Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Through the strategic partnership, nearly 900 stores will use RFMN’s dynamic Digital Window Signs to promote weekly sales programs, special events, promotional ads and other ad messages, powered by Save A Lot’s retail media network.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

This holistic approach sets us apart from competitors concentrating solely on sports retail, establishing us as a leader in promoting overall wellness, Baker said. The post How GMG plans to win Southeast Asias sports retail market appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

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. Bakers Delight’s new PoS system will not allow for product or price modification of discount promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2025

In his first earnings cycle at the helm , Kohls new CEO Ashley Buchanan laid out his plan to turn around the embattled company, which has struggled for years to return to a position of strength while fending off activist investors. Adjustments to the companys selection of national brands and promotional strategy also are underway.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Under Rebecca’s direction, the brand is planning an ambitious expansion in the US, with multiple shop openings planned for major areas this year. Camilla entered Heinemann Australia’s duty-free store at Sydney Airport in 2023 as part of a pop-up promotion.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

” The new store offers exclusive promotions, including gifts with purchases and complimentary beverages during the opening week. Further reading: Inside Incu’s digital relaunch plans for APC and Rag & Bone The post Rag & Bone opens Sydney flagship store appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Former Walmart exec and Jet.com founder Marc Lore and his newest company Wonder Group have raised $700 million from various investors to support its Vision, Capital and People (VCP) plan , which is designed to support the business’ execution and scale, Lore revealed in a LinkedIn post. both of which are scheduled to open this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Regardless of whether your goal is to drive sales for a specific season or boost footfall at a one-off event, you can plan a calendar of initiatives to suit your schedule. Take every opportunity to persuade consumers who come to your event to share their personal information and offer the promise of follow-up promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Customer journey mapping (CJM) is widely used in retail to analyze and plan touch points before, during and after purchase. Theyre feeling overwhelmed and impatient hardly the right moment to pitch a promotion or upsell. To illustrate, imagine a frustrated customer searching for a hard-to-find spice in a cluttered aisle.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Michelle Wlazlo, formerly the Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer of JCPenney, has been promoted to Brand CEO of JCPenney. Former JCPenney CEO Marc Rosen has been named CEO of Catalyst Brands, with three brand CEOs overseeing the new companys portfolio reporting to him.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

According to the company, the key initiatives of its three-year strategy include improving the quality of earnings through promotional events, accelerated growth of owned brands, and operating cost and working capital efficiencies. The company plans to open four to six additional locations later this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In his new position, Nicholson will be responsible for merchandising strategy, category management, promotional planning and execution and pricing at the retailer, which operates more than 350 supermarkets in New England and the mid-Atlantic. Nicholsons career also has included stints at Walmart, SuperValu and Winn-Dixie.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In addition to this Southern California store, the retailer has new shops planned for Illinois, Rhode Island, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. Forever 21 plans to celebrate each new store with a grand opening featuring special promotions, giveaways, gifts with purchase and food.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Read on to take a look at the issues we plan to watch and cover onRetail TouchPoints. In terms of consumer acceptance of AI, there are strong indications that many consumers are unaware that AI is already sharpening the product recommendations they receive or has planned a faster delivery route so that their package arrives on time.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thats especially important when todays media-savvy consumer understands the difference between paid-for promotions and editorial reviews. Weve used data points to get beauty brands over 100 pieces of coverage with SEO benefit in a few weeks, in the likes of Glamour and Grazia , without a single promotional deal or sample circulated.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

Under Armour announced plans for a restructuring following disappointing results in its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 (ended March 31, 2024), as well as the expectation that revenues will continue to decline anywhere from 15% to 17% in North America in the coming year.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rent the Runway has lowered its revenue expectations for 2023, now saying it plans to at least match 2022 revenues of $296.4 In fact, one reason for our reduction in revenue guidance for fiscal 2023 is our decision to prioritize more rapid progress on profitability by reducing promotions and therefore, subscriber acquisition.” “The

