Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2025

As consumer shopping behaviors become more fragmented in 2025, the path to purchase is no longer linear and brands must adapt to stay ahead. Consumers today are no longer giving their attention or money to a singular brand or retailer as previous generations did. Who is the Movable Middle Consumer and Why do They Matter?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2025

The store spans 72 square metres and is looking to become the ultimate Crocs destination, where its full range that targets a wide range of consumers is on display. billion in 2014. We havent shared next steps for retail expansion in Australia but plan to continue serving our consumers where they want to be shopping, concluded Sehgal.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

In 2014, German sportswear juggernaut Adidas approached the Brazilian company about a collaboration. But what is behind the US consumers love for this Brazilian brand? It all began with Adidas Farm Rio CEO Fabio Barreto told Inside Retail that the idea for international expansion began with a unique brand partnership.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 5, 2025

Social Media Influence: Approximately 72% of consumers utilize social media to discover new products, making it essential for brands to integrate digital marketing strategies that leverage these platforms effectively. Moreover, social media impacts consumer behavior significantly. Technological advancements also spur growth.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas. Professionally, that is something that I just really enjoy as well.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sloomoo Institute sells slime kits and subscription boxes online, but about 80 per cent of its revenue comes from ticket sales to its interactive playgrounds where consumers can customise and play with slime in real life. However, that didn’t deter them from moving forward with their mission to bring the healing power of slime to people.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

IR : How has the industry changed since Aloha Collection first launched in 2014? HA: When we launched in 2014, direct-to-consumer brands were on the rise, and digital was the obvious place to start. In what ways has the business adapted to keep up with these shifts?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2025

The challenge is that there arent many other options available, particularly since trade buyers are unlikely to secure approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Hough explained the push for a sale is primarily due to the private equity firms need to exit within the near to mid-term.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 19, 2025

year-on-year – down 3% from 2014 levels. This creates opportunities for stakeholders to seize momentum and unlock growth by tackling market challenges and capitalising on evolving consumer behaviours. While household finances are improving, consumer confidence remains cautious.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The effort carries significant weight at Amazon, which has plowed billions of dollars into Alexa since its launch in 2014 in the hope of putting the service into a range of devices and ultimately driving sales on its main e-commerce website. That contrasts with the current iteration which generally handles only a single request at a time.

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365 Retail

JUNE 16, 2025

The fact that – in the short term at least – it is now to set-up shop inside competitors’ spaces hints that it has perhaps lost sight of what the modern consumer truly desires. Similarly, the brand’s 2014 London Fashion Week activation broke new ground by using virtual reality (VR) to provide an immersive browsing experience.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 13, 2025

When those consumers are buying, Walton says they’ve been leaning towards “better quality, design-led items” – something that Home Bargains and Primark have tapped into in their affordable homeware ranges.

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365 Retail

MARCH 14, 2025

Not to pass comment on whether these transitions are right for all the customer segments that wish to access or can only access banking resources in different ways, I want to look at this pivotal change through the lens of brand differentiation and consumer experience.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

The rise of Alceon and the making of a retail empire It all started in 2014 with Alceon Group’s acquisition of a 76 per cent stake in the publicly listed Noni B Group for $16.4 While this approach was well-received at the time, it ultimately failed to deliver many of the promised turnarounds.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2025

So here are my guesses as to not only what will be the most repeated retail buzzwords of 2025, but also the consumer drivers behind them. Retailers will have to vary prices in responsible ways that demonstrate that theyre for the consumer rather than exploitative.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Trusted Service Awards were introduced in 2014 to celebrate brands that collect verified customer reviews and achieve outstanding feedback. Unlike other industry accolades, these awards are based solely on real customer experiences, making them a true measure of excellence.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In 2014, he started selling overseas to escape price wars in the Chinese market. Lei says tariffs and e-commerce curbs would force him to accept lower sales volumes, and US consumers will need to pay more. A year later, Washington quadrupled the “de minimis” threshold from US$200.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Consumers today are more price-savvy than ever. This creates an ongoing challenge for analysts who must ensure that their pricing strategies remain competitive, profitable, and aligned with consumer expectations. These time-consuming tasks create bottlenecks, leading to missed opportunities and inconsistent pricing strategies.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 2, 2025

