Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Amazon and Walmart: The Big Will Get Bigger The Forrester forecast paints a picture of an ecommerce market, and indeed a total retail market, dominated by Amazon and Walmart. Miglani sees the potential for double-digit growth in the tools, home improvement and furniture categories due to their current low online penetration rates.

Consumer 284

Consumer Apparel Accounting Marketing 284

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, many have had to slow down their production, marketing and distribution efforts and focus instead on safeguarding their financial stability. But now, with a more dispersed distribution, it has become increasingly tricky to allocate marketing budgets effectively.

Marketing 264

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 264

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It seems like every day a new piece of content is published about the metaverse that defines the metaverse, projects its market size, and offers frameworks for conceptual understanding. Store Layout Visualisation. But the big question is, What does the metaverse mean to my customers and my business? Industrial.

Consumer 263

Consumer Store Layout Merchandise Store Fulfillment 263

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, many have had to slow down their production, marketing and distribution efforts and focus instead on safeguarding their financial stability. But now, with a more dispersed distribution, it has become increasingly tricky to allocate marketing budgets effectively.

Marketing 246

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 246

Mass Relators

JULY 12, 2024

June sales were up in five out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, general merchandise stores and clothing and accessory stores. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 1.78% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 23.08% year over year unadjusted.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Sporting Goods Accessories 52

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas.

Fashion 130

Fashion Accessories Merchandise Store Apparel 130

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2023

The location also had boxes and merchandise stored in an unsafe manner, exposing workers to struck-by hazards. OSHA’s investigation in Columbus, Ga. found Dollar General’s Victory Drive location also exposed workers to fire and entrapment hazards by locking an emergency exit door.

Merchandise Store 260

Merchandise Store Location Accounting Customer Experience 260

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

In today’s tech-driven world, retail leaders are focused on using online media and marketing to drive customer engagement. To stand out and scale in an increasingly competitive environment, marketing and CX leaders believe that having a comprehensive digital strategy is key. This floor is meant to be completely open, free play.

Location 264

Location Merchandise Store Apparel Shopping 264

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The rapid growth of retail media is now shining a slightly different lens on the store, as retailers seek to expand their menu of performance-based advertising opportunities by providing access to the location that still accounts for 90% of all packaged goods sales. Is it feasibly scalable?

Advertising 147

Advertising Point of Sale Shopping Accounting 147

Mass Relators

MAY 16, 2023

Moderating price levels, continued labor market strength and wage gains have increased consumers’ ability to spend. April sales were up in four out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, health and personal care stores and general merchandise stores, and also rose in four categories on a monthly basis.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Sporting Goods Accessories 52

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

While 7-Eleven is at the forefront of inventive uses for vision AI in the convenience retail market, we are also observing interest and adoption of vision AI for supermarket retailers for resource reallocation, to mirror each store’s unique ebb and flow of operations and foot traffic throughout the day.

Advertising 295

Advertising Drop-Shipping Checkout Supermarket 295

Mass Relators

OCTOBER 17, 2023

September sales were up in five out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, NRF said, led by health and personal care stores, online sales and general merchandise stores, and up or unchanged in all but three categories on a monthly basis. unadjusted year over year. • Online and other non-store sales were up 1.1%

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Sporting Goods Accessories 52

Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Starting with the Bel Air organization in 1978 as a bagger working with his father, Richard “Rich” Konkel, Kevin progressed through the ranks and joined Raley’s upon the acquisition of Bel Air Markets in 1993. The post Raley’s COO Konkel will step down appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

Merchandise Store 52

Merchandise Store Store Operations Marketing 52

Mass Relators

APRIL 12, 2024

“As inflation for goods levels off, March’s data demonstrates steady spending by value-focused consumers who continue to benefit from a strong labor market and real wage gains,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “In Health and personal care stores were up 0.03% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 4.5%

Sporting Goods 52

Sporting Goods Home Furnishings ATS Merchandise Store 52

Mass Relators

MAY 9, 2024

The ability to spend is supported by a growing job market and real gains in wages. Building and garden supply stores were up 4.39% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 4.41% year over year unadjusted. Clothing and accessories stores were up 0.46% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 2.08% year over year unadjusted.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Mass Relators

JANUARY 17, 2024

Although inflation has been the biggest concern for households, the price of goods eased notably and was helped by a healthy labor market, underscoring a successful holiday season for retailers.” Health and personal care stores were up 9%. Online and other non-store sales were up 8.2%. General merchandise stores were up 2%.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

CJ Retail Solutions

MARCH 15, 2023

Retail merchandising involves the visual presentation of products in your store, including everything from product displays to store layout to pricing. Promotions and marketing Promotions and marketing can help drive footfall and increase sales.

Store Layout 52

Store Layout Inventory Management Promotions Merchandise Store 52

Mass Relators

MARCH 12, 2024

While the future direction of interest rates and inflation remains uncertain, it’s clear that a strong job market and increases in real wages are continuing to support spending.” Clothing and accessories stores were up 0.51% month over month and up 8.05% year over year unadjusted. NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said.

Sporting Goods 52

Sporting Goods Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Hand: In times like this, when retail stocks are losing market size and inflation is killing profits, a retailer will delay purchases of technologies that don’t necessarily need to be replaced — things like mobile phones, PCs and other hardware that carry a high cost. But has it changed their priorities at all?

