Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2022

Most consumers are in the same boat. In a new survey from marketing platform Klaviyo , 49% of consumers said they don’t know what the metaverse is , and among those respondents who said they were aware of the metaverse, 78% think it’s mostly marketing hype. Hype might be a bit of an exaggeration.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Third-party online retailers have proven that consumers prioritise the acquisition of the product over the in-store purchase experience. Net-a-Porter is considered a pioneer in the online luxury space since its founding at the start of the millennium in the year 2000 by Natalie Massenet. Net-a-Porter is much more of a wholesale model.

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Wholesale Drop-Shipping Fashion Customer Experience 130

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Australian e-commerce is booming in the wake of the pandemic, with vast new groups of consumers coming into the market who have only recently latched onto the benefits of digital shopping, and businesses that have adopted strong customer service strategies delivered via mobile channels are being rewarded.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

The business got its first big break in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, when Liu saw an opportunity to capitalise on the burgeoning e-commerce sector and began selling products online to customers who were eager to avoid public spaces. JD.com also aims to contribute RMB 100 billion in taxes and create over 1 million jobs.

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Merchant Services Supply Chain Management Net Profit Marketing 130

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The greatest inspirations I had in my life came directly from people and at Moncler we know that the more we inspire people, the more they inspire us. In 2003, Ruffini took over the brand and turned it into the sought-after luxury ski-wear label it is today. We’re past the point of marketing to a few social media platforms.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

contending that consumers will see higher prices and workers will see lower wages if the deal goes through. This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” Henry Liu, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement.

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Wholesale Grocer Supermarket Consumer 52

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Technical clothing and classic designs all at affordable prices are some of the keys to UNIQLO’s success. This helped us to establish a position of having high-quality products at reasonable prices, which is the fundamental value behind our products. Budget conscious consumers flocked to the retailer to buy its inexpensive clothing.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 7, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend record sums this year on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping, according to the annual survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year. billion in 2021.

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Discount Store Department Stores Accessories Consumer 52

Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 5, 2022

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Alibaba’s cloud computing business is the market leader in China.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Wholesale Advertising 52

Mass Relators

JULY 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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Shopping Discount Store Department Stores Consumer 52

Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Similarly, retail analyst Nick Hood of Opus Business Advisory says it’s “too much debt” for “low margin businesses in highly competitive markets” to take on. One of their biggest challenges is the eye-watering debt bills hindering their ability to compete in the grocery market, especially with the rocketing success of the discounters.

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Grocer Supermarket Finance Returns 125

Small Biz Trends

MAY 11, 2022

Franchises often provide help with inventory, setup, and marketing. Franchisees pay an upfront fee and often pay ongoing royalty and marketing fees in exchange for operational support. But as more consumers begin traveling again, it is expected to be an active time for car rental businesses. What is a Rental Car Franchise?

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Location Consumer Marketing ATS 98

Mass Relators

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Just a few of the retailers participating in this monumental special event include: Walmart Thrifty-White HEB Target Amazon Walgreens Kroger CVS “This unprecedented show of solidarity is an important milestone,” said John Kenlon, vice president and publisher of the DSN brand at EnsembleIQ. Dain Rusk, Publix Super Markets, Inc.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2023

Sportswear retailer LSKD has been expanding rapidly throughout Australia in recent years, and has now set its sights on a bigger market: the US. We’d never done an event at that level before – there were 50,000-plus community members. JD: The brand started in 2003. It was a big indicator that we needed to set up out here.

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Wholesale Planning Location Marketing 243

A1 Retail

MAY 13, 2021

imageHOLDERS was founded in 2003 to support companies with design integration and product development of digital technologies – at the time this was primarily kiosks, plasma screens and digital print. The awards are valid for five years.

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Kiosk Marketing Planning Consumer 59

Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

. — Dollar General has promoted 18 executives to new roles at the company. Throughout her 12-year tenure at DG, Allen has led the Company’s strategy to attract and retain talent across her numerous HR roles, including organizational development, talent acquisition, corporate HR and retail HR.

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Promotions Merchant Services Planning Beauty and Health 52

365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

At the forefront of these changes is the annual eCommerce Expo , which has consistently served as a platform for industry professionals to gather, share, and learn. Held on 27th and 28th September 2023 at ExCeL London, the event is expected to attract over 11,000 visitors and will feature more than 300 solution providers.

