Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

Payless, which has dropped the “ShoeSource” from its name, plans to open 300 to 500 freestanding stores across North America over the next five years, beginning with the opening of a prototype store this fall in Miami. We saw an opportunity for the brand to relaunch into the U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the time, she was a brand manager at Mecca, so she understood the power of a highly curated and branded shopping environment, and a first-rate customer experience, but she felt like it didn’t exist in the baby goods category. What was really important to us was how the customer would actually experience that store.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Tru Kids has closed the two Toys ‘R’ Us outlets it opened in 2019, according to Bloomberg. The company will still operate its ecommerce site, which directs shoppers to Amazon to make purchases, and license the Toys ‘R’ Us brand to stores in non-U.S. The new entity opened stores at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

Brand management firm WHP Global has received a $375 million equity investment from funds managed by the private equity group of Ares Management Corporation to fuel its next wave of brand acquisitions. The tour also will feature a number of integrated co-marketing partnerships with brands.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 20, 2021

— Publix Super Markets’ vice president of marketing Mark Irby plans to retire at the end of February. Renfroe, 42, began her Publix career in 2005 as a marketing support associate in Lakeland, Florida. She was promoted to her current role of director of marketing operations in 2019.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2023

Volley’s content and marketing manager Anna Geason told Inside Retail that the best collaborations happen when there is an authentic connection between partner brands. In 2019, Volley’s brand manager John Szwede told News.com.au In 2019, Volley’s brand manager John Szwede told News.com.au

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Rising consumer spending combined with higher disposable income in the last quarters of 2019, was expected to stimulate industry revenue growth, as more consumers require sporting goods for their health and fitness. Mandatory social distancing radically impacted one of the largest markets in the world.

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