Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. And in 2024, with shoppers visiting different supermarket stores and chains, and with greater frequency, we’re witnessing a new trend: the polychannel shopper.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

And while there are certainly costs associated with going green (though it turns out greenwashing is often more expensive), sustainability has the potential to boost sales, cut costs and increase efficiencies including the bonus benefit of reducing product returns. consumers, according to Bain & Co.; Premium pricing: 50% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Since the infamous shopping holiday was created and marketed by Alibaba in 2009, there has been no slowing down. Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, is now the world’s largest shopping holiday, with advertisers seeing incredible returns. The success of Singles’ Day in China is no secret. Membership Services are Booming.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed. Others allow for users to take advantage of retailers’ return policies if their payments cannot be made. Many commercial apps now ask for a credit card on file to make in-app purchases.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

At the time, the focus was on Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2009. But knowing that Generation Alpha would be the first to be entirely born in the 21st century (with births commencing in 2010), I believe they are not a return to the old, but the start of something new. Yet, a new generation was about to begin.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

The pizza giant has officially announced a high-level executive shakeup alongside the permanent return of a fan-favorite menu item, signaling a broader strategy shift aimed at reclaiming its edge in an increasingly competitive fast-casual dining market.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

cities,” says Steve Kaufman, former Editor-in-Chief of VMSD from 1998 until 2009. Right, Left: An advertisement for decor references the return of American soldiers from WWI (left). The age of demand returned, but now it was the insatiable demand of big business. And its editor was a sometimes-writer named L.

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