Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

AMP for email has continued to improve functionality, providing email marketers with a slew of personalization and interactivity capabilities — adding loads of features to the inbox. AMP for email allows marketers to send surveys and collect data, too. Why AMP, and Who’s on Board?

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 28, 2024

THG is planning to slash 160 jobs across its marketing, sales and warehouse teams. Around 60 marketing and sales roles are set to be cut at the online and tech business. It has started a consultation to axe jobs at Ingenuity, its ecommerce services platform, that will run until the middle of March.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Asda has named Adam Zavalis as its new vice president of marketing who is set to join the grocer next month from Aldi, where he spent 8 years as marketing director. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

MAY 2, 2024

Aldi’s market share has fallen behind where it was a year ago as shoppers head back to the traditional supermarkets for their groceries. The latest data from NIQ shows sales at the discounter rose just 1.3% jump in sales at Sainsbury’s and 5.8% Meanwhile, sales at rival discounter Lidl surged 9.5% to 10.4%.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 12, 2024

Pet owners could be over paying for medicine or prescriptions due to failures in the veterinary sector, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned, as it launched a formal market investigation. We’ve highlighted a number of potential concerns in the #vets market, following our initial review into the sector.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 22, 2024

Ocado is facing pressure from shareholders to consider leaving the London stock market for New York. It comes as Ocado is set to face another shareholder revolt at its annual general meeting this month over a new pay scheme which could see Steiner awarded a bonus of up to £15m.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 25, 2024

The employee-owned retailer told partners this week it was halving its current two-week redundancy pay per year of service policy as it was “higher than typical market practice and comes at a very high cost”. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 26, 2024

Pets at Home expects its profits for the year to meet guidance and said it was “comfortable” with analyst forecasts for the year ahead. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The retailer will report its full-year results on 29 May.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Aldi has appointed Kyrsten Halley as its new marketing director. She joins the German discount grocer’s fellow marketing director Jemma Townsend in jointly leading its marketing team and strategy, as the business continues to win market share from traditional supermarkets.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The bank said the margin call, based on a potential 400% rise in Hugo Boss shares, was designed to ensure it was properly protected from exposure to stock market bets. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Currys’ largest shareholder has supported the board’s decision to reject an initial takeover offer from Elliott Advisors, claiming the offer “highlighted a wider problem with the UK equity market” Redwheel, which owns 14.6% Currys is currently trading at 65.2p-a-share.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 5, 2024

The news comes after Sainsbury’s recently unveiled its latest value offering, ‘Low Everyday Prices’, which it said gave shoppers “market low prices” on selected big brand products, many of which aren’t available in Aldi. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 15, 2023

Turnover at the luxury department store retailer soared year on year from £581.9m At the beginning of 2022, with many international travel restrictions still in place, there was a subdued return of the global tourism trade that is so important to the UK. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 27, 2023

The new location comes at Boots continues to invest in its beauty halls and advisors across its UK portfolio. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 22, 2023

in the last four weeks ending 12th August 2023, marking the lowest level since January, market researcher NIQ reports. Sales reached their highest point in June, at 12.4%. Total sales across UK supermarkets plummeted 7.2% The company attributed the drop to lower inflation and unseasonable weather over the summer.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2023

. “In a sign of just how fierce the contest is between the grocers, the cost of a Christmas dinner for four has risen well below the overall inflation rate this year at 1.3%, as some items on our festive plate have actually fallen in price.” Tesco also increased is market share to 27.5% of the grocery market.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 4, 2024

growth in the prior year – delivering its eleventh consecutive quarter of market share growth. Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Across the quarter, the retailer said more customers chose to shop at Boots both online and in-store.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 22, 2023

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Members of Lego Insiders – the firm’s newly launched loyalty scheme – will receive benefits to celebrate the new store, including exclusive gifts with purchase and double points at events.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

Pets at Home cut its full-year profit outlook as retail sales fell below expectations over the golden quarter. ” Pets at Home plans to launch its new digital platform soon, following the opening of its new distribution centre. ” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The new data from Kantar shows that Tesco’s share now stands at 27.2%, up by 0.3 percentage points from last year, and Sainsbury’s at 14.8%, up by 0.2 Meanwhile, German discount rivals Aldi and Lidl lost market share for the first time in months as the traditional supermarkets retaliated with a price war counteroffensive.

