Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. And just like last year, it looks like consumers will respond by turning to ecommerce.

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Wiser

JULY 18, 2023

Factors That Could Influence Consumer Spending Part of developing a successful holiday sales strategy includes forecasting the upcoming season. In fact, just this year, Salt Lake City, Utah made the switch over from fireworks to drones in order to promote safety after a record number of wildfires.

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Mass Relators

MAY 31, 2023

has appointed new leaders and promoted several officers across its Store Support Center and Field teams. The moves include: Chad Fox has been promoted to senior vice president, chief marketing officer. Aaron Carlisle has been promoted to vice president, asset protection – retail. GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General Corp.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 6, 2023

WAUKESHA, Wis. — HRG has promoted three associates to new roles. Steve Hill was elevated to PC development/technical analyst lead and Cat Renwick and Noah Rosenthal were both promoted to category analysts. Hill has been with HRG since 2019. They both also get involved in special projects.

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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. In practice, this includes restricting most marketing by manufacturers and retailers to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2023

Nike has made two senior leadership promotions aimed at helping the brand build on its current momentum while driving deeper integration across the business. The retailer will promote Heidi O’Neill to the role of President, Consumer, Product and Brand, and Craig Williams to President, Geographies and Marketplace.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 4, 2022

Consumers’ purchasing power has been strained by higher prices, particularly for the most fundamental needs-based categories like food and energy,” said Michelle Meyer, U.S. Thus far, nominal spending remains strong as consumers cope with high price inflation. chief economist, Mastercard Economics Institute. versus last July and up 13.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

In contrast, in the 2019 RPI, no club store ranked higher than seventh. Indeed, price was the top consumer need across all income brackets , including 66% of people making $50,000 to $74,999 and 53% making more than $200,000. million more omnichannel households today than there were in 2019, with a combined grocery budget of $4.9

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re a consumer brand in a category with Amazon private label, however, Amazon’s private label presence certainly feels more pronounced. Amazon controls the inventory, marketing and promotional strategy. In this case, the manufacturer is responsible for the inventory planning, marketing and promotional strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2021

eBay is hosting a series of in-person product authentication events for collectors across the country to promote its new online Authenticity Guarantee program, which rolled out in October 2020. Sneaker, watch and trading card collectors can have items authenticated in drive-thru stations in five U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

seen from 2010 to 2019. “It Overall household finances remain in good shape and will continue to support the consumer’s ability to spend.” consumers spent online during holiday 2022. Some of this hiring may have taken place in October to support early holiday sales events and promotions. billion , up 4.8% from the $211.7

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Three of the country’s biggest retailers are taking significant steps to get consumers into the holiday shopping groove — and to do so (much) sooner than later. Many consumers already have caught on that they don’t need to wait until Black Friday, Cyber Monday or Super Saturday for attractive promotional offers. Beginning Oct.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s no secret that consumer-facing retail has had a tough year trying to stay price-competitive for customers. Like many retailers, we have had to contend with inflationary pressures and greater promotional cadence, which has had an impact on profits,” said King.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2022

Covid has had a lasting impact on consumer behaviour and expectations of the bricks-and-mortar shopping experience have changed. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Consumer Payments Survey, cash had reduced from 69 per cent of transactions in 2007 to 27 per cent in 2019. Covid has changed things.”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2022

Samsung Australia admitted to misleading buyers of some of its ‘Galaxy’ phones about the water-resistance level, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said. The regulator had first sued the company in July 2019. The claims “promoted an important selling point for these Galaxy phones.

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Retail Focus

MAY 14, 2024

Retail brands have taken notice of this phenomenon and are increasingly leveraging Twitch streamers as a channel to promote their products and engage with potential customers. With around 19 million followers, Adidas invited him to collaborate in 2019, promoting their sportswear and gaming-related products.

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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. Its campaigns featured a wide range of models across the gender spectrum with different skin tones, body types, and aesthetics.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Amazon already is launching early deals and promotions, including a $10 Prime Day credit for members who spend $10 on select U.S. A total of 300,000 small businesses are eligible for the Spend $10, Get $10 Promotion, more than twice as many as in 2020. This may be due to 40% of consumers saving more than they were prior to COVID-19.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

From the launch of NFC, card companies and smartphone manufacturers have promoted it as a convenience that saves time. Now, health experts including the World Health Organization (WHO) are promoting contactless payments as a safer alternative to cash and to chip-and-PIN credit card transactions, which require touching the payment terminal.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

to £3.01bn, as consumers watch the World Cup instead of spending. Two-fifths of consumers expect to spend more this year than last year over the Black Friday Weekend (41%). This Black Friday Weekend (25th – 28th November), retail sales are set to hit £8.71bn as consumers make use of bumper discounts to shop early for Christmas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer. Pat Bajari (Chief Economist).

