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Redefining Retail: Embracing Alonement in Design to Enhance Individual Shopping Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Alonement, a term coined to describe the positive, fulfilling experiences one can have while being alone, emphasizes the joy and rejuvenation found in having time for yourself. As shopping becomes more of an individualized happening, rethinking traditional retail spaces is vital.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Kicks Off $250 Million Tech Upgrade

Retail TouchPoints

The technology investment will enable Bed Bath & Beyond to use analytics and automation to support improvements in merchandising and inventory management, product lifecycle management, retail space planning and optimization, the launch of additional private-label brands, and real-time tracking of merchandise fulfillment within the supply chain.

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All-in-one fresh foods market, catering and event location BRIDGE opens in Zurich

Retail Focus

Furthermore, all permanently installed furniture has passed the tests required in Switzerland for the fulfilment of SGNI (Swiss Sustainable Building Council) standards. . Only FSC certified materials were used for the completion of the interior of the market.

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A Crisis Will Always Find A Supply Chain’s Weakest Link

Retail TouchPoints

With a change in demand by product, we saw a concurrent change in demand by fulfillment channel. While delivery windows are more flexible for a population ordered to remain at home, fulfilment in these new channels has still been challenging for many retailers.

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

Retail TouchPoints

When brands and retailers try to bring extended sizing to market, they need to determine how many SKUs they need to allocate to specific stores to accommodate in-store shopping and online fulfillment. After all, there is no “perfect strategy” that can be replicated across all brands and product categories.

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Dollar General promotes 18 executives

Mass Relators

Prior to joining DG, she served as executive vice president of supply chain at Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) where she held leadership oversight of all warehouses, distribution and fulfillment centers for brick-and-mortar stores, ecommerce facilities and the company’s customer care call center.

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(Some of) the Technology that is Empowering the Customer Channel in Physical Retail

Retail Next

Fulfillment. Allbirds (via Shopify), to highlight one retailer, offers pick up in store and fulfills orders via ship from store. . This was a fascinating early look into deep metrics that helped to justify marketing spend, physical store design, layout, space planning, visual merchandising changes and more. . .