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Barnes & Noble Plans to Open 60 New Stores in 2025

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer, owned by Elliott Investment Management along with the UK bookseller Waterstones , opened 57 stores in the U.S. Waterstones Managing Director James Daunt, who also leads Barnes & Noble, told FT that last year represented a really significant expansion, and that the company plans to do that or more in 2025.

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The Reject Shop plans more stores as sales surge

Inside Retail

Discount variety retailer The Reject Shop plans to open more stores this year to support sales growth and increase profitability. The company is investing in other initiatives across the business, including in supply chain, technology, infrastructure and warehouse management, he added. The Reject Shop posted record sales of $852.7

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Planning to Prevent Workplace Violence in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Despite these statistics, many retailers still don’t have functional workplace violence plans. If they do have a plan, it’s likely that it hasn’t been recently updated, and many employees may not know it exists. My 35-plus years of experience in retail, most of that time being in loss prevention, has taught me a lot.

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Big Lots’ Planned Private Equity Sale Falls Through; Retailer Commences Going out of Business Sales

Retail TouchPoints

Closeout retailer Big Lots has initiated going of out business sales at its remaining stores following the news that a planned sale to Nexus Capital Management has fallen through. Big Lots currently operates 960 stores, according to its website , and will continue to serve customers both in-store and online.

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Composable Commerce Is Playing a Key Role in SiteOne’s Digital Transformation

Future-proofing your tech stack is a crucial part of long-term strategic planning. But how do you future-proof if your plans involve acquisition, and a tech stack you don’t have control over?

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Hog’s Breath plans to open 20 more restaurants

Inside Retail

Hog’s Breath Cafe is looking to rebuild its restaurant footprint, and has plans to open another 20 restaurants by 2029. He has a number of growth solutions, including opening corporate stores with a plan to franchise them once established. Under the previous management the brand got confused and we lost our way.”

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Coles has plan to enhance customer experience through AI

Inside Retail

In addition, the initiative provides intelligence for planning and rostering. The post Coles has plan to enhance customer experience through AI appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. “We also want to understand the impact of and relationship between our operations and the customer experience.”

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Building Supply Chain Resilience in the Real World

Speaker: Kelly Barner - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Buyers Meeting Point, LLC

Global inflation is at record highs and the Great Resignation has given way to the Great Reshuffling, leading to uncertainty in talent markets. What will 2023 bring? Time will tell, but it is unlikely to be a return to the pre-pandemic normal.