Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

Despite these statistics, many retailers still don’t have functional workplace violence plans. If they do have a plan, it’s likely that it hasn’t been recently updated, and many employees may not know it exists. My role at Acuity is to help retailers with these types of undertakings. Additionally, the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Prior to that, in 2017, it announced a North Star strategy centered on customer loyalty. The company was at the top of its game in 2014, with revenue peaking at $28.1 The post Macys Jeff Warren explains how the legacy retailer plans to turn things around appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. billion, down from $24.4

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s since 2017, plans to retire in February 2024 after a total of four decades with the retailer. He has delivered strong results at Bloomingdale’s and has been an ally and trusted partner in advancing Macy’s’ strategies. I’m excited that Tony Spring has been appointed Macy’s Inc.’s

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Vuori has received a $400 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that values the activewear brand at $4 billion just six years after its debut. The company has been profitable since 2017. The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

If you’ve never had someone dress you, you may not realize what an intimate thing it is, said Sarah Funderburk,VP of Styling and Client Support at Stitch Fix in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Were always looking at how we can actually achieve this balance, and not overswing in any one direction.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, when Kohl’s first piloted the launch of Amazon return kiosks in 2017, it saw new customers increase 9% at test locations compared to 1% increases at other stores. That partnership has since been expanded chainwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

Back in May 2023 Costco said it would delay planned membership fee hikes, citing the impact of inflation on consumers. At the time it was the first fee increase at that warehouse retailer in nine years. Along with the fee hikes, Costco also is raising the maximum annual 2% cash back total from $1,000 to $1,250 per member.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Its 10th store will open at Sunshine Plaza on March 10, and its 11th store at Pacific Fair on May 4. It also took home the award for outstanding growth.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

Amazon, the $2 trillion gorilla, arrived on our shores officially in December 2017, just in time for Christmas. Among Amazon shoppers in the UK, 70 per cent now shop there at least once a month, while 17 per cent use the online marketplace weekly. Amazon announced it posted over $3.1 billion in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

After emerging in January from its second stint in bankruptcy since 2017, Payless “is back,” the retailer trumpets on its newly launched e-Commerce site. Margolis plans to rein in costs with such strategies as negotiating leases that use a percentage of store revenue to pay a share of the rent rather than a fixed payment.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

Josh’s appointment is part of a thoughtfully planned leadership succession,” said Idol, who will become Executive Chairman when Schulman takes over next year. Over the course of career, Schulman also has held various roles at Jimmy Choo, Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci. “I

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Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2025

Once I looked deeper at the industry, I realised that my desire to build body care came from growing up in Australia and spending time in the ocean, she continued. Where the tech and beauty industry differ, according to Keating, is the pace at which a company, brand and product can roll out new innovations.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Renowned Australian footwear business Munro Footwear Group (MFG) recently acquired the popular but beleaguered New Zealand kids’ footwear brand Bobux, as part of a plan to consolidate its presence in the children’s market. The long-term plan is still being finalised,” he said. The initial focus is on stabilisation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mattress Firm has withdrawn its plans for an IPO this year, according to documents filed with the SEC. In 2017, Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy to facilitate a prepackaged restructuring that included the closure of 700 underperforming stores. Today, Mattress Firm operates 2,300 stores across the U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2025

The brand, trading internationally as Kenangan Coffee, has opened its first store in a Sydney Westfield shopping mall and plans to open a second in Melbourne by the end of the year. According to local sources, the launch is part of Kopi Kenangan’s global expansion plan, which aims at 100 outlets outside of Indonesia.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2025

Sam and Jack Gance have been retailing royalty since long before the aforementioned $30 billion merger was sealed at a Melbourne suburban pub in a 16-minute-long meeting. After the successful reverse takeover of Chemist Warehouse by Sigma, there is one name top of mind in the retail industry: Gance.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

More recently, the company’s offline efforts have been in the convenience space, with the launch of its cashierless Amazon Go stores, and grocery, following its acquisition of the upscale US grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017. And it would come at a time when some long-running department stores are closing up shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Aldi began working with Instacart in 2017 and in June 2023 debuted Aldi Express, a virtual convenience store offering nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery. “By In March 2024 Aldi laid out plans to add 800 U.S. Aldi will roll out Instacart Connected Stores solutions across all Aldi South Group locations in the U.S.,

