Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Kohl’s has hired a new Senior EVP and Director of Stores to help improve brick-and-mortar sales and productivity. Fred Hand, who has deep experience with discount and department store brands, is now overseeing the retailer’s 1,100+ stores, store operations and experience, loss prevention and store experience and design functions.

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Visual Merchandising Loss Prevention Department Stores Store Operations 260

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Home Depot is on the leading edge with this type of tech usage: the 2023 Retail TouchPoints Store Operations Benchmark Survey revealed that just 28% of retailer respondents’ associates use mobile devices to audit visual merchandising and displays.

Loss Prevention 252

Loss Prevention Visual Merchandising Store Operations Fulfillment 252

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

That means asking questions like: What more can be done to deter theft using store layout, customer flow, shelf height, mirrors, lighting and the placement of gondolas, merchandise and security cameras? How can we better integrate the latest anti-theft technologies and loss-prevention research into our store designs from the outset?

Loss Prevention 290

Loss Prevention Sporting Goods Customer Experience Store Layout 290

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Trend 3: Store Design Teams Become ‘Experience Teams’ When a brand decides to open a new store, the design team cannot work within its own silo. This is a new reality for typical projects, according to Cornelius, and it is why her firm has changed its vernacular from “store design” to “experience design.”

Loss Prevention 318

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