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Skechers Plans up to 200 Store Openings in 2025

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Following a year when Skechers generated record sales of $8.97 increase over 2023, the footwear brand plans to continue its aggressive store expansion in 2025 by opening 180 to 200 locations. billion , a 12.5% This includes improved operational capabilities with the expansion of our distribution centers in the U.S.,

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Sodexo Plans Nearly 100 Cashierless Campus ‘Food Hives’

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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.

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Zadig & Voltaire Streamlines Merchandise Planning and Distribution

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French ready-to-wear brand Zadig & Voltaire has centralized inventory planning and purchasing processes across its brick-and-mortar and digital channels with the deployment of allocation, replenishment and buying solutions from Aptos. in addition to its website.

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How AI-Driven Search and Personalization Boosted AOV 5.5% for Freedom Furniture

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But the merchant was suffering from a bit of an image problem that made it seem fusty and old-fashioned, a situation that led to a companywide turnaround plan initiated in 2020. In the words of Paula Mitchell, Digital General Manager, We wanted consumers to think of Freedom not as your mums brand but as your best friends brand.

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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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Bakers Delight’s promo product pricing plan hits ACCC roadblock

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has blocked a Bakers Delight plan to install a new product price tiering system for a range of promotional products in its new point-of-sale system. The post Bakers Delight’s promo product pricing plan hits ACCC roadblock appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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New Research: Retailers Plan to ‘Invest Their Way’ Through Impending Recession

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Instead of preemptively cutting back, many are planning to spend more this year. That’s right, retailers are planning to “invest their way through the recession,” according to new benchmark research from digital transformation company Mercaux conducted by CensusWide. This trend is even more pronounced among CEOs in the U.S.

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