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Fulfillment Inventory Management Management Consumer 67

Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 28, 2022

After growing for decades Abercrombie & Fitch’s revenues peaked at $2.1 Charged with task of turning the brand around Horowitz made sweeping changes at Abercrombie & Fitch and they are working. At the same time support began growing for brands that are more inclusive. But some are doing a better job at this than others.

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Fashion Fast Fashion Consumer Marketing 98

365 Retail

JULY 12, 2022

Since its introduction in 2003, Tesla has made quite a name for itself in the Electric Vehicle industry. Yet, despite such monstrous success in the market, the brand lacked quite a bit in the quality department. In this one, the sitting arrangement didn’t seem better at all. The Fourth Best – Tesla Model X. The Final Say!

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Fashion Consumer Marketing ATS 57

Rangeme

MARCH 31, 2022

From period products to sex toys and condoms, women-owned brands are breaking barriers when it comes to “taboo” topics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. One of our goals at RangeMe is to showcase diverse products to retail buyers and get these products into consumers’ hands. View their profile here.

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Beauty and Health Consumer Marketing Shipping 52

Retail Prophet

AUGUST 11, 2023

E-commerce, which in 2003 amounted to a rounding error on most retailers’ profit and loss statements, has become table stakes for any business wishing to survive. But the shift is bigger than consumer-facing innovations. Most importantly, consumers are looking to retail to play a more artistic role in their lives.

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Consumer Customer Experience Promotions Advertising 52

Mass Relators

MAY 11, 2022

At Walmart, the sky’s the limit!” As Walmart Canada’s new chief merchandising officer, Wankowski will be tasked with ensuring that customers have convenient access to food, apparel, general merchandise, and health and wellness offerings at everyday low prices. Walmart is also a great place to build a career.

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Apparel Promotions Customer Experience Management 52

Nvidia

JUNE 7, 2022

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, a group that included dozens of security experts led by a former AT&T CEO. It also called for a playbook on dealing with security breaches, a safety board to review major incidents — even a program to establish cybersecurity warning labels for some consumer products.

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Telecommunications Planning Management ATS 114

Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Amazon is the first channel consumers turn to when conducting a product search online ahead of even Google. Selling on Amazon comes at a cost. The Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. We have a direct-to-consumer business that's growing and we have a wholesale business that is growing.” The bad news.

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Merchant Services Advertising Shipping Wholesale 96

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The customization was needed because of the peculiarities involved in shopping for eyewear online, which is something Zenni knows quite a bit about: it’s sold more than 50 million frames since it was founded as a low-cost (but high-quality) eyewear retailer in 2003. We want to bring convenience to the end consumer.

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Consumer Shopping Store Operations Customer Experience 278

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Since its launch on Amazon in 2003, ThriftBooks.com has gone on to become one of the world’s largest online independent used booksellers, and has sold more than 250 million books across 160+ countries. When I joined the company 10 years ago, we were 100% analog, there was no automation at all except our key algorithm.

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Marketing Consumer Customer Experience ATS 262

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

Consumer shopping habits have shifted irreversibly towards ecommerce in the past two years. According to Mirakl’s Enterprise Marketplace Index (“the Index”), while traditional ecommerce sites have experienced sharp growth, online marketplaces have grown at double the ecommerce rate: more than 80% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Resale is one of the hottest sectors of retail right now, but despite rampant consumer demand and brand uptake, resale platform operators are struggling to make ends meet. While both companies debuted at over $20 , shares of ThredUp were trading at $2.99 and The RealReal were trading at $1.32 million , or 8.7% of revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

Before COVID-19, the brick-and-mortar shopping differentiator for the consumer was the in-person experience: They could try on the goods, or just see them in context. At large retail outfits you won’t be trying on that shirt. Brady Watkins is the Senior Vice President and General Manager at SoftBank Robotics America.

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Shopping Boutique Supermarket Management 311

Cisco Retail

MAY 31, 2022

We sat down with Jeffrey den Oudsten, Chief Technology Officer at Conscia Netherlands, to get his insights and perspectives around Cisco+ Hybrid Cloud. Jeffrey: Conscia Group started in 2003, and today we have approximately one thousand employees. Jeffrey: W e are seeing a big market transition around hybrid cloud.

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Customer Experience Management Fulfillment Consumer 136

SGN Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2021

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 16, 2021

This time around, I’ll be taking a look at what went into creating the product, how its roots in the Stealthwatch UDP Director helped to lay the groundwork for Telemetry Broker. I joined Lancope back in 2003 at the dawn of the application of data science and data analytical techniques for network and computer security.

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Consumer Marketing ATS 126