Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

The holiday season brings a surge in shopping, both in-store and online. From mountains of packaging to returned products that may contain hazardous materials, management of returned, damaged or expired products becomes increasingly complex and voluminous during the holidays and post-holiday season. Retailers must navigate these challenges while staying compliant with regulations so they can ensure smooth operations and demonstrate environmental responsibility.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

Festive sales at Battersea Power Station increased by 13.4% in November and December 2024 and footfall grew by 11% compared to the same period in 2023, as the riverside neighbourhood celebrated its best Christmas to date. By the end of 2024, the riverside destination had welcomed more than 26 million visitors since the Grade II listed Power Station and Electric Boulevard, the neighbourhoods pedestrianised high street, opened to the public in October 2022.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

Five years after acquiring the online marketplace for $230 million, Wesfarmers has decided to wind down Catch , citing a competitive Australian e-commerce landscape. “The recent increase in competitive intensity in the Australian e-commerce sector has affected Catch’s financial performance and growth prospects,” said Rob Scott, Wesfarmers MD. “In this environment, the Groups retail and health businesses, with their leading omnichannel offerings and trusted brands, are bet

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

PXP , a leading omnichannel global payment platform and innovative industry disruptor, is announcing the launch of its industry-redefining technology platform, PXP Unity. Marking a shift in payments, PXP offers a single integration into a commerce ecosystem that makes business simpler, better and more connected. It promises to transform and empower merchants with next generation POS and online services, providing more control over their transaction data, smart routing options, and a catalogue of

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

Hip Pocket Workwear & Safety has announced a leadership shift, appointing a CEO to the 31-year-old Australian-owned business. The retail chain has more than 50 locations in its network. Peter Fiasco, Kwik Kopys head of franchising, takes on the brand new role on 3 February 2025. The joint directors atHip Pocket Workwear & Safety(HPWS), John Gleeson and Mark Fidler, said the appointment allows them to focus on strategic board-level matters while supporting Peter on specific projects.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

Evolve Estates, part of commercial property and investment collective M Core has acquired Dolphin Quays, a mixed-use development comprising retail, leisure, offices, residential and a car park on a 2.62-acre site of prime harbourfront land. Dolphin Quays is one of the harbourfront’s principal restaurant and caf destinations in Poole. This latest acquisition further demonstrates Evolves’ expertise in identifying opportunities to buy, manage, and curate landmark mixed-use developments

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Dutch Bros seeks to capitalize further on opportunities as investors show confidence.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

“This is great information.” That was the message I received from a friend who works with a prominent Australian wine brand. She had just received the results of a promotion run across Victoria and was trying to understand why the campaign performed so well in some areas compared with others. A quick search led her to our demographic profiles for local areas for the best performing suburbs.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Big changes are ahead for Sephora's brick-and-mortar stores.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

Braintree Village has announced that global fashion house Coach, will be joining its retail line-up this Spring. The 2,260 sq ft store will be located opposite the South Entrance and will be the first standalone Coach store in the region. Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, making beautiful things, crafted to lastfor you to be yourself in.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Medicare has targeted 15 prescriptions for price negotiations. Are there big savings in the future for customers?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Murray Street Mall shopping precinct in Perth has welcomed an abundance of new high-end retailers in the past few months, de-crowing King Street as the states go-to luxury pit stop. Swiss watch brand Longines is the latest, boasting a corner facade at the intersection of William and Murray Street. Over 15 luxury brands have moved to the Murray Street precinct from King Street, one block, or about 250 metres, away, in the past six months.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Walgreens allegedly filled prescriptions that may have been illegal and not medically necessary.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 20, 2025

Morrisons workers have made a major step forward in their equal pay case, following a judgment handed by the Employment Tribunal. The claimants, mostly female employees in the supermarket chain ‘s stores, are fighting for equal pay for work of equal value compared to predominantly male workers in the retailers distribution centres. This latest judgment follows the conclusion of the final Stage 2 Equal Value hearing, held at Leeds Employment Tribunal in late 2024.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Spirit Airlines has its fair share of financial problems.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

The frugal trend that began in China during the economic disruption of the pandemic and deepened amid the crisis in the property market is intensifying as Gen Z shuns government calls to spend, spend, spend and doubles down on saving. On China’s Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in the West, many under-30s are swapping notes on how to spend less on office lunches and shop on the cheap.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Walmart is looking to the future with its New Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Wine sales keep dropping as young Americans aren't as enthusiastic about alcohol as older generations.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Australian Open has surpassed the Melbourne Cup as the citys most fashionable event and retailers are using the grand slam court and its surrounding grounds as a living billboard. Ralph Lauren has been titled the official outfitter of the Australian Open and New Balance the official performance apparel and footwear partner for the Australian Open.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Costco Teamsters voted in favor of the strike by 85%.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) has warned of stricter requirements for providers of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services when new regulations are implemented later this year. Starting June 10, businesses will need to hold a licence that authorises them to act as a credit provider in order to provide customers with BNPL contracts.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is today.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 20, 2025

Rappers Krept & Konan are opening a supermarket specifically tailored to serve the needs of black, Asian and ethnic communities in Croydon. Saveways is set to open on 1 February on 102 Beddington Lane, Croydon, the hip hop duo and Saveways co-founder Kaysor Ali said the move will set a new benchmark in the UK ethnic grocery market. The 15,000 sq ft supermarket will specialise in premium halal produce and world foods.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Steak 'n Shake will soon be cooking its french fries in beef tallow.

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Shopping Center

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sparta, Tenn. Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $3.6 million sale of Taft Church Station in Sparta, located in the Nashville MSA. Built in 2004, the 18,700-square-foot shopping… The post Cooper Commercial Brokers $3.6 Million Sale of Shopping Center in Sparta, Tennessee appeared first on Shopping Center Business.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 20, 2025

Poundland owner Pepco group has called in advisers to address the value retailer’s sales slump. The parent company has taken on AlixPartners to deal with the ongoing sales decline, with City sources raising the possibility that it could be looking into the sale of Poundland or is mulling a formal restructuring process that could result in job cuts and store closures.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

Dunelm customers will now benefit from best-in-class product and service across Curtains, Roller Blinds, Venetians and Shutters Expanded manufacturing facilities will create 60 new jobs in the UK Dunelm, the UK homewares retailer, is doubling down on its UK manufacturing heritage by expanding its bespoke Made to Measure services for customers and further developing its offer across Curtains, Blinds and Shutters Based in the Midlands, Dunelm is creating 60 new jobs as part of the expansion, incre

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365 Retail

JANUARY 20, 2025

Dunelm, the UKs largest homewares retailer, is doubling down on its UK manufacturing heritage by expanding its bespoke Made to Measure services for customers and further developing its offer across Curtains, Blinds and Shutters. Based in the Midlands, Dunelm is creating 60 new jobs as part of the expansion, increasing the number of colleagues at its manufacturing sites in the area to 310 in a boost to the local economy.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 20, 2025

Pets at Home CEOLyssa McGowan has warned that the changes to National Insurance in the Budget will negatively impact flexible and part-time workers, as well as women. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, McGowan highlighted that the retail sector faces an 18m hit from the changes, which have contributed to a 33% fall in the companys share price over the past six months.

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