Consumer 278

Consumer Shipping Management Merchandise Store 278

Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages.

Shopping 162

Shopping Visual Merchandising Returns Supermarket 162

Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Grocery and beverage stores were down 0.2% Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores were down 0.65% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 1.79% year over year unadjusted. General merchandise stores were down 0.64% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 1.14% year over year unadjusted.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Accessories Merchandise Store 52

Mass Relators

JUNE 15, 2022

Sporting goods stores were up 0.4% General merchandise stores were up 0.1% Electronics and appliance stores were down 1.3% The post Rising prices hurt retail sales in May appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers. month over month seasonally adjusted and up 1.2% unadjusted year over year.

Home Furnishings 98

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 98

Mass Relators

JANUARY 18, 2023

November-December holiday sales saw year-over-year gains in all but two of nine retail categories, led by online sales, grocery stores and general merchandise stores. Specifics from key sectors for the two months combined, all on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, include: Online and other non-store sales were up 9.5%.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Sporting Goods Accessories 52

Mass Relators

JULY 18, 2023

The pace of spending is slower, but consumers are still in control of the direction of the economy thanks to the still-growing labor market and a comfortable cushion of savings,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. Health and personal care stores were up 0.1% Electronics and appliance stores were up 1.1% unadjusted.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Mass Relators

JUNE 15, 2023

Consumers continued to spend on household priorities in May, supported by gains in the job market and wages,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. Sporting goods stores were up 0.3% Building materials and garden supply stores were up 2.2% General merchandise stores were up 0.4% unadjusted year over year.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Georganne Bender, a retail thought leader and consumer anthropologist, wasn’t quite as interested in technology when reflecting on what retail needs to see in the year ahead but rather the merchandising in stores. “Retailers should update their merchandising. Another point that came up? Phone calls. Yes, phone calls.

Point of Sale 119

Point of Sale Merchant Services Returns Consumer 119

Mass Relators

JANUARY 14, 2022

November-December holiday sales saw year-over-year gains across the board, led by increases at clothing, sporting goods and general merchandise stores. Specifics from key sectors for the two months combined, all on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores, up 33.1%.

Sporting Goods 52

Sporting Goods Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Consumer 52

Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2023

Continued easing of inflation and the overall strength of the job market and wages are keeping the fundamentals of the consumer economy strong and should support their ability to spend on household priorities through 2023. Grocery and beverage stores were down 0.1% Sporting goods stores were up 0.2% unadjusted year over year.

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2022

But also something not many people know is from this job, I had a sneaky passion and love for merchandising stores! The girls and guys over at Frank have such an epic story on how they started, their business model, and the ‘Risky’ marketing techniques that made them a household name.

Fast Fashion 130

Fast Fashion Merchandise Store Customer Experience Fashion 130

Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Health and personal care stores were up 1.9% Furniture and home furnishings stores were up 4.4% General merchandise stores were up 3.2% Building materials and garden supply stores were up 0.3% Electronics and appliance stores were up 3.5% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 4.9%

Sporting Goods 52

Sporting Goods Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. Even then, if we’re talking about next-day or even two-day delivery, [retailers] need to make sure they’re only making promises that they can actually keep.

Returns 306

Returns Supply Chain Management Fulfillment Customer Experience 306

Mass Relators

MARCH 16, 2022

Despite all that’s been thrown at them including inflation, supply chain constraints, market volatility and significant geopolitical events, consumers remain able and willing to spend. Building materials and garden supply stores were up 0.9% Online and other non-store sales were down 3.7% General merchandise stores were down 0.2%

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

VMS

MAY 5, 2021

Since 1897, VMSD (Visual Merchandising Store Design) is committed to providing retail professionals with the most up-to-date, innovative retail design ideas and industry news — and to do so in a way that inspires, challenges and motivates.

Visual Merchandising 52

Visual Merchandising Merchandise Store Planning Management 52

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Efforts to lower stock levels were somewhat offset by investments made to “support rapidly-growing frequency categories, and strategic investments to support long-term market-share opportunities.” Inventory at the end of Q1 was 16% lower than in Q1 2022, reflecting a more than 25% reduction in discretionary categories.

Fulfillment 261

Fulfillment Advertising Consumer Management 261

Mass Relators

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Building materials and garden supply stores were down 2.5% Sporting goods stores were down 0.6% General merchandise stores were down 0.1% Clothing and clothing accessory stores were down 0.2% Electronics and appliance stores were down 1.5% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 3.7%

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Merchandise Store Accessories 52

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

He is an entrepreneur and seasoned executive who entered the sleep market in an unusual way — through a team of brain scientists that developed a program to help NASA astronauts get to sleep in space using the healing benefits of sound. Colin House is CEO of Intellibed.

Customer Experience 298

Customer Experience Fulfillment Consumer Marketing 298

Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2022

Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 2.6% Furniture and home furnishings stores were up 0.7% General merchandise stores were up 5.4% Building materials and garden supply stores were up 0.5% Electronics and appliance stores were up 3.3% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 7.5%

Home Furnishings 52

Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Consumer Merchandise Store 52