Retail Dive

JULY 7, 2022

The retail model was on the decline even before the pandemic. Now shoppers are staying away again as gas prices rise, according to Placer.ai research.

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JULY 7, 2022

Whether you are an ecommerce or brick-and-mortar retailer, the competition can be fierce. How can you differentiate your brand and stand out in a sea of other businesses offering similar products? The answer is simple: create a strong marketing campaign. Even though there is an easy solution to having competition, implementing a robust marketing campaign can actually be quite difficult and hurt your brand if done incorrectly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Brother Mobile Solutions has introduced the RuggedJet 3200 Series, a labeling solution designed to help retailers implement agile pricing strategies while staying on top of inventory in a tight labor market. The solution was created to offer drop-in emulation with leading retail software and operating systems for simple systems integration. Additionally, Brother Mobile Solutions offers lifetime support for the RuggedJet 3200 to help retailers get maximum uptime from the machines.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Fujifilm has opened Australia’s first Fujifilm House of Photography concept store in Sydney’s CBD. The brand says the store will act as a hub for photography enthusiasts and photographers alike to convene for events and exclusive workshops and access a range of services including gear hire, and photo printing, complemented by a professional studio.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Tokinomo

JULY 6, 2022

A lot of events have happened in the last two years and most of them had an impact on the retail industry. The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and now the rise in inflation have influenced everything from the supply chain to customer behavior.

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Retail Focus

JULY 5, 2022

Retail design is a creative and commercial field combining several areas of expertise in the design and construction of retail space. This profession incorporates interior design and architecture with other fields, such as graphics design, industrial design, advertising, and ergonomics. . Due to the heavy demands of retail space, retail design is getting more lucrative and highly sought.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2022

A record 9.3 million Australian households made online purchases in the year to March according to data released by Australia Post. The postal service said online spending increased by 12 per cent year on year and in the six months from July to December 2021, an average of 5.6 million households purchased online each month. The dominant categories were pet foods (38 per cent), tools and garden supplies (29 per cent) discount items (32 per cent) athleisure (17 per cent) and baby products (18 per

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Tokinomo

JULY 4, 2022

Campaign scoop. Saving up. Prices have gone up on almost everything, including gas. Carpooling, choosing public transportation, or biking to work seem like good alternatives, right? In a funny and relatable ad , Walmart wanted to showcase the benefits of its membership.

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Retail Focus

JULY 5, 2022

Created with longstanding collaborators James Russell and Hannah Plumb, Aesop Cambridge is an artefact of the surrounding water and land. Proximity to academic and archival collections provided further inspiration—the store is a place to leaf through books in quiet comfort, enveloped in botanical textures and aromas. Like the binding of an antique tome, the shopfront is the hue of well-worn leather.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Retailers’ attitudes about ecommerce have undergone a series of rapid evolutions over the last two years. In the early days of the pandemic it was a scramble to ramp up (or create) digital capabilities. Then, once basic digital offerings were in place, merchants began to consider how to make these ecommerce advancements permanent in preparation for the “New Normal.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Flat water bottle brand Memobottle is expanding beyond its signature product range to create an ecosystem of reusable products – all using the paper-sized methodology that made the brand famous. Memobottle makes rectangular plastic and steel water bottles in the same dimensions as A5, A6 and A7 pieces of paper and ships to over 100 countries. It will soon move into tote bags, lunch boxes and coffee cups – and has plans for more products in the future.

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Wiser

JULY 5, 2022

Changes in pricing are a given, and often adapt to follow the flow of the market. Most of the time, these changes in price are value-based. But value is not assigned to a product by the seller, it is determined by the consumer’s readiness to buy the product up to a certain price. Products are only worth as much as a shopper is willing to pay for them, and that price can be different for different buyers.

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Retail Focus

JULY 6, 2022

Named JINS Park, the shop in Gunma Prefecture was designed to act as a space for the community to gather whether they are shopping in the store or not. Yuko Nagayama & Associates has created a glasses shop in Maebashi. “We proactively created public spaces that are not part of the sales floor, which encourages community members to come for reasons other than shopping,” the studio explained. “In stores of this type, the second floor is typically not open to customers, [we] u

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Many brands are anxious to tap into the strong relationships that influencers have established with their followers, but may be wondering how to manage such an inherently bottom-up process: dealing with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of individual creators, each with his or her personal style. But solving these complex challenges has proven to be worth the investment for a number of brands, including Adore Me , Shutterfly , M.Gemi , SSENSE and Our Place , to name just a few.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2022

Heath and nutritional products manufacturer New Image Group has acquired skincare brand Nutrimetics from US-headquartered Tupperware Brands Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes Nutrimetics’ businesses across Australia, New Zealand and France as well as Nutrimetics Manufacturing. Founder and chairman of the privately-owned New Image Group, Graeme Clegg, said Nutrimetics is a “natural fit” for the company.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 7, 2022

