Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2025

Modern consumers don’t just visit storefronts to shop — they come to engage with products and, more importantly, to connect with brands on a personal level. Even if the overall space maintains a consistent temperature, having multiple light sources lets you experiment and adapt as your shop layout evolves.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As we prepare to welcome both new and existing customers, we are looking forward to creating a truly memorable and enchanting shopping experience at Liverpool ONE, in an exciting store format that reflects the spirit of the city.” The extensive and high-quality own brand Sephora Collection will also be available.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Beauty business Following the acquisition, MCoBeauty will sit within DBGs VidaCorp portfolio, which also includes Nude By Nature, founded in 2008, and Makeup Cartel, founded in 2013. We were Woolworths’ main cosmetic brand, so women were cruising the aisle of Woolworths and had nowhere else to shop but the grocery stores.

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Retail Bound

DECEMBER 2, 2024

With a slew of high-impact shopping events driving consumer spending, this is your prime opportunity to maximize revenue, build brand awareness, and move products off shelves quicker than at any other time of the year. Now, let’s break down the top 4 Q4 shopping events and discuss how your brand can stand out.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

It joins the likes of Tesco, which has profits of more than 2bn, B&Q owner Kingfisher, which surpassed 1bn in profit in 2022, and M&S in 2008. Although we’re expecting negative like-for-likes in the UK, there are still towns where we haven’t got a shop. growth in sales. growth in sales.

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Retail Bound

DECEMBER 31, 2024

AI assists brands in offering personalized shopping experiences, optimizing inventory, and predicting consumer trends. Since 2008, we have helped countless product brands launch and grow in the retail space. AR allows customers to virtually try products before purchasing, enhancing customer engagement.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 31, 2025

Enotria&Coe has grown consistently across all supply channels during the past two decades, buying Wheeler Cellars in 2008, Great Western Wine now trading from its Bath shop as The Great Wine Co in 2010, and Coe Vintners in 2015.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2025

(Compare, for example, the brouhaha now about US tariffs, which is the biggest issue currently on the table for many countries, with the mountain of uncertainties facing companies in March 2020, or during the global financial crisis of 2008.) Uncertainties abound, and the best retailers get on with the job and thrive despite them.

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Retail Bound

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Current Retail Landscape The Rise of E-Commerce Over the past decade, e-commerce has transformed the way consumers shop, with online sales accounting for a significant portion of total retail revenue. The Role of Brick-and-Mortar Stores Despite the surge of online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores remain vital.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2017, the company completed a similar turnaround of the Polaroid brand, selling it to Polish investor Wiaczesaw Smookowski after eight years of ownership following the brands 2008 bankruptcy.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 3, 2025

The launch marks a key milestone in Liverpool ONEs record-breaking 2025, a year set to be its biggest for openings since its inception in 2008.

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Retail Bound

MARCH 18, 2025

In a world seemingly dominated by online shopping, you might wonder why any product brand would consider entering physical retail. If customers are frequently asking for a store location or wanting to see products in person, it might be time to consider setting up shop. Lastly, financial stability is essential.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2025

We’re seeing consumers shop less frequently but spend more per visit. From Tariff Fallout to Trust Opportunity If there’s one lesson from the last era of economic disruption — whether it was the 2008 recession or the COVID-19 pandemic — it’s that loyalty isn’t lost in crisis. That makes every basket — and every interaction — count.

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Retail Prophet

APRIL 11, 2025

By the 20th century Hudsons Bay was a staple in almost every downtown Canadian shopping district and suburban mall, earning a reputation as a provider of quality products backed by solid customer service and guarantees for Canadian families. And that is private equity ownership.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 13, 2025

Types of Franchises: Bagel franchises range from classic bagel shops to gourmet cafes, each appealing to different consumer preferences and market demands. Classic Bagel Shops Classic bagel shops focus on traditional bagel-making techniques, emphasizing authenticity. What types of bagel franchises are available?

