Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2025

GameStop , which shuttered operations in several international markets and closed nearly 600 U.S. stores during its 2024 fiscal year, is planning a significant number of additional store closures in FY 2025, which ends in February 2026. operations for a few years now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With retail sales bouncing around as the UK economy chugs along, marketers in the sector are seeking the best way to keep their customers happy and prevent them from spending their money in another store. But where does that leave your marketing strategies for the humble shop floor? Showcase your brand, reflect shopper values.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2024

That’s changed the look of both marketing and the products retailers sell. I’ve had the privilege of being at some brands where the CMO sat in the ivory tower and determined what audiences would like,” said Craig Brommers, Chief Marketing Officer of American Eagle in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Now it’s the inversion.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

An “overwhelming majority” of workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a union election. billion in gross profits in 2023, Whole Foods Market refuses to pay their workers a living wage. Despite generating $93.8

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

For both banners, we love working with startup brands and local mom-and-pops to get new products into the store, and if we’re not so sure how a product would resonate with customers, [selling it in an Uncharted store] gives us a lot of good information about merchandising and marketing. Is there a need for a brand like ours?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the five years since Barry became CEO, Best Buy has undergone a complete overhaul of nearly every part of its business , from the store experience to its tech stack and the way it manages its workforce, culminating in a rebrand late last year that reimagines the role Best Buy plays in consumers lives.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Moreover, the company serves as a trusted partner, with the operational expertise to support brands that arent ready to hire an in-house executive to lead stores. Kondrat and Partner Libby Shani have developed a scalable four -step process that can help any brand develop a store operations strategy: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2025

Your brand has had great success at home, and now you want to duplicate that in additional markets, maybe even expand internationally. Every market is unique, often subject to its own regulations, availability of materials as well as supply chain and logistical quirks.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Misfits Market has introduced Fulfilled by Misfits (FBM) , offering its logistics platform for perishable brands to store, pick, pack, fulfill and deliver their products nationwide. Misfits Market purchased Imperfect Foods in September 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A strong employer brand is an asset in the highly competitive retail job market, helping companies stand out and hire the best candidates. Creating Brand Advocates In the competitive retail job market, using employee stories as part of an employer brand is a powerful way to stand out.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The purchase agreement includes the grocery and liquor store operations of the Winn-Dixie and Harveys banners, encompassing approximately 170 stores across the Southeast, as well as Winn-Dixies existing liquor business. Financial terms of the current deal were not disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Walmart has opened two new Neighborhood Market stores that are over 40% larger than the average-sized location in this format, boasting 57,000 square feet of selling, pickup and delivery space. In January 2024 , Walmart announced ambitious plans to open 150 new stores and remodel 650 existing locations within the next five years.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Following the bankruptcy of Quiksilver store operator Liberated Brands earlier this month, Quiksilver owner Authentic Brands Group has moved swiftly to ensure that Quiksilver-branded apparel is still available to consumers. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It also can enhance marketing by correlating visual trends in product images with purchasing behavior. Companies that prioritize data integration and accessibility will be better positioned to move quickly, innovate and respond to market demands.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Another component that seasonal businesses must rely on to achieve year-round success is marketing, which is integral to any expansion plan for a seasonal business. Brandon Naughton has been the Marketing Manager at  Repicci’s Real Italian  since its inception in August 2020. 

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2024

WHP Global has partnered with Cotton Candy International to bring both Toys R Us and Babies R Us brick-and-mortar stores to Latin American and Caribbean markets, beginning with flagship stores in Panama that are scheduled to open next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2025

One of the first additions was a geolocation software development kit (SDK) from Radar , to answer the question of whether athletes were actually opening the app while shopping in the store. In 2023, the retailer started using the app to help manage one of the industrys biggest grey market challenges: the sneaker craze.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

