Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

This mantra has allowed Anthropologie to double down on tactics that make its store experience unique, such as its approach to store merchandising, which is more reminiscent of a small boutique than a chain retailer. “We We’re a specialty store with a range of products, so we think about how the consumer experiences the brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

Department Stores ( 66% ) and Home & Houseware ( 65.9% ) followed closely behind, showing that verticals with high SKU counts have the most to gain from omnichannel capabilities. The technology to support seamless shopping experiences is at their fingertips, but technology is only part of the equation.”

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Consumer Customer Experience Inventory Management Shopping 288

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You only have to walk into any handbag or department store to know that there are innumerable other choices, both more luxurious/expensive and less, than the brands owned by Coach and Tapestry,” Kestenbaum wrote in an article for Forbes. Luxury experts like Richard Kestenbaum, a Partner at Triangle Capital LLC, challenge this notion.

Consumer 276

Consumer Marketing Fashion Planning 276

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear. YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9%

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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.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Social Commerce Promotions Department Stores 130

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.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Chiu mentioned that this is one of the key activities that the company will be adopting to showcase live authentic experiences, and it will also be featured as a key platform for social commerce. With our 300 years of history, there are many stories to share to enable our consumers to get to know the brand better.

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Planning Social Commerce Outdoor Consumer 130

A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

E-commerce and social commerce tools – helping to change dynamic. As influencer marketing rises in popularity, social media apps have introduced new features to facilitate influencer-brand partnerships. High-end brands have also started working with influencers. So, what does the future hold….

Payment Services 66

Payment Services Fast Fashion Social Commerce Department Stores 66

Retail Assist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social Commerce. In 2021, US consumers spent $37bn on goods and services purchased through social-commerce channels, expected to hit $80bn and $2 trillion globally in 2025. Levelling up the social commerce space is live commerce.

Retail Trends 52

Retail Trends Social Commerce Returns Department Stores 52

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.

Beauty and Health 59

Beauty and Health Social Commerce Shopping Department Stores 59

Mass Relators

JULY 15, 2024

Back-to-school shoppers overwhelmingly cite mass merchants (77%) as their most preferred retail format, followed by online retailers (65%) and off-price retailers (tied with department stores at 39%). Technology and apparel lead the charge among pre-owned products (both at 28%).

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But if you have never heard of social commerce, now is the time to stand up and pay attention. Statista has reported that the global value of social commerce will grow from US$1.3 In late 2023, Salesforce reported that 59 per cent of consumers had shopped on social media, a massive jump from 15 per cent in 2021.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Social Commerce Department Stores Consumer 130

Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

Um are we leaning heavily into it and we’ve seen Walmart due to two pilots where they had Commerce events on Tik-Tok now, and. [30:54] E-commerce isn’t particularly good at and so the hypothesis is that this social commerce. 32:46] The digital disruption of Commerce means. Um weather is not is. [32:09]

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Social Commerce Consumer Payment Services 98

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.

Department Stores 130

Department Stores Marketing Consumer Wholesale 130

Retail Geek

JANUARY 10, 2025

Meses is in a really challenged category department stores just aren’t doing well and are generally declining and so you know odds are we’re there and they did you know come out with a soft earnings report, you know that there’s a couple favorable things in it but the top line is is that they’re shrinking.

Consumer 52

Consumer Payment Services Shopping ATS 52

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. Number five prediction for Jason Retail Geek.

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