Wiser
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
How do you get your products into the hands of excited customers? Through a strong reseller network. A reseller network is your collection of partner retailers who will stock your products—they could be brick-and-mortar stores, eCommerce sites, or a mix of both. No matter which resellers you have, there’s always a level of risk in choosing the best partners for you.
Talking Retail
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Southern Co-op is installing motor-racing technology to help cut the loss of cold air from the fridges in its stores, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The regional co-operative is putting the technology in 96 stores and using it to reduce cold air being lost into the aisles. The technology, developed by motor racing engineer Wirth Research, This story continues at Formula 1 engineering helps improve convenience store fridges.
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Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The two retail names are betting on each other in a shop-in-shop rollout, but branding alone won't make their partnership work.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The backlash toward leather-good brand Hermès has sparked protests around the world from affiliates of PETA after footage emerged last week of the “barbaric” conditions of its crocodile farm suppliers. In Paris, London and New York, PETA activists stood outside Hermès stores in crocodile masks, holding bloodied handbags and signs, protesting the business to stop the poor treatment of animals.
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Workwear brand Carhartt is recognizing the importance and value of labor by teaming up with heavy metal band Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation, with the goal of training a new generation of skilled workers. Carhartt will donate all online sales on Labor Day 2021 to the foundation’s Metallica Scholars workforce education program, which connects students to hands-on learning and provides support to 23 schools via the American Association of Community Colleges.
Retail Focus
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
After an exciting process of reviewing a record amount of entries, the shortlist for the third Creative Retail Awards has been revealed. The Awards recognise and reward innovation and excellence in retail design and experience from around the world. The winners and highly commended entries will be announced at a unique awards ceremony to be held at Proud Embankment on 14th October 2021.
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Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Supply chain disruptions have hit the artificial Christmas tree business and that is forcing prices of available inventory higher. The artificial market generates over $1 billion in annual sales. Eighty-five percent of American homes used fake trees in their homes last Christmas.
Intelligence Node
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Table of Contents Gearing Up for the 2021 Holiday Shopping Season While it feels like just yesterday brands and retailers were navigating their first holiday shopping season since the onset of COVID-19, here we are again, preparing for the second holiday season amidst the pandemic. While most countries have opened up for business again and […].
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Retailers have 11 billion reasons to look forward to this Christmas period, according to the Australian Retailers Association. Aussies are expected to spend an average of $726 each, with most (79 per cent) preparing to spend the same or more than they did last year, according to joint research by the ARA and Roy Morgan. This is compared to last year’s expectations, which saw Aussies wanting to spend around $500 each.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Augmented reality is no longer just for humans — online pet supply retailer Chewy is bringing one of the web’s hottest trends to our four-legged friends with the new “Fur-tual Boutique” virtual try-on experience. The AR tool lets dogs and cats virtually try out seven of Chewy’s most popular Halloween costumes from Frisco, including Cowboy, Killer Doll, Granny and Superhero.
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
Retail Focus
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Following on from the successful House of Colour Play store concept launch in 2017, ETUDE wanted to revisit the sweet and playful aesthetic of the brands roots with a renewed retail identity. To appeal to today’s more digitally native customers Design4Retail (d4r) were asked to transform the retail store environment focusing on the experience and introducing digital content from the brands online world.
Tokinomo
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Grocery stores and other retail shops focused on hygiene and safety during the Pandemic, which was expected. However, sustainability in retail remains a key priority for customers. How can retailers adapt and offer sustainable alternatives if they have more pressing problems, like the supply chain ?
Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Target said it plans to focus on providing five million more hours to its current employees throughout the holiday season and reduce the number of new hires it brings on. “We have worked to provide our team members with more consistent schedules, which means more consistent paychecks and a more consistent way to manage their life,” said Melissa Kremer, Target’s chief human resources officer. “Additionally, we are offering more hours to team members who want them and conti
Intelligence Node
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
We are excited to announce that we have completed a rebranding exercise that aligns our products and services with the evolving eCommerce landscape. Intelligence Node, a product intelligence platform that empowers online businesses to win customers and grow margins, is now positioned to better communicate our breadth of expertise and the total value of our […].
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Kate Morris has co-founded a new private equity firm in an effort to knock down the walls she faced as a female founder raising capital for Adore Beauty. The new venture, Glow Capital Partners, aims to help purpose-led founders make a positive impact through business, according to Morris. “My experience as a woman founder trying to raise capital was one of walking into rooms full of men in suits,” said Morris.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Shopping has been happening organically on TikTok for a while. Case in point — #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt , which has entered the cultural lexicon and boasts more than 4.6 billion views and counting. What hasn’t been happening much on TikTok is actual buying, until now that is. This week, the social media platform introduced a sweeping set of new tools and advertising products — including product links , live shopping and even a full-service commerce solution — all aimed at expanding TikTok’s reach from
Retail Focus
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In celebration of five decades in music, one of the world’s most iconic bands, Queen, will feature in a dedicated experiential pop-up shop at 57 Carnaby Street that opens tomorrow, Tuesday 28th September. The store opens to the public tomorrow morning at 11am with an exclusive launch of a limited edition vinyl of Queen The Greatest Hits. Marked with tomorrow’s date and Carnaby Street for this special occasion, only 1,000 of these limited edition vinyls have been produced.
