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What makes in-store media more effective than online advertising

Tokinomo

Digital advertising dominates marketing strategies and thats no surprise. However in-store media remains a powerful tool for engaging consumers and driving sales. While online advertising offers extensive reach and data-driven targeting, in-store media provides a more immersive, high-impact experience that influences purchasing decisions at the final stage of the buyers journey.

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How Do You Manage Multiple Retail Stores?

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

If you’re a retail business owner managing multiple retail stores, keeping your eye on the prize might be challenging. Understanding how your shops perform in terms of inventory and ROI is essential to the success of any multi-store operation. What if we told you that you could successfully manage all of your stores’ inventory and ROI with one intuitive inventory management system?

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The Ethical Dilemma of AI’s Deceptive Behaviors

Retail TouchPoints

Todays rapidly evolving AI systems are like no software that has ever come before them. They are designed to learn, adapt and work toward set goals. These groundbreaking systems present us with vast opportunities but also challenge us with a troubling concern: AIs potential to engage in deceptive behaviors. The Dark Side of AI: We Cant Ignore Deceptive Behaviors My experience with AI systems exhibiting deceptive behavior is limited to theoretical cases and industry reports.

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Best Time Frames for Crypto Trading

Retail Focus

Introduction Crypto trading is an ever-evolving market, requiring traders to make informed decisions based on price movements, market trends, and trading strategies. One of the most crucial aspects of crypto trading is selecting the appropriate time frame. The choice of time frame significantly impacts a traders strategy, risk management, and potential profitability.

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5 Tips for a Winning Category Management Strategy in 2025

Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.

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Navigating the Future of Connectivity: Services Opportunities around Cisco’s Wi-Fi 7

Cisco Retail

Wi-Fi 7 offers transformative opportunities, enabling secure, high-performance networks. Cisco's latest products simplify management and enhance connectivity, providing MSPs with cutting-edge solutions to meet evolving needs in education, retail, and healthcare sectors.

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Myer’s net profit tumbles as labour, marketing costs increase

Inside Retail

Myer’s net profit declined 18 per cent to $42 million in the first half, reflecting what the company described as an increase in the cost of doing business. The department store chain noted incurring higher employee costs, higher support office costs related to a new marketing agency and a separate investment in transformation capabilities. Sales remained flat at $1.83 billion, attributed to mixed trading conditions, store closures, and Myer Exclusive Brands stock trapped at its national d

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EJM Studio and Tina Vaia Studio craft new retail store for ME+EM inspired by Josef Albers’ artworks

Retail Focus

The new 3826 square foot ME+EM store located at 4-5 Marylebone High Street is a celebration of modern British design. It is the largest of the modern luxury labels eight UK stores and is ME+EMs first official flagship location. Collaboratively crafted by interior and spatial designers Ed Milton, from EJM Studio, and Tina Vaia, from Tina Vaia Studio, the store harmonises heritage and modernity, reflecting ME+EM’s ethos of understated luxury with a distinctive British flair.

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Aldi becomes first UK supermarket to provide free in-store period products

Retail Gazette

Aldi has become the first UK supermarket to provide free period products to its in-store toilets, following research from the retailer revealing the extent of period poverty across Britain. Customers will be able to take what they need from the toilets, with the products rolled out from today in 70% of its facilities. The full rollout of to all of Aldi’s toilets is to be completed by the end of May, according to the discounter.

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Smiggle loses its giggle, dragging down Premier’s profit

Inside Retail

Premier Investments has posted a decline in sales for the fiscal first half, with the results dragged down by a double-digit drop at Smiggle. The companys retail division recorded sales of $455 million for the six months ended January 25, representing a 1.8 per cent decrease. Premier Retails continuing operations include Peter Alexander and Smiggle after the company sold its Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Portmans, Dotti, and Jacqui E labels to Myer.

