Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

Micro markets are one of the key self-service options that are becoming increasingly popular in airports. Micro markets also offer simple and secure payment options, allowing tourists to pay with their credit card and not have to worry about taking out or exchanging cash.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. The ever-changing retail market has made automation a necessity. According to recent research, the global warehouse automation market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14%, reaching $30 billion by 2026.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2024

Ecommerce has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, and warehouses must consistently deliver a seamless, end-to-end consumer experience to remain competitive in this evolving market. That’s where a modern fulfillment management system (FMS) steps in to meet both internal and external needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Market transitions and technology advancements are changing the fuel and convenience space, with more EVs and less gas, leading to the repurposing of these assets into grocery and convenience stores. These stores must expand their product assortment, improve inventory management and optimize supply chain operations almost overnight.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2023

Developing Personalized Experiences From a technical perspective, a lot of work is required of marketing and developers to build content for smart speakers. Owning the Conversation Brands running a smart-speaker experience on a monolithic legacy platform can run into a few issues that specifically hamper marketing teams.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Having found out that “traditional” management tools have become less relevant, brands were forced to rethink their processes to survive, stay relevant and true to their audiences. . In addition to perfecting each brand touchpoint’s management, it is the liaisons that matter the most in an omnichannel context.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2024

This capability enables retailers to understand their current operations, anticipate future trends and adapt strategies accordingly, ensuring they remain agile and responsive to the ever-changing market demands. Furthermore, understanding customer interaction with merchandise helps tailor personalized marketing strategies.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The service already is being used by retailers including Lifetime Brands , Traeger Grills and Whole Foods Market. We wanted a better view of when new inventory would arrive at our distribution centers nationwide,” said Leandro Balbinot, SVP and Chief Technology Officer at Whole Foods Market in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects, offering retailers precise control over inventory and enabling real-time data analytics to enhance operational efficiency. Unlike technologies that delve into personal consumer data, RFID focuses primarily on the management of inventory.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the Black Friday 2024 shopping frenzy approaches, Australian retailers are gearing up for their biggest challenge yet – managing skyrocketing demand while staying efficient. Automation and advanced analytics are now empowering local businesses to navigate both domestic and international markets more efficiently. The key to thriving?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

Supply chain management is the heart of retail management and has the ability to inform the overall health of a business. As a result, businesses looking to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace are investing more heavily in supply chain management. Navigating the Dynamic and Evolving Shipping Industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

Trove , a key player in the branded resale and customer trade-in space, has acquired full-service resale platform Recurate to solidify its position in the evolving and ever-expanding recommerce market. Recurate’s Griffin added: “Our combined services will provide brands a breadth of resale models and program design.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In today’s competitive and connected retail market, one mistake or delay can result in losing ground to a competitor. This focused approach results in retail ERP systems being far lighter and easier to implement and manage. The secret lies in their well-developed Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Tally robots from Simbe will roam the aisles of five Price Chopper/Market 32 and five Tops Friendly Markets stores through January 2025, when Northeast Grocery will evaluate the pilot results to determine next steps that could include expanding the robots’ deployment to other supermarkets. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To say everyone is worn out is probably an understatement, and by all accounts marketers in particular are feeling the pressure — a staggering 70% of marketing executives said the pandemic has left them “completely exhausted,” according to a new report from Accenture Interactive. Forget About Personalization, Focus on Relevancy.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Capabilities include: Digital shelf labels with QR codes to help shoppers make informed decisions; Real-time pricing and inventory management tools to help retailers analyze and optimize where, how and how often products are sold, in order to reduce waste; and In-store marketing tools to enhance the relationship between product and shopper.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

Retailers are grappling with ever-multiplying channels, and managing disparate touchpoints while trying to create a seamless, excellent omnichannel experience. This is a comprehensive approach that extends beyond online sales to encompass various critical aspects of retail operations, with inventory management and pricing at its core.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It also hired a Chief Operating Officer to help revamp supply chain operations and find savings across store efficiency, marketing expenses and information technology contracts. Party City is working to ease the pressure by cutting $30 million in costs, including by laying off 19% of its workforce. Net sales were down 1.6%

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Tokinomo

MAY 20, 2024

From personalized service to strategic inventory management, every aspect of the retail experience plays a crucial role in attracting and retaining customers. Empower Your Employees with Data-Driven Decision Making: Delivering an exceptional retail experience is paramount.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

