Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. DoorDash also has introduced a one-year discounted DashPass plan for SNAP/EBT recipients for $4.99

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

Saks Fifth Avenue is planning a range of activities to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of its neighbor Saturday Night Live (the show is filmed across the street from Saks 5 th Avenue flagship at 30 Rockefeller Plaza). The exclusive merchandise also will be featured in pop-up shops at the Saks Fifth Avenue stores in New York (Jan.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The post PM reveals plans to ban ‘tricky tactics’. Limited consumer support: Businesses that make it hard for customers to resolve product or service issues. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones echoed the government’s commitment to stronger consumer protections.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

I cant wait for our students to experience this fantastic one-stop-shop addition to our campus when we open in the spring of 2025. The modern flow of the store, including self-checkout, will enhance efficiency and convenience for everyone.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2025

Target has ambitious plans to drive an additional $15 billion in sales growth by 2030. The retailer revealed these long-term plans along with financial results of its 2024 fiscal year, which ended Feb. Targets net sales decreased by 0.8% compared to the previous year, falling from $107.4 billion to $106.6 Comparable sales rose 0.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Simon has purchased a site in the metro Nashville area that it plans to develop into a 325,000-square-foot mixed-use center that will include approximately 75 retailers, restaurants and a hotel, with the potential to add residential options, big box retailers and more.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

Without structured planning, retailers risk stockouts, overstocking, and suboptimal product placement, leading to lost sales. Retail store planning software addresses key challenges such as inefficient space utilization, inconsistent merchandising execution, and poor inventory visibility. Are they looking to optimize floor space?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Were in the early stages of what you might call the Great Shopping Migration: almost 60% of online customers recently polled confirmed that they were likely to use social media platforms to shop. As mentioned, though, these shops are making improvements in standard-setting with higher-caliber merchants operating on them.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Planning approval has been granted for the reconfiguration of four entrances at Highcross Shopping Centre, one of NewRivers capital partnership assets in Leicester. Highcross , a 1,100,000 sq ft regional shopping centre sits in the heart of Leicester and is the principal retail and leisure offer within the city and beyond.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The store also will feature a curation of unique furniture throughout the space, inviting customers to “sit back and enjoy the Princess Polly shopping experience.” Earlier this year, Princess Polly announced plans for brick-and-mortar locations in Scottsdale, Ariz, San Diego, Boston, Santa Clara, Calif. and at Orange County, Calif.’s

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2025

Instacart has introduced Smart Shop, which leverages generative AI and machine learning to create a more personalized grocery shopping experience. By customizing your shopping journey to match your personal health goals or fit your dietary restrictions, we can unlock possibilities that werent even on the table before.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2025

This has prompted the beauty retailer to present a cautious 2025 outlook and add new details to the Ulta Beauty Unleashed transition plan, including an online marketplace. Our marketplace technology will empower Ulta Beauty to seamlessly integrate new brands and products, ensuring a delightful shopping experience for their customers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

Ramadan continues to be a crucial shopping period across Southeast Asia, with evolving consumer behaviours and market dynamics shaping the retail landscape. Shopping patterns remain distinct throughout the holy month, with sales peaking in the last two weeks. This year, Ramadan began on February 28 and ends on March 30.

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Shopping Inventory Management Consumer Promotions 130

Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

The country has a well-established retail ecosystem with high-traffic shopping malls, premium retail spaces and a digitally engaged consumer base. Meanwhile, omnichannel retailing and personalisation are increasingly important as consumers seek seamless shopping experiences and tailored recommendations.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The approval allows the high street giant to move forward with plans to demolish the three buildings it occupies and replace them with a 10-storey mixed-use development, including a new flagship store and office space.The project includes a smaller M&S store, offices, a pedestrian arcade, a café, and a gym.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Working on plans for rollout, we know this will cost the same as a current store. Next year will see 12 planned store refurbishments. We have been working through different models, shopping centres, airport, unis and now drive-throughs,” he told Franchise Executives. “It “The first of anything you learn a lot on the way.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The restaurant is located next door to the retailer’s newly upgraded Hammersmith city store , which is part of the chain’s larger efforts to create a more accessible shopping experience by opening smaller-format “City Stores” that are located closer to where customers live, work and shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Customers can now shop from over 700 Party City stores on Instacart for same-day delivery in as fast as one hour. Since then the company has been working on its reinvention, with plans for a new store format and the recent appointment of a new CEO. “At

