Retail Gazette

MARCH 18, 2024

Whole Foods Market has said it is still working on expanding its UK footprint, despite its decision to close two stores and its Dartford distribution centre. The proposed closures will see the Amazon-owned supermarket’s stores in both Richmond and Fulham Broadway close and operations at its Dartford DC cease.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. McDonald’s Japan on Saturday apologised for the inconvenience, saying all its restaurants and its delivery service were operating normally.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 18, 2024

Yarno specialises in a gamification approach – applying mechanics, tools and techniques used in game design throughout the learning process to improve the speed of retention, engagement, and quality of the learner’s experience. Almost 50 per cent of the stores exceeded their sales targets for the period.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Tea Shop, the first Spanish chain selling fresh tea in bulk, has chosen nsign.tv ‘s digital signage platform to digitise its nearly 100 stores in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil and Argentina to offer a more attractive, dynamic and personalised shopping experience for its customers.

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Retail Assist

MARCH 18, 2024

AI-Powered Personalisation AI is the driving force behind a retail revolution, empowering retailers to harness the power of AI-driven algorithms to analyse customer data and deliver hyper-personalised shopping experiences. Empowering the Workforce There is a growing shift towards human-centric approaches to technology adoption.

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Rain Pros

MARCH 22, 2024

Customer service is a critical aspect of any retail business, whether products are sold online or in-person. At these crucial moments, great customer service can be the difference between an angry customer who spreads the word or a loyal customer who becomes an invaluable brand ambassador.

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I Vend

MARCH 20, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. Mobile POS System iVend mobile POS takes service to customers in the aisle. Mobile POS System iVend mobile POS takes service to customers in the aisle. Sell anywhere.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Global design and consultancy organization Arcadis (formerly CallisonRTKL) recently worked with Saks to reinvent its West Coast flagship experience. but the company also has worked with its portfolio of luxury clients on a range of new store designs and experiences. When they go shopping, they want to be treated specially.

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Storis

MARCH 19, 2024

Furniture retail leaders recognize the need for modern Enterprise Resource Planning systems to streamline operations and drive growth. Your STORIS Project Manager brings a wealth of experience in the home furnishings industry, ensuring every interaction during your software implementation is grounded in deep market knowledge.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

Ulta Beauty and Pact have expanded their Beauty Dropoff recycling initiative chainwide, providing drop-off bins for clean, empty packaging from any beauty brand or retailer at all 1,350+ stores. The companies initially piloted the program last year in 90 Ulta Beauty stores, according to Glossy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

Premium retailer Woolworths will deploy the iD Cloud RFID solution from Nedap to 217 Fashion, Beauty and Home stores across South Africa as it seeks to improve inventory accuracy and in-store replenishment.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

The store also features a curated assortment of exclusive, city-specific merch designed by Cookies SF. Cookies has been lauded for its next-gen customer experience , which combines high-touch technology, creative merchandising and entertaining brand storytelling. Clinton Ave.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2024

Alimentation Couche-Tard , which operates Couche-Tard convenience stores in Canada and Circle K stores in the U.S., This unified approach is designed to both boost customer satisfaction and enhance overall store performance and efficiency.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2024

Traditional shopping carts also expose their stores to possible fines. A single Walmart location in a small Massachusetts town had to pay more than $20,000 to compensate city employees for rounding up and storing their stray carts. This gamification makes your store a fun source of dopamine, which promotes customer loyalty.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

The research has been collated in a report Delighting the 2024 Shopper: The Do’s and Don’ts of Keeping Customers in a Tough Economy. One clear finding stood out from others, explains Hung: “What matters online doesn’t necessarily have the same impact in a physical store environment, and vice versa.” “We

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V Count

MARCH 20, 2024

Every business that maintains a physical space should seriously consider incorporating people counting technologies into their operations. Just as we analyze and apply data from website metrics to optimize our online operations, the data we can collect from our physical spaces holds equal, if not more, value.

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V Count

MARCH 20, 2024

Every business that maintains a physical space should seriously consider incorporating people counting technologies into their operations. Just as we analyze and apply data from website metrics to optimize our online operations, the data we can collect from our physical spaces holds equal, if not more, value.

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Store Layout Customer Experience Shopping Outdoor 52

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

That concept — carefully curating brands and creating a store that’s part selling space, part experiential destination — is being carried on by the brand’s latest iteration, Fred Segal Home. Every Single Product has a Story’ Even though its offerings are luxurious and high-end, there’s nothing stuffy or formal about the store itself.

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