Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Every retail ecommerce business — whether just starting out or well-established — reaches the point when adopting a more mature product information management (PIM) strategy becomes crucial to reach the next level of growth. For younger retailers that first launched with just a few product SKUs, scaling their PIM approach is necessary as partner networks and product lines expand.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Delta and other airlines are being investigated by the Department of Transportation.
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Walmart has forged a new partnership with StockX that will bring pre-verified sneakers from the resale site to the retailer’s online marketplace. With this partnership, StockX will bring “hundreds of listings” to Walmart’s site, reaffirming the company’s focus on growing its resale business, according to Bloomberg. Although specific styles were not shared, brands ranging from Adidas to Asics, Jordan Brand and Nike will have a presence when the integration launches, which could be as early as nex
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The Kroger-Albertsons merger is under FTC fire.
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Ingka Group , the largest operator of Ikea stores worldwide, has been testing a new peer-to-peer resale marketplace in Madrid and Oslo this summer. The platform allows customers to connect directly in order to sell and buy used Ikea products. The pilot platform is free of charge and offers users recommended prices, professional photos and precise measurements for their listings.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
After 30 years, LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators, is closing forever.
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Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Von Maur Department Store has been named America’s Best Department Store for the third year in a row by Newsweek.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (RSWA), mandating the installation of panic buttons in the workplaces of retailers with 500 or more employees nationwide. The buttons will need to be in accessible locations; retailers also will have the option to provide wearable panic buttons or deploy mobile phone-based alarms.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
With millions of subscribers without access to Disney networks, DirecTV is trying to make it right.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
LL Flooring , previously known as Lumber Liquidators , will close all its stores and has begun liquidation sales after failing to find a buyer for the business. The retailer, which has been in operation since 1994, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 11. The company announced plans to close 94 of its 300 stores immediately but had hoped to find a buyer for the remainder of the business.
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Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
This fall, Walmart will hit the road and bring style directly to its devoted customers with the Walmart Style Tour.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Mall owner Simon has expanded and rebranded its Shop Premium Outlets online marketplace. The site, now called ShopSimon , represents “the next phase in [Simon’s] journey to create the ultimate omnichannel shopping experience,” according to a company release. Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) launched in 2019 to give shoppers online access to off-price inventory from Simon malls.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Primark boss George Weston revealed the shoplifting epidemic is costing the fashion retailer more in losses than it pays in business rates. The chief executive of owner Associated British Foods told The Sun that theft in the retailer’s stores had become “socially acceptable”, adding that the perpetrators were “facing no consequences”. “The cost of shoplifting is now bigger than our bill for rates,” he said.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The retailer has embraced a new tagline, "Where families come first.
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In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
But the bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, which requires a host of safety measures to address store-based crime, was opposed by key trade groups.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
REI Co-op is rolling out its Member Days from Sept. 6 through 16, providing an array of exclusive discounts and offers.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Topshop and Topman could be set for a high street comeback following a £135m deal between Asos and Danish investment firm Heartland. Asos boss José Antonio Ramos Calamonte hinted that the iconic fashion brands, which have been absent from physical stores Arcadia’s collapse in 2020 , could start reopening brick-and-mortar locations. The chief executive said: “We will consider it for sure but we have no specific agreement to open a certain number.” His comments come after Asos, which acquire
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Just announced on its website, Red Lobster Management LLC has secured court approval for its Chapter 11 reorganization plan, paving the way for the restaurant chain's exit from bankruptcy.
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Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Just three years after buying Topshop and Topman, Asos is selling a 75% stake in the iconic British fashion brand, creating a joint venture with Heartland, an investment firm owned by Bestseller owner the Holch Povlsen family. Under the joint venture, Asos will retain certain design and distribution rights for the brands, in exchange for a royalty fee, allowing it to continue selling the brands, with the proceeds of the sale set to “significantly strengthen” its balance sheet.
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Seven & i Holdings has refused Circle K's takeover attempt. A newly released letter to Circle K's owner, Alimentation Couche-Tard, explained that "the proposal is not in the best interest of 7&i shareholders and other stakeholders.
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
"This is not the outcome that any of us had hoped for," CEO Charles Tyson said in messages to customers and vendors.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
John Lewis has revealed its Christmas campaign for this year will comprise of a three-part series, kicking off with the re-launch of its “Never Knowingly Undersold” platform on 9 September. Designed by advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi, the campaign will feature three ads, a takeover of the London Underground, and an investment into out-of-home adverts, Campaign Live reported.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The 14,164-square-foot store is located at 580 Broadway in New York City and will feature both new and refurbished products.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The Entertainer has strengthened its executive team as it looks to grow its wholesale and international business. The toy specialist has appointed Brian Proctor as chief product officer, which will bring together the buying, merchandising and marketing functions to speed up the go-to-market process on products, Toy World reported. Proctor joins from TK Maxx owner TJX Europe, where he has spent almost two decades as its divisional merchandise manager.
A1 Retail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Shaftesbury Capital has announced a series of new retail openings in Soho. Foubert’s Place is now home to stores for contemporary jeweller Astrid & Miyu and cult eyewear brand Jimmy Fairly, while Carnaby Street has welcomed Barbour, the globally renowned lifestyle retailer. Astrid & Miyu’s new store at 5-7 Foubert’s Place is a London flagship, and a significant upsize for the brand within Soho.
Cisco Retail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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A1 Retail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Railpen is celebrating the opening of Swarovski’s first outlet store in Scotland, delivering a luxury jewellery offer to the premium designer outlet village, Caledonia Park. Swarovski has opened a 1,000 sq ft standalone boutique at Caledonia Park, sitting adjacent to several premium brands at the outlet. The new store, which is the first dedicated jewellery space for the destination, features the brand’s core collection of high-quality jewellery in a luxury environment, boasting its signature bl
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The digital marketplace is adding sale and discounted merchandise to its outlet offering of over 360 retailers.
A1 Retail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Pennies, the award-winning fintech charity which enables micro-donations to charity, successfully held its first ever Micro-Donation Day on Monday 26th August 2024 which, in addition to boosting awareness of the micro-donation movement, raised £30,000 for charities including Cancer Research UK, MND Association and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity – thanks to more than 130,000 individual donations.
LS Retail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
©iStock/natatravel Roughly one of every four shipping containers passing through India is loaded or unloaded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port on the west coast of India, on the docks jutting into the Arabian Sea just south of Mumbai. The flow of containers has roughly tripled over the past two decades, reaching the equivalent of 6.4 million 20-foot boxes last year.
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Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.
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