Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Facing an impending (although not certain) ban in the U.S., as well as persistent regulatory scrutiny globally for everything from child privacy to forced labor, TikTok could use some positive news coverage. So to nudge things in the right direction, the social platform has shared details about its successes in protecting intellectual property rights on its Shop ecommerce platform.
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Chili's has experienced impressive growth in part due to the viral social media success of one particular appetizer.
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Intelligence Node
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Retail media networks have been gaining serious traction over the last few years. In fact, retail media could become one of the biggest growth drivers in digital advertising history. According. The post A Holistic System’s Approach to Mastering Retail Media appeared first on Blog.
Retail Gazette
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Aldi is planning to open 11 new stores across the UK between now and Christmas as it continues its expansion across the UK. The discounter will open new stores in Sedgley in the West Midlands and Castle Douglas in Scotland this week, followed by Horsham in West Sussex and Muswell Hill in London later this month. New locations in Totton, Hampshire, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol and Pwllheli in Gwynedd are scheduled to open before Christmas.
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Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The luxury market is a complicated space for multibrand retailers as high-end brands ramp up their direct-to-consumer presence at scale. To combat this, many luxury retailers have turned to discounting, especially online, to continue to attract customers, a strategy that juxtaposes the very essence of luxury. Discounting in the luxury sector can be a slippery slope to business collapse, as evidenced by the recent failures of British online luxury retailer Matches and Australian luxury department
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Spirit Airlines is keeping hope alive.
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Retail Focus
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Two major new brands are setting up shop at Northern Ireland’s premier outlet destination, The Boulevard , following the schemes record breaking sales. Becoming known for many retail ‘firsts’ in Northern Ireland such as kate spade ny, Adidas, Levi’s and Under Armour, The Boulevard is set to be home for the first Castore store in Northern Ireland and the first Police on the island of Ireland taking 1,054sq ft and 1,136sq ft units respectively.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The recent opening of Lululemon’s new flagship at Emporium Melbourne marked a key milestone for the brand and its robust growth strategy in the region. At over 1000sqm, the store is Lululemon’s largest in Australia and New Zealand and houses new concepts, more menswear and products for all. The Emporium store is also a hub for the brand’s in-store repairs program, offering guests high-quality, complimentary repairs on their Lululemon products and is a part of the business’s commitment to the goa
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Domino's is pondering the closure of underperforming stores.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Picture this: You’re about to buy something online, but the site doesn’t remember who you are, so you go buy your item elsewhere, or just not at all. What might sound like an unlikely scenario happens all the time – a FIDO Alliance study found that U.S. consumers abandon a purchase and stop accessing an online service because they can’t remember their passwords 4.76 times per day on average.
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Retail Focus
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The Visual Merchandising and Display Awards are now open for entries, marking their 30th anniversary in 2025. This prestigious event offers free entry and allows participants to submit an unlimited number of projects, with the deadline set for 22nd December 2024. The awards celebrate excellence in retail visual merchandising and display, with popular categories such as Best Window Display, Sustainable/Eco Friendly Scheme, Best Use of Mannequins, Best In-Store Branding/Theme, and Best Christmas W
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held the interest rates at 4.35 per cent, a move retailers said is a “missed opportunity” to boost sales for the holiday season. “Many retailers have been investing heavily in Christmas and the holiday season, including additional staff, new product lines and festive store fit-outs,” said Paul Zahra, CEO of the Australian Retailers Association (ARA). “With CPI at its lowest rate in more than three years, it’s time for the RB
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
More subscribers signed up for Warner Bros. Discovery's Max in the last quarter than ever before.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Amazon’s summer Prime Day sales event now serves to kickstart many retailers’ summertime sales and back-to-school marketing efforts, and is generally pivoting marketers’ planning calendars. This year, peak Halloween marketing time, usually running from mid-September to early October, turned into “Summerween” -themed sales and product drops. And now, brand marketing teams wonder if the holiday marketing calendar has been elongated too.
