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. and New York’s Times Square.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2025

Small beginnings In 1972, the Gance brothers bought their first pharmacy as graduates in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir and went on to buy another pharmacy three years later located only 300 metres away from their first storefront. The success of Le Specs and Le Tan informed Chemist Warehouse’s business model.

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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. The 790 owned and franchised Payless locations outside North America continued to operate as separate legal entities; their number has fallen slightly over the past 18 months, to 710.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., The Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology also has been deployed by other brands, including select Panera Bread locations. Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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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Mattress Firm has withdrawn its plans for an IPO this year, according to documents filed with the SEC.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. following a years-long turnaround effort that included the closure of 950 locations.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD was recently named ‘Business of the Year’ in the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

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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

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

AUGUST 6, 2024

Aldi will roll out Instacart Connected Stores solutions across all Aldi South Group locations in the U.S., 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. In March 2024 Aldi laid out plans to add 800 U.S.

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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.

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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. Now six new stores are in the works, destined for Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, St.

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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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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. The new stores are located across the U.S., going into 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

The company said in a statement that it plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MRFM, the same ticker it used in its previous listing on the Nasdaq. In 2017, Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy to facilitate a prepackaged restructuring that included the closure of 700 underperforming stores.

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Retail Dive

MAY 3, 2024

The apparel retailer massively downsized as it emerged from Chapter 11 in 2017. This time more than 540 stores will close for good.

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Retail Dive

MARCH 14, 2024

The sporting goods retailer is opening eight House of Sport stores in 2024, as well as 16 next-generation locations as it increases store investments.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 9, 2021

Founded in 2017 by Jenni Timony, FitPink athleisure is a specialist women’s sports and lifestyle clothing brand with a strong ethos in championing women and sustainability. The debut store will also continue the brand’s partnership with NGO, Plan International. Both FitPink and Gym+Coffee are fantastic new entrants for us.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Even as Amazon continues to open fashion, grocery and convenience brick-and-mortar stores, the ecommerce giant announced planned closures of all 68 of its 4-star , Books and Pop-up locations — 66 stores in the U.S. Amazon is not abandoning its Amazon Go cashierless convenience stores, with plans to open locations in Mill Creek, Wash.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

Since opening the first store in 2017, the brand has built a network of three corporate and four franchisee-owned locations in Victoria. Now the founders, husband and wife team Ishu Singh and Anna Dewan, are looking further afield, with new outlets planned for South Australia, Sydney and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast during 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Costco will put a renewed emphasis on ecommerce by doubling the number of locations with pickup lockers over the coming year and expanding its Costco Next brand directory. Costco Next has existed since 2017, but the retailer is expanding its selection to include new brands. The retailer’s net sales were up 16.7% year-over-year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 31, 2022

Eco-conscious chicken lovers can now charge their electric vehicles (EVs ) as they dine thanks to a partnership between Red Rooster and Evie, a company formed in 2017 to build a convenient and dependable EV charging network.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2023

The centre is located 20kms north of Perth in the coastal suburb of Hillarys and is expected to fetch around $250 million. Planning is underway for an eight‑storey adjacent building with 87 apartments, a three‑storey office building and a plaza.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A number of Sydney’s most iconic retail destinations – The Queen Victoria Building, Strand Arcade, and The Galeries – are now half-owned by Hong Kong-based Link REIT, which purchased a 50 per cent interest in the locations for $538.2

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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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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2024

We have plans to open three additional locations this year”. The launch follows the brand’s Australian website, introduced in 2017, and its success in New Zealand, where it now has 24 locations. “Our Brisbane store is just the beginning.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

During that time, there were a lot of listicles going around celebrating Black-owned business to shop and follow, and I found myself and my previously-owned brand Nyakio Beauty (acquired by Unilever in 2017) was at the top of all these lists, Grieco told Inside Retail. This is where Thirteen Lunes next plan of action comes in.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

A detailed timeline released by Sitrick and Company, the law firm representing Cooler Screens, outlined the deterioration of the companies’ relationship, which began in 2017 under former Executive Chairman and CEO Stefano Pessina. It also is paying $4.95

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

VillageMD will remain a standalone company with its own board and management, with plans to conduct an IPO in 2022. Walgreens is planning to open at least 600 Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practices by 2025 and 1,000 by 2027, building on the 80 that are expected to open by the end of 2021. billion in 2021.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 19, 2025

The move, led by the founding Ramzan family, could result in hundreds of job losses across the fashion retailer s store network, which currently consists of around 60 locations and employs approximately 1,500 people. Quiz shares debuted on AIM in 2017 at 161p, valuing the company at over 90m.

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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. Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days. And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2023

retail locations will accept label-free, box-free Amazon returns for no fee. This movement began in 2017 when Amazon announced a then- unprecedented partnership with Kohl’s to pilot a returns drop-off program. We’re thrilled to offer nearly 1,000 additional drop-off locations in the U.S. Retail in a statement.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Those services could be a real boon this year, considering that 81% of those plan to make additional purchases when collecting their items,” according to ICSC data. . For example, they can tell the customer that it’s in-stock at a location on the other side of town and get someone at that location to put it on hold for them.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2020

Rebag started opening retail boutiques in 2017 and had 10. locations operating before the pandemic, but it remained primarily a digital reseller of high-end luxury handbags and accessories. That has definitely informed how we’re planning our future. Wedding Apparel Presents A Unique E-Commerce Challenge.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 25, 2022

The new flagship store will be located in Plaza District, one of the most exclusive shopping areas of Fifth Avenue. The firm plans to open the store, which will stock the Woman, Man and Kids lines, during the first half of 2022. “ Mango is preparing to open a store on New York’s Fifth Avenue, one of the city’s busiest streets.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

Founded by Michael Pratt in 2017, the digitally native brand is known for its patented design, which allows the wearer to slip the shoes on and off hands-free. Innovative sneaker brand Kizi already has a firm toehold in the footwear industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

This is especially true among younger consumers, like the 67% of millennials and Gen Zers who plan to have pets instead of kids. While cost was a leading reason for this pivot, consumers still plan to spend big bucks to show love towards their “fur babies.” Located in the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon, Mo.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2022

One Medical is a national primary care technology solution that aims to make healthcare “more affordable, accessible and enjoyable” by offering a combination of conveniently located in-person sites as well as digital and virtual care services. “We Not all of Amazon’s previous attempts to disrupt the healthcare industry have gone as planned.

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