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

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In the words of Paula Mitchell, Digital General Manager, We wanted consumers to think of Freedom not as your mums brand but as your best friends brand. But the merchant was suffering from a bit of an image problem that made it seem fusty and old-fashioned, a situation that led to a companywide turnaround plan initiated in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, the shift toward diverse checkout options and digital receipts has fostered new touch points for retailers looking to make a memorable impact. In fact, 53% of shoppers under 45 years old prefer self-checkout options , and 89% of consumers of any age like the idea of a digital receipt. Developing a feedback loop.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether shipping directly to customers’ homes, enabling curbside pickup or restocking store shelves, consistently improving speed, accuracy and adaptability is crucial for meeting shopper expectations and maintaining market share. A multi-channel retailer and North Americas leader in womens apparel and lingerie with more than $1.75

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Consumers will be able to use their credit and debit cards, Apple Pay or other digital wallets to purchase items, with no additional POS hardware or payment terminal required to complete transactions. Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer the service to business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

The basic service that a point-of-sale (POS) device provides checking out customers is essential to any retailers functioning. What this meant was that [as far as the consumer was concerned], it was OK to be in a store and not find something that was in the catalog. Thats not the case anymore.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning retailers from offering any type of plastic bag to customers at the point of sale. The new law, scheduled to take effect Jan. This straightforward approach is easy to follow and will help dramatically reduce plastic bag pollution.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe will update its point-of-sale and promotions capabilities chainwide with solutions from Jumpmind. This will enable the creation and execution of innovative promotion types, along with unified promotional execution across all of our direct-to-consumer channels, enhancing customer engagement.”

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. That’s only going to further accelerate the expectations of consumers and technology adoption within retail environments.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Paper Store promises top-notch customer service in its 100+ brick-and-mortar stores, with associates helping shoppers choose from its widely varied assortment of apparel, accessories, jewelry, water bottles and even packaged food from Stonewall Kitchen (along with paper, pens and school supplies, of course).

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Associates will need to install the mobile Point of Sale App on their iPhones to use it. Giving consumers the ability to simply tap-and-go is very exciting,” said Max Neukirchen, Global Head of Payments and Commerce Solutions at J.P. Morgan Payments in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

Since China is several months ahead of the rest of the world in both its pandemic outbreak and recovery, we have been paying close attention to how retailers in China responded during and after the crisis, how Chinese consumer behavior has changed since the pandemic, and how retailers are adapting to these new consumer habits.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

Store managers will have the flexibility to open more staffed lanes and set self-checkout hours that are appropriate for their locations, although Express Self-Checkout will be available during the store’s busiest shopping times.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Curious about how consumer attitudes and behaviors are evolving? Want the latest thinking on how brick-and-mortar stores can be reconfigured for a post-pandemic environment? What consumers really want from brands and retailers. Practical ways to harness the enthusiasm of values-driven consumers. 17 from 12 to 12:30 p.m.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

The ability to gather information from mobile app sales, social media and points of sale may be especially helpful for understanding a brand’s relationship to the customer, and the Gen Z cohort more specifically. At the same time, these platforms also directly influence consumer perceptions.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Deliveries from more than 2,000 Rite Aid stores in 16 states will be powered by the Grubhub Marketplace , making thousands of the retailer’s OTC, wellness products and snacks more accessible to consumers. Rite Aid items are now available on the Grubhub+ membership program, which offers no-fee deliveries on orders of $12 or more.

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Point of Sale Customer Experience Supermarket Management 290

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

Then, last year, in-store sales grew faster than online sales, while ecommerce stocks took a big hit. Retailers cited rising costs, declining consumer spending and supply chain volatility as their top concerns. There’s also the matter of securing the computer hardware that runs the store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2023

The virtues of composable commerce and the emerging possibilities of generative AI were key themes of this year’s Connected Consumer Series , Resilient Retail: How Efficient, Effective and Engaging CX is Fueling Growth. View the session on demand. View the session on demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. 5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. A pallet of goods can be tracked from departure at the manufacturing site through transit to the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Our investment in Aptos ONE reflects our commitment to keeping pace with consumers’ evolving expectations. “In recent years, what constitutes a great retail experience has changed dramatically,” said Ron Edwards, COO of Cole Haan in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Retailers will leverage this moment to focus on operational efficiencies and consumer connection. AI Investment Generative AI and AI will help drive efficiencies for mission-driven consumers and overworked employees. Shopping should be rewardingly seamless for everyone involved.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Removing Friction Points in Multiple Types of Transactions Implementation of payment solutions is a journey that [KPMG] clients are very intentional about, said Duleep Rodrigo, U.S. Consumer and Retail Leader at KPMG in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A well-designed store can create a memorable brand experience that strengthens customer loyalty. This is crucial considering a recent Publicis Sapient report on customer loyalty , based on a survey of over 8,000 consumers across six countries, revealed that 52% of global consumers report having slight to no brand loyalty overall.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements. From a consumer perspective, connected in-store capabilities offer tailored experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

However, there’s been even more going on behind the scenes and in a growing number of JCPenney stores. The retailer is in the midst of rolling out new next-generation store technology, including new point-of-sale (POS) hardware and software, as well as upgrading its stores’ WiFi and network bandwidth.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to the Forrester survey , 55% of brands say winning foot traffic will be a top challenge, while a McKinsey report found that more consumers switched brands in 2022 compared to the previous two years. Why is experiential retail having a moment? To help, retailers are transitioning to edge computing.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

But while AI is already delivering big changes to retailers’ bottom lines, it hasn’t yet truly transformed the way consumers shop. Retailers are readying auto-shopping bots that allow consumers to enter very detailed preferences (styles, brands, materials, sizes, prices, etc.) That will happen this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

As consumer appliances grow ever more sophisticated, it can be a challenge for retail salespeople to stay up to speed on every high-tech element blinking, beeping and buzzing in the latest washing machine or dryer — but it’s essential. for associates at several large consumer electronics retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To prove the value of these experiences, Buzek cited results at retailer Sam’s Club , where stores that offered a self-checkout option registered sales 18% higher than those without it.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“At Starbucks, we have challenged ourselves to imagine what’s possible when we take a closer look at the many ways our partners and customers interact with us and experience our stores every day,” said Katie Young, SVP of Store Operations at Starbucks in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. PVH x RetailNext and MarketDial PVH Corp.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even the best business plans expect some bumps along the road: financial insecurity among consumers, supply chain complications, a shortage of labor or reduced in-store traffic. Among the winning strategies was a shift to ecommerce operations. Emerging Consumer Trends. A Look at the Market. The Online-Offline Hybrid.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. The cost-of-living crisis is undoubtedly driving buying decisions, so simplifying the consumer journey is essential for closing the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Accusations of “greenwashing” can lead to irreversible damage to reputation and consumer trust, and with environmental social governance (ESG) now high on the agenda for public and private organizations worldwide, it’s changing how many retailers think about their businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

And while the retailer actually increased its net store count by 49 locations, online sales have remained high despite the opening of additional brick-and-mortar locations. “As Machine Learning-Powered Analytics Now Central to Demand Forecasting.

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