Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2024

Supermarket chain Aldi has dropped its plan to expand into online shopping believing it might affect its ability to continue providing low-cost products for customers. The company dismantled its online team late last year following serious consideration, according to Jordan Lack, Aldi MD of buying. “The greater concern is the impact on cost structure as fundamentally keeping our costs low has a direct impact on the prices we can offer our customers,” he told the Australian Financial Review.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

Nordstrom is expanding its shop-in-shop partnership with custom apparel brand Indochino by adding five new locations, bringing the total number of Indochino shops in Nordstrom stores to 32. The partners opened their first shop-in-shops in 2021. Indochino specializes in made-to-measure suits, shirts, chinos and outerwear for men and women. Customers visiting Indochino shops at Nordstrom will receive a personalized shopping experience guided by the brand’s Style Guides, who help customers pi

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Del Taco recently surpassed Chick-fil-A as the best fast-food restaurant amongst consumers and is offering freebies to celebrate.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

Convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has agreed to acquire Fikes Wholesale , owner of CEFCO Convenience Stores. The all-cash transaction is valued at $1.145 billion , which Casey’s will finance through cash and bank financing. The transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of this year, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

McDonald's customers have been begging for the return of this item, and they just might get it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

Today’s store design teams are facing mounting pressures. More than three-quarters ( 76% ) of respondents to Retail TouchPoints’ latest Store Design & Experience Survey expected their store design budgets to rise in some way over the next 24 months, but that doesn’t mean they can make careless investments. Store design teams are simultaneously navigating: The rising cost of materials ( 57% ); Adapting store experiences to new shopper expectations ( 57% ); and Having to integrate new digita

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

A Denver District Court judge has stopped the Kroger-Albertsons merger in its tracks, cancelling a planned Aug. 12 hearing and setting a trial date of Sept. 30, 2024. The proposed $24.6 billion merger, first announced in October 2022 , has been challenged by Colorado’s and eight other state Attorneys General, the United Food and Commercial Workers union as well as the Federal Trade Commission, which voted to block the merger in February 2024.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Rite Aid continues closing underperforming locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

Is your web store a partner in your success or a saboteur hindering your growth? Your buyers expect accuracy, flexibility and a seamless purchase experience, yet order errors are a leading cause of frustration for B2B buyers. In fact, according to recent data, 68% of B2B buyers are discouraged from ordering online due to order errors. Today, having a web store is not a supplementary project but mission-critical.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Chipotle faced backlash for its meager portion sizes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

Tuckernuck , an omnichannel lifestyle retail brand that sells classic yet unique apparel and gifts, needed a scalable advertising channel that it could rely on to drive significant performance during the peak holiday season. In partnership with digital marketing agency El Toro Interactive , the brand turned to MNTN Performance TV to take its advertising efforts to the next level.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Apple has been having a challenging time in regard to China lately.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2024

As Levi’s global head of product innovation for the past 13 years, Paul Dillinger has helped bring some of the brand’s most pioneering projects to life – from its Bluetooth-enabled Trucker Jacket to its plant-based 501s, which are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. It’s a far cry from the haute couture dressmaking techniques he learned while interning at Valentino in the ’90s.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Taco Bell revealed a new collaboration with Mtn Dew that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Mtn Dew Baja Blast with a season-long promotion featuring various events and new products.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 26, 2024

Carpetright suppliers, customers and landlords have been left £80m out of pocket following the chain’s collapse at the start of the week. According to documents seen by The Times , the flooring specialist’s trade creditors including Condor and AW Weavers were owed around £24m at the time of its collapse. Carpetright also owes £30.9m to “other creditors”, including customers, as well as £15.6m to “other accruals”.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Currently in testing, OpenAI’s new search engine, simply called SearchGPT, uses a conversation-style interface to help users quickly find relevant information.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 26, 2024

JD Sports workers at a warehouse in Derby are facing potential job losses, with the future of the distribution centre under review. The sportswear retailer has begun a consultation period with staff at the distribution centre, based on Derby Commercial Park. Derbyshire Live reported that “around 200 workers” are impacted, as one staff member said that the consultation period should be concluded by 6 September.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

It’s been a week since the faulty CrowdStrike update created global IT chaos, but the company’s boss said that almost all of its sensors are back online.

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Retail Dive

JULY 26, 2024

Customers value associate’s advice, particularly for luxury goods, while they feel frustrated by chatbots’ inability to resolve customer service inquiries.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Per a ruling by the California Supreme Court, drivers for Uber and Lyft will remain independent contractors, not employees. As a result, gig companies are not required to offer worker benefits to drivers.

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LS Retail

JULY 26, 2024

©iStock/AndreyPopov The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed its SME Export task force – a transformative blueprint designed to remove the obstacles that prevent small firms from seizing global opportunities. Despite their agility, only 10 percent of small firms trade internationally. Imagine economic growth if we could double that figure.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 26, 2024

Asda workers at its Lowestoft store are set to walk out for the second time in a dispute over working conditions. GMB Union confirmed that more than 170 employees at the superstore in East Suffolk will go on strike from 3am to 10pm on 9 August after claiming the grocer’s management had been “burying their heads in the sand” It said the employees were angry over cuts in hours, poor quality training, bullying management, fire safety breaches, as well as health and safety issues n

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Retail Customer Experience

JULY 26, 2024

Multicultural consumers have impressive spending power in the U.S. In today's diverse and rapidly evolving market, understanding and engaging these audiences is more critical than ever.

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A1 Retail

JULY 26, 2024

North West property services company, The Momentum Group, has supported real estate company, Redevco, with the instalment of three new pop-up tenants at White Lion Walk in Guildford, following the destination’s Incubator Project in partnership with Save The High Street. The tenant support was led by Momentum Manage, following its appointment earlier this year to deliver property management services at the centre.

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Retail Dive

JULY 26, 2024

The Tapestry brand introduced virtual wearables and other features to Roblox and Zepeto in an effort to better reach Generation Z.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 26, 2024

Your industrial network directly impacts operational efficiency, security, long-term costs, and the ability to leverage future technologies.

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Retail Dive

JULY 26, 2024

The department store promoted Sabina Israelian-Garcia to the role with the goal of diversifying the retailer’s product assortment.

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Retail Times

JULY 26, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! pladis, the global snacking company behind some of the UK’s most loved and iconic brands, is aiming to take a bigger bite out of savoury snacking with a new range of flavour-packed snacks from Jacob’s. Created to leverage key sharing occasions, Jacob’s Bites come in fully recyclable 125g boxes and are aimed at reinvigorating the […] If you want mor

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Retail Dive

JULY 26, 2024

The expanded partnership comes as the DTC custom suit brand works to grow its footprint of showrooms.

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Shopping Center

JULY 26, 2024

The Woodlands, Texas — Conn’s HomePlus, a Texas-based home furnishing retailer, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will close at least 70 stores nationwide, according to reports from multiple media… The post Conn’s HomePlus Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, to Close 70-Plus Stores According to Reports appeared first on Shopping Center Business.

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