Retail Wire

JULY 8, 2024

The Environmental International journal published a recent study that found more than a dozen toxic metals, including arsenic and lead, in a variety of tampons sold in the U.S. and Europe.

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JULY 8, 2024

Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. The retailer joins several supermarket retailers that have stopped accepting checks, including Aldi , Whole Foods Market and Lidl. “Target is committed to creating an easy and convenient checkout experience, and that includes providing our guests with numerous ways to pay, including our ne

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2024

KFC is creating Christmas in July this year by opening its first Colonel’s Lodge. The fast food chain is offering three two-night stays in the festive-themed KFC lodge. With every purchase of $30 or more in the KFC app this month customers can enter the draw to win a trip for four people. The winners will enjoy an unlimited supply of KFC Christmas spreads and the services of a KFC lodge butler.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2024

Online Asian supermarket Ebest is relaunching its website and offering free eggs and milk for first-time customers, in a move to attract buyers amid the cost-of-living crisis. The free premium brand eggs or 1.5 litres of milk are being offered on a rotating basis to customers’ first order, along with a $10 off and complementary delivery for orders over $59. “We invite customers to explore our offerings and discover the value and variety available at an online grocer like ours,”

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

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Retail Wire

JULY 7, 2024

Sam's Club has quietly implemented a policy that requires shoppers to pay extra for access during designated hours, a revelation that sparked discussions among concerned consumers across various social platforms.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2024

Oil and gas giant BP has signed a deal to bring electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs under its BP Pulse banner to 75 Simon Property Group sites across the U.S. This deal will include more than 900 ultra-fast Gigahub charging bays that support nearly every make and model of EV, with the first locations opening to the public in early 2026. The specific Simon locations that will be included weren’t announced, but Richard Bartlett, CEO of BP Pulse said that Simon’s portfolio of shopping, dining and e

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

JB Hi-Fi’s subsidiary The Good Guys is facing legal action from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged deceptive misrepresentations around its ‘StoreCash’ promotions. The ACCC said that The Good Guys ran 116 promotions between July 2019 and August last year, offering consumers a store credit or StoreCash if they spent a certain amount on qualifying products in its online or physical stores.

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Retail Wire

JULY 7, 2024

A Trader Joe's receipt from a California family has sparked a viral discussion on social media about grocery costs and shopping choices for large families who are on a budget.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

As an online business, your sales numbers won’t matter if you can’t deliver your customers’ orders efficiently. There’s an inventory sweet spot you’re always looking to achieve — not overstocking, not understocking, and still managing to keep up with changing buyer demands. Learning to master your inventory management processes can net significant bottom-line results in your ecommerce business.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 9, 2024

Timpson CEO James Timpson has resigned from the business to focus on his new role as minster for prisons, parole and probation. In a statement shared on LinkedIn, his father, Sir John Timpson said he will spend more time with the key cutting and shoe repair specialist while his son carries out his “important job” Sir John said: “I will rely on support from Paresh Majithia, who becomes our acting group managing director, to pick up the detail normally overseen by James. “W

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2024

Booktopia’s administrators have called for a meeting with creditors on July 15. However, creditors will not be allowed to attend in person and can only access the meeting through teleconference and webinar. A creditor must not vote in respect of an unliquidated debt, a contingent debt, an unliquidated or a contingent claim, or a debt the value of which is not established unless a just estimate of it has been made.

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Retail Wire

JULY 6, 2024

A new retail platform has emerged in Oklahoma and Alabama: AI-powered vending machines that dispense bullets. These machines, developed by American Rounds, are located in supermarkets and use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and facial recognition to ensure buyers meet legal age requirements. Other than that, they operate like any other generic vending machine that would have normally stocked and dispensed toys, candy, snacks, drinks, and other similar fare.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

Supermarket chain Hy-Vee has invested heavily in its digital transformation over the last two years — and its latest adoption of digital shelf tags and post-purchase offers powered by its retail media network are designed to further improve the omnichannel grocery shopping experience. Digital Shelf Tags Improve Store Efficiency and Sustainability Through a partnership with VusionGroup , Hy-Vee is rolling out digital shelf tags in more than 230 stores to enable real-time updates to product inform

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Retail Gazette

JULY 11, 2024

Carpetright has put itself up for sale as it struggles amid increased competition and a slowdown in demand. The floorings specialist has drafted in advisers at PwC to launch a formal sale process, The Times reported. Sources said a sale was likely to be completed via a pre-pack deal or company voluntary arrangement, which could leave customers, suppliers, subcontractors and landlords out of pocket.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2024

Lush is extending its all-year-round closed-loop packaging incentive to allow customers to bring even non-Lush plastic cosmetics packaging for its recycling program – but only for a limited time. Lush will deduct $1 from a customer’s purchase for every plastic cosmetics packaging piece brought to its stores as the company seeks to minimise its plastic footprint.