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365 Retail

MARCH 26, 2025

Liverpool Football Club has submitted a planning application to Liverpool City Council to expand and refurbish its flagship retail store, located outside Anfield Stadium. The proposed plans could see the store size increase by just under 4000 square feet as we extend the mezzanine floor and revamp the store ahead of the 2025/26 season.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The retailer sells big brands at affordable prices across a huge range of products including women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion, shoes, accessories, homewares, beauty and toys. Since its expansion into Australia in 2017, the retailer has opened 78 stores including the new TK Maxx store in WA.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

Canada Goose has named Matt Blonder as its first-ever Chief Digital Officer (CDO), one of five key appointments designed to drive the retailer’s five-year strategic growth plan. Blonder brings 20 years’ experience in omnichannel DTC and digital marketing, most recently as President of Global Ecommerce at Wolverine Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Founder and then-CEO Kevin Plank knowingly or recklessly misrepresented facts regarding consumer demand for Under Armour’s products as well as the company’s financial and operating results, according to the Wall Street Journal. 16, 2015 and Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

million people plan to shop between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday in 2022, representing 69% of all holiday shoppers, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Analytics. This would be nearly 8 million more people than in 2021 and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking the data in 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2021

The new capabilities will help the retail giant speed up intake, boost accuracy and change how it handles freight at the upgraded facilities. Currently, Walmart stores its inventory until needed, at which point the items are manually packed onto a 53-foot trailer and shipped to the store that needs them. in a statement. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that will enlarge its total store square footage by 2% — its largest physical expansion since 2017. Dick’s Sporting Goods posted strong results in fiscal 2023, which ended Feb. increase in comp store sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He will succeed Marco Gobbetti, who was named Burberry CEO in 2017. Gobbetti is leaving Burberry at the end of 2021 to take the reins at Salvatore Ferragamo. From 2004 to 2016, Akeroyd was CEO of Alexander McQueen , and he also has held a number of senior fashion roles at London-based luxury department store Harrods.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 26, 2025

Her career at John Lewis began in 1989 in fashion buying, and she later became brand director in 2009, followed by buying director for home in 2013. In 2017, she took on the role of category director for fashion and beauty. Under her leadership, the grocer’s Tu Clothing brand saw a 1.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2023

Dunn originally departed from Walmart and Bonobos in 2020 but did not provide information about the reasons for his departure or his future plans. “Getting back into the mix at Bonobos is a magical, full-circle moment,” said Dunn in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It appears the ecommerce giant is using these brick-and-mortar locations primarily for consumer and market testing purposes, but Amazon has released little data about plans or timetables for additional openings. Closer to home, Amazon is reportedly planning to open department stores in the U.S. carrying clothes, electronics and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2022

Just five months after the opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Las Vegas, size-inclusive lingerie brand Savage x Fenty is planning to more than double its physical footprint, from five locations to 11. metro area. and UK retailers, according to market intelligence platform Edited.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

MINISO , a Japanese-inspired lifestyle retailer, has set its sights on brick-and-mortar growth and is accelerating its plans during the holiday season. The company revealed its plans to double its store fleet by the end of 2021, reaching 53 locations in the U.S. in April 2017, MINISO has forged a unique place in the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sears is planning for the sale or redevelopment of its Hoffman Estates, Ill. These changes have reduced our needs for a corporate campus that was built 30 years ago for the needs of a more centralized business,” said Larry Costello, Director of PR and Corporate Communications at Sears’ parent company Transformco in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In that role he was responsible for operational planning and prioritization, partner operations, M&A integration and process improvement initiatives across supply chain, stores and properties. Witherspoon also has held top operations posts at United Healthcare and the KFC U.S. division of Yum!

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

In a planned leadership transition, Michael Witynski has been named CEO of Dollar Tree. Gary Philbin, the company’s CEO since September 2017, is retiring but will serve as a member of the board through September 23, 2020. He previously held executive positions at Shaw’s Supermarkets and Supervalu.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The announcement of Alibaba’s CFO transition today is the culmination of extensive preparation over many years and a part of Alibaba’s leadership succession planning,” said Wu in a statement. Dai, the new leader of the China division, is an Alibaba founding member and partner who has served in various leadership roles at the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

Walmart is parting with the menswear brand at a significant loss — the retail giant acquired Bonobos for $310 million in 2017 as part of a successful push to boost its digital sales. Bonobos will remain at its current headquarters in New York.

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