Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

The holiday season brings a surge in shopping, both in-store and online. Retailers must navigate these challenges while staying compliant with regulations so they can ensure smooth operations and demonstrate environmental responsibility.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2024

Boisson has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shuttered its eight brick-and-mortar stores, according to multiple media reports and a LinkedIn blog post by Boisson founder Nicholas Bodkins. The non-alcoholic (NA) beverage brand plans to continue operating as a wholesaler and a DTC ecommerce retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Department store retailer Belk will provide same-day delivery on select merchandise for orders placed before 2 pm, with delivery the following day for orders coming in after that time. The retailer will charge $14.95 on orders under $49 and $9.95 for orders larger than that amount.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“To engage in the program, participating brands must meet relevant program prerequisites, which vary based on the retail space and store type,” Estée Lauder said. New stores will be evaluated on a point-based scoring system, with each individual location evaluated based on various sustainability efforts across retail design and operations.

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Shopping Visual Merchandising Returns Supermarket 162

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2023

On the highly visible end, the panel was all female (Cornell excepted) and featured two Black women, and that’s a reflection of Target’s internal structure: “ One-third of Target’s Board of Directors is women, half of our leadership team are women and over half of our stores are led by females,” said Cornell.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

Picture yourself walking into a mattress store. Your hips and back hurt from your sagging mattress. You’re tired, you’re irritable — and you are in desperate need of a sleep solution. You’ve spent countless hours doing research online, most of it during those sleepless nights, but couldn’t decide whose claims to believe.

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Customer Experience Fulfillment Consumer Marketing 252

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. Trigo’s solution is designed to help supermarkets create a “digital twin” of the store using feeds from ceiling-mounted cameras and shelf sensors.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nearly three of every 10 purchases by American consumers will be made online as the end of this decade nears, according to projections from Forrester in its U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2024 to 2029. The research and technology firm projects that online U.S. retail sales will increase from $1.2 trillion in 2024 to $1.8 this year to 29.3% in 2029.

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Consumer Apparel Accounting Marketing 221

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and plans to close all of its 42 stores across 16 states. The privately owned family business, long known as a premiere music retailer, is exploring options that could include selling its ecommerce operations and related IP as well as its “Samson” wholesale business.

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Wholesale Planning Merchandise Store Store Operations 214

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

The 800+ -store crafts retailer has initiated voluntary prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. As it seeks to find firmer footing, Joann has entered a Transaction Support Agreement (TSA) with a majority of its financial stakeholders and other parties that includes commitments for approximately $132 million in new financing.

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Finance Planning Merchandise Store Store Operations 214

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Perry Ellis is managing this challenge through the rollout of RFID technology, in partnership with Mojix , that will help the retailer manage its supply chain from the store level all the way through broader inventory planning.

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Checkout Planning Customer Experience Management 232

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In strong economic times, smaller, newer brands — otherwise known as emerging or up-and-coming brands — have one thing in common: access to capital. This accessibility has historically allowed emerging brands to scale their businesses, gain widespread distribution and seamlessly find their way into consumers’ hands.

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Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 229

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

Casey’s General Stores has announced a three-year strategic plan that will include opening 350 additional stores, expanding its selection of prepared and private label foods and ramping up its community involvement. The effort will build on Casey’s previous multi-year plan, which included building 350 stores between 2020 and 2023.

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Planning Location Merchandise Store Store Operations 228

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In strong economic times, smaller, newer brands — otherwise known as emerging or up-and-coming brands — have one thing in common: access to capital. This accessibility has historically allowed emerging brands to scale their businesses, gain widespread distribution and seamlessly find their way into consumers’ hands.

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Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 220

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tens of thousands of retail professionals from all over the world will fill New York City’s Javits Center for Retail’s Big Show from Jan. 13 to 16, 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Walmart and T a rget both navigated the uncertain currents of first fiscal quarter of 2023, but their differing results point to still more turmoil ahead. Walmart reported a 7.6% sales increase for its Q1 2024, which ended April 30, and raised its full-year guidance to 3.5% in response. Target saw just 0.5%

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Fulfillment Advertising Consumer Management 206

Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

He quickly advanced through the larger Raley’s organization from roles in store to becoming a district leader to leading the remote market in New Mexico and finally to the support center. The post Raley’s COO Konkel will step down appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

stores, giving the company more individual points of produce distribution than any other mass retailer or grocer in the country. Dollar General (DG) now offers fresh produce in more than 5,000 U.S.

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Grocer Management Consumer Merchandise Store 186

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Bankruptcy Court in Maryland and plans to close all 39 stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Shoe City has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. According to the bankruptcy filing , the retailer owes approximately $16 million , mostly trade vendor debt. million , and Timberland , owed $1.4 million.

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M19 Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Mi9 is a leading provider of software solutions spanning merchandising, store operations, customer engagement, e-commerce, and business analytics for the Retail industry. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, January 31 , 2024 – Elevate Software (“Elevate”) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of Mi9 Retail (“Mi9”).

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M19 Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Mi9 is a leading provider of software solutions spanning merchandising, store operations, customer engagement, e-commerce, and business analytics for the Retail industry. This builds on years of an existing relationship in which Mi9 has been a trusted partner to ARH and its Westlake Ace chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The idea of the brick-and-mortar store being called the “next frontier” for retail media sounds funny to the many industry veterans who work at Mars United SM Commerce. Retail veterans like us have always viewed the physical store as a critical channel for shopper engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Francesca’s, which operates approximately 700. Following a 29% drop in net sales during Q2, apparel, jewelry and accessories retailer Francesca’s will investigate strategic alternatives ranging from lease deferrals and refinancing to bankruptcy.

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Mass Relators

MAY 14, 2021

Retailers will continue to follow coronavirus-related laws and regulations governing store operations in each state and we urge lawmakers and government officials to prioritize policies that both encourage work and continued safety.”. Health and personal care stores were up 1% month-over-month seasonally adjusted and up 24.6%

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Sporting Goods Home Furnishings Merchandise Store Finance 52

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

stores in 2024 as it seeks to streamline its operations. The footwear retailer, which currently operates 41 stores in the U.S Allbirds will close 10 to 15 underperforming U.S. and two in Canada, saw its net revenue decrease 14.7% , to $254.1 million , in 2023 compared to 2022. million this year, up from a $101.4

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Planning Marketing Consumer Merchandise Store 242

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2024

Ted Baker Canada, which controls business operations for Ted Baker in Canada, Ted Baker Ltd. and Brooks Brothers and Lucky Brands in Canada, has begun store closing sales across select locations. in the U.S.,

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Apparel Fashion Location Management 203