Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Apple plans to launch an online store in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in summer 2025, providing consumers in the country with service and support directly from Apple in Arabic. And beginning in 2026, the tech retailer plans to open several flagship physical locations, including one in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Plans for a $65 million expansive retail centre have been revealed for the Aura community in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The post Plans revealed for $65 million retail precinct on the Sunshine Coast appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

However you look at it, healthy people are at the center of any successful sustainability plan. Establishing a solid economic foundation for team members enables a stable organization that is capable of executing our work plans. Integrating corporate wellness into sustainability plans is just good business.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This roundup of Starbucks explains what Starbucks did for National Starbucks Day, National Coffee Day, and the CEO's new plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Burlington Stores plans to open 101 net-new stores during its current fiscal year, which ends Feb. The value-priced retailer, which currently operates 1,103 stores in 46 states, Washington, D.C.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recently shared a post explaining how the company plans to improve multiple aspects of its business.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a target of 1,800+ total locations, the beauty retailer plans to open 200 net-new stores over the next three years. The retailer also plans to open 60 to 65 net-new stores this year, as well as remodel or relocate 40 to 45 other locations. 3, 2025, with an anticipated $11 billion to $11.2 billion in net sales for the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Seven & i Holdings , parent company of 7-Eleven , plans to open 500 new “food-forward” convenience stores between 2025 and 2027. Earlier this month , the company revealed that it would restructure itself to focus more on its convenience business as well as plans to rechristen itself the 7-Eleven Corporation.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Primark plans to put even more time and money into its U.S. The retailer plans to open stores in: Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, Ind.; expansion in 2025. The apparel and accessories retailer has signed five new leases for stores throughout the Southern and Midwest U.S., after already investing more than $90 million in 2024.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Southwest Airlines announced its three-year transformation plan "Southwest. Even Better." " at its Investor Day briefing in Dallas.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Academy Sports + Outdoors has revealed the locations of the nine new stores it plans to open this fall, bringing it closer to the goal the retailer set in March : to open up to 17 new stores during its FY 2024, which began in February 2024. Academy already has opened three locations since the beginning of its fiscal year. Kingsport, Tenn.;

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

However, at last week’s Delivering the Future event in Nashville, Tennessee, the retail giant announced major plans to combine choice and convenience for its customers. This is how Amazon plans to deliver choice and convenience to consumers without compromising on speed or value.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

What Amazon plans to do next is grow, and how Herrington plans to do this boils down to two factors: delivery speed and what Herrington calls “ cost to serve; ” essentially, finding cheaper ways to be faster. When we speed up deliveries, we sell more,” Herrington explained. Mindset Shift: Instead of One U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Additionally, the retailer plans to freeze any price increases on its U.S.-owned To do so, we plan to reduce the number of our new stores and renovations in fiscal year 2025 to accommodate a redesign, while also unlocking capital to support our broader turnaround.” 30 conference call discussing Q4 and the just-ended fiscal year. “To

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In June 2024 Walgreens had outlined turnaround plans that would include the closure of a “significant number of underperforming stores,” according to CEO Tim Wentworth. The retailer currently operates approximately 12,500 stores across the U.S., Europe and Latin America.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Seven & i Holdings , parent company of 7-Eleven , plans to create a new holding company for its supermarkets, specialty stores and other non-convenience store businesses. Additionally, Seven & i plans to rename itself as the 7-Eleven Corporation as it focuses more intently on its global convenience store business.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The post Hello Kitty pop-up planned in Melbourne to mark 50th birthday appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. The shopping centre will also host a dedicated Hello Kitty Main Street, featuring activities for kids from September 21 to October 6, with tickets available at $5 per child.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2024

The post Booktopia sold to DigiDirect’s owner who plans to hire more staff appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. “Booktopia is an iconic consumer brand and is also an imperative part of the Australian book industry – it’s Australia’s Home of Books. I’m excited about this acquisition and glad it could be kept in Australian hands.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The post PM reveals plans to ban ‘tricky tactics’. ” Consultation with stakeholders will occur before the legislation is finalised, with the reforms expected to be settled in the first half of 2025. Online stores, gyms are top targets appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

GU (pronounced “gee-you”), a sister brand of apparel retailer Uniqlo , will make a splashy, multi-channel entrance into the U.S. next month with the simultaneous debut of its ecommerce site and a 10,225-square-foot NYC flagship.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The start of the holiday season is typically ushered in by the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Netflix boasts 70 million monthly users on its ad-supported membership tier.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Burger King is getting into the holiday spirit.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The solution also can improve demand planning by identifying when items are depleted as well as when promotions end, allowing suppliers to better plan availability and product deliveries. Chemist Warehouse plans to use the rich data captured at the product and store levels to create greater inventory efficiencies and reduce costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Dillards has been executing a highly successful strategic plan focused on improving operating margins, prudently managing capital expenditures and aggressively returning capital to stockholders, said James Mitarotonda, Chairman of Barington in a statement. However, we are concerned with Macys large capital expenditure programs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

David’s Bridal also plans to expand the resale program by introducing a store and mail-in trade-in program for authentic David’s garments. Additionally, the retailer plans to introduce storied and vintage items into its ecosystem.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The positive trajectory is largely a result of the expansive transformation strategy Foot Locker launched in March 2023, which has included a restructuring , a reimagined retail concept and store refresh program, an enhanced FLX Rewards Program and plans for a redesigned mobile app later in the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Marks & Spencer plans to install self-checkout POS stations in the changing rooms in its 180 clothing stores, according to the Telegraph and other news outlets.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The home improvement retailer also plans to open 10 to 15 stores per year for the next several years. The retailer is working with both new sellers and existing suppliers to populate its new marketplace, with plans to include products at a range of price points designed to appeal to both value-oriented and more affluent customers.

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Retail Wire

JULY 10, 2024

The Kroger-Albertson merger has not yet been finalized, but the list of stores planned to be divested has been revealed.

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