Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Coles Liquor has partnered with not-for-profit DrinkWise to introduce in-store signage that gives customers easier access to support services if they need help managing their alcohol consumption. ” The post Coles Liquor teams up with DrinkWise to promote responsible drinking appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The best way to demonstrate that performance edge for CPG brands is with a successful strategic approach to promotions. Worldwide supply chain disruptions, rising production costs and labor struggles have all made pricing and promotions decisions more complicated. Promotions Align with Changing Shopping Habits.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Starboard Cruise Services , the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton luxury retail-at-sea company, has promoted Sherrie Day to the role of Global Head of Merchandising. Day’s responsibilities will include managing Starboard’s merchandising strategy worldwide. Day will report to Lisa Bauer, President and CEO of Starboard.

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Retail Focus

JULY 26, 2023

Promotion of any product or service in the modern world is not an easy topic. Retail is a particularly difficult mechanism to promote, because it is a large–scale business. However, it is quite realistic to promote it. We have collected several tools in order to promote the retail business easily and clearly.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2022

WAG first tried to leverage its Good Dog Club loyalty program to address these challenges, but despite the Club’s combination of new product alerts, promotional offers, text campaigns and emails, customer loyalty was still lagging.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

has announced a series of executive leadership appointments across its merchandising and store organizations, effective immediately, including the promotions of Jamie Nordstrom to the role of Chief Merchandising Officer, Fanya Chandler to President of Nordstrom stores and Gemma Lionello to the newly created role of President of Nordstrom Rack. .”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2022

Lowe’s has promoted Brandon Sink to EVP and CFO, effective April 30, 2022. As Lowe’s SVP of Retail Finance, Sink was responsible for managing store financial support, merchandising, supply chain, digital and marketing. Sink will work closely with Denton during the transition phase.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Lamps Plus has promoted COO Clark Linstone to the role of President, effective immediately. In addition to his current position, he manages Lamps Plus Hospitality, the retailer’s hotels and resorts trade business, and serves as President of Pacific Coast Lighting, a wholesale portable lighting company.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Dollar General has promoted John Garratt to President and CFO, effective September 1, 2022. He also has experience as Plant Controller for Alcoa and in various financial management roles at General Electric. Garratt’s promotion follows a strong Q2 2022 performance for the retailer, with same-store sales up 4.6%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

When UK and Irish discount book, games and toy retailer The Works set out to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its inventory management across its stores it turned to Zebra Technologies to revolutionise its back-end management system. Your workflows will be more efficient and your sales will increase.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Great product diversity, changing consumer demands, and the expansion of e-commerce have turned inventory management into a major pain point for retailers. Poor inventory management results in overstocking and under-stocking, impaired cash flow, and losses from theft and spoilage. Here are some reasons why: 1.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2023

And poor management certainly has a lot to answer for in the UK workplace. A staggering 82 per cent of new managers in the UK are what the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) calls “accidental managers”, according to a YouGov survey commissioned among 4,500 workers and managers in June, which has recently been published.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Vallarta Supermarkets will implement Logile IMS, an inventory management solution that will allow the Southern California regional supermarket chain to manage orders and receiving while also handling in-store production and service, via integration with the retailer’s forecasting and workforce management solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2020

Logility has rolled out the latest release of its Logility Price and Promotion solution, which uses machine learning to predict the impact of promotional activity on inventory.

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Wiser

APRIL 16, 2024

Category management in retail has evolved significantly over the past two decades, reflecting broader changes in technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. Ten to 20 years ago, category management was primarily focused on optimizing the assortment, shelf placement, and stock levels of products within physical stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Personalized shopping tool Checkmate is designed to help shoppers discover brands, apply discounts and manage their orders post-purchase. The solution aims to automatically help consumers keep track of their orders and generate discounts without increasing spam emails, track all orders and manage all your gift cards in one central location.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2023

As a result, customer flow management is more important than ever as leaders seek to empower the customer, improve the employee experience and collect actionable data to potentially scale their business. A good virtual queue system will include a centralized management dashboard, robust reporting and a customizable interface.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 24, 2021

Lincolnshire-based commercial interior design and fit out firm APSS has promoted two long-serving staff members as lockdown eases and businesses reopen. Richard Mycroft has been promoted to Operations Manager. Mark Wagstaff will step into Richard’s old shoes, taking on the position of Senior Projects Manager.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

