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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. Larocque has spent more than 20 years with Burton, becoming SVP Operations in 2010.

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Vitamin Shoppe CEO Sharon Leite Went Undercover in Her Stores. Here’s What She Learned.

Retail TouchPoints

Launched in 1977, The Vitamin Shoppe saw sales begin to decline in the early 2010’s due primarily to a lack of digital innovation. million on inventory management solutions; $1.2 We also launched a new system, Relex , for inventory management.

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How Castlery came back from the brink to disrupt the furniture industry

Inside Retail

The business allowed us to combine both elements because we had to solve very complex problems from product design, assortment, logistics, and customer experience. One of the biggest problems in the furniture industry is inventory, so this allows our close partners to work with us, so we get better inventory management.

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Harnessing Sustainable Luxury Pop-Up Stores

Retail Focus

Luxury brands might strategically select unconventional locations for their pop-up stores or engage in collaborations with artists, designers, or other brands to generate buzz and attract diverse customer segments. The limited duration and space of pop-up stores also promote focused inventory management.

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Frictionless checkout – is it the ‘new omnichannel’?

I Vend

Retailers had long understood the need for diverse shopping channels, but in 2010 there was a lightbulb moment when they realised that simply having multiple routes to market wasn’t enough – those channels had to be integrated. It detracts from the customer experience. Friction matters because it restricts growth.

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Decoding the global trends shaping the future of retail

Inside Retail

Brands like Aritzia, Shein and Temu have become social media specialists at the heart of the customer experience and product development. Indeed, Shein and Temu are marketplace disruptors, offering a DTC experience online at unparalleled value. In January 2024, Walmart announced the introduction of drone delivery services to 1.8