Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a target of 1,800+ total locations, the beauty retailer plans to open 200 net-new stores over the next three years. The retailer also plans to open 60 to 65 net-new stores this year, as well as remodel or relocate 40 to 45 other locations. 3, 2025, with an anticipated $11 billion to $11.2 billion in net sales for the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Consumers are changing how they shop and who they shop with, and now brands are taking notice. Embracing Alonement in Retail Design What makes people shop in stores today? Shopping alone may be the answer. As shopping becomes more of an individualized happening, rethinking traditional retail spaces is vital.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Shopping center owners and operators have faced rapid shifts in the retail landscape over the last few years due, in part, to an increase in online shopping and the buy online, pick up in-store response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leveraging Data for Stronger Lease Negotiations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

The long and short of it is this: No one is really a big fan of self-checkout kiosks , but they’re not going anywhere anytime soon; and fully autonomous stores , like Amazon ’s Just Walk Out, are a tad ahead of their time with success relegated primarily to smaller, targeted environments like arenas and hospitals.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Filling a grocery cart is perhaps the one retail experience we all share on a regular basis, more than shopping for clothes, tools or any other retail category. Why is marrying up the in-store and online grocery shopping experience the next big thing in grocery? boasting 365 locations. boasting 365 locations.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

Shopping experiences in stores are no longer limited to simply browsing and buying products; they are becoming immersive, data-driven experiences that seamlessly merge the physical and digital realms. Walmart and other big-box retailers are investing in this technology to create a seamless shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Wundermart customers will be able to enter a location, make a purchase and exit without ever needing to scan individual items, while the store will collect the data needed to make the experience — and even the store’s operations — truly autonomous. “The shops will come to the consumers,” said de Kleine.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Investment company QIC intends to sell its 50 per cent of stake in Perth luxury shopping centre Claremont Quarter. QIC and Hawaiian jointly own the shopping centre, which has a gross lettable area of 29,800sqm and is supported by five mini-majors and 118 speciality stores and kiosks.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2022

Walmart has introduced a new signature experience at its incubator location in Springdale, Ark. Walmart announced the store redesign effort in early 2021, and nearly 1,000 locations have been updated in accordance with the first phase. called “Time Well Spent.”

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Retail Focus

MARCH 21, 2025

From boutique gaming lounges to modern betting shops, casino gambling is becoming more accessible in everyday retail spaces. However, compared to traditional casinos which sometimes require travel to a dedicated venue high-street gaming locations are typically a more convenient alternative. What does this shift mean? Thats obvious.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Shopping malls are on the rebound thanks to Gen Z’s hunger for nostalgia and community. Reframing the Shopping Mall Brand Images from the main shopping mall area. Phase one of the development journey was dedicated to launching Kingland , a High Street area of 10 shops dedicated to independent brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

Uniqlo reportedly plans to expand its North American footprint by 10% by opening 20 to 30 stores annually to reach 200 locations by 2027, Daisuke Tsukagoshi, CEO of Uniqlo North America told Reuters. Each new store will feature self-checkout kiosks, in-store pickup and free clothing alterations. The first four U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Personalization has become a commonly used strategy for connecting with shoppers, no matter what channel they’re using to shop. For two of Birdzi’s retailer customers, let’s call them “Super Store” and “Savvy Shop,”, the most important shoppers were from one all-important category – the “omnishoppers.”.

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Retail Focus

JULY 30, 2024

Rock Up and Pop Up has been specifically designed to allow any business – regardless of size or budget – to bring a tailored, in-person retail experience to shopping venues and travel hubs across the UK and Europe. These include knowing the right location to set up shop, cost, merchandising, marketing, and staffing.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This could be a billboard or advertisement on the street, the look and feel of a storefront design, or the physical and digital displays within a shop. Retailers must understand, design and build experiences to meet customers where they are and engage them throughout the shopping experience. So the stage is set.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

At a time when ecommerce has become the typical way to shop for many people, fixturing is a way to turn a shopping trip into more of an event that draws people in and promises an engaging experience. Tesla also opened Tesla stores in malls and shopping centers rather than traditional auto dealerships.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

Holiday Oil Company , a convenience store retailer with 67 locations in Utah, has selected the Gilbarco Veeder-Root Passport Express Lane self-checkout system, to help ease its labor challenges and create a frictionless shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

