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. Launched in 2016 as a DTC business, Vuori has since expanded to brick-and-mortar via wholesale at retailers including Nordstrom and REI , as well as with 10 standalone stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

ParcelLab is not just a vendor, but a partner,” said Breanna Moreno, VP of Customer Experience at True Classic in a statement. True Classic, founded in 2019, was identified as a fast-rising DTC brand in November 2022, and the retailer’s COO detailed the company’s brick-and-mortar expansion plans earlier this month.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Amazon for workplace safety violations at three of its warehouses, a decision that Amazon said it will appeal. “We’ve cooperated fully, and the government’s allegations don’t reflect the reality of safety at our sites. .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While digital penetration is nowhere near the highs it reached during the pandemic, when online accounted for approximately 40% of sales, according to Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette, ecommerce is continuing its pre-pandemic growth trend with digital penetration this year at 33% , up from 25% in 2019. .

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Citing challenging macro-economic dynamics and “execution challenges” at the Old Navy brand, Gap Inc. Same-store sales at Old Navy were flat compared to 2019 in the fiscal fourth quarter, reported in March. The company is clearly also hoping a leadership change will help to right the Old Navy ship. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The company’s discounted Prime membership has received a new name — Prime Access — and allows those who qualify to register for the service at a monthly rate of $6.99 The company reports that members of the Prime Access program saved an average of $1,600 last year through shipping savings, coupons and membership discounts.

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Wiser

JANUARY 18, 2019

To learn more about the changes consumers are looking for in the coming year, Wiser has surveyed over 2,400 of our mobile app users about their 2019 shopping preferences. Take a look at what customers are expecting from brands this year. The omnichannel experience could be the key to 2019 retail success. 2019 Shopping Trends.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

Launched nationwide in 2019 , the newly renamed ExtraCare Plus program currently has more than 6.5 It’s really an ‘and’ not an ‘or’ when you’re talking about ExtraCare and [ExtraCare Plus] — the two are very much tied at the hip.” million members, on top of the more than 74 million members of the basic ExtraCare program.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Starboard Cruise Services , the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton luxury retail-at-sea company, has promoted Sherrie Day to the role of Global Head of Merchandising. Day spent more than 18 years at Target where she led buying and merchandising in a number of senior roles. Day will report to Lisa Bauer, President and CEO of Starboard.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Asda has chartered its own cargo ship, and increased its stock of turkeys and other festive food compared with last year, in an effort to avoid disruption to customers’ Christmas celebrations. Asda has chartered a cargo ship (Rui Vieira/PA). in the quarter to September against the same period last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2024

The apparel retailer is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint with plans to open at least 14 new stores in 2024, bringing its store count to nearly 100. For example, NetSuite Advanced Inventory helped Untuckit optimize its buy online, ship from store system. Untuckit has been on a multifaceted growth path in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

The study found that this evolving area was already causing retailers to shift their budgets: Google Shopping (the image-focused product ads that appear at the top of a search) spend was up approximately 7% in 2019, while Google paid search (the text-based links that appear within the search results) spend fell nearly 8%.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

So it’s a bit surprising that Amazon would be willing — is even pushing — to get rid of that “brand moment” at the point of delivery. Over the last few years, Amazon’s brand recognition has become very nearly absolute while, at the same time, the importance of third-party sellers to its business has increased. and Canada.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

With many people around the world locked down at home, and looking for some kind of control over their lives, as well as something fun and different to distract them, redecorating became a big trend. Now, it ships products from all 39 sites in Australia, and 10 in New Zealand.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These facilities are significantly smaller than traditional fulfillment centers but are designed to prepare items for immediate delivery — and Amazon is poised to expand from 45 same-day sites (as of 2019) to at least 150 in the next several years, according to MWPVL International. for orders under $25. per package, compared to $1.75

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the age of digitization and ongoing global supply chain and shipping disruptions, this holiday season is shaping up to be the year that will make or break many retailers,” said Matthew Furneaux, global commercial director at Loqate. “At Free shipping and promotions drive consumer purchases. billion earnings.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This puts Walmart at more than 30 million subscribers — well below the 150 million Prime members confirmed by Amazon in Q4 2019, but undeniably massive growth in a very short time. The killer feature of Walmart+ may be free shipping on orders over $35 , which 35% of respondents cited as the program’s most exciting part.

