Retail Focus

JULY 17, 2024

The potency and power of teamwork are today vital success factors in the dynamic field of property management. It is more crucial than ever for teams inside the property management industry cooperate productively as property operations get more complicated and client expectations rise. This synergy not only enhances operational efficiency but also significantly improves service delivery within CIM property management , ensuring that properties are managed to the highest standards.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

An email from a Microsoft team lead has gone viral.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Walmart Canada has taken another step on its journey toward operating a 100% alternatively powered truck fleet with the introduction of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric semi-truck. The Nikola Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV Class 8 tractor, which is already on the roads in Mississauga, Ontario, has a range of approximately 800 kilometers (just under 500 miles) and, on average, can avoid 97 metric tons of CO2 tailpipe emissions annually, according to the manufacturer.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

In-N-Out Burger has announced plans to expand to several locations throughout the United States.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Crocs and Mosaic Brands have settled their lawsuit after the former alleged that several moulded foam shoes of Mosaic violated its intellectual property. Crocs filed the case in late 2021 after discovering Mosaic was selling footwear that was similar to its Classic Clog shoes. The company said it has been selling the Classic Clog in more than 85 countries and owns trademark registrations covering the iconic shape and design in over 30 countries, including Australia.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX and X will move their headquarters from California to Texas.

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JULY 17, 2024

Spirit Airlines forecasts a wider quarterly loss due to revenue falling short of expectations, projecting an adjusted loss of $160 to $173 million for the quarter ending June 30.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Elle Roseby has stepped down as MD of Country Road and Trenery to pursue other opportunities. “After six years with Country Road Group, Elle Roseby has resigned to explore other opportunities,” a Country Road Group spokesperson told Inside Retail. “During her tenure, she has focused on building enduring partnerships with our suppliers, established our presence as a market-leading brand, and built our credentials as an industry leader in sustainability.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

HSBC has named Georges Elhedery as its new group chief executive officer, with his tenure commencing on Sept. 2.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Piccolo Me parent company FABE (Food and Beverage Enterprises) has added Sydney-based Sol Bowl to its portfolio of food brands. FABE has big goals for its newest addition: 100 stores, international expansion and co-branding with Piccolo Me. There are another five Sol Bowl sites planned for New South Wales and ACT before FABE takes the brand interstate.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Joel Anderson will be replaced, effective immediately.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Whole Foods Market has announced a nationwide partnership with Too Good To Go , a marketplace dedicated to finding distribution channels for surplus food. Whole Foods customers can now purchase “surprise bags” of surplus food items from more than 450 stores across the U.S. through the Too Good to Go app. The partnership will help Whole Foods reach its goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

At the forefront of a growing movement in swimwear fashion is the Australian swimwear brand Full Bums. Founder Ashya McDonald has captured the essence of inclusivity and comfort through her brand Full Bums, which creates swimwear for women with a full bum coverage. Following her debut at Miami Swim Week this year, McDonald is primed to drive her mission of providing stylish swimwear with full coverage to the mass market.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

The legendary Las Vegas resort will make way for a new hotel in the same spot.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

The last few years have included incredible highs and the deepest of lows for food retailers, from finding workers during the pandemic to tackling widespread supply chain disruptions and rising costs. Organizations have been forced to navigate increased competition, accelerate digital transformation initiatives and adapt to changes in consumer preferences and behaviors.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

A Senate probe found that Amazon's Prime Day significantly contributed to worker injuries.

