Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Buzzfeed has sold youth culture media company Complex to livestream shopping platform NTWRK , which plans to use the acquisition to build a “next generation content and shopping experience.” The fusion of content and live shopping creates an immersive experience tailored to the tastes of today’s digitally savvy consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Walmart ’s Store Nº8 and Global Tech team are rolling out a text-to-shop beta test in select areas to develop the retail giant’s next conversational commerce offering. The offering will build on Walmart’s voice commerce capabilities to introduce more options for customers looking to shop in the way that’s most convenient for them.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Iceland Foods and The Range have extended their partnership by introducing further “shop in shop” formats. The move means the “shop in shop” partnership has been opened in 113 stores since starting in 2018 with just three stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Toys ‘R’ Us will make its latest attempted return to brick-and-mortar with 400 store-in-store shops at Macy’s locations and online at macys.com/toysrus, slated to roll out in 2022. This isn’t the first store-in-a-store concept for Toys ‘R’ Us: the brand opened pop-ups at Kroger locations during the 2018 holiday season.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 19, 2023

Pret A Manger has returned to profitability for the first time since 2018 driven by the success of its subscription service. recorded in 2018. UK revenue jumped nearly 16% in the half year boosted by a 271% surge in weekend trade due to the majority of Pret shops now open on the weekends. in the six months to the end of June.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Ongoing cost-of-living crisis and winter tournament lead to £413 million drop in spend vs. 2018. Hospitality spend set to be down 10% on 2018 tournament at £395 million . billion will be spent by fans at retailers stocking up ahead of the matches, down 19% vs. 2018 (£1.9 The 2022 World Cup Spending Report by VoucherCodes.co.uk

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2021

This unprecedented retail apocalypse has also required physical retailers to rethink and prepare for a post-COVID era where in-store shopping will never be the same. The pandemic also put the survival of shopping malls — the aggregation of physical retailers — on the line. Post-COVID: Shopping = Buying + Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The holiday shopping season seems to get bigger every year. The introduction of ecommerce has allowed consumers to shop the big sales from the comfort of their own home, avoiding the crowds and offering increased convenience and variety. billion from 2018, totaling $9.4 billion from 2018, totaling $9.4

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The dealmaker behind Aurelius’s acquisition of The Body Shop has exited the private equity firm. His resignation comes as The Body Shop was placed into administration this week, just three months after Aurelius’ £207m acquisition of the ethical beauty retailer.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Ken Rosebery is leaving The Cheesecake Shop (TCS) in January after 13 years heading up the dessert retailer. He will remain on The Cheesecake Shop Board Advisory Committee. Who will be The Cheesecake Shop boss? He held the NZ role for five years before taking on the UK and Ireland operations director role in 2018.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Brazilian restaurant chain Oakberry entered the Australian market in 2018 after ANZ CEO Renan Fretes-Pinto identified a gap in the market for healthy fast food. The brand’s latest shop just opened in Sydney’s Surry Hills in April. Renan Fretes Pinto: We opened the first international store in Bondi in December 2018.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Under the multi-year agreement, IMG will bring to market complementary products that support Claire’s brand purpose of inspiring self-expression and individuality, in categories including apparel , fashion accessories and room décor as well as lifestyle and special occasion products.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

JD Sports acquired Finish Line in March 2018. In today’s digital age, online shopping has become a norm, and customers are increasingly seeking swift delivery solutions,” said Kristin Matter, VP, Digital at JD Sports in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2024

Attendees also will have the chance to win various prizes, such as the “Ultimate Hawaii Vacation,” which includes two roundtrip tickets to Hawaii, a hotel stay at Sheraton Waikiki and a shopping spree at House of Mana Up.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

In June, Pinterest acquired AI-powered shopping platform The YES , and later that month Founder Ben Silbermann announced he was stepping down as CEO and that Bill Ready , formerly President of Commerce at Google, would be taking the helm. Julie Bornstein, Founder of The YES and now Chief Shopping Officer, Pinterest.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. We’ll look at these key elements of a positive and profitable holiday shopping program that will help you make a meaningful contribution to excellent client outcomes.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Black Friday shopping projections from CNBC. The post CNBC: Wiser Black Friday 2018 Data Featured on Squawk Box appeared first on Wiser Retail Strategies. Watch both videos in full below. Shoppers hit the mall on Black Friday from CNBC.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2024

The Home Depot has revamped and rebranded its retail media network, which first launched in 2018. Previously known as Retail Media+, the offering has been renamed Orange Apron Media. We are very excited for this new chapter of our retail media organization, Orange Apron Media,” said Babcock in a statement.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Woolworths introduced it in supermarkets in 2018, as a trial at its store in Sydney’s Double Bay. The post Aldi UK’s latest Special Buy: checkout-free shopping appeared first on Inside Retail. Shoppers love it or hate it. Checkout-free technology is still in its infancy in Australia.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

