Retail Customer Experience

JUNE 27, 2023

Automating online grocery selection can bring savings for food markets and consumers and drive a more rewarding customer experience.

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Tokinomo

JUNE 28, 2023

It's time to dive into the world of data analytics and how it can supercharge brick-and-mortar stores. In this article, we're going to explore why data analytics is an absolute game-changer for physical retailers. While online stores have been riding the data wave for quite some time, it's high time we shed some light on how traditional stores can leverage data to their advantage.

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Shopify

JUNE 28, 2023

Learn the basics of a ship-from-store strategy, discover its six main benefits, and, if you’re a retailer considering your options, how to make an informed decision on whether ship from store suits your business.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 25, 2023

Morrisons has followed Sainsbury’s by introducing barriers to exit its self-checkout area. The feature, which makes customers scan their receipts before they can leave the store, has been brought into several supermarkets as an additional security measure, amid rising levels of shoplifting across the retail sector. A Morrisons spokesperson told The Sun : “Any customers who haven’t made a purchase simply need to ask the Morrisons customer assistant manning the self-service tills to op

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 29, 2023

A successful small business can be compared to a successful crew team. In this sport, eight athletes work together with the sole goal of going fast. Yet each seat is filled strategically with an athlete who can perform a specific task. Some are responsible for setting the pace of the boat while others are in charge of steering or creating traction in the water.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

Chicago has been nicknamed “The Second City.” However, it is at the top of the U.S. market when it comes to the funding of public art and the support of artist communities, gallery camaraderie and knowledgeable collector groups. Chicago artists and the collectors of their art are the driving force behind community revitalizations and long-term success for local restaurants, businesses and gallery spaces.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 29, 2023

The online-only retailer is moving quickly to remake itself with a name it says better resonates with customers and vendors.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 28, 2023

The VM and Display Show has announced the dates for their eagerly anticipated 2024 event. The show will take place on April 16th to 17th, 2024, at the esteemed Business Design Centre in London. It’s a vibrant opportunity that retail professionals should enthusiastically mark in their diaries. The VM and Display Show is not merely an event; it’s an experience that offers a fusion of learning, inspiration, and networking.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2023

In a significant move towards improved animal welfare, more than 200 brands have pledged their support to Humane Society International (HSI) Australia’s campaign to eliminate mulesing in the wool industry. The growing list of brands can be found in HSI’s Better Wool Guide for 2023. Mulesing is the controversial practice of removing strips of the skin of a lamb’s rear and is often done without pain relief.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2023

French fashion brand Lacoste is expanding the utility of its UNDW3 NFT collection, first released in June 2022, to include a Web3-based loyalty program that will allow members to earn rewards and co-create, multiple sources report. Owners of one of the company’s 11,212 “Genesis Pass” UNDW3 (pronounced “underwater”) NFTs can now convert those digital tokens into an UNDW3 Card, and connect their wallets to a new dedicated site where they will gain access to “creative sessions, contests, vid

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Retail Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Shein has faced criticism for forced labor and poor working conditions at the Chinese factories that make the cheap goods it sells to American consumers. The company pushed back against that narrative by arranging for social media influencers to tour its facilities in Guangzhou, China. The influencers came away singing Shein’s praises.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 26, 2023

Online businesses will live or die depending on their SEO strategy as the ruthless toll of the cost of living crisis means almost a third of businesses went to the wall, reveals the latest government statistics. You need to throw everything you can to make your business work in this climate, even just to survive, and one weapon for e-commerce business must be SEO.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2023

Burger brand Grill’d has opened its first drive-thru location in Brisbane’s Mt Ommaney area, marking the brand’s 165th local location. Customers can get a Simon Says, Simply Grill’d, or Big Queenslander from their cars from today onwards. Grill’d says it plans to build a drive-thru network, offering Aussies quick convenience food on the go with healthy options.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Fenty Beauty ’s new Roblox activation will feature interactive scavenger hunts, mazes and other opportunities to learn about the inspirations for, and ingredients from, some of the company’s products. The event, called The Fenty Beauty + Skin Experience , launched on June 30 and will run through July 30, 2023. The metaverse experience will reportedly teach shoppers about popular products, including Fenty Skin Melt Awf Jelly Oil Makeup-Melting Cleanser, Fenty Eau de Parfum and Fenty Beauty Gloss

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Retail Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

Retail associates are initially reluctant to embrace recommendations from artificial intelligence technology when performing their jobs. Most come to learn the benefits of the new tech but communication is key, according to companies such as Sam’s Club that use AI to improve in-store performance.