DoorDash kicked off its expanded partnership with Wegmans Food Markets by offering on-demand delivery from the supermarket’s Maryland stores, with Wegmans locations in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware and upstate New York available in the coming days and more stores to follow.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its differentiated and elevated positioning within the market and its alignment with our strategic initiatives of expanding in international markets, accessories categories and direct-to-consumer channels make this a highly attractive and complementary addition to our portfolio.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The 185,517-square-foot Annex contains eight stores, and the combined property received approximately 3.49 The sale of Monroeville Mall is a great example of the resilient value of well-located real estate in a dynamic market, said Stephen Lebovitz, CEO of CBL in a statement. million visitors in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2023

Target has opened a Target Last Mile Delivery (TLMD) extension near its store in Smyrna, Ga. The new facility puts next-day delivery within reach of 500,000 additional customers for a total of more than 3 million in the Atlanta market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2025

The Chinas department stores report 2024-2025 by HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute and China Commerce Association for General Merchandise provides a look into how forward-thinking players are redefining their relevance by shifting away from traditional retailing and embracing a more immersive, service-oriented and culture-led approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The retailer joins a growing roster of prominent brands pulling back from progressive policies and causes, including Tractor Supply , John Deere , Target , Ford , Harley-Davidson , Lowe’s and others.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2025

This spring, we continued to expand the store base of both Ross and dds, said Richard Lietz, EVP, Property Development at Ross Stores in a statement. We now operate a total of 2,205 Ross Dress for Less and dds Discounts locations across 44 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, Lietz added.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This requires a strategic, integrated approach that combines storytelling, performance marketing and emerging technologies like AI. True marketing success comes from combining AIs efficiency with human creativity and strategic insight. This ensures AI is used effectively, empowering marketers rather than replacing them.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

Campus foodservice leader Sodexo will open nearly 100 Food Hive markets on college campuses by 2026, beginning with the approximately 30 locations opening during the 2024-2025 academic year. Sodexo Campus partners with a total of 425 educational institutions in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2025

With a career that has spanned leadership roles at Country Road, Aldi and Kmart Australia, Turner brings a rare blend of operational excellence, people-first leadership and market adaptability to the table. Each of these roles came with a unique set of challenges and learnings across customers, products, operations and efficiency.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Not only do they want the best prices, but they also have no patience for stores that are constantly disorganized, out of stock and that deliver poor customer service. We have seen Shein and Temu capture market share as consumers choose to shop online to save time, money and avoid frustration, Weinswig added.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software, has announced two senior executive appointments to accelerate its international growth trajectory. In his role as CRO, Collins will spearhead Retail Insight’s commercial offer, bringing fresh perspective to its executive and sales teams.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2025

One of the most promising is a challenge that has bedeviled merchandisers, marketers and inventory managers for decades, if not centuries demand forecasting. Retailers are well aware that having too much inventory in the wrong store, or not enough in the right one, affects not just sell-through but labor costs and store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By integrating Ulta Beautys in-store inventory with their DTC websites and marketing, beauty brands can now offer their customers unparalleled convenience, flexibility and choice.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

All these different sensory elements, including the music playlist, dont feel forced; it feels very authentic in the store, said Jaime Bettencourt, responsible for revenue growth, brand strategy and content marketing at Mood Media in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Teamsters held strategic strikes at seven Amazon facilities during the recent holiday season , and workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market voted to unionize in November 2024. Costco workers in Norfolk, Va. joined the Teamsters union in January 2024 and authorized a strike in July 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

By executing this transaction, we will intensify our focus on enhancing our operating margin and ROIC [return on invested capital], taking market share in the U.S. Additionally, Lowe’s is merging its Pro organization into the store operations division as well as integrating its merchandising and marketing functions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Our goal is to make meals easy and help our customers live healthier, better lives through exceptional food,” said Erica Tickle, VP of Marketing and Digital Growth at Wegmans in a statement. Partnering with Uber and expanding our delivery network is just one way were able to continue delivering on that mission.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In Myntra Jabong, we have found a like-minded partner whose expertise and capabilities will allow us to go to market with these same strategies in India. Staying close to our customers and putting them at the center of everything we do has been the foundation of our transformation and the key to our success in recent years.

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