Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site. The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024.

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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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I Vend

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

McKinsey’s research into the way that retailers managed cost reductions in the Great Recession of 2007-2009 found that ‘resilient retailers’ reduced their costs by two percentage points, while their ‘non-resilient’ counterparts increased theirs by the same amount. How can retail technology help retail stores to prepare for recession?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Downtown Miami In October 2009, Miami’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) published its 2025 Downtown Master Plan, aiming to revitalize the downtown district by leveraging its iconic waterfront, elevate its Grand Boulevards and establish it as the business and cultural epicenter of the Americas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Todd Leff: It was an interesting time, right at the height of the financial crisis in 2009. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): You first became involved with Hand & Stone Massage over a decade ago as an investor, after a long career in franchise-based retail. What attracted you to the company?

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