As expected, promotions played a major role in setting the pace of the latter half of the season, with an average discount rate of 21% in 2022 compared to 19% in 2021, according to Salesforce. Promotions hit their peak during Cyber Week, when the average discount jumped to 30% in the U.S. By comparison, electronics saw a 1.4X

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Retail Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

Delivery management platform, Scurri , today reported an increase in the total gross merchandising value (GMV) of goods processed through its platform, which totalled over €12 billion in 2023.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2021

Toys “R” Us has announced the appointment of chief operating officer, Lian Yu, who has been promoted from her previous position of general manager of the brand. Yu was also previously general manager of Hobby Warehouse for eight years and general manager of Mittoni for 10 years. Additional reporting by Dean Blake.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The “2022 Women in the Workplace” report from McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org finds that men are more likely than women to be promoted from entry-level to management positions. For every 100 men that are promoted, there are only 87 women.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

Dollar General has promoted 18 executives to new roles at the company. Leslie Allen Leslie Allen has been promoted to senior vice president, human resources. Christine Connolly Christine Connolly has been promoted to senior vice president, corporate secretary and assistant general counsel, securities and governance.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 20, 2022

Matthew Simonsen has been promoted to senior vice president of real estate and development. Jackie Li has been promoted to senior vice president of private brands and global sourcing. Tyler Hickman has been promoted to vice president and division merchandise manager. GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2021

PDI , a global provider of enterprise management software for the convenience and fuel industries, has purchased the GasBuddy mobile app, which drivers use to find and share real-time fuel prices. PDI also plans to enhance the GasBuddy Business Pages that are used by c-store retailers for listing services and reputation management.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

She listened carefully and acted quickly to make investments in compensation, launch Walmart Academies, introduce new technology for our store managers and make other changes that strengthened the core of the business. As COO of Walmart U.S., McKenna “played an integral role in strengthening our Walmart U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Launched in 2019, the Retail Media+ organization offers suppliers managed service and self-service media buying opportunities on both physical and digital retailer-owned properties as well as offsite media channels including social, display and video.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

For Vietnamese retail management firm Au Chau Fashion and Cosmetic Company (ACFC) , the rapid adoption of online shopping spurred by COVID-19 store closures offered an opportunity to beef up the omnichannel experience across its suite of international brands. .

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

Woolworths Group’s retail media business, Cartology, has added new members to its management team. Martin Wood, pictured above, has been promoted to head of strategic partnership and Matt Gower has been named as senior manager of research and insights. He also led Fairfax Media’s integrated solutions key account division.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

She spent approximately three years in the mid-2010s helping manage Sephora’s store-in-store relationship with JCPenney , experience that should prove helpful as Sephora ramps up its current store-in-store relationship with Kohl’s. In her new role, Patrick will report to Guillaume Motte , President and CEO of Sephora’s global business.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Walmart will adapt to what is shaping up to be an extended holiday season by spreading out its Black Friday promotions across three events that will span most of November. The promotion will coincide with Walmart’s annual Tire Event, which runs Nov. The first Black Friday Deals for Days event will begin online Nov. in a statement.

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Wiser

APRIL 25, 2024

In retail operations, the interaction between category management and price optimization teams is key to staying competitive. However, the inherent differences in approach and objectives between category managers and pricing analysts can lead to internal challenges, underscoring the importance of finding a harmonious balance.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

In December, Witynski was promoted from President and COO to a newly created position of Enterprise President. In a planned leadership transition, Michael Witynski has been named CEO of Dollar Tree. Gary Philbin, the company’s CEO since September 2017, is retiring but will serve as a member of the board through September 23, 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As the company’s chief merchant, he has been responsible for all store and online merchandising departments, merchandising strategy, services and vendor management, marketing and in-store environment. The home improvement retailer also announced additional senior leadership promotions.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 1, 2024

. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) has promoted three staff team members to roles deemed critical for the association and the industry it serves. These promotions position NACDS for the future of retail healthcare and new opportunities for pharmacy services,” NACDS president and CEO Steven C.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The importance of a healthy culture in organisations initially focused on managing risk and workplace health and safety. These changes mean that the people skills of managers within organisations are more important than ever. Interestingly, this same model shows that the character of the manager affects trust.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 7, 2023

Next generation delivery management platform, Scurri , whose retail and brand partners include Vision Direct, Biscuiteers and Natural Baby Shower, today announced two new strategic appointments as it continues to scale growth in the United Kingdom. Additionally, Matthew Hunt joins the Scurri team in the role of Demand Generation Manager.

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