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Retail Gazette
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
M&S half-year profits surged as clothing and food sales continued to soar, delivering their fourth consecutive year of market share growth. Profit before tax and adjusting items was up more than 17% at the retail giant for the half ended 28 September, hitting £407.8m. Sales climbed 5.8% to £6.52bn. Food revenue jumped 8.1% and adjusted operating profit in the division rose more than a third (34.5%) to £213.1m as it witnessed its “strongest value perception in over a decade” Cloth
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Holiday shopping is no longer fast approaching, it’s already here. According to the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), 53 per cent of Australians finalise their holiday shopping lists by October and 58 per cent of Australians do most of their holiday shopping by the end of November. Part of this early kick-off is down to Australia’s adoption of Black Friday, an American retail tradition following Thanksgiving, which has now extended into Cyber Monday and Click Frenzy sales.
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
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Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Target is tapping into the $250 billion creator economy through a new partnership with Linktree, a tool that allows influencers and independent creators to seamlessly connect their social content to product revenue. Just in time for peak holiday shopping, Target is joining Linktree Shops, the company’s social commerce marketplace, which already features 35+ brands including Nike , Fanatics and Savage x Fenty.
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Retail Dive
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
At the end of the year, Thomas Netzer will exit the role he’s occupied since 2019.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Despite the owners “pouring everything into the business”, Melbourne luxury retailer Harrolds entered liquidation last month after failing to overcome a slew of unfavourable conditions and setbacks. The downfall of the almost 40-year-old business raises the question of whether this is a sign of things to come as retailers struggle to compete with the increasing e-commerce capabilities and convenience of retail goliaths on the global market, or whether it is a case of Harrolds facing a ‘perfect s
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Target's holiday shopping experience this holiday season will feature a mix of immersive in-store displays and digital features aimed at enhancing every visit.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Image courtesy Ikea UK Ikea has opened the doors of its first standalone restaurant, on King Street in the UK’s Hammersmith district of West London. The restaurant is located next door to the retailer’s newly upgraded Hammersmith city store , which is part of the chain’s larger efforts to create a more accessible shopping experience by opening smaller-format “City Stores” that are located closer to where customers live, work and shop.
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Retail Focus
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Boots has released its 2024 festive marketing campaign, “The Christmas Makeover ”, unleashing the magic of beauty with actor and Bridgeton star, Adjoa Andoh as Mrs. Claus in a wonderland of Boots beauty. The film follows Adjoa as she leads her trusty squad of beauty elves in her Christmas “Werkshop”, reminding viewers that Boots has a present for every kind of beauty enthusiast.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will live stream its upcoming public hearings for the supermarkets enquiry, scheduled from November 7 to 22. In January, the inquiry was initiated in response to a directive from the Australian Government due to concerns about supermarket pricing practices, including the potential use of false or misleading “was/now” pricing and “special” promotions.
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Toyota's profit dropped in the last quarter compared to the same period last year.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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Retail Gazette
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Sainsbury’s sales and profits edged up in its first half as it claimed to be making “the biggest market share gains in the industry” The grocery giant ‘s retail underlying operating profit hit £503m, up 3.7%, driven by strong grocery volume growth, though this was partially offset by a lower contribution from Argos. Retail sales, excluding fuel, advanced 3.1% with grocery up 5%, but general merchandise and clothing sales were down 1.5%.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Industry groups have launched the ‘Be Kind in Retail’ campaign ahead of the Christmas season, reminding customers to be kind to retail workers. The bodies are the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), National Retail Association (NRA), Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS), Australian Security Industry Association Limited (ASIAL), Pharmacy Guild of Australia, and Building Service Contractors Association of Australia (BSCAA).
Retail Wire
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The start of the holiday season is typically ushered in by the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Three more supermarket chains will connect their electronic shelf label (ESL) hardware to the Carrot Tags pick-to-light functionality from Instacart , making it easier for Instacart pickers — and eventually for consumers themselves — to find the products on their shopping list. Aldi , Gelson’s and Hornbacher’s have now deployed Carrot Tags, which light up to identify products on Instacart shoppers’ pick lists, following Schnucks ’ July 2024 announcement of a chainwide rollout.
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