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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

Retail TouchPoints

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

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Troubled Ted Baker Brand Begins Store Closing Sales in North America

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Ted Baker Canada, which controls business operations for Ted Baker in Canada, Ted Baker Ltd. and Brooks Brothers and Lucky Brands in Canada, has begun store closing sales across select locations. in the U.S., In March 2024 Ted Baker went into administration, the UK version of bankruptcy, according to Retail Detail.

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Dollar General Hit with $1M More in OSHA Fines, Bringing Total Since 2017 to $15M

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found Dollar General’s Victory Drive location also exposed workers to fire and entrapment hazards by locking an emergency exit door. The location also had boxes and merchandise stored in an unsafe manner, exposing workers to struck-by hazards. OSHA’s investigation in Columbus, Ga.

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. Once these materials get dedicated to [making a particular product] for a specific customer or location, that’s when the stakes get raised.

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Sustainable shopping: what options are available to retailers?

Retail Focus

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers, even those lacking a significant brick-and-mortar presence, recognize consumers’ preference for in-store returns. Retailers could make in-person returns even more convenient, according to Steve Rop, Chief Customer Officer at reverse logistics solution goTRG. Return Meets the Resale Economy.

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