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Crocs Expands Shoe Takeback Program Nationwide

Retail TouchPoints

.; Anthropologie brought denim recycling to its stores on a year-round basis; Footwear retailer Dr. Martens debuted a resale program in March 2024 ; and Dick’s Sporting Goods expanded its partnership with sporting goods marketplace SidelineSwap in April 2024 , leveraging the resale platform for trade-in events at its stores.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. That’s only going to further accelerate the expectations of consumers and technology adoption within retail environments.

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The Post-COVID Store: How to Tap the Pent-Up Need for Interaction Without Sacrificing Safety

Retail TouchPoints

The return to brick-and-mortar will be a slow, steady process, and preparing stores for the great return will be as much about making shoppers comfortable as it will be about enticing them back. You look at ULTA Beauty or DICK’S Sporting Goods during the pandemic and they crushed it. Now consumers look for that.”.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

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Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. Tractor Supply Co.

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Retailers Join Efforts To Maximize Voter Participation

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More than 300 companies , including Patagonia , The Gap , DICK’S Sporting Goods and Walmart committed to removing some of the logistical barriers that often keep workers from voting. Patagonia and Target, that had executed voter engagement programs during the 2018 election cycle with employees, consumers or both.

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7 Stories that Shaped 2023 — and What They Foretell for 2024

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Resale Continued its Rise but Came Under Financial Scrutiny Consumers’ enthusiasm for secondhand goods, as well as other forms of more sustainable consumption like rental and repair services, showed no sign of slowing in 2023. But negative press didn’t stop either app from drawing U.S. Nicole Silberstein 6.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. For retail versus direct to Consumer and so when I got there or there was a there was a. [7:43]