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

billion in 2019 to $6.6 Victoria’s Secret has moved away from its previous strategy of a sexualized vision promoted by former CMO Ed Razek under the leadership of Leslie Wexner , CEO of former parent company L Brands , to accommodate shifting consumer preferences.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

Founded in 2019, the company has swiftly built a reputation for innovation and eco-consciousness in the repair sector. As an Independent Repair Provider (IRP) certified by Apple and a Realme authorised service centre, the company has earned the trust of consumers and industry giants alike. million (US$1.48

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). McNamara spotlighted a surge in promotional activities in July 2022 that marked the official kickoff of the back-to-school season.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2022

Like so many consumers during the COVID pandemic, SNAP users moved their shopping online: 35,000 SNAP households shopped online in March 2020, but that number increased to more than 3 million in May 2022. The grant will provide funding to an organization that supports retailers as they adopt technology to align with SNAP online shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

higher than 2020’s, although it was not yet back up to 2019 levels (Black Friday 2021 was down 28.3% from 2019, according to Sensormatic Solutions ). Retailers held back on price promotions in 2021 compared to previous Cyber Weeks: the average selling price was up 11% in the U.S. Store traffic was 47.5% million shoppers in 2020.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 19, 2022

NEW YORK — Inflation is prompting consumers to change their holiday spending plans, according to Deloitte’s 37th annual Holiday Retail Survey, which finds that overall shoppers are expected to keep spending flat year-over-year for an average of $1,455 per household, while purchasing fewer gifts for family and friends. weeks last year).

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Back-to-school surveys across the retail sector point to a strong season, spurred by pent-up consumer demand. Jeff Orschell, EY’s Americas Consumer Retail Leaders, noted that global data as well as the firm’s consumer research point to demand remaining elevated, despite the uncertainties.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2021

Delaney was promoted from EVP and Chief Commercial Officer to President in September 2019 , and took on the CEO role in February 2020. Bob Eddy, EVP, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, has been named Interim CEO by the Board of Directors, effective immediately.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last year, consumers reported spending more than $23 billion shopping small on Small Business Saturday, and we want to exceed that in 2022.”. 21, is designed to encourage people to support SMBs throughout the holiday season, and those shopping the guide will have access to special holiday promotions and discounts.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

According to a recent Euromonitor report, while consumer food-service value nears pre-pandemic levels in 2024, dining-in at restaurants will not return to pre-pandemic level until 2028 in Asia Pacific. The report predicts that regular dining out will be off the menu for cost-conscious consumers until 2028. trillion in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

It’s the question that’s on every retailer’s — and not a few consumers’ — minds: When will global supply chains flow freely once more? Inflation can certainly reduce demand as prices rise, but it also can encourage consumers to buy now before prices go up even higher. trillion ) or January 2019 ( $4.4 trillion ).

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

He compared the level of interest of a consumer who had simply seen a Natori ad on social media to one who had “gone to the website, added something to their bag and abandoned the cart. That’s much more useful [data] than the first consumer. We aren’t blindly retargeting every user,” said Natori.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

For instance, Adidas doubled its production of Germany’s women’s football merchandise compared to the previous Women’s World Cup in 2019. US-based online sportswear retailer Fanatics similarly saw sales of women’s soccer products increase by over 80 per cent compared to 2019. It provides numerous brand association opportunities.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

In 2020, more than 350 retailers promoted their own sales alongside Prime Day, a 17% spike from 2019, according to research from RetailMeNot. Now other retailers, including Kohl’s and Old Navy , are joining the fray. The company also found that the average U.S.

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Retail Next

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Whether you’re just starting or looking to improve your sales, here are some foolproof strategies to get more cash going into your register: Connect with consumers via social media. Consumers prefer to shop from brands that provide relevant content and services. That is why effective retail marketing is crucial. Make it location-based.

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