How to Track a Customer’s Bad Shopping Experience. Abandoned Shopping Carts: If you have a product waiting in your online shopping cart, it might be that the customer has not quite found all the items they are looking for or has started to browse another site.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2024

HMC Capital has acquired Brandon Park Shopping Centre in Melbourne for $107 million, expanding its HomeCo Last Mile Retail Logistics Fund assets. The centre has five mini-majors and 86 specialty tenancies and kiosks.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Victorian bakery chain Ferguson Plarre’s Bakehouse has unveiled its new flagship store at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne. We are thrilled to be part of this exciting new chapter at this world-famous location,” Plarre said. Our flagship store has a premium fit out featuring a central internal kiosk with 180-degree access.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

That translates into gift shops and cafeteria spaces that are often sterile environments featuring the same mediocre-quality products and pre-packaged foods. In typical gift shops, “you see a lot of things behind glass display cases, but what people are usually looking for is some deodorant or even a hairbrush,” she said. “So

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Wayfair has launched the Digital Design Studio, a patent-pending technology that aims to bring the best of online and in-store shopping together. The Studio is a kiosk that allows customers to create and interact with a variety of design layouts and experience products in a digital, fully 3D room with photorealistic quality.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

He noted that Best Buy added ESLs in some locations after COVID forced its stores to close, and that high-performing retailers as a group spend an impressive 843% more on ESLs than other retailers. We’re forecasting 700% growth over the next two years for these second locations with dedicated inventory.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Costco will put a renewed emphasis on ecommerce by doubling the number of locations with pickup lockers over the coming year and expanding its Costco Next brand directory. The retailer’s net sales were up 16.7% billion in Q1 2022, with digital sales up 13.3% year-over-year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, when Kohl’s first piloted the launch of Amazon return kiosks in 2017, it saw new customers increase 9% at test locations compared to 1% increases at other stores. Returns are finally being recognized for their importance in the shopping journey,” said David Sobie, VP of Happy Returns in a statement.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 23, 2023

IKEA's innovation lab Space10 has worked with interior designers Spacon & X to transform the ground floor of its headquarters into a library and community space , with a look that is meant to recall a simple kiosk. Among the custom pieces are shelves and seating with wooden cylindrical frames held together by looped steel joinery.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 19, 2024

The online eyewear company opened a 140-square-foot kiosk at The Shops at Mission Viejo in Orange County, California.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2022

Perth’s Forest Lakes Shopping Centre has been acquired for $81.5 Located 15 km from the CBD in the south-eastern suburb of Thornlie, the 14,577sqm development is anchored by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets and is home to 42 specialty shops and kiosks. The post Forest Lakes shopping centre sells for $81.5

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Around 90 per cent of surveyed restaurateurs in Australia say they plan to expand their businesses in the next 12 months by offering new products or opening additional locations, and 80 per cent report feeling more optimistic about the future of their restaurants.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

In fact, it’s evolved from a futuristic sci-fi concept to a safe option for shoppers to do their daily grocery shopping. As a result, retailers had to move quickly to implement social distancing mandates in stores to make their customers feel as safe as possible while shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

As a result, drop-off (at a carrier or retail location) became the preferred returns method for 67% of consumers, according to our BOXpoll surveys. Half of all shoppers (53%) live in a location that makes home pickup easy, but there’s a stark generational divide. The Returns Season Gets Extended.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

After two years of pandemic-driven online shopping, many consumers are stepping back out into the world and into physical stores. Observing consumers’ physical behaviors through anonymized GPS location data helps marketers identify customers’ new movement patterns, which indicates a lot about their interests, preferences and characteristics.

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Retail Bound

MARCH 4, 2025

Shopping malls were once viewed as relics of the pastcasualties of the eCommerce boom and shifting consumer habits. This blog explores why shopping malls have proven resilient, how they’re evolving, and what these changes mean for your brand. These locations have reimagined retail as entertainment. The reasons are clear.

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Retail Customer Experience

MAY 31, 2024

Automated retail, characterized by self-service kiosks and intelligent vending machines, is redefining the traditional shopping experience. This technology not only streamlines operations but also offers retailers the ability to expand their reach, tapping into new markets and locations.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 29, 2025

Recent studies show that nearly 70% of consumers still value the in-store shopping experience , with a strong emphasis on ease. As the retail landscape continues to evolve, enhancing the physical shopping experience remains a priority for both shoppers and retailers.

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