The retailer will use the technology to help position it for store and supply chain growth as well as dynamic marketing opportunities. The RELEX solution is designed to improve inventory optimization at the store level as well as further upstream, according to Susan Boyme, VP, Strategic Accounts at Sheetz. “It

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Cash flow management can be one of the most significant issues for seasonal businesses. Managing this requires keen budgeting skills and pre-planning, which can cause stress for seasonal business owners. Workforce management also can be a key component to expanding into year-round operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chico’s FAS has entered a strategic partnership with solution provider fabric to improve its speed-to-market for initiatives designed to accelerate growth. Chico’s will leverage fabric’s technology, including omnichannel order management and inventory systems, to power its commerce offerings across the entire company.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2023

Go to market in minutes. They can also dramatically shorten time-to-market to sell more products across more ecommerce channels, all with a scalable model designed to drive profitable growth. Empower intelligent inventory management. Today’s inventory management teams host a large volume of commerce transaction data.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

How can a brand know which traffic is attributed to internal marketing efforts vs. driven by their embedded stores? Nearly any store-within-a-store model will mandate a store-wide shift in inventory management to make way for new products and increased storage from the partner brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

based sellers exported more than 216 million products to customers in other markets through the platform. Here’s a look at how Amazon is moving even further away from the domain of retailer with the debut of new services in supply chain management, shipping, banking, market research, product development, inventory management and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The company has promoted EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Sean Thompson to the role of President and Chief Commercial Officer, adding marketing and ecommerce roles to his existing responsibilities. Smith brings more than 25 years of supply chain experience to the role, most recently as EVP, Global Supply Chain at Carter’s.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Spofford, who has been in her role since February 2021, helped J.Jill deliver healthy, sustainable margin performance and significant cash-flow generation driven by disciplined inventory management and a strong focus on full-price selling, according to a company statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Add the increasing CPC costs at all sorts of paid advertisement channels and harsher competition to that, and you get a not-so-rosy outlook for the market altogether. Email marketing. “Email marketing for ecommerce businesses is, without a doubt the most cost-effective way to advertise. But then it fell to 12.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2024

Getting and managing the right information for your product catalogs is a time-consuming task, and you aren’t 100% sure your data meets the quality standards necessary to keep each sale from becoming a return: accurate, complete and up-to-date. What to Look for in a Data Management Hub A user-friendly interface. Customizable controls.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

The retailer plans to open two stores in Austin, Texas this year, and also will enter the New York, Nashville and Miami markets in 2023 and beyond while continuing to expand in existing cities. The company also will look for hires who can further develop Perks, its loyalty program.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

Publications about marketing often invoke the comparison of a digital shelf with a physical one. Many companies can track their own digital shelf data, allowing them to align products across platforms, perform A/B testing and improve inventory management. This comparison, however, has its limits.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Within the larger global market, McKinsey estimates that the retail and CPG sectors have the most to gain from AI , with potential to harness the tech and drive huge improvements in operational efficiency as well as the customer and employee experience. But many of these tasks may just represent the low-hanging AI fruit.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Inside Retail spoke with Stephanie Tham, director of brand & marketing at Outdoor Venture, to learn about the new retail concept and the companys marketing strategy. IR : How is the growing popularity of brands like On and Soar shaping your approach to product curation and inventory management?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Viall will retain ownership of merchandising and product development functions and assume responsibility for the supply chain; and Kelly Cook, who joined David’s Bridal in 2019 as EVP, Chief Marketing and IT Officer, has been promoted to President of Brand, Technology and Finance.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Today’s customers need to shop across many different service providers in order to bring their parties and celebrations to life,” said Shannon Symalla, SVP, Head of Marketing and Digital at Party City in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The survey also found that less than 13% of retail organizations are investing in technology to tackle these challenges, instead remaining focused on short-term fixes like increasing prices and running marketing campaigns. Those same cameras and sensors also are at the heart of the grab-and-go checkout system featured in Amazon Go stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2020

Every business has to manage excess capacity and/or inventory: restaurants have excess food and empty tables; hotels and homeowners have vacant rooms; retailers have overstock and returns. Applying Marketplace Dynamics To Excess Inventory. Dealing With Excess Capacity.

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