Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The EuroShop trade fair, held in Düsseldorf from 26th February to 2nd March 2023, will showcase the latest developments in retail design, shop fitting and visual merchandising. The offerings range from store architecture, design and planning to displays, sales counters and shopping carts. am to 6.00

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Visual Merchandising Location Customer Experience Planning 313

Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

Security cameras and access control systems are a vital layer of protection that all retailers should consider when it comes to store loss prevention strategies. On-premise security camera system: Hosted and managed on-site so your business has full control over your solution. A scalable solution that evolves as your business grows.

Loss Prevention 147

Loss Prevention Management ATS 147

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Ingka Group , parent company of Ikea Retail, has debuted an AI-powered home design inspiration and shopping tool on the OpenAI GPT Store. Ikea’s is just the latest customer-facing generative AI solution to hit the market. The Ikea Assistant is currently available for GPT Plus users in the U.S. Ikea had committed to spending $2.2

Shopping 279

Shopping Marketing Location Planning 279

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Three Chevron ExtraMile convenience stores are implementing dynamic merchandising, social media content and AI-powered sommeliers as part of a pilot program with Samsung Electronics America. The stores, which are located in San Diego, Millbrae, Calif., Parent company Chevron Stations Inc. and Vancouver, Wash.,

Promotions 288

Promotions Location Management Consumer 288

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Brother Mobile Solutions has introduced the RuggedJet 3200 Series, a labeling solution designed to help retailers implement agile pricing strategies while staying on top of inventory in a tight labor market.

Marketing 344

Marketing 344

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2024

Samsonite has implemented a new mobile-driven experience across its European stores, powered by Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service and implemented by Oracle Retail Consulting. The technology adds to Samsonite’s growing tech stack, which includes Oracle Retail Xstore Office and Oracle Retail Order Broker Cloud Service.

Wholesale 263

Wholesale Store Operations Customer Experience 263

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Footwear from Dr. Martens is already designed for durability, but the brand will now be able to do even more for the environment with the launch of its ReWair resale program in the U.S. Technicians from Tersus Solutions will examine, repair and restore “pre-loved” Dr. Martens products to give each item a new life.

Marketing 263

Marketing ATS Customer Experience Fulfillment 263

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Immersive 3D virtual store platform Obsess has launched AVA by Obsess, a self-serve solution designed to enable brand teams to build and customize virtual stores themselves.

Accounting 261

Accounting Management ATS 261

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Sam’s Club is piloting technology designed to address one of the retailer’s biggest customer pain points: waiting in line at the store exit for an associate to check their receipts against the items in their cart. Additionally, AI operating in the background is designed to continually speed up the process.

Payment Services 264

Payment Services Planning Point of Sale ATS 264

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Blue Yonder has released two solutions designed to speed up digitalization for warehousing and micro-fulfillment operations: Warehouse Execution System (WES) and Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing. The solution combines Blue Yonder’s Warehouse Tasking, Robotics Hub and other solutions with analytics and reporting capabilities.

Fulfillment 275

Fulfillment ATS 275

Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Coles has delivered its first ‘transformational store’ through the group’s store renewal program. Coles’ senior design and innovation manager Pete Rose described the project as turning a “tired shop” into an “incredible” one for the Chadstone shopper. The project soft-launched in February and officially opened on March 6.

Supermarket 278

Supermarket Beauty and Health Point of Sale Shopping 278

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Save A Lot is bringing retail media capabilities to its network of 800 independently owned and operated stores to boost their competitive advantage and better serve price-conscious consumers.

Advertising 264

Advertising Promotions Marketing Consumer 264

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These “Powered by Circuit City” partnerships will be centered on store-in-store concepts designed to seamlessly integrate the retailer’s electronics expertise and global brand awareness with other retail platforms, both online and in-store.

Planning 277

Planning Shopping Location Consumer 277

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

CVS Media Exchange (CMX), the retail media network designed to help brands reach and serve CVS Pharmacy shoppers, is partnering with Pinterest and LiveRamp on a new data clean room initiative. Pinterest and LiveRamp initially announced their clean room solution in early January 2023, with Albertsons being the first public user.

Beauty and Health 264

Beauty and Health Advertising Marketing Management 264

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) has chosen NCR Corporation to provide the foundation of its in-store POS technology. BGC will start its infrastructure journey with NCR Emerald, a cloud-native POS solution that will help unlock robust, integrated capabilities across BGC’s physical infrastructure.

Payment Services 289

Payment Services Checkout Location Planning 289

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

Communications and task management solution provider Opterus has launched OPSEngine, a packaged set of APIs designed to provide retailers access to all of the OPSCENTER cloud solution’s features through a seamless integration into brands’ internal systems.

Management 290

Management 290

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

We’re seeing a resurgence of retailers placing focus back on their physical stores. Many of these retailers have added several technologies to their arsenal to boost the in-store shopping experience for the customer and to better understand the customer journey to and through their stores. Passer-by traffic. Proofing point.

Fulfillment 312

Fulfillment Fashion Shopping Management 312

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

AI Directs the Most Effective Ads to the Most Likely Purchasers The AI element comes from solution provider Albert , which Natori, a family-owned and run business founded in 1977, has worked with since 2019. The solution then automatically serves the most effective ads to the users who are most likely to convert.

Department Stores 274

Department Stores Wholesale Finance Apparel 274

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Australian footwear brand Frankie4 has opened its first permanent retail store in the US, at the Bellevue Collection in Washington. The podiatrist-founded footwear retailer has nine stores in Australia and decided to open the Washington store after the success of its pop-up store at the Bellevue Square last spring and summer.

