Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. With consumers’ rapid shift to ecommerce channels, DTC players had to navigate surges in demand and effectively compete against a broader landscape that included their startup peers but also omnichannel behemoths. At the same time, they’ve had to navigate consumers’ increased desire to buy from brands that align with their social and environmental beliefs.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2022

Between a third and half of transport workers are currently unable to work due to complications caused by Covid-19, according to the Transport Workers’ Union, putting major stress on the supply chain and leaving supermarket shelves bare. Due to sickness or isolation, up to half of the country’s truck drivers are missing, according to TWU national secretary Michael Kaine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Armani Group has announced the reopening, after a complete restyling, of the Giorgio Armani boutique in Piazza San Carlo, 145 in Turin. Located in a building overlooking one of the main squares of the historic city centre, it has a facade with arcades. The two large windows and the central entrance offer a view of the interior of the store, with the video wall and, on the right, the exposed staircase that connects the various floors.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

Walgreens plans to have more than 160 Village Medical Clinics in operation before the end of the year. It currently has 80 open to patients. The drugstore giant has a 63 percent stake in Village Medical after investing another $5.2 billion in the company last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

As retailers have struggled to navigate changes in consumer behavior and economic uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, one area has seen continued growth: recommerce. This trend involves brands reselling previously owned products at a discount — and it’s caught on quickly. The resale market is growing 11 times faster than traditional retail and is expected to reach $84 billion by 2030, far eclipsing the predicted $40 billion market for fast fashion. .

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

Paper receipts are so 2021. A digitised era for Australian bricks-and-mortar retailers is here, and it’s transforming the customer experience by sending receipts directly to their bank app. Shifting away from paper receipts to Smart Receipts will enable retailers to turn the end of a transaction into the beginning of a personalised conversation. Being able to send itemised tax compliant receipts straight to a customer’s bank app enables smarter commerce, all while taking a positive step towards

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Tokinomo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Amazing, surprising, maybe a stunt? These are some words that can describe what customers think about guerrilla marketing campaigns. When implemented right, these campaigns have a bigger reach and impact. However, there were a few situations where brands didn’t have the expected results.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2022

We’re well past the point of personalized consumer experiences simply being “nice to have.” Consumers don’t just want personalized experiences — they expect them. And brands are incentivized to deliver on those expectations: According to McKinsey, businesses that are proficient in personalization boost their revenue by 5% to 15% and their marketing-spend efficiency by 10% to 30%, yet only 15% of CMOs think they’re on target to deliver personalized experiences.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2022

My Foodie Box, the food and logistics technology business that provides meal kits to Western Australian households, lists on the Australian Stock Exchange on Friday (January 7) after raising $6 million in an IPO. The online retailer uses ingredients sourced from ethically responsible local farmers and producers. From its launch in 2019, My Foodie Box has grown from 35 subscribers to more than 1650 and delivers around 1000 boxes per week.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 6, 2022

Global architecture, planning and design firm CallisonRTKL has released its Forecast 2022 report – looking at the accelerators, disruptors, and constants shaping the built retail environment in the year to come. “It’s all about the Anti-Narrative Narrative,” predicts CallisonRTKL. The retail industry and many brands themselves have developed an obsession with experiences that communicate a story – a narrative that explains why it does what it does.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Target got what it wanted for Christmas. The retailer’s foot traffic increased 6.2 percent during the holiday season compared to 2019, according to Placer.ai. Shopper visits to Walmart fell 0.1 percent on a two-year basis and those at Best Buy fell 11.5 percent.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2022

Starbucks will reportedly require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing, according to media reports from outlets including The Wall Street Journal , CNBC and CNN. The restaurant chain set a deadline of Feb. 9, after which unvaccinated workers in its cafes, offices and other facilities must take weekly tests administered by a medical professional.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2022

The story began back in 2005 in South Korea and today Goobne has more than 1000 outlets in its home country, with expansion into Hong Kong, China, Macau, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It’s another Korean chicken brand but with a difference – the meat is not fried but roasted without oil in a blazing hot oven. Goobne Chicken is part of the international Chatime Group .

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 5, 2022

A Pea in the Pod, the well-known designer and specialty retailer of luxe maternity apparel and accessories, is returning to its retail roots with the opening of two new concept stores located in Chicago and New York City. “We are excited to announce we will be opening a handful of retail stores in our top populated customer locations across the United States , with the first two stores just newly opened in Chicago and New York City , featuring A Pea in the Pod, along with some of ou

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

The U.S. Postal Service requested that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration grant it a temporary waiver from complying with the COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 10. The USPS is concerned that being forced to comply with the mandate at this time will “likely to result in the loss of many employees — either by employees leaving or being disciplined.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

CS Hudson recently hosted its fourth annual Live. Love. Laugh., an immersive retail experience, to benefit the children of Help USA ’s Help Suffolk Chapter, a homeless housing facility on Long Island. The event, held at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead, N.Y. in December 2021, bussed in children to grab their favorite toys and take part in live activities in a pop-up shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

