options for student consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2025

Target has ambitious plans to drive an additional $15 billion in sales growth by 2030. The retailer revealed these long-term plans along with financial results of its 2024 fiscal year, which ended Feb. Targets net sales decreased by 0.8% compared to the previous year, falling from $107.4 billion to $106.6 Comparable sales rose 0.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Athleisure brand Fabletics will adopt a suite of SaaS-based supply chain planning solutions from Blue Yonder , including demand planning, allocation and replenishment, merchandise financial planning and size scaling. The transformation will be supported by Blue Yonder partner Plantensive.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

International fashion brand Mango is implementing a new AI software platform to transform its planning and decision-making. Operating nearly 2,850 stores in 120 markets, Mango must dynamically navigate demand fluctuations, evolving consumer preferences and supply chain complexities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

Even if you’re a couture bride looking for a high-end gown or you’re on a budget and [planning] to get something on Amazon, at some point you’re going to encounter David’s Bridal because of the way people consume media in and around their wedding. Here’s how Davids plans to do it.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As part of Loblaws plans to invest $2.2 The retailer had opened three no name stores in Ontario in 2024 , promising consumers steep discounts. billion (Canadian) this year, the supermarket retailer will open 80 new stores under a variety of banners, with approximately 50 of these stores being hard discount locations.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2025

The season also marked the continuation of trends first seen during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, with Black Friday setting the tone for a practical and planned-out festive period. Early promotions captured a significant share of the festive budget, allowing consumers to plan purchases while taking advantage of discounts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2025

Puma on Wednesday announced job cuts and warned of uncertain US consumer demand as the German sportswear group’s shares slumped 23 per cent in the wake of disappointing quarterly and annual forecasts issued a day earlier. The post Puma plans job cuts as US demand weakens, outlook dims appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

David’s Bridal also plans to expand the resale program by introducing a store and mail-in trade-in program for authentic David’s garments. Additionally, the retailer plans to introduce storied and vintage items into its ecosystem.

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MARCH 27, 2025

Between the tariff tug-of-war, flailing markets, insanely high egg prices and general twitchiness (as one strategist put it), consumers have gotten a bit hard to nail down lately. Here’s what some of the leading minds in retail say consumers need now. One thing is clear its not AI.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

The country has a well-established retail ecosystem with high-traffic shopping malls, premium retail spaces and a digitally engaged consumer base. Despite its rapid expansion, GMG remains focused on a localised approach, tailoring its retail strategies to consumer behaviours in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

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MARCH 24, 2025

Retailers should start planning now to cater for the unique characteristics and behaviours of Gen Alpha who are likely to expect seamless, instant, and intuitive online shopping experiences, leveraging voice assistants, AI and other smart technologies, he added. Enter the next shopping trend that bridges sustainability and saving: Recommerce.

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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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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Chinese consumers are now adjusting to a “new normal” in response to evolving market conditions, prompting businesses to rethink their strategies. The 2025 China Consumer Survey by AlixPartners reveals a significant shift in spending priorities, reflecting changing consumer behaviours and economic dynamics.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Amazon’s summer Prime Day sales event now serves to kickstart many retailers’ summertime sales and back-to-school marketing efforts, and is generally pivoting marketers’ planning calendars. How will this ultimately impact marketers’ planning calendars, now that we’re past Halloween?

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MARCH 17, 2025

This has prompted the beauty retailer to present a cautious 2025 outlook and add new details to the Ulta Beauty Unleashed transition plan, including an online marketplace. Despite a solid Q4 and FY 2024 overall, the company saw net sales drop slightly in Q4, which ended Feb. Net sales were down 1.9% in Q4 to $3.5 billion, compared to $3.6

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2025

Last week, consumer-activist group The Peoples Union USA called for a 24-hour buying blackout of all non-essential goods on February 28, particularly from big-box retailers like Walmart , Target and Amazon. This is not the first time consumers have used boycotts as a means of protest in the US.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The move is part of the companys WIN growth strategy, aimed at increasing revenues by delivering live shopping content wherever consumers are shopping. The strategic agreement with TikTok follows a major restructuring at QVC Group in late March that saw the elimination of 900 team members across HSN , QVC U.S.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2024

In the future, the brand plans to expand its assortment to include more specialized collections and collaborations, such as its ongoing partnership with Khloé Kardashian. Toys ‘R’ Us parent company WHP Global began working to bring its stores to Mexico in April 2023 , followed by plans to bring Babies ‘R’ Us to the country in January 2024.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Searches for Coachella start spiking at the beginning of the year on Pinterest and nearly half of those searches are driven by Gen Z, said Sara Pollack, VP of Global Consumer Marketing at Pinterest in a statement. This gives us an early peek into what trends are likely to pop this festival season.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Supporting these expectations is the fact that more than 2,000 planned closures already are underway this year. Inflation and a growing preference among consumers to shop online to find the cheapest deals took a toll on brick-and-mortar retailers in 2024, said Deborah Weinswig, CEO of Coresight Research in a statement.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Building a more accessible Ikea Olson told Inside Retail that one of the companys main priorities right now is to create accessibility for American consumers across the US. Besides the normal blue box that I’m sure the American consumer has already seen and shopped in, we have started to create pickup points across the US, the COO said.

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APRIL 3, 2025

Our teams worked together for two years to create this collection, and I cant wait for consumers to see everything we have to offer.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Exclusive: Google Debuts New Retail Media Solution with Lowes as First Beta Tester (March 18, 2024) Retail media was THE growth story in 2024, fueled by these networks ability to target consumers at key decision points in the shopper journey. consumers wallet. Walgreens Agrees to $192.5M

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JANUARY 24, 2025

has filed for Chapter 11, citing steadily rising operating costs and changing consumer habits as the reasons for its current financial difficulties.The storied San Francisco company has operated in the city for 174 years, since founder Anton Roman opened the first store on Montgomery Street in 1855. is not going away.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

2025 marks a year of accelerated growth, with a strong focus on premiumisation, direct-to-consumer expansion, and a broader lifestyle offering beyond denim. While we are well-known for being a mens denim bottoms business, as we focus on winning with women consumers, we can extend that authority into categories such as womens apparel and tops.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

consumers after a UK launch in September 2023. TikTok Shop plans to expand its refurbished electronics assortment over the coming months to also include earphones, headphones, smart watches and more. TikTok Shop has expanded the refurbished electronics product category to U.S.

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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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JANUARY 9, 2025

The store serves not only as a place for product sales and services but as a base camp that should equip and inspire consumers for exploration, said Martina Cerletti, Retail Marketing Director for The North Face EMEA in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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