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JULY 17, 2024

As a female-founded womenswear brand, M.M.LaFleur knew its target audience was changing. Following COVID lockdowns and the massive shift toward remote and hybrid work scenarios, the brand’s founder and leadership team realized they had to evolve its product set and marketing positioning in order to maintain relevance. Sarah LaFleur started the brand in 2013 to provide functional, comfortable yet stylish workwear for the modern woman.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Gelatissimo has opened its 50th Australian store at Broadbeach in Queensland, 22 years after the brand launched in Sydney. The gelato chain has another six stores in the pipeline to open across the country in 2024, and plans to maintain this trajectory for the next five years. Gelatissimo’s strategic growth plan includes expanding into Perth and regional Australia, as well as other cities and coastal towns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Walgreens Advertising Group (WAG) is making good use of one of its most valuable assets: a treasure trove of first-party data from the broader organization. As the official retail media network for the drugstore chain, WAG makes all decisions, and designs its core offerings, based on customer insights. “Everything we do really starts with insights,” explained Katie Vogt, Senior Director of Client Success at WAG during a session at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo this past June.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Comedian Celeste Barber has partnered with PE Nation co-founder Claire Greaves to launch a new makeup brand, Booie Beauty. Booie Beauty offers a five-piece makeup collection, consisting of Bloody Delicious illuminator moisturiser for $39; Bam! Bam! Bam! lip, eye and cheek tint for $22; You’re Welcome mascara for $31; Bring Back the Bush eyebrow gel tint for $21; and Where the Hell is My lip balm for $28. “I’ve built my career on exposing b t, and to have ownership over this venture m

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Administrators of The Body Shop have entered into an “exclusivity agreement” for the sale of the company to a consortium led by asset manager Auréa Group , with a management team to be led by the former CEO of British fragrance brand Molton Brown , Charles Denton. Following a due diligence period, the purchasers’ plan is to complete the deal in the coming weeks, according to a joint statement from both parties.

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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.

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Retail Focus

JULY 17, 2024

Specialist fragrance retailer, The Perfume Shop (TPS), has seen “out on time” shipment rates across the UK and Ireland hit 99.2% and has also implemented “ship from store” following the appointment of Scurri as its delivery management partner. Highly regarded as a market leader of omnichannel retail, TPS is the UK’s largest specialist fragrance retailer with 209 stores in UK&I as well as an industry-leading ecommerce offering.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Champs Sports , a subsidiary of Foot Locker , has unveiled a new brand positioning — “Sport For Life” — to mark “a new era” for the brand and celebrate the connection between sports and everyday life. Inspired by consumer insights, the Sport For Life brand platform aims to capture the resilience, determination and camaraderie that sports instill, as well as how lessons learned from sports equip us to navigate life’s challenges and triumphs.

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Retail Focus

JULY 17, 2024

While discount codes top UK consumers preferred promotions, offers that are personalised and tailored to a specific product a consumer has viewed are almost twice as likely to prompt a sale compared to general ‘range-wide’ discounts, according to the latest data from Wunderkind , based on a survey of over 1,500 shoppers. Original research by AI-driven performance marketing solution Wunderkind, published in its 2024 Consumer Insights Report , revealed that demand for personalised promotions remai

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

“The decision to start my own business was an easy one, and that’s probably due to my personality type,” Hayley Worley, the founder and CEO of omnichannel bedding brand Sheet Society, told Inside Retail in a recent video interview. “I’m really one to jump off and be like, how did I get here? How am I going to get down? I’ve really enjoyed it.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Gold prices reached new record highs as of Wednesday, rising 0.2% to $2,462.85 per ounce after hitting a high of $2,482.29 earlier in the trading session.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Australia’s Domino’s Pizza Enterprises said on Wednesday it expects store growth to be flat to slightly positive in its current fiscal year, and decided to close up to 80 low-volume stores in Japan and 10-20 stores in France. Domino’s Japan had opened over 400 stores between financial years 2020-2023, which resulted in a number of “immature stores” Moreover, higher media costs and lower advertising funds led the company to undertake a review of its store locations.

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Retail Dive

JULY 17, 2024

E-commerce is “maturing” and returning to “pre-pandemic normalcy” as it continues to capture market share, according to FTI Consulting.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

After opening its first global duty-free popup at Singapore’s Changi Airport last month, Decathlon has recently unveiled its strategic plan to expand to 37 “2-hour Click & Collect” locations islandwide by 2026. “Singapore is a living lab, allowing Decathlon to test a network of physical touchpoints in a very densely populated environment,” Stephan Veyret, CEO of Decathlon Singapore, told Inside Retail.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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