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Retail Wire

MAY 10, 2025

Since opening its first Utah location in 2008 in Washington City, the California-based franchise has gradually expanded throughout the state. It has consistently placed itself near major roads or highways and big shopping centers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2025

He is the first non-family boss for the 75 year-old aftermarket automotive brand, and it is Meneillys first non-food appointment since 2008. The Pedders story began in 1950, as a small die-cast welding shop in the Melbourne suburbs. Meneilly said he is delighted and honoured to take on the role.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

“When it comes to makeup, I always say, ‘use without caution,’ and now you can shop without caution, too.” However, beauty brands and other companies in various retail sectors have been integrating AR technology into the consumer shopping experience since well before 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

The store is slated for the Jingjiang Impression City shopping center in Taizhou, a city located near Shanghai. Forever 21 then opened a store on Alibaba ’s Tmall and has begun advertising its offerings for the 618 mid-year shopping festival. Forever 21 first entered China in 2008 but left the country a year later.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

He was named President in 2008, added the CEO title in 2016 and was named CEO in 2019. I am confident in their ability to lead our company into the future and to continue to make Publix a great place to shop for our customers and a great place to work for our associates.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

As a result, retailers need to rethink how they attract and retain customers by looking at data not just from recent months but also from the last time shoppers felt this much economic pressure — the Great Recession of 2008-2009. How did we come out of it?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

The ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008. Moreover, the inquiry will also explore emerging issues such as online shopping, technological advancements, and loyalty programs.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) interim report for supermarkets inquiry revealed that almost 50 per cent of consumers now ‘often’ or ‘always’ compare prices before shopping, a significant increase from 17 per cent found by the watchdog’s 2008 Grocery Inquiry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

The retailer offers completely personalized shopping experiences driven by data science, personal styling and outfit functionality. He was the first executive hired at HauteLook in 2008 and joined Nordstrom ’s leadership following that company’s acquisition in 2011.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2024

An application by the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association – the union for retail, fast food and warehousing workers – seeks to remove junior rates for adult employees on three key awards. Whether that justifies a significant wage discount is less clear. What’s fair?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2021

Abercrombie & Fitch and Zappos.com have partnered to add curated Abercrombie & Fitch items to Zappos’ ecommerce shop. In Q1 2021, net sales for both Abercrombie and Hollister rose to $296 million , up 61% compared to Q1 2020 and 6% compared to Q1 2019, marking the retailer’s best Q1 performance since 2008.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

Consumer shopping habits have shifted irreversibly towards ecommerce in the past two years. These carefully designed marketplaces take the guesswork out of online shopping, providing customers with a one-stop destination for the right product in every circumstance. Why Marketplace Momentum Will Only Continue.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Advanced capabilities like buy online pick up in-store (BOPIS), ecommerce, apps that help navigate stores and outdoor pop-up shops that used to get pushed back for budgetary reasons suddenly became imperatives for stores to stay afloat. Not only did consumers change where they shop, but also what they shop for.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

Christmas needs to come early this year (and by Christmas I mean the entire holiday shopping season). Rogoff say this recession will be the worst in 100 years, making the financial meltdown of 2008 feel like a “dry run” for what‘s in store for us in the coming quarters. But first let’s start with the cold hard reality.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the key dimensions of EuroShop 2023 is Shop Fitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising, which is the heart of EuroShop and its largest dimension. Shopping becomes an interactive high-tech experience. It may read like a list of digital buzzwords, but these are the current and future customer relationship challenges.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Like the rest of the industry we have seen a structural shift in the shopping behavior of the consumer — a change that has been further accelerated by the global health crisis,” said Diane Sullivan, CEO, President and Chairman of Caleres in a statement. However, a 24.6% Caleres made 71.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2023

However, it’s no surprise that many of those consumers plan to prioritize shopping for bargains in-store. With the resurgence of in-person retail shopping post-pandemic, retail employers nationwide are sharing many of the same struggles and obstacles in finding talent to work to meet consumer needs and expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. Chala outlined the timeline of resale’s rise, beginning with the 2008 recession and the resulting reboot of consumers’ mindsets about spending.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Brava Lingerie co-founder Lin Windram has been involved with the charity since forming a business friendship with a neighbouring shop owner. Najaf Mazari has a rug shop in High Street, Prahran (Melbourne), just a few doors from the first ever Brava Lingerie shop opened by myself and my daughter Maxine,” Windram told Inside Retail. “As

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2023

The brand’s fifth store in Singapore, which is located in Ion Orchard, features an “enhanced shopping experience” that aims to introduce more consumers to Desigual through a new perspective on the brand. When it comes to Singapore, the brand landed in the island republic back in 2008, and later expanded to different markets.

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