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Tokinomo

JUNE 26, 2023

Campaign scoop Press Play. Rockstar, the energy drink, plans to recruit several musicians as brand ambassadors in order to expand its customer base. The initial ambassador announced is Stormzy, a Mercury Prize-winning artist, who will be the main act at the digital concert experience on the brand's app. The concert experience, titled " Press Play ," organized by Rockstar, a brand owned by PepsiCo, will make its debut on Spotify and will be headlined by Stormzy.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

Many brands are getting so caught up with trends like AI or the latest social media platform, they’re overlooking the importance of the customer experience, contends an expert in experiential retail. Speaking to Amie Larter for Inside Retail’s podcast series Retail Untangled, Michael Tutek founder and CEO at retail experience platform Preezie, says every engagement a customer has with a brand contributes to its overall reputation and impression.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2023

Temu offers Next-Gen Manufacturing (NGM) to help retailers and marketplace sellers increase visibility of demand so that they can improve their product fit and match market conditions. By connecting sellers and buyers directly, NGM aims to shorten the supply chain and improve interactions between buyer and seller, so that upstream manufacturers can be more responsive to the changing needs of the downstream consumer.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

A lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, claims that it violates people’s copyrights and personal privacy across the Internet when it uses scraped data to make its technology smarter.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 26, 2023

// Primark owner ABF upgrades profit forecast thanks to solid sales from the value fashion giant // Total group sales came in 16% higher year-on-year at £4.7bn in the third quarter Primark owner Associated British Foods has upgraded its profit forecast for the full year after the fashion retailer posted surging sales. Primark total sales jumped 13% to £1.99bn as like-for-like sales grew 7%, which it credited to “higher average selling prices” and soaring inflation.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

Following a career spanning public and foreign policy, as well as nuclear diplomacy, Katrina Van De Ven decided to focus on her other love: fashion. Over a 12 month period, Van De Van created what is now one of Australia’s most exciting plus-sized fashion offers: LükBook. Here, we spoke to Van De Ven about that journey, as well as challenges she’s overcome to get where she is today.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

JD.com reportedly plans to combine its 7Fresh supermarket chain with other online services, creating an independent company selling fresh food and groceries to millions of people throughout China, according to Bloomberg and other media outlets. China’s second-largest ecommerce company after Alibaba is planning an “Innovative Retail” operation that will include the 7Fresh supermarkets, the group buying platform Pinpin and other on-demand services, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Amazon.com plans to work with thousands of small businesses, including bodegas and florists, to deliver its packages. The retail, logistics and technology giant is recruiting small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 28, 2023

"Hub Delivery" program partners, which could include small business owners like florists or plumbers, will commit to delivering 20 to 50 packages daily for local customers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2023

Lifestyle brand Thankyou has opened a 12-week pop-up called Inside Store in Melbourne’s CBD to increase consumer awareness of its newly relaunched product lines. The pop-up store is located at Emporium Melbourne and will be open until September 24. Thankyou’s new home cleaning and personal care products range – Thankyou Reimagined, which the brand says will become its hero items – will feature at the Inside Store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

GNC has partnered with autonomous delivery system Zipline to begin offering fully electric drone delivery in select markets in the U.S. Beginning in Salt Lake City this summer, GNC will work with Zipline to offer residential product deliveries. Customers who want to use the Zipline service in Salt Lake County must first sign up with Zipline to confirm their delivery address is eligible.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 30, 2023

A TikTok trend that shows people posting videos of themselves playing dead and covered in McDonald’s purple “Grimace shakes” has led to a surge in sales for the new beverage.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 29, 2023

With sales down in part due to lower demand for COVID-19 vaccines and tests, the retailer is also closing 300 stores in the U.K.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2023

Dior will open its first store in Perth late next year, at 277 Murray Street in Wesley Quarter. The 850sqm store spans two levels and aims to offer customers an “immersive” Dior experience. “The demand for luxury products continues, and the Perth CBD will see the biggest change in its retailing landscape in the last 30 years,” said Lease Equity MD Jim Tsagalis.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

Dollar Tree is reportedly planning to bump prices on certain products as high as $5 , particularly in the food and beverage space, as it looks for opportunities to carry a wider range of products, according to a presentation at its annual investor conference seen by Winsight Grocery Business. The move follows its earlier effort to shift from a $1 to a $1.25 price point, which set the stage for further price increases.

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