ATS 264

ATS Accessories Fashion 264

Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Global research, conducted by Kantar for Glory Global Solutions, a market leader in retail cash recycling solutions, reveals that 80 per cent of consumers consider it important for retailers to provide a choice of checkout options. Download the full report, or learn more about the solutions here. sqm footprint.

Checkout 246

Checkout Payment Services Kiosk ATS 246

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Oracle and Uber have announced the launch of Collect and Receive, a new offering within the Oracle Retail platform designed to enrich retailers’ last mile delivery experiences while reducing operational costs. and Canada can now access the solution at no additional charge. Oracle Retail customers in the U.S.

Returns 278

Returns Customer Experience Location Management 278

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, consumers return to brick-and-mortar stores and seek omnichannel experiences. Retailers increasingly strike balances between direct-to-consumer ecommerce and omnichannel strategies to keep products in stores and in front of consumers. Leading retailers recognize ecommerce and in-store retail are not rival strategies.

Shipping 264

Shipping Wholesale Fulfillment Consumer 264

Retail Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Of course, anyone can dress and display mannequins around the store or put together window displays; the real questions is how can you use the latest materials to stand out from the competition? Instagramable moments are key as it’s a way of making other consumers aware of what is going on at your store and attracting other shoppers.”

Visual Merchandising 148

Visual Merchandising Consumer Shopping Marketing 148

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2023

JD Sports , a global retailer with more than 3,000 stores worldwide, has adopted a suite of solutions designed to boost its growth in Canada, a market the retailer entered in 2021. The company currently operates 23 stores in Canada under the JD , size? The Retail Management Suite from Jesta I.S.

Loss Prevention 245

Loss Prevention Management Planning Location 245

Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2024

Totally Workwear, Australia’s largest network of workwear specialist destinations, has revealed its plan to add more stores across the country following its rebranding late last year. This phase will also introduce “world-class” store design, customer service and range architecture programs.

Planning 147

Planning Marketing Accessories Fashion 147

Retail Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2023

KI operators to the eight sets of swing doors that deliver seamless access into the new Zara concept store situated within the world-renowned, Battersea Power Station development. This technology allows us to offer two concealed automation solutions. TORMAX was recently contracted by Permasteelisa (UK) to install their iMotion 1302.KI

Fashion 163

Fashion Management Planning Shopping 163

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In an era when customers are demanding more personalised interaction and service from retail staff, there is no longer any room for inefficiencies in in-store execution. With real-time task management and peer-to-peer communication solutions, you can deliver the speed, power and ease your workforce needs to lift productivity and service.

Inventory Management 299

Inventory Management Promotions Management Shipping 299

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The growth of edge computing in retail is undeniable, as more devices are connected in stores and more applications depend on the data they create. Never has the role of a retail store infrastructure in delivering the customer experiences of tomorrow been so important. I’ll help you decide.

Payment Services 278

Payment Services Customer Experience Promotions Point of Sale 278

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The solution provider will use the funding to scale deployment of autonomous urban supermarkets across Europe and the U.S., enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. New strategic investors include SAP SE, which will also help commercialize Trigo’s solution.

Checkout 289

Checkout Inventory Management Supermarket Finance 289

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

Designed to align with Clinique branding elements such as language and color palette, The Lab promotes the brand’s commitment to leading skin diagnosis and appropriate solutions. The Clinique Lab emphasizes the science behind the heritage beauty brand’s ingredients.

Department Stores 284

Department Stores ATS Promotions Planning 284

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2024

Build-A-Bear Workshop has deployed a new cloud-native, mobile-first POS and customer engagement solution in 450 stores across the U.S., As guests venture through the store, they go through the step-by-step process of stuffing, bathing and dressing their new stuffed animals — and participating in a now-iconic Heart Ceremony.

Location 297

Location Planning Store Operations Customer Experience 297

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The role of the store is continuing to evolve as consumers’ digital behaviors accelerate — one of the key reasons why experts believe the definition of a “successful store design” has completely changed. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How have consumers’ increasingly digital behaviors influenced design decisions?

Visual Merchandising 264

Visual Merchandising Consumer Shipping Shopping 264

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

CVS has unveiled a new shop-in-shop concept called Skin Care Center featuring solutions for skin health in three U.S. CVS Skin Care Centers will feature in-store testing experiences and custom sample offerings. locations — New York City, Woodland Hills, Calif. and Walnut Creek, Calif.

Location 297

Location Beauty and Health ATS Customer Experience 297

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

As sustainability has become increasingly urgent in higher-level executive discussions, store design teams have had to face a new creative reality: that they need to integrate sustainability into every facet of their work, from the raw materials that go into the products they choose to the use of greenery and natural light in the finished designs.

Beauty and Health 306

Beauty and Health Consumer Visual Merchandising Marketing 306

Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2024

Service company Cognizant established Amazon’s Just Walk Out (JWO) to assist organisations in deploying and delivering technology solutions designed to improve customer experiences and support rapid expansion while avoiding the risk of technological misalignment.

Inventory Management 263

Inventory Management Checkout Customer Experience Shopping 263

Retail Focus

APRIL 20, 2024

It comes as research from EE reveals that two-thirds of Brits (68%) prefer a relaxing and calm environment when shopping, with nearly two in ten (19%) admitting they find the in-store experience to be stressful. The post EE and Calm unite on new offering to ease in-store shopping stress appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

Shopping 148

Shopping ATS 148

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and Google Cloud have launched BrainOS Inventory Insights, a proprietary solution that aims to deliver next-generation in-store inventory analytics to retailers. The platform is designed to be an end-to-end solution for analyzing the inventory data collected by BrainOS-powered inventory scanning robots. Brain Corp.

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Inventory Management Management Location Shopping 246