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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

Retail TouchPoints

Circuit City also will support the partnerships with its customer service, private label products and white-glove consumer electronics experience. After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site.

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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

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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Report: Rent The Runway Exits Brick-And-Mortar

Retail TouchPoints

Founded as an e-Commerce business in 2009, Rent the Runway did not open its first retail location until 2014. A primary reason Rent the Runway added stores and built a network of physical drop-off locations was to make it easier for customers to return merchandise.

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DG announces officer promotions

Mass Relators

She will also lead the compliance team, and the newly created Center of Excellence which supports monitoring store-level compliance, data gathering and future field enhancement analysis. Smriti Maheshwari joined Dollar General as vice president, inventory and demand management and will lead the inventory teams for the consumables business.

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Exclusive CEO Q&A: How Hand & Stone Massage Kept Growth Going Even During Shutdowns

Retail TouchPoints

Todd Leff: It was an interesting time, right at the height of the financial crisis in 2009. RTP: It sounds like Hand & Stone has found a good balance between the centralization needed for a large organization, versus the freedom to operate at the individual franchise level. What attracted you to the company?

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Retail technology for building recession resilience

I Vend

Consumers continue to spend on essentials such as food, personal care, and basic clothing, but reduce their outlay on items such as furniture, home electronics, sporting goods and accessories. How can retail technology help retail stores to prepare for recession? Retail Technology: Efficient in-store operations.