Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Tesco and Sainsbury’s both increased market share this month as Asda’s hold on the grocery sector continues to falter. Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco achieved its largest share since December 2017, upping it from 27.4% to 28% as sales rose 5.2% in the 12 weeks to 29 September. Sainsbury’s stepped up its market share by 0.4 percentage points to 15.2% after sales increased 5.1%.
Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 8, 2024
It’s unclear why B2B ecommerce is often compared with B2C, given how different the experiences are for buyers and the underlying infrastructures for selling products online. Yet the comparisons persist, with many B2B companies frustrated that they can’t fully monetize their ecommerce channel. In fact, 65% of B2B leaders said that ecommerce was broken at their organization in the 2024 State of B2B Ecommerce Report by Forrester Consulting and Zoovu.
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Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Walmart-owned Sam's Club is testing a new store concept that eliminates traditional cash registers.
Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Albertsons Media Collective will integrate rewards app Fetch into its retail media network (RMN) offerings, using Fetch Points to incentivize consumers to try products, add more to shopping carts and maintain relationships with their favorite brands. The new service is designed to expand the Albertsons’ RMN service offerings to CPG brands seeking to drive retailer-specific sales of their products.
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Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
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Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Later this month, Sam’s Club will reopen a tornado-damaged store in Grapevine, Texas that will feature displays of online-only products where the checkout lanes would be in a typical store, as well as four times more space for associates to assemble ecommerce orders, according to CNBC and confirmed by the retailer. Member customers will need to use the Sam’s Club Scan & Go app to record their purchases as they walk through the store.
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Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Department store retailer Belk has debuted the Belk Media Network using technology from Criteo , offering brands and agencies access to its audience of high-earning, predominantly women shoppers via ads on its owned-and-operated properties. Belk plans to utilize sponsored products and onsite display, with plans to expand to additional formats in 2025.
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
With chocolate prices going up, candy makers produced less-expensive gummies for Halloween.
Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Save A Lot has opened a microfulfillment center at its Brooklyn, N.Y. warehouse that leverages automated fulfillment technology from Fabric , allowing the supermarket retailer to support faster on-demand delivery throughout the borough via Uber Eats. Fabric’s solutions can assemble 50 -item orders in just six to eight minutes, according to the company.
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The Supreme Court declined to hear Uber and Lyft's arguments.
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Skims – the shapewear and loungewear brand launched by Kim Kardashian, Emma Grede and Jens Grede – has signed up David Jones as the exclusive Australian stockist of the label’s new Men’s range. “We are incredibly excited to be the first to bring Skims Men’s to customers across Australia,” said Chris Wilson, executive GM of menswear, kids, home, and food at David Jones. “This collaboration aligns perfectly with our commitment to offering the most innovative and
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The Japanese owner of casual wear giant Uniqlo is projected to beat its own forecast in what would be a third straight year of record profits as its brand makes inroads in western markets and its business in China recovers. Fast Retailing’s operating profit in the 12 months through August likely rose 24 per cent from a year earlier to US$3.2 billion, based on the average of 15 analyst estimates compiled by LSEG.
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
PepsiCo has revealed its Q3 results and cut its guidance for 2024.
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
IGA will open a new concept store at Quay Quarter in Sydney CBD on October 15, allowing office workers, locals, and tourists to stop by for a quick meal or a full grocery shopping experience. The new store will also sell seasonal fresh produce and healthy and organic products, specialty Asian products, flowers, and liquor, including luxury and vintage wines. “We are very excited to open our doors in Circular Quay again after our original store closed at the end of 2017,” said Jim and
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
TGI Fridays wasn't a hit in Britain.
Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
As e-commerce continues to evolve at breakneck speed, Australian retailers face the twin challenges of exceeding rising customer expectations and optimising their operational frameworks. The difference between thriving and merely surviving in this hyper-competitive landscape lies in one key strategy: outsourcing. For those seeking the perfect balance between customer experience (CX) excellence and operational efficiency, Cynergy BPO stands as the ideal partner – connecting businesses with indust
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Spirit Halloween has officially announced that it will launch Spirit Christmas stores for the first time ever this holiday season.