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Retail Wire

JULY 6, 2024

Costco has agreed to a $2 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit alleging the false advertising of its Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes. The lawsuit, representing customers who purchased the wipes in New York between July 1, 2011, and May 31, 2017, claims that the wipes were not actually flushable and instead ended up causing significant damage to people's plumbing and septic systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2024

Ebay is working to better support its sellers with a revamped advertising experience as well as a new Business Cash Advance offering that gives sellers quick access to revenue-based loans. New Ebay Cash Advance Offers Sellers Fast Access to up to $1 Million Ebay has launched a new Business Cash Advance offering, a revenue-based financing product that will give eligible U.S.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 11, 2024

M&S has unveiled plans to bolster its convenience store footprint this year as it looks to grow the £1bn business. With its franchise partners, the retailer said it will open at least 10 new stores and renew up to 50 existing convenience locations across the UK. M&S said that by the end of the year, it will have a presence in over 40 UK train stations as well as in hospitals and airports.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2024

In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11 stores selling counterfeit bags and shoes. They confiscated 63,000 items of clothing, shoes and leather goods, including fake Louis Vuitton and Nike products, and threw them into garbage compactor trucks on the spot.

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Retail Wire

JULY 12, 2024

Kohl's is simplifying back-to-school shopping with affordable, trendy items, featuring new brands like Limited Too, Aéropostale, and Madden Girl. Families can find essentials such as t-shirts, sneakers, and backpacks at low prices, and save more with Kohl’s Cash® coupons and Kohl's Rewards®.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

UK retailer Co-op is working with Walmart Commerce Technologies to bolster its “quick commerce” operations. The co-operative store network, which operates approximately 2,400 food stores and provides products to more than 6,000 other stores, will implement the Store Assist solution from Walmart Commerce Technologies to improve the ease, speed and convenience of its online grocery operations.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 11, 2024

Since launching in 2012, Gymshark has captured the hearts, minds and wallets of fitness obsessed consumers across the globe with its practical products and community-centric approach. As the gymwear giant prepares to open its second store in Westfield Stratford this weekend, CEO Ben Francis speaks to Retail Gazette on his expansion plans as he looks to make Gymshark “a globally iconic brand” Learnings from its first store Gymshark first entered the world of bricks and mortar back in

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Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2024

Automotive parts distributor Bapcor has rejected Bain Capital’s proposal to acquire all its shares for $5.40 apiece, equivalent to about $1.83 billion. Bapcor said the proposal does not represent fair value and is not in the best interest of its shareholders. In a separate announcement, Bapcor said it has appointed 7-Eleven CEO and MD Angus McKay as its new executive chairman and CEO, effective August 22.

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Retail Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Although Walmart's members-only sales event has ended and Amazon's Prime Day is still a week away, the fierce competition between these two retail giants continues at full speed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

The requirements for retail success don’t get much more basic than the ability to accurately forecast customer demand. Even a mom-and-pop bodega should be able to gauge how many people will order a breakfast sandwich and coffee each day. For larger-scale retailers, the ability to develop an accurate forecast only gets complicated, and re-complicated, as they strive to correctly place and price inventory in multiple locations so they can maximize sell-through with minimum discounting.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 11, 2024

Frasers Group has upped its stake in Hugo Boss once again, taking its investment in the company to around £415m (€490m) at the shares’ most recent closing price. The owner of Sports Direct said it now owned 5.6m shares, 7.99% of Hugo Boss’s total share capital, as well as 13.81%, via the sale of put options. The update comes after Frasers increased its financial exposure in the fashion brand in May, bringing its total shares in the company to £305m.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

Simon Griffiths is the CEO and co-founder of the pr o fit-for-purpose business Who Gives a Crap , which donates 50 per cent of profits to global hygiene projects to ensure everyone in the world has access to a toilet and sanitation. Philanthropy has always been in Griffiths’s DNA. Before Who Gives a Crap, hospitality was the training ground for his business brain.

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Retail Wire

JULY 9, 2024

On July 11, 2024, the convenience store retailer 7-Eleven is offering a special promotion on its aptly named Slurpee Day, coinciding with the date's numerical significance of 7/11.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2024

Adtech has been in the AI and automation business for far longer than the current AI revolution. The use of LLMs (large language models) to enable the optimization and maximization of ROAS for programmatic advertising predates generative AI by many years. Still, as the technology becomes more advanced, it’s important to pause and really understand the ramifications of LLMs in adtech, particularly for creating a competitive, equitable and inclusive advertising ecosystem.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 8, 2024

Asda has pulled the plug on its store trials of refillable product stations as the economics of the concept was “too challenging” The grocery retailer had partnered with leading manufacturers in trials at four of its UK stores. It said had experienced “operational issues and commercial challenges” with its approach to refillables. “Our research showed that the key barriers which included cost, convenience, cleanliness, and perceived product quality have prevented cu

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