Australian fashion label, Aje, has opened the first New Zealand store of its activewear spinoff brand, Aje Athletica, at Newmarket. Located on level two of Westfield Newmarket, Aje Athletica Newmarket store features the brand’s signature earth tones and curved forms inspired by the sculptures of Richard Serra. The space is highlighted with natural materials with organic shapes and lines – metal and rock.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 5, 2022

Tiffany&Co has opened a new store in Barcelona on the prestigious Passeo de Gracia. It is actually a relocation on the same high-street, the new space being larger and reflecting the most recent retail design concept of the brand. The jeweller has started unveiling locations that reflect its new store design concept, intended to feel warm and inviting to the fine jewellery shopper.

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Retail Dive

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 upended some trends and accelerated others. What will 2022 bring for retailers?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2022

“Experiential retail” is a phrase that has gotten a lot of play over the past few years. But like any hot trend that has garnered a lot of buzz (I’m talking about you, “omnichannel”), there has been confusion about what experiential retail actually entails — and how it can be done successfully. “While experiential retail is a very valid term, it’s also been very abused in the industry just like the word ‘omnichannel,’” said Cate Trotter, Head of Trends at Insider Trends , a retail futures consul

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2022

After a massive spike in Covid-19 cases over the holiday season in New South Wales, Woolworths is suffering from a logistics bottleneck across the state as more and more distribution staff are unable to work due to the “high levels of Covid in the community” With much of the retail group’s NSW operations hinging on a few key DCs in the Greater Sydney Area, many deliveries of necessary stock are unable to be sent through to stores due to high levels of staff “absenteeism&#

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Nvidia

JANUARY 4, 2022

CES has long been a showcase on what’s coming down the technology pipeline. This year, NVIDIA is showing the radical innovation happening now. During a special virtual address at the show, Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at NVIDIA, detailed the capabilities of DRIVE Hyperion and the many ways the industry is developing on the platform.

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Hyken

JANUARY 5, 2022

I love to receive great examples of outstanding customer service. I’m always on the lookout for great stories, whether I personally experience them, or they are sent in by our followers. What I share with you today is a great example of personalized and proactive communication. While I provide the lessons, the example comes from one of our subscribers, Dawn Mushill, who shared a letter that BarkBox wrote to one of its customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

As early as February 2021, industry analysts predicted the year’s holiday ecommerce sales would climb to $206.88 billion, accounting for a record 18.9% of all holiday retail revenue and representing an 11.3% increase over last year’s ecommerce earnings. These numbers fall right in line with the overall surge in ecommerce spending we’ve witnessed over the last 18 months.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a sudden shift of direction, Woolworths Group has dropped its $872 million proposal to pick up Australian Pharmaceutical Industries , leaving the business likely to be acquired by Wesfarmers. In a statement to the market, Woolworths said it was unable to validate the financial returns it would require from the acquisition after completing its due diligence process, and that it was therefore revoking its non-binding offer. “We are grateful to the board and leadership team of API for thei

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Small Biz Trends

JANUARY 2, 2022

Coffee is no longer just a drink – it is a way of life. Whether you are running a high-traffic café, opening a new restaurant, or simply want to add espresso to your current hotel menu, you need a commercial espresso machine that will keep up with your orders and reliably whip up the best quality coffee as fast as possible. As coffee grew in popularity, so did the types of commercial coffee machines.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 4, 2022

As art evolves and artists’ abilities grow, so must their creative tools. NVIDIA Canvas , the free beta app and part of the NVIDIA Studio suite of creative apps and tools , has brought the real-time painting tool GauGAN to anyone with an NVIDIA RTX GPU. Artists use advanced AI to quickly turn simple brushstrokes into realistic landscape images, speeding up concept exploration and freeing more time to visualize ideas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

Best Buy is the latest retailer to enter the advertising market with the launch of Best Buy Ads, an in-house media company designed to help shoppers explore the retailer’s products, services and offers. Best Buy Ads will partner with brands to guide their marketing efforts with relevant messages. Best Buy Ads will be available for partner brands and services looking to reach customers both on Best Buy’s own channels and through external sites.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2022

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it will “name and shame” retailers and suppliers jacking up the price of rapid antigen tests, as the Omicron pandemic continues to spread. ACCC chair Rod Sims said the watchdog had already received over 100 customer contacts in relation to the pricing of rapid antigen tests, which are sold across several facets of retail and are currently in short supply – a factor Sims hopes won’t lead unscrupulous actors to use the RATs to make a prof

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Cisco Retail

JANUARY 7, 2022

“We’re still managing water on the Boise River like it’s 1920. If we want to be good stewards of water and save all we can and do all we can, then we ought to use 21 st century technology that gives us the tools and ability to do so.” – Mike Meyers, Watermaster, Idaho’s Water District 63. Nearly half of the United States is experiencing a drought, and multiple states are recording historic levels of severe or extreme drought – New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washingt

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