A new type of performance-based lab exam item is giving Cisco Associate and Professional Certification exam candidates more opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. These lab items complement the more traditional multiple-choice and drag-and-drop item types, which are particularly suited to measure skills related to theory, knowledge, and conceptual comprehension.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 5, 2022

Social media advertising is an effective and affordable way to generate traffic and build awareness for your project. Many businesses realize that and hence the competition is likely to get fierce. With so many brands competing for your target customers’ attention, how to succeed? Here’s what makes a good social media ad : 1. Stories Work.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Spain will become the ninth European country with a lululemon retail presence when the retailer launches a Spanish-language website later in July and opens stores in Madrid and Barcelona in September 2022. The brand already operates nearly 40 stores and three local-language websites in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, but Spain will be the first new European country lululemon has moved into since 2019.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Amazon UK has unveiled a new fleet of e-cargo bikes, walkers and electric vehicles to make more sustainable deliveries in central London. The new fleet will directly replace thousands of traditional van trips on London’s roads and will coincide with the launch of its first UK ‘micromobility hub’. The company says it will make 5 million deliveries per year across more than 10 per cent of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone using the new e-cargo bikes and its existing fleet of electric vans.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 7, 2022

Enterprise networking is a constantly evolving set of technology solutions. From an engineering perspective, it presents an endless series of fascinating problems to solve as we strive to connect more people, devices, and applications around the world. Cisco customers also have a seemingly endless list of use cases that they need our help in solving as they progress through their own digital transformations.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2022

Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is partnering with the Brooklyn Museum for a 2022 small business grant program to support Black creatives. The 2022 #BlackVisionaries Grant Program. The 2022 #BlackVisionaries program will provide $650,000 in grants to Black artists, Black designers, and Black small businesses. Ten creators will receive grants during this round.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Amazon has delayed or canceled plans for at least 16 U.S. warehouses according to multiple local media reports. This scaling back follows a disappointing Q1 2022, during which the ecommerce giant reported a $3.8 billion net loss, which was partially driven by $6 billion in added costs — including the cost of operating its massive fulfillment network.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2022

Luxury footwear and fashion retailer Sneakerboy faces a new test after administrators were appointed to oversee the embattled retail chain. On Saturday, The Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) published a notice stating Stephen Dixon of Hamilton Murphy Advisory has been tapped as administrator for Sneakerboy Pty Ltd and two related companies using the Sneakerboy name.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Part 3 of the 3-part Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs. In previous blogs, Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 1 and Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 2 , we shared how to check WLC and connections to other devices as well as how to check AP and RF health status. In this blog, we will focus on Key Performance Indicators for client analysis, WLC packet drops, and packets punted to WLC CPU.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 5, 2022

Malware is a blanket term for unwanted software that harms a computer. Some are codes, files, and malicious links that infect networks. Worms and viruses like Trojan horses that gain access to a single computer or a whole system… the list goes on. This is one of the cybersecurity terms you should know. It’s a category under the header: “What is cybersecurity?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Discount home goods retailer Big Lots will offer same-day delivery services from more than 1,000 of its stores across the U.S. through a new partnership with Shipt. This expansion of its omnichannel offerings reflects growth plans that the retailer outlined in January 2022, when it revealed its goal of increasing annual sales to $8 billion to $10 billion and, over the next six to seven years, adding 500 new stores to its existing roster of more than 1,400 locations.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

Australian cycling apparel label MAAP has opened its first flagship concept store in Collingwood, Melbourne. Dubbed ‘MAAP Lab’ the store acts as an inclusive space for experienced cyclists and cycling enthusiasts to come together as a community, as well as selling premium cycling apparel and accessories, along with cyclist-oriented items such as fragrances, skincare and grooming products, and books.

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Retail Dive

JULY 7, 2022

Rivals Pacsun and American Eagle Outfitters have similar target audiences but are approaching the rising popularity of digital currency differently.

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JULY 8, 2022

From new entrepreneurs starting their very first enterprise to well-established businesses with years of experience, access to funds is a common issue they both share. One way to overcome this issue is by applying for grants to access funds in order to solve specific issues. The grants in the week’s roundup want to help everyone from new and student entrepreneurs to businesses owned by women of color, as well as established businesses facing different challenges.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2022

Although social commerce sales in the U.S. are currently a mere one-tenth the size of China’s market, it is gaining traction nationwide. And if the staggering growth in China is any indication, we’ll likely see an explosion in consumer adoption — and revenue creation — over the next five years. To capitalize on this growing opportunity, brands, retailers and even grocers are sharpening their social media strategies and placing authentic content creation at the center of everything they do.

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