For small businesses, learning from McDonald’s expansion tactics emphasizes the value of understanding diverse markets and consumer behaviors, skills essential for reaching broader audiences beyond a traditional storefront. This convenience impacts consumer behavior and reshapes dining experiences.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Two friends, Sam Carson and Ben Day, launched Acai Brothers in 2014 – Day has since left the business. Our freshness gives us a competitive advantage and we are proving consumers like it.” “The restaurant sites will be different to our burger or noodle brand locations,” Lee said.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2025

Sycamore Partners: a closer look Sycamore Partners describes itself as a “private equity firm specialising in retail and consumer investments”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2025

But beyond its scale, Notes Shanghai offered something more telling: a glimpse into how China’s fragrance industry is evolving from a passive consumer of foreign luxury into an assertive producer of cultural and commercial influence. As recently as 2014, Chinese consumers made up less than 1 per cent of global fragrance sales.

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VMS

JUNE 13, 2025

It covers the nature of branding and relationships with consumers, trust in marketing and storytelling, NFTs and creating derivative works and related IP legal issues, Web 3.0, Others are thought bubbles that I offer up for further investigation. I think that most of this episode is like thought bubbles. in Singapore.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated shifts in consumer behavior and expectations, and not many have been as dramatic as the explosive rise of ecommerce. Perhaps one of the biggest pain points brands have struggled with in ecommerce over the past two years is meeting consumers’ increased demand for immediacy.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Ethical sourcing of consumer data follows the ethical and moral guidelines for data sourcing or collection. Businesses, data engineers, data analysts, data scientists and stakeholders are all interested in the potential of big data, but collecting a vast amount of consumer data can be subject to ethical pitfalls. Transparency.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

Modular replacement parts are available, allowing consumers to repair broken items rather than simply tossing them away. Packaging is made from post-consumer paper, printed with vegetable-based inks and uncoated for 100% recyclability. for millennial and Gen Z consumers” with products people are “proud to use.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2023

Her most recent job was as SVP of Global Merchandising and Strategic Partnerships at The Children’s Place , where she was responsible for creating and delivering product strategies for all brands across multiple channels of distribution, as well as leading operations for the wholesale and international franchise businesses from 2014 to 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals. The Square Go app, available for free for both consumers and businesses, is currently available in the U.S. for iOS devices.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2024

Craft distillery Archie Rose has launched Tailored Spirits Live, a unique pop-up activation where consumers can customise their own gin or whisky. Established in 2014 by Will Edwards, Archie Rose Distilling Co is a Sydney-based craft distillery known for its range of spirits, including gin, vodka, whisky, and rum.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015. From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum! The growth was credited to a slight increase in customer traffic and accelerated growth in the retailer’s market share of “highly consumable product sales.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Johnson co-founded Enjoy in 2014 after leaving JCPenney and currently serves as its CEO. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

1, 2026, is designed to close a loophole in the plastic bag ban that was passed by the California legislature in 2014 and affirmed by voters in a 2016 referendum, according to the AP. The new law, scheduled to take effect Jan. This straightforward approach is easy to follow and will help dramatically reduce plastic bag pollution.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2021

The company reports that its model — offering consumers an instant merchant credit at the time a return is initiated — helps retailers drive higher return-to-repurchase rates. Since it was founded in 2014, Returnly has processed more than $1 billion in returns and been used by 8 million shoppers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

For the first time since its founding in 2014, Glossier will have a new CEO. She brings both a deep appreciation of the power of timeless consumer brands and the proven experience of leading large, dynamic organizations through transformational moments,” Weiss added.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

FTC Chair Lina Khan has cited the failure of divestitures in the 2014 Albertsons and Safeway merger as a reason for the agency to be skeptical about the merits of such a move. The key focus for the FTC as it investigates the divested stores will be their financial viability, antitrust experts told Reuters.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Flora & Fauna (F&F) founder and CEO Julie Mathers has resigned from the eco-friendly online retail business she started in 2014 and sold to beauty and wellness business BWX less than a year ago. Mathers started Flora & Fauna in 2014 to help people make better choices for the planet. A model for purpose-driven leadership.

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