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Ollie’s Buys 40 Big Lots Locations, Supporting Plans for 75 New Stores in 2025

Retail TouchPoints

Ollies Bargain Outlet has acquired 40 former Big Lots stores, jumpstarting its plans to open 75 new stores by February 2026. Other low-price retailers have been buying stores from the now-bankrupt Big Lots; in December 2024 Variety Wholesalers announced plans to purchase 200 to 400 Big Lots stores in the wake of the retailers September 2024 voluntary Chapter 11 filing.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Short-Term Loans with Low APR: Where to Find the Best Deals

Retail Focus

In todays financial landscape, many find themselves in need of quick cash to bridge a temporary gap. Short-term loans have emerged as a popular solution for those urgent financial needs. However, one of the critical factors to consider when taking out such loans is the Annual Percentage Rate (APR). It is crucial to seek out short-term loans with low APR to ensure that you are not burdened by excessive interest payments.

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A Great In-store Retail Media Case Study

Mike Anthony

In many parts of the world, in-store retail media has exploded, with once-reticent retailers now open to full branded bays in every aisle, and displays galore. This rapid increase has brough opportunities, but also high costs. It is rare that I see a branded display that really earns its fee. But this one, from Gillette in the UK is different. On the surface it appears to be just another branded display.

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How compression technology can cut retailers’ waste management overheads

Inside Retail

Next-generation automation and technology are streamlining waste management costs for retailers and shopping centres across Australia, saving significant costs and boosting sustainability outcomes. Bramidan vertical waste balers imported from Denmark and sold by the Australian company Wastech are being deployed to help with the separation and efficient aggregation of various recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard or plastic, leading to fewer collections by waste collection contractors a

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AI in Action: How Retailers are Transforming Demand Forecasting with New Tech

Retail TouchPoints

The requirements for retail success dont get much more basic than the ability to accurately forecast customer demand. Even a mom-and-pop bodega has to have a pretty good sense of how many people will order a breakfast sandwich and coffee each day. And for larger-scale retailers, that need for an accurate forecast gets complicated, and re-complicated, by the need to correctly place and price inventory in multiple locations in order to achieve maximum sell-through with minimum discounting.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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The Digital Checkout: How Tech is Revolutionising Online Transactions

Retail Focus

Over the past decade, the payments environment has experienced significant upheaval, driven by swift technical improvements. Innovations such as contactless cards, mobile wallets, blockchain, and real-time payments are transforming transaction methods for consumers and companies. The previously sluggish and frequently expensive procedure has become more rapid, safe, and readily available.

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The Body Shop: Suppliers to be given no more than a quarter of debts owed

Retail Gazette

The Body Shop’s suppliers are due to receive no more than around a quarter of the 219m owed to them when the chain collapsed into administration. The cosmetics chain was rescued from administration last September by a consortium led by Aurea Group co-founder Mike Jatania. In its latest progress update, administrators at FRP said Aurea Group paid at least 44.3m for the brand, The Guardian reported.

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How retail COOs are pursuing a seamless supply chain

Inside Retail

Supply chains are the engine rooms of great retail brands and, when executed well, are the quiet achiever of retail value chains, until something goes wrong, of course. Though most of the supply-chain disruptions the Covid-19 global pandemic caused are over, geopolitical fault lines developed in 2024, with heightened military tensions in the Middle East and global power brokers flexing their muscle to the detriment of the stability and cost of some global supply chains once again.

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Walmart Pumps Up Fuel Locations with Openings and Remodels

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart will open or remodel more than 45 fuel stations across the U.S. this year, giving the retail giant more than 450 fuel and convenience stations across 34 states by the end of 2025. These one-stop shops offer the same low prices on snacks and beverages as full-scale Walmart stores. Were continuing to invest in our nationwide physical store footprint, said Dave DeSerio, VP of Fuel and Convenience at Walmart U.S. in a statement.

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SEO vs. PPC: Which Strategy Is Best for Your Business?

When it comes to driving traffic and growing your online presence, businesses often ask: SEO or PPC—what’s the better choice? This guide breaks down the key differences between search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, highlighting their pros, cons, and best use cases. Whether you’re looking for long-term organic growth or immediate visibility through paid ads, we’ll help you determine which strategy—or combination of both—is right for your business.

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How Crypto-as-a-Service Solutions Revolutionize Business Operations

Retail Focus

The growing adoption of blockchain technology has created new opportunities for businesses looking to integrate digital assets into their operations. One of the most efficient ways to achieve this is through crypto as a service (CaaS), a model that allows companies to use blockchain-based solutions without the need to build infrastructure from scratch.

