Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The retail landscape is evolving, driven by shifting consumer preferences and an increasing awareness of the environmental impact of traditional business practices. The Role of Hangers in Retail Displays The retail industry thrives on the art of presentation, with each detail meticulously arranged to entice and engage the consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

He also has held top positions at Clorox, including COO from January 2013 through November 2014 and as CEO from November 2014 to September 2020. Prior to joining Clorox in 2005, he worked for Procter & Gamble in various marketing and sales roles. “VF Dorer will take the reins at VF as the retailer prepares for a challenging 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015. From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum! The growth was credited to a slight increase in customer traffic and accelerated growth in the retailer’s market share of “highly consumable product sales.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, challenges are inevitable, despite the resilient consumer spending we’ve seen earlier in the year. Consumers could be led to believe that these charges are a mistake or even potentially fraudulent and end up requesting their money back from their bank. Mittal joined Mastercard in 2014. retail sales have increased 8.8%

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that The TJX Companies has agreed to pay a $13 million civil penalty for selling, offering for sale and distributing previously recalled consumer products. According to the charges, the products were sold in-store and online through the T.J. Maxx , Marshalls and HomeGoods banners.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Flora & Fauna (F&F) founder and CEO Julie Mathers has resigned from the eco-friendly online retail business she started in 2014 and sold to beauty and wellness business BWX less than a year ago. Mathers started Flora & Fauna in 2014 to help people make better choices for the planet. A model for purpose-driven leadership.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

After all, studies show that consumers care more about the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions than ever before. The airplanes, ships and trucks used to transport these materials consume significant amounts of fossil fuels, which are tremendously bad for the environment.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

Copper Branch, which was founded in Montreal in 2014 and now has 50 locations in markets including Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and the US. Another sustainable food company, Impossible Foods , is looking to expand in the Asian market as consumer demand for sustainable food rises and environmental effect awareness increases.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The attorneys general found that this violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. For years Google has prioritized profit over their users’ privacy,” said Rosenblum in a statement. They have been crafty and deceptive.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Prior to Retail Zoo, Adamantem’s previous retail and consumer products investments include processed meats producer Hellers, professional sustainable haircare company NAK Hair, and horse feed and supplements manufacturer Hygain. Bain Captial bought a major stake in Retail Zoo in 2014 for about $185 million from The Riverside Company.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Founded in 2014, the brand says the new brick-and-mortar store acts as an “extension” of its online presence, giving customers an opportunity to shop retail exclusives in signature KTL styles coupled with regular events like late-night shopping and VIP product launches. Image source: Supplied.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

FTC Chair Lina Khan has cited the failure of divestitures in the 2014 Albertsons and Safeway merger as a reason for the agency to be skeptical about the merits of such a move. The key focus for the FTC as it investigates the divested stores will be their financial viability, antitrust experts told Reuters.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Johnson co-founded Enjoy in 2014 after leaving JCPenney and currently serves as its CEO. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

For the first time since its founding in 2014, Glossier will have a new CEO. She brings both a deep appreciation of the power of timeless consumer brands and the proven experience of leading large, dynamic organizations through transformational moments,” Weiss added.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

The multi-category home company was founded as an online-only business in 2014 and has since expanded into brick-and-mortar with 13 storefronts, recently launched in Canada and continues to grow its category assortment, which now includes mattresses, apparel and furniture. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

In 2014, Sullivan was named chairman of the board. During her career, Sullivan also worked with The Stride Rite Corporation as COO and held consumer brand management and sales roles at companies including M&M/Mars and The Mennen Company.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2021

The company reports that its model — offering consumers an instant merchant credit at the time a return is initiated — helps retailers drive higher return-to-repurchase rates. Since it was founded in 2014, Returnly has processed more than $1 billion in returns and been used by 8 million shoppers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Anchorage struck gold with the $20 million acquisition of the Dick Smith consumer electronics chain from Woolworths Group in November 2012. Woolworths had written off more than $420 million restructuring the business, which was Australia’s largest consumer electronics chain by store count.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