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365 Retail

APRIL 20, 2024

Join them at the Retail Technology Show at London’s Olympia on April 24 & 25, 2024, where they will demonstrate pioneering solutions designed to transform customer engagement. Visit their stand at #6H38 to explore the future of in-store interactions.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Pets at Home has hired former Sainsbury’s exec Anja Madsen as its new chief operating officer for retail. Prior to this, Madsen held senior positions at Tesco alongside Sainsbury’s and was also marketing leader at Johnson & Johnson in Europe and the Middle East.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sainsbury’s scooped up even more market share as sales soared, the latest Kantar figures show. of the total market, up 0.3% The supermarket’s CEO Simon Roberts said: “More customers are choosing to shop at Sainsbury’s, recognising our determined focus on value, product innovation and service.” on last year.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

But what was less visible were Wilko’s marketing efforts to turn its ailing fortunes around. The retailer’s recent marketing output has been sparse, with campaigns proving few and far between. Marketing Beat took a look at how much marketing – or lack of it – contributed to Wilko’s downfall?

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Birkenstock’s shares dropped in its US market debut despite shooting to popularity following the Barbie movie release. The shoe company’s initial public offering (IPO) saw shares fall 11% below their $46 per share offer price, valuing the brand at $8.3bn.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

Investors at the Turkish company have drawn up provisional plans to inject tens of millions of pounds extra into Getir during the coming weeks, according to Sky News. Last week, it was revealed that Getir was preparing to withdraw from the UK market , in a move that is expected to put around 1,500 jobs at risk.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 20, 2023

One of the major marketing initiatives McDonald’s launched in 2020 which helped turn around revenues was a promotion called “Famous Orders” where it promoted McDonald’s meals celebrities like Travis Scott and BTS enjoy eating. If you are curious about why McDonald’s marketing strategy worked in this instance then consider these five factors.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 3, 2023

Most things that seem easy are not easy at all. Nike’s strategy for success is based on taking risks, crazy ideas that turn into bestselling products and a level of marketing genius that perhaps only Apple can match. If you want to know how Nike has grown into an iconic brand then take a look at five of its strategies for success.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 23, 2023

Revolution Beauty is being probed by the City watchdog (FCA) over potential breaches of market abuse dating back two years. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter In a notice to the stock exchange this weekend, the online beauty retailer , which had been embroiled in a public spat with 26.6%

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

in the 12 weeks to 14 April, ahead of the online market which grew by 6.8%. percentage points of share over the period, at 27.4% portion of the market. portion of the market. growth in sales, while fellow discounter Aldi reclaimed the 10% market share it last held in September. Ocado accounted for 1.9%

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 29, 2024

The Mike Ashley controlled group said on Monday that it had reached an agreement with administrators at Teneo to acquire “certain intellectual property assets only” for an undisclosed sum. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

JULY 30, 2023

John Lewis already has huge loyalty from our customers and we are delighted that Andreas will be driving forward our marketing planning to deepen this relationship even further.” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter It hopes to start moving to its new headquarters from next summer.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 10, 2023

The luxury etailer has cut 10 jobs from its London-based marketing team alongside some of its New York-based tech team, Drapers reported. Some roles in the customer service and fashion styling team, as well as at product management have also been impacted. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 16, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Last month, the retailer maintained its full-year profit guidance as it made “good strategic progress” despite the market “remaining challenging”. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2024

Murphy said: “Customers are choosing to shop more at Tesco, which is reflected in growing market share as they respond to the improvements we’ve made to the value and quality of our products.” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Pets at Home Group reported a roughly 4% increase in like-for-like retail growth during the initial weeks of the third quarter as Christmas nears. “Importantly, the market backdrop against which we are implementing our strategy remains robust with industry growth supported by well-established, structural growth trends,” it said.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 7, 2024

Ocado is on course for another shareholder revolt at its annual general meeting this month over a new pay scheme that could see CEO Tim Steiner receive a bonus of up to £15m. The group’s shares currently trade at less than £3.80. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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