Tokinomo
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
You go to the grocery store prepared to shop for the whole week. However, on your shopping list, you have various ingredients, including a bag of spaghetti. Of course, you go to the aisle where you can find pasta and rice. However, a few decades ago, spaghetti was considered an ethnic food and it had a place on the ethnic aisle, along with German hot dogs.
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Retail Wire
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Gopuff, the third-party delivery service, is planning on opening a 23,700-square-foot store in Ardmore, PA, at the site of a former local hardware store. The startup has opened other locations but those were for delivery only, which would make the new location the first to also operate a retail business. Gopuff delivers groceries and other everyday essentials in more than 1,000 cities in the U.S. and Europe.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Avery Dennison has signed an agreement to acquire Vestcom , a privately held pricing and branded labeling solution provider, for $1.45 billion in a cash transaction subject to certain closing and post-closing adjustments. Vestcom uses data management capabilities to synthesize and streamline store-level data and deliver item-specific, price-integrated messaging at the shopper’s point of decision.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Seemingly every day there’s another announcement about a new feature enabling purchases on one social platform or another. In the last two months alone, TikTok has rolled out dedicated “Shopping Tabs” for Shopify merchants, Twitter began a pilot of its “Shop Module,” and Pinterest made it possible for creators to “control the shopability of their content” by tagging products.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Retailers are adopting artificial intelligence almost twice as much as other industries. Once out of reach for everyone but the largest retailers, AI is now readily available for ecommerce merchants and powering everything from attracting customers to understanding their needs and delivering frictionless experiences. . As organizations gobble up data and AI becomes more mainstream, the retail industry is asking new questions about bias in AI results.
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
In a nod to rising last mile costs, Whole Foods is ending free delivery for Amazon Prime members on Oct. 25, 2021. Orders placed through Amazon Prime will include a $9.95 delivery charge designed to help cover operating costs, a Whole Foods spokesperson told CNN Business. Whole Foods delivered three times as many orders in 2020 as it did in 2019, causing the costs associated with equipment and technology to rise.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
In every organization, marketing plays an important role in defining, socializing and managing the customer experience (CX). However, the relationship between the customer experience and the marketing teams is often disconnected. This disconnect can be particularly harmful, as Forrester’s research shows that today’s consumers do not differentiate between the brand experience and the customer experience.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Nordstrom has introduced a two-story Nordstrom Home retail space at its NYC flagship location in Midtown Manhattan with an emphasis on city living featuring products such as compact appliances, small furniture and suitcase-friendly items for tourists. The move coincides with the debut of Nordstrom Home, a newly expanded merchandise assortment concept that includes kitchen and tabletop, home textiles and home décor.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
A retailX panel of social media and influencer experts had a candid conversation about how influencers are driving the maturity of social commerce, which is expected to reach $36.09 billion in the U.S. this year — a 35% increase over 2020 — according to Insider Intelligence. The speakers represented all facets of the “influencer marketing machine,” from strategy firms and agencies to brand executives and independent content creators.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Over the past few years, the subscription economy has grown to new heights. While subscriptions have been an option for consumers in a number of retail environments — from apparel and pet supplies to media consumption — the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of subscriptions in a variety of industries that turned to payment technology to adapt their business.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Walmart has teamed up with media company Meredith for a cross-platform partnership designed to help customers plan and prepare meals faster and more easily through AI-powered meal planning, shoppable recipes, visual search, chatbots and more. Under the new partnership, customers will be able to shop for Walmart products across content from Meredith’s portfolio of publications, including Allrecipes , Better Homes & Gardens , PARENTS , EatingWell and REAL SIMPLE.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Almost half of Australian shoppers now use online search and websites to discover new brands, and one in ten do so through social media, according to a new report by Shopify. Online shopping habits have changed a lot in the last few years, with the acceleration caused by the Covid-19 crisis shifting the way consumers view the channel. In Shopify’s ‘This is a store’ survey, 83 per cent of all shoppers said it is crucial that a brand now have an online presence, while 7 per cent said it only matte
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
COVID-19 fundamentally changed the way people shop and interact with brands. As the rise of ecommerce continues to accelerate, consumer behavior is changing at lightning speed. But without access to in-person consumer panels throughout the pandemic, many CPG brands struggled to keep a pulse on their customers’ preferences and demands around product taste, packaging, price and more.
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