The violations, which included products that posed a danger to babies, took place between 2014 and 2019, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. TJX Companies has agreed to pay a $13 million fine to settle allegations that it sold around 1,200 items in its stores and online after the products had been recalled.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 15, 2024

Morrisons owner private equity firm Clayton Dublier & Rice (CD&R) has hired former Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis as an operating advisor as it looks to strengthen its consumer and retail team. Lewis, who is currently chair of GSK’ consumer health spinoff Haleon, has spent the majority of his career at consumer goods giant Unilever.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

After taking full control of the business in September 2014, Woolworth bought Politix two years later. Our businesses in Australia and New Zealand continued their positive momentum, notwithstanding the increased inflationary pressures faced by consumers during the period,” the company said in a filing. per cent for the prior period.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The platform originated as a ‘private’ Facebook group in 2014 by Brooke Marks who was looking for a peer-to-peer marketplace to buy and sell her unwanted luxury designer items. The integration of AI technology is set to create consumer trust in an industry that has been hard to both regulate and scale. Enter the High End app.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. Prior to his new role in the International division, Fan, who joined Alibaba in 2013, was President of Taobao and Tmall , two of Alibaba’s most successful consumer marketplaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A cyberattack that compromises customer personal information can diminish the trust consumers place in a brand. In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2020

Zoox was founded in 2014 with a vision of purpose-built, zero emissions vehicles designed for autonomous ride-hailing, along with an end-to-end autonomy software stack. Zoox is working to imagine, invent, and design a world-class autonomous ride-hailing experience,” said Jeff Wilke, CEO, Worldwide Consumer for Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Lego plans to continue working with suppliers via its Engage-to-Reduce program, established in 2014, to cut emissions. Lego also plans to work with its suppliers to collectively reduce environmental impacts, noting that 98% of GHG emissions come from outside its operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Alcohol ecommerce solution DRINKS has sold the Wine Insiders brand, which it acquired in 2014, to the new brand management firm Full Glass Wine Co. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Full Glass was founded earlier this year by alcohol industry veteran Louis Amoroso and entrepreneur Neha Kumar. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

In 2014, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) were introduced. Reintroducing NFTs for Retail Selling digital products to consumers is not new. Consumers buy digital services from Netflix. When a consumer rents a movie, it’s the same movie that any other consumer can rent.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

billion that Woolworths Holdings paid for the business in 2014, though the sale to Anchorage does not include David Jones’ recently revamped Bourke Street flagship store, which is valued at around $250 million. In 2014, the firm bought a then-unprofitable Brand Collective from Pacific Brands. That is a fraction of the $2.1

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even if only a fraction of these users convert into consumers, it spells immense profitability for retail brands. This is precisely what direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have been capitalising on in recent years. Since 2014, DTC start-ups have secured over $2.5 Imagine if they could bypass middlemen and reduce costs.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 16, 2022

and is often a driver for consumers to visit a store —especially in the convenience channel. Convenience stores are also a top location for CBD purchases, with 29% of consumers making purchases there and a quarter of people visiting at least once a day. But convenience stores aren’t the only place consumers are shopping for CBD.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

His results-driven leadership style and passion for building consumer-centric global brands will be instrumental in maximizing the full potential of our three luxury fashion houses,” Idol said in a statement. The Board and I are confident in Josh’s unique abilities to lead Capri Holdings.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2023

It’s one of the main reasons so many digitally native, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have invested in opening stores. One such company is Boll & Branch, which was founded in 2014 to transform the luxury home textiles industry by creating sustainable, luxurious products at affordable prices.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Is there an area that can improve the associate/consumer interaction? With an impressive track record in the consumer electronics and retail industry, he is a rising innovator in the world of VR technology and marketing. Keep the Customer Experience in Your Purview How will leveraging VR training help improve the customer experience?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. The consumer is changing, the way that they purchase is going to change,” he said. “We In the retailX keynote session on Wednesday, Aug.

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