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Sydney-based party supplies retailer The Party People is up for sale after brothers and business owners Dean and Peter Salakas determined the company requires “substantial investment” to take it to the next level. “We have grown it substantially from when we took it over when it was just my parents’ small business with one employee and this tiny shop in the local area,” Dean Salakas, The Party People’s ‘chief party dude’, told Inside Retail.
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Bob Evans is debuting a breakfast value menu that will tempt its customers not only with its variety but its price point as well.
Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Building on its Olympic sponsorship, LVMH is expanding its presence in elite sports through a new partnership with Formula 1. The luxury giant is set to become Formula 1’s global partner in 2025, coinciding with the sport’s 75th anniversary celebration. This partnership follows LVMH’s significant investment in sports sponsorship, including a reported 150-million-euro (US$165.77 million) deal to become the premium sponsor of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
National Retail Solutions
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Modern payment technologies like EMV chips, contactless options, and mobile apps are transforming gas station security, reducing fraud, and ensuring safer, faster transactions for customers and businesses alike. The post Gas Station Payment Security: Best Practices for a Safer Experience appeared first on National Retail Solutions.
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Lvly’s chief operating officer, Jasmine Russell, was part of the key leadership team that expanded the e-commerce florist domestically and internationally. Russell’s career path has taken her from online pick-packer all the way to chief operating officer. Inside Retail caught up with Russell to discuss the evolution of Lvly, why no two days are ever the same, what’s top of mind as a COO and her career journey thus far.
Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Frasers Group has snapped up a trio of shopping centres across the UK as it doubles down on growing its property portfolio. The Sports Direct owner has acquired the 600,000 sq ft Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter from US-based asset manager Nuveen and the Crown Estate after it was put up for sale earlier this year. It has added Kent’s Fremlin Walk Shopping Centre to its portfolio, which will see a 70,000 sq ft Frasers flagship and a 5,000sq ft Flannels store open this autumn.
A1 Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Peel Retail & Leisure has announced the launch of The Padel Club at Gloucester Quays Retail Park, bringing the booming leisure activity to and indoor centre in the city for the first time. The Padel Club invested £1m to create the expansive indoor venue at Gloucester Quays Retail Park, which includes 9 high specification courts, with the highest quality surfaces and sports LED lighting.
Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Frasers Group is known for being one of the sector’s most prolific investors in retail brands, but it’s also quickly becoming a property giant. The group revealed this week that it had snapped up a trio of shopping centres across the UK, taking on the 600,000 sq ft Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter, Kent’s Fremlin Walk Shopping Centre, and the Olympus Centre retail park in Gloucester’s Quedgeley.
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Retail Customer Experience
OCTOBER 8, 2024
To be successful in a highly competitive global retail environment, brands must anticipate customer needs, optimize order promising and inventory management and adapt quickly to consumer trends and preferences.
Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Shein has overtaken rival Boohoo in the UK as the Chinese fashion giant revealed a near 40% increase in sales and surging profits. Pre-tax profit at Shein UK doubled from £12.2m to £24.4m in the year to end of December, according to new accounts on Companies House. Sales for the fashion giant rose 38% to £1.55bn, 30% more than Boohoo Group’s UK sales of £1.09bn last year.
Cisco Retail
OCTOBER 8, 2024
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Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Primark is set to open its first store in Manhattan in New York City as it pushes ahead with its US expansion. The value fashion giant has signed a lease for its first Manhattan storefront at Herald Square, which will become the Primark’s US flagship, WWD reported. The 54,000 sq ft store will house fashion, homewares and beauty across four floors and will be its 11th store in the state of New York, once its site in Queens opens later this year.
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