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Mass Relators

JULY 26, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — GSK has started shipping its quadrivalent influenza vaccines to U.S. The report indicated rates were lower in 2020 than in 2019, with total influenza vaccinations dropping 14-35% in 2020 compared to 2019. The post GSK begins shipping record supply of flu vaccine appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

million of liquidity available at the end of Q3 2022, including about $92 million of availability under asset-based credit lines, against nearly $1.8 compared to 2019. “We The retailer had about $121.5 billion in debt. However, the retailer is still struggling on the sales side. Net sales were down 1.6% Comparable sales were down 3.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

“Everybody looked around during the pandemic and said, ‘I hate my house,’” said David Marcotte, SVP at Kantar in a statement. Maxx ) and Ross Stores (both 51% ) and H&M at 47.2%. The idea of mailing and shipping benefited from the pandemic, but given the legal changes, its growth might be sustainable.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2021

To keep up with its expansion, Peachymama needed a more efficient and customised shipping process. Since implementing ShipStation in 2019, Peachymama has: Increased order processing speed by 400 per cent with ShipStation’s Scan to Verify feature. Discover Peachymama on their Instagram or support them at peachymama.com.au.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. 3 shopping day in 2019. Retail sales grew 3% during the extended holiday season (Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2021

Eddie Bauer is following the lead of other top retailers and getting into the rental business with the launch of a new program that will allow customers to rent its technical apparel and gear at “a fraction of the full retail price.”. The retailer’s rental offerings can be shipped anywhere in the contiguous U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2023

in an effort to reduce delivery costs while maintaining the fast shipping speeds the company is known for, multiple sources report and Amazon has confirmed. Amazon has been overhauling its logistics network to “regionalize” where inventory is located across the U.S.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

The supermarket’s CEO Simon Roberts said: “More customers are choosing to shop at Sainsbury’s, recognising our determined focus on value, product innovation and service.” Meanwhile, grocery price inflation eased at a slower rate this month, as the proportion of promotional products bought fell compared to December.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Michaels Marketplace will be invite-only and aimed at “high-volume sellers of components, tools or craft materials,” according to an announcement on the company’s website. The retailer also is currently seeking third-party solution providers in areas including payment processors, order management and shipping and fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. Similar to how Amazon Prime has made fast, free shipping an expected part of ecommerce, customers seek return processes that are equally stress-free and easy to complete. Turn Returns Upside Down.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2021

The strong sales growth reflects the positive impact of the retail giant’s ongoing investments; their positive effects have outweighed the costs, according to Charlie O’Shea, VP at Moody’ s. Shipping investments also helped Amazon defray one of the downsides of increased retail activity: higher last mile costs. “As Total sales rose 45.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

In the longer term, it gave us this ability to grow and add things like ship-from-store, in-store pickup and same-day delivery through Shipt , which is another key component of what we wanted to do for last-minute gift givers.”. It was simple and I was able to make my party at the last minute and deliver an awesome gift like I hoped.’”

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

FedEx has forecast that it will deliver 100 million more packages this holiday season than it did in 2019. We’ve seen a lot of people actually starting their Christmas shopping in the month of October, which is fundamentally different than we have seen traditionally in the past,” said Ryan Kelly, vice president of global e-commerce at FedEx.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Customers can return the items at the end of the rental period with free shipping and dry cleaning, continue to rent for a daily fee or purchase the item at a discount. per share but currently trading at $18.20 REI Co-Op has been offering rentals since April 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As we approach the holiday season, guests are excited to shop early,” said Christina Hennington, EVP and Chief Growth Officer at Target in a statement. According to a blog post written by Julie Murphy, Chief People Officer at Walmart, most of these 150,000 positions will be permanent and full-time.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

Founded by then-21-year-old Cami Téllez in 2019, Parade was initially created to fill a gap in the market for stylish and size-inclusive bras and underwear for Gen Z consumers. Since the brand’s acquisition, several products, especially the original witch hazel toner, have gained massive popularity on TikTok, with #thayers at 1.1

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2023

The only problem is that it is all happening at a much, much slower pace than expected. In the first six months of 2019, the Singapore Tourism Board recorded 9.32 Likewise, in Japan, international arrivals through the first four months of the year are down just under 40 per cent from the January-April period of 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The retailer is hoping that members will see the fuel incentives as valuable at a time of rising gas prices. Kroger Boost is an accelerant,” said Bill Bennett, VP and Head of Ecommerce at Kroger in an interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Whole Foods delivered three times as many orders in 2020 as it did in 2019, causing the costs associated with equipment and technology to rise. It’s no surprise that Amazon is boosting its own last mile investments in order to remain at the cutting edge of delivery. Orders placed through Amazon Prime will include a $9.95

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