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

Woolworths fared the worst of the two, starting 2024 with a controversial decision not to promote Australia Day merchandise and ending the year with a distribution centre employee strike costing tens of millions of dollars and ravaging supermarket shelves. billion, but booked provisions worth $1.6

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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 TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

That’s why retailers must find ways to optimize their cloud resource planning strategies ahead of a time of demand. Scalability Is Key One key aspect of effective cloud resource planning is being able to dynamically scale infrastructure. Here are three key components of a well-managed ecommerce cloud strategy. So Who’s Doing It Well?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

The platform plans to soon announce a partnership to bring “the most successful crowdfunding projects to physical locations.” To promote its new expanded service, Indiegogo is also lowering its platform fees to 4% for crowdfunding campaigns through the rest of 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

Incremental price increases on inelastic goods can protect margins, while promotions on elastic goods can sustain demand. Promotional campaigns including strategic discounts and bundles can offset consumer price sensitivity and clear inventory.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Instacart also is planning to extend pick-to-light to its Caper Carts smart carts, which will enable customers to have shelf labels flash for items — whether from their shopping list or an ad or coupon they see — directly from their cart.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2023

Five Below has promoted CFO and Treasurer Kenneth Bull to the role of Chief Operating Officer, where he will focus on achieving the company’s Triple Double growth goals by optimizing its talent, systems and processes. Bull also will retain the CFO title while the retailer conducts a search for a replacement.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In addition, the company said it will use its Korean headquarters to promote tourism to Brisbane and Queensland. The post Brisbane Airport extends duty-free contract with Lotte, plans unique concept appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2024

Nike has laid out a plan to cut up to $2 billion in costs over the next three years in a bid to “accelerate future growth while building a faster, more efficient” organization, executives shared during the company’s fiscal 2024 Q2 earnings call. dollar that has negatively impacted second-half reported revenue versus 90 days ago.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2023

Peloton is planning to relaunch its brand as the struggling fitness company works to shed its old image, but the process will run alongside a new recall involving more than 2.1 million potentially faulty original Bikes. I think we have opportunities to improve all of those significantly,” he said on the investor call.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023. Retail TouchPoints: What’s your plan to bring Wish back to the forefront, especially with so many new competitors in the space now? Joe Yan, CEO, Wish Central to Wish’s turnaround effort has also been a drawn-out reshuffling of its C-suite.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2024

Bespoke statement designs and calls to action also promote faster payments. In these cases, retailers may need to infuse more empathetic messaging to those with higher balances and offer targeted and tailored payment plans or even patient financing.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Buy It Now winners will reveal how they plan to invest their prize money and will provide guidance to help other founders on their entrepreneurial journey. Hosted by Andrea Marquez and featuring Jamie Siminoff, creator of Ring, the podcast will give a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to pitch, win and grow a thriving business.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

She will succeed current President Jean-André Rougeot, who plans to retire in April 2024, at which time Patrick will become the CEO of Sephora North America — the beauty retailer’s first female CEO.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2024

This support comes in the form of financial wellness planning and guidance resources, annual memberships to a meditation tool, and training on wellness, mindfulness and inclusion. The Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation also has an Associate Relief Fund to ensure associates have access to financial support in times of need.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

If you’re planning a pop-up, here are four key legal and business factors to keep in mind: 1. Brands must also ensure permitted use and zoning laws allow for retail and promotional events, especially during high-traffic periods like New York Fashion Week. If the space requires modifications (e.g.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

We also promote our Renewed program as an important platform to give our products a second life. In October 2022 The North Face unveiled a five- year expansion plan that will add 300 global retail and partner locations, as well as updating existing stores with a refreshed approach.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Across the group, the inflationary pressures necessitated more promotional activity to keep stock turning over. For the fiscal year, the company plans to open 28 new stores, composed of 11 Supercheap Auto stores, five Rebel stores, four BCF stores, and eight Macpac stores. Both Supercheap Auto and Macpac’s sales rose 1.7

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

But amidst the traditional marketing blitzes and seasonal promotions, a new force is opening doors to partnerships that wouldnt have been imaginable even a few years ago and quietly reshaping the retail landscape in the process: commerce media.

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