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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. I just knew that we could do better. And I think the customers expect us to be better.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

workforce the holiday shopping season can be the most strenuous and stress-filled time of year. I love the holiday season,” said Eddie Quezada, the Produce Manager at a Stop & Shop in Long Island, N.Y. We get a lot of notice of when our schedule is posted, and it really allows us to plan our lives at this time of year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

Were excited to help festivalgoers put a new spin on their identity by exploring and shopping the trends on Pinterest. Searches for Coachella start spiking at the beginning of the year on Pinterest and nearly half of those searches are driven by Gen Z, said Sara Pollack, VP of Global Consumer Marketing at Pinterest in a statement.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Grand Eastlakes Shopping Centre in Sydney has rebranded to One Global Gallery. The shopping centre is the first of One Global Capital’s planned retail galleries to be created under the brand. The company acquired The Grand Eastlakes Shopping Centre in October and is targeting more acquisitions in the coming months.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Besides the normal blue box that I’m sure the American consumer has already seen and shopped in, we have started to create pickup points across the US, the COO said. In addition to the changes mentioned, Ikea plans to launch a large-scale store in the heart of New York Citys luxury precinct. Whats next in store for Ikea?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Holiday shopping is no longer fast approaching, it’s already here. According to the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), 53 per cent of Australians finalise their holiday shopping lists by October and 58 per cent of Australians do most of their holiday shopping by the end of November. That marks an increase of 5.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Supporting these expectations is the fact that more than 2,000 planned closures already are underway this year. Inflation and a growing preference among consumers to shop online to find the cheapest deals took a toll on brick-and-mortar retailers in 2024, said Deborah Weinswig, CEO of Coresight Research in a statement. 17, 2025).

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Amazon’s summer Prime Day sales event now serves to kickstart many retailers’ summertime sales and back-to-school marketing efforts, and is generally pivoting marketers’ planning calendars. How will this ultimately impact marketers’ planning calendars, now that we’re past Halloween?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2024

We look forward to creating a unique and engaging shopping experience with the opening of our flagship store in Panama, as well as expanding the footprint with standalone stores across the region. The parent company announced plans to roll out brick-and-mortar Toys R Us flagship stores in September 2023 in a partnership with Go!

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2025

Wesfarmers Health has opened the pilot of a new beauty and wellness concept store called Atomica, which it plans to roll out in major cities this year. The first store is located at the Castle Towers shopping centre in Sydney, in a space formerly occupied by Priceline shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Smoke Weed Every Day) dispensary in Los Angeles and coffee shop in Amsterdam. Whether youre shopping in person or online, for yourself or someone on your list, youll find the same high-quality products I enjoy every day no matter where you are. plans to expand the assortment significantly in the coming weeks.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The location inside the historic Dumont Buildinga striking example of Art Deco and Neo-Gothic architecturesets the stage for a memorable shopping experience. Every element was thoughtfully planned to enhance the customers journey, creating a sense of effortless movement throughout the space. With Hao’s vision and Mr.

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Shopping Center

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

plans to break ground on a mixed-use retail and restaurant district in the Dunham Pointe Development, a 1,300-acre master-planned community in the… The post Trademark Property Co. Plans to Break Ground on Mixed-Use Development in Cypress, Texas appeared first on Shopping Center Business.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2025

Asda chair Allan Leighton has laid down his game plan for turning around the UK’s third biggest grocer and “ regaining customers trust” The supermarket chain saw its like-for-like sales slide 3.4% last year as consumers headed elsewhere for their weekly grocery shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2025

By integrating our AI-powered lifestyle curation platform with Microsoft Copilot, we’re creating natural, contextual and personalized shopping moments that feel like conversations with a trusted friend who truly understands your needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

According to a study by UC Today , 90% of consumers expect to have an omnichannel retail experience when we shop. With all this in mind, smart retail marketers must strike a balance between utility and customer experience and add sizzle to in-store and online shopping without allowing one channel to shine brighter than the other.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception. Operationally, we also extend trading hours to provide flexibility for our customers to make shopping as smooth as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A strategically designed stadium-adjacent shopping and lifestyle district can activate the space and move the venue from a fortress to a living room, both on event days and non-event days. Think of malls before the rise of online shopping. Shopping districts must be cohesive to attract customers.

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Department Stores Customer Experience Shopping Consumer 262

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Following the success of its licensed product collection with the National Football League , Abercrombie & Fitch is planning a one-day Abercrombie House pop-up in New Orleans leading up to Super Bowl LIX. On Saturday, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. 9 as well as hometown team the New Orleans Saints. On Saturday, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m.

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