Wiser

AUGUST 29, 2017

Consumer spending during back-to-school 2017 sales was forecasted to increase and reach $83.6 According to the NRF , as of early August, only 13 percent of parents had completed all their back-to-school shopping, and 23 percent had not started at all. Less free shipping promotion mentions. Overall fewer promotional mentions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The RealReal inaugurated National Consignment Day in 2017 to raise awareness about creating a more sustainable fashion ecosystem through resale. Consigners already have the choice to consign or trade as well as sell on the platform, and can choose to drop off items at 18 locations across the country or sign up for at-home pickup.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Target has made a number of changes across its executive leadership team, including the promotion of Christina Hennington to the newly established role of EVP and Chief Growth Officer. At the core of Target’s success is the most talented team in retail,” said Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO of Target in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

DICK’S Sporting Goods has promoted President Lauren Hobart to the roles of President and CEO, as of Feb. She joined DICK’s in 2011 as Chief Marketing Officer and was named President in 2017. She joined DICK’s in 2011 as Chief Marketing Officer and was named President in 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

24, David Baxter will be promoted to President of the Americas, succeeding Stephanie Pugliese, who is stepping down and leaving the company; and Mehri Shadman has been appointed Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary as current Chief Legal Officer John Stanton retires after 16 years with the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

GNC has announced two new appointments to its leadership team: Nate Frazier has been promoted to EVP, COO, and former Zappos executive Karlyn Mattson has joined the company as Chief Merchandising Officer. At Zappos, Mattson was General Manager of Merchandising Strategy, New Business Development and Women’s Fashion.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

. “This has been yet another hard year for many Australians,” said Alan Kirkland, CEO at consumer advocacy organisation Choice, which makes the awards annually. “While Coles and Woolies have been promoting how they’re supposedly helping with the cost of living, in the background they’ve been banking huge profits.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Retail Gazette looks at some of the possible candidates to be supermarket’s next chief executive. During his time at the ecommerce behemoth, Hoggett was charged with revamping the company’s grocery arm and its approach to physical retail. His turnaround expertise certainly makes him a suitable fit for the vacant role at Asda.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This would be nearly 8 million more people than in 2021 and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking the data in 2017. Online search is the top source of gift inspiration, at 43% , followed by friends and family at 35% and within a store at 31%. An estimated 166.3 Total gift card spending is expected to reach $28.6

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Wiser

OCTOBER 2, 2018

However, one marketing tactic has stood the test of time, and for good reason: the promotion. . Shoppers won’t know your excellent sales if you don’t promote them. Promotions are one of the best ways to communicate your discounts, sales periods, and other crucial information to your target audience. Black Friday Winners .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. Customers will be able to use their Schnucks Rewards account with the carts, providing them with access to clipped promotions and allowing them to view weekly circular deals as they browse the aisles. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

The rise of club stores is likely being driven, at least in part, by record high inflation. Personalized prices, promotions and rewards also became 3X more important at driving overall price perception compared to 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 4, 2021

Australia’s consumer commission, the ACCC, is asking the government to consider the promotion of toddler formula as part of its review of the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula (MAIF) Agreement later this year. WHO’s target is to increase the global rate of exclusive breastfeeding to at least 50 per cent by 2025.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Omnichannel retailers are at a distinct advantage because they already have the cross-channel functionalities. Beyond that, 91 percent of shoppers made purchases at physical stores. Whether in-store or online, Wiser has you covered from pricing to assortment to promotions. Or, that associate can have it shipped to them instead.

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Wiser

JULY 27, 2017

Take a guess: what occasion is being advertised by the following promotions from various sources? The campaigns surrounding Prime Day are a clear example of the difficulty in scaling promotional monitoring. In other words, be willing to go beyond the traditional holiday-based promotional calendar. Homepages on Prime Day 2017.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 4, 2025

The executive joined Superdry in November 2022 as its head of sourcing, before being promoted to head of global sourcing, ethical and sustainability in July 2023. Prior to Superdry, Slater served as head of buying at Dubai based retail firm Al-Futtaim from November 2017 to July 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Instead, a series of recent diversifications, including the launch of a direct-to-consumer site in 2017, meant the brand was poised to roll with the pandemic punches. At that point email marketing was being managed by the team at TAC, which also owns and operates From You Flowers , Eve’s Addiction and Brook & York , among other brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