Through the Aldi Shop&Go app, shops track customers with a number of high-tech cameras as they make their way through the store; they are automatically charged once they leave – mirroring the model set out by Amazon’s first Go store, launched in 2016, which offers a range of packaged ready-to-eat meals.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The amount Aussies are spending through social media shopping has soared 700% over the past two years, with Gen Z and Millennials leading the way. That’s according to PayPal’s sixth eCommerce Index Report , which explores online shopping trends, particularly post COVID-19. Generation subscription.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

A 2020 report published by MasterCard found that biometric authentication transactions will account for $2 trillion in mobile shopping and banking services by 2023, up from the $124 billion worth of transactions that happened in 2018. Traditional password systems deliver a grueling customer experience that often ends in frustration.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After years of decline, ContextLogic has sold its discount shopping app Wish for approximately $173 million in cash to Qoo10 , an ecommerce platform that operates localized online marketplaces throughout Asia. In 2018 its Japanese marketplace was spun off and sold to Ebay , which had previously been an investor in Qoo10 parent company Giosis.

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Shopping Center

OCTOBER 6, 2023

99 Ranch Market anchors the property, which was developed in 2018. Other tenants… The post Newmark Brokers Sale of 110,511-Square-Foot Pacific Pearl Shopping Center in Pleasanton, California appeared first on Shopping Center Business.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 21, 2022

Dutch studio AMO has created a terracruda-clad shop-in-shop with curving tiered shelving for French-fashion brand Jacquemus at luxury department store Selfridges. The permanent Jacquemus shop-in-shop was designed by AMO. Terracruda clay was used to reference the South of France. The photography is by Lewis Ronald.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

The number of shuttered shops has fallen for the first time since the start of 2018 in a “glimmer of hope” for Britain’s retailers, figures show. Pedestrians walk past an empty shop unit. Shopping Centre vacancies improved to 19.1%, a 0.3 The overall vacancy rate across Britain fell to 14.4% Source: BRC.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

since 2018, driving massive success for thousands of small businesses, and now our collaboration with Popshoplive allows us to introduce a platform where creators can become businesses and eventually brands in their own right.” “CS has stood out in the live commerce sector in the U.S. CS has stood out in the live commerce sector in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Based in London, Farfetch went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018 before reaching its peak in 2021 with a value of more than 23 billion driven by the online shopping boom during the pandemic. Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced.

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Shopping Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million sale of Commons on Collier, a shopping center located in Naples. Built in 2018 and located on a Walmart Supercenter outparcel, the property comprises 12,601 square feet. Million Sale of Shopping Center in Naples, Florida appeared first on Shopping Center Business. . — Tobin Real Estate has brokered the $6.3

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This grocery store model is the Midwest retailer’s first expansion into additional categories since the 2018 introduction of its neighborhood market small concept, Bridge Street Market, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Meijer will introduce a new brick-and-mortar concept with the launch of Meijer Grocery in early 2023.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2024

Co-op said the rise represented its biggest ever investment into pay, having boosted rates for shop workers by more than 20% in the last two years. per hour for shops within the M25, instead of the £11.95 Furthermore, team leaders’ pay will increase from £12.10 which for Tesco is on 28 April. rate for inner London and £11.75

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

CVS has unveiled a new shop-in-shop concept called Skin Care Center featuring solutions for skin health in three U.S. The new concept builds on the retailer’s BeautyIRL concept, which launched in 2018 and is now available at more than 50 locations. locations — New York City, Woodland Hills, Calif. and Walnut Creek, Calif.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

The O 2 has announced a revision of its outlet shopping brand identity, simplifying ‘Icon Outlet at The O 2 ’, which is owned and operated by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, to ‘ Outlet Shopping at The O 2 ’.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 23, 2024

” The Range first partnered with Iceland back in 2018, bringing a “shop-in-shop” format to three of its stores, before extending to 113 branches. The discount retailer has been steadily reopening Wilko stores, with Poole in Dorset, its sixth location, its next shop to open.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Powered by Instacart , Aldi will offer nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. Through Aldi Express we’re making shopping more convenient, so you can satisfy a craving or get a missing ingredient in minutes.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

Shelley pivoted from her 20-year winemaking career in 2018 to start her consultancy business guiding small businesses in the Barossa. But it wasn’t long before Cox realised that there was an opportunity to create something bigger than a temporary shop. “I This article first appeared in the Inside Small Business quarterly magazine.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

Shelley pivoted from her 20-year winemaking career in 2018 to start her consultancy business guiding small businesses in the Barossa. But it wasn’t long before Cox realised that there was an opportunity to create something bigger than a temporary shop. “I This article first appeared in the Inside Small Business quarterly magazine.

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