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Kohl’s Has Stopped Accepting Amazon Returns at Some Stores

Retail Wire

Some Kohl's stores will no longer take Amazon returns.

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Gucci appoints Demna Gvasalia as creative director

Inside Retail

Gucci has named Demna Gvasalia as its new artistic director, effective July, following the departure of Sabato De Sarno. Known as Demna, he has been the artistic director at Balenciaga since 2015 and was responsible for introducing streetwear to the luxury brand’s portfolio. However, in 2022, he faced criticism over advertising campaigns featuring children holding teddy bear handbags with bondage-style straps, as well as documents referencing a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography.

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Retail is the Most Common Location for Gun Violence, but There’s More to the Story

Retail TouchPoints

In 2024 there were 5,462 gun-related incidents in the U.S., and retail represented the single biggest vertical where these incidents took place ( 1,459 ), followed by K-12 schools ( 1,417 ). These are scary statistics that will likely (sadly) surprise no one. Retail tops the list of locations where gun violence occurs. (Image courtesy ZeroEyes) However, a closer look at the data reveals a picture of gun violence in America, and at retail, that may in fact be surprising.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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Strategy That Works in Slots

Retail Focus

Slot machines are the most popular form of gambling in casinos for good reason they are easy to play, lots of fun, and offer the chance for big jackpots. However, slots are also completely random, meaning there is no skill involved. You simply press a button and hope the reels line up in your favor. This leads many players to wonder: Is there a strategy that can actually help me win at slots?

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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Is Opening Even More Stores in 2025

Retail Wire

After a strong Q4 2024 earnings report, Ollie's is on track to open 75 more stores this year.

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G-Star Raw seals new Australasian partner

Inside Retail

Denim brand G-Star Raw has made a comeback to Australia and New Zealand after a four-year hiatus. The company has signed a deal with Good Products & Co for the distribution of its products in the two markets. The brand is now stocked at David Jones, The Iconic, Glue Store and Culture Kings. G-Star said it plans to expand in Australia and New Zealand by boosting wholesale growth and launching new retail stores this year.

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Food City Parent Company Boosts Merchant-Supplier Collaboration with Customer Insights

Retail TouchPoints

K-VA-T Food Stores , the parent company of Food City , has implemented SymphonyAI s CINDE Connected Retail platform to deepen its customer insights across all key business functions, including supply chain, merchandising, shelf planning, assortment and promotion optimization. The company operates 158 retail outlets throughout Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

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

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What You Need to Know about Bringing the Casino to the High Street

Retail Focus

At first, there were glitzy resorts. Then came the online platforms. Now, the casino experience is making the move again, this time to the high street. While the high street is no stranger to gambling options, there is a growing shift towards casino-themed options. From boutique gaming lounges to modern betting shops, casino gambling is becoming more accessible in everyday retail spaces.

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Retail Risk Management And Business Protection From Emerging Threats

Retail Minded

Retailers today face an evolving landscape of risks, from organized retail crime to digital fraud. In 2023 alone, retailers lost an average of $3 million each to fraudulent activity. Thus, it highlights the urgent need for strong risk management strategies. To safeguard profits, protect customers, and maintain operational stability, retailers must proactively address these challenges with modern solutions.

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Snuggle Hunny, Purebaby, Sheet Society top online sustainability perceptions

Inside Retail

Snuggle Hunny, Purebaby, and Sheet Society are perceived as the most sustainable online brands in the Online CX Index, Australias first and only online retailer performance platform powered by real data. This month, the Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covered sustainability perception using metrics such as commitment, community, supply chain, product, packaging, and authenticity.

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Edible Leans into its Name with Launch of Marketplace for Hemp-Based Products

Retail TouchPoints

Edible Arrangements , know for its colorful fruit bouquets, rebranded as Edible Brands in late 2023. Now the company is leaning into potential confusion around its name with the debut of an ecommerce marketplace focused on hemp-based products Edibles.com. The site launched in Texas on March 20, and Edible Brands plans to quickly expand it to other markets where hemp products are legal across the Southeastern U.S., including Florida and Georgia.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!