. “A lot of people are becoming thoughtful about what they buy, how much they buy, what the quality is and things like that,” said Karin Dillie, VP of Partnerships at Recurate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. I started doing it back in 2017, when I would just buy great bags for my sister on The RealReal.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As the “medtail” movement continues to gain momentum, Amazon is seeking to build membership for its One Medical subscription telehealth service by offering it as an add-on benefit for Prime members at a reduced price. Amazon acquired One Medical in July 2022.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To put these numbers into perspective, that is more than double what US consumers spent online on Black Friday 2017, which drove US$5.03 There was sales growth over last year, although most of this was generated online rather than in stores,” Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, observed.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

To that end, the spokesperson continued, the site has a straightforward takedown notice process and offers licensing agreements for fan art that promotes brands. It was awarded $5000 in damages after the court recognised the logo was used on several t-shirts and a poster. The story is originally published on Smart Company.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Online retailers also are enhancing their ability to get the most out of each transaction: Retailers are getting more people to hit ‘buy,’ with conversion now at 4.1% Shoppers are making larger purchases , with average order value up 13% at $169. on desktop (up 1%) and 1.9% on smartphones (up 3.7% ) in the first eight months of 2021.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

Mr. Gupta joined Dick’s in 2017 as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. He previously served as senior Vice President of finance at Advance Auto Parts.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, Williams announced a new initiative with her long-time sponsor Nike to promote diversity in design. When I go into a design studio, I want to see everyone at the table and involved: someone who looks like me, my dad, my husband. I did question at the end, why are there not more people of colour?”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

If you look at some of the statistics, in June [2020] alone Colorado saw a 30% increase year-over-year in retail marijuana sales. According to [cannabis analysis firm] BDSA, the number of Colorado [residents] who have used cannabis in Q3 2020 was 42% , compared to 24% in Q3 2017.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But while some see the news as dealing a significant blow to the glass ceiling, others say it’s another sign of women being promoted off a glass cliff. While Banducci has confirmed that he will remain in the role through the Senate inquiries, some question the fairness of appointing Bardwell to the top job at a time of crisis for the company.

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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 Whether this latest effort proves to be a success remains to be seen. billion and stores numbering 868 globally. The initiative has shown success so far, with 3.4

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The retailer has both closed some existing Amazon Fresh locations and put new openings on hold, but at the time Jassy had stressed that the halt was temporary. billion in 2017, and represents just 3.4% Fears that the deal would upend the business, which were widely felt at the time , may have been overblown. billion in Q4 2021.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 29, 2021

During the May 2021 IBM Think virtual conference, IBM and Cisco jointly presented at six different sessions now available for review on demand. In this blog, I highlight three of those sessions–all available at Power your digital transformation with Cisco and IBM –that fall into the areas of security and cloud computing.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2025

Dominant position in China Founded in 2017, Luckin Coffee grew faster than any coffee chain in China by stripping down the cafe experience to its essentials. There is never a best time to enter a new market, let alone the US,” said Lee Kok How, managing partner at Aora Group and lecturer at Singapore Management University.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As global connectivity continues to rise, generational shifts are coming to play an increasingly important role in setting new consumer trends — of which sustainability is at the core. Weiss holds an Executive MBA from the London School of Business (Dubai campus) and has completed the Senior Executive Development programme at HEC Paris.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The audience of people with disabilities is larger than most people think ,” said Geoff Freed, Director of Perkins Access Consulting during a session at the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference. “It The same goes for everything from email blast promotions to a user’s ability to read on-site reviews. Registration is now open!

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Wright, who left the fashion retailer this week, will start his new role at the end of October as the mother and baby brand’s current boss Gwynn Milligan steps down, Retail Week reported. Milligan joined JoJo Maman Bébé in 2017 as its commercial director before being promoted to CEO in April 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

Not only do paying members tend to choose that retailer first , but they also typically shop at the retailer more often and have bigger basket sizes when they do. One thing is for sure – it’s unlikely that the same consumer will pay for memberships at all three of the big general merch retailers: Amazon, Walmart and Target.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

Galeries Lafayette is renowned globally for its flagship location at Boulevard Haussmann in Paris. The 65,000 square foot store in Delhi, expected to be operational in 2025, will be at DLF Emporio, one of India’s largest luxury malls. Indians in general have high expectations of retail service quality.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

The first Amazon Style store is set to open later this year at The Americana at Brand shopping mall in Los Angeles. “We Amazon Style could be a first foray in the department store realm where the company could expand to other untouched categories at brick-and-mortar, such as homewares.

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