Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Over the last five years as CEO, King has been enacting his ‘customer-first plan’ which has re-established Myer as Australia’s 8th most trusted brand, according to Roy Morgan. The customer-first plan was introduced back in 2019 and remains the centrepiece of the company’s strategy to deliver for all its interested parties.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2020

Consumer-friendly and flexible return policies can be the difference between getting a new customer and losing a sale. According to proprietary research conducted by Forter, 23% of shoppers will abandon their carts if returns options are poor. Returns Abuse And Customer Expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Even eight years later, in 2019, it was only 3% of all grocery shopping, according to LEK Consulting. Online grocery shot up from $30 billion in 2019 ( 3% of total U.S. Some of these delivery startup companies that were getting huge valuations in 2019 and 2020 are now struggling to stay afloat.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sundays was founded in November 2019 by Barbora Samieian, Noah Morse, Sara Samieian, and Moe Samieian Jr., all of whom are retail and design veterans with 20+ years of furniture industry experience. Owning the Entire Customer Experience. We love doing this for a few reasons,” Samieian said.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The streaming platform, which launched in late 2019, feeds behavioural data into AI algorithms to serve personalised viewing suggestions to its 118 million global paid subscribers. Brands, therefore, have an opportunity to inspire customers with content, campaigns and product ideas that are more closely aligned to what individuals want. .

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

billion compared to roughly $3 billion in 2019, according to data from IWSR. At Vroom, unit sales increased 82% YoY in fiscal year 2020 , and revenue was up $916 million from 2019. Overcoming Last Mile and Return Hurdles. The numbers speak for themselves: Online sales of alcohol in the U.S. were up 80% last year, approaching $5.6

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In fact, McNamara noted that Mastercard predicts a comeback for Black Friday 2022, with total sales exceeding 2019 results. The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear. Don’t Overspend on Real-Time Inventory Update Frequency.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2021

I have met dozens of computer vision startups but could not find a technology that can fit our industry and was strong enough to fulfill our goals. billion in 2019. Voyage81 was founded in 2019 by CEO Niv Price, former head of R&D at Unit 81 in the Israeli Defense Forces; CTO Dr. Boaz Arad, who has a Ph.D.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

in the 2022 fiscal year compared to 2019, thanks to the changing mix of retailers in the comparable pool as well as retailer expansions that occurred during the year. Yalof explained that Tanger Outlets has a long-term vision, built around the experiences the company aims to create to drive traffic and foster long-term loyalty.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While news of potential COVID vaccines has many retailers anticipating a return to in-store shopping in 2021, this year’s Q3 financial results show that consumers’ hunger for ecommerce shows no sign of being sated. of sales fulfilled by its stores — a sign that the retailer is ready to tackle the holiday season.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

“We did scale it, but it wasn’t a good experience.” I learned that the only way for this to work is that the social experience needs to be the best, the UGC needs to be honest and the commerce experience needs to be at least as good as Amazon. Here’s how he’s doing it.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That’s nearly 2X the 2019 GMV total of $38.4 However, selling to Chinese consumers requires a sustained effort, with multiple interactions needed between the retailer and the consumer before she pushes the “buy” button: “To convert a Chinese customer requires 12 touch points , versus just four in the West,” Weinswig noted.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2021

from 2019, totaling $188.2 By implementing a digital supply chain powered by drop-ship capabilities, retailers are able to make better decisions to help meet delivery expectations, like selecting a different warehouse or distributor that carries the same product, even if it is farther away, so that an order can be fulfilled quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 2019, it declined to 6.7% The costs tied to ecommerce – from technology and app development to fast, free shipping and returns – can be daunting and may be exacerbating profitability challenges. Despite the appeal and growth of ecommerce, retail profitability has been on a decline. and modestly rebounded to 8.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Today’s retail CMO is responsible for the entire customer experience — not just branding and messaging. With this accountability comes the need to think deeply about how all customer touch points connect to deliver an agile, profitable and personal experience that resonates with each and every customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

However, while curbside was a major brand differentiator for Target and its peers over the past year, its power will wane as more and more shoppers return to in-store shopping. People are going to be time constrained and delivering a great customer experience is going to be a valuable asset.”. ’ ” said Anderson.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Households with children in elementary and high school are set to spend an average of $789.49 , far exceeding the 2019 record of $696.70. The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

Despite this good news, many executives at shopping malls and “destination centers” wonder just how much of this returning traffic will find its way to their venues. Even in our recently reopened entertainment venues and movie theaters, we are experiencing 85% to 90% of 2019 numbers across Northwood Retail’s portfolio.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 31, 2022

billion up 39% from 2020 but revenues were just shy of Nordstrom’s 2019 pre-pandemic revenues of $15.1 During the first quarter of 2020 Target’s digital sales increased by a whopping 141% and it fulfilled close to 80% of those online orders from its stores. times the amount of a regular Nordstrom customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

years to return to their previous level (and many continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels), goods saw a dramatic increase right away after the initial slide [in Q1 2020] that lasted about a month. trillion ) or January 2019 ( $4.4 While it took services about 1.5 trillion , compared to January 2018 ( $4.2 trillion ).

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

As a result, the industry unlocked and fulfilled five years of online retail growth in just six months through a patchwork of band-aids and gut-led experiments – effectively realising 2025 sales levels in 2020. per cent in 2019 — to sit almost 10 points ahead of the overall market. It reached 22.8 More room to Zoom.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our ESG strategy is intentionally connected to the growth of our industry-leading brands, corporate strategy and culture in order to generate shareholder returns with a purpose. Can you expand upon what these standards are and what processes are implemented to ensure they’re being fulfilled?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

For 79% of that group, the loosening of government restrictions is not a sufficient incentive for them to regularly return to stores, restaurants or other out-of-home activities. Getting consumers to feel comfortable with returning to stores “is largely within retailers’ hands,” Salesforce said. In its May 14-15 poll of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

During April, the retailer saw a 350% increase in sales compared to April 2019. As salons reopen and customers return to Color Bars, Madison Reed has instituted new safety measures such air conditioning with ionization and diligent cleaning of surfaces. In Madison Reed’s case, these were professional, licensed hair colorists.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With record-setting online sales looming on the horizon for the holiday season, retailers also are bracing for an onslaught of online returns. Those retailers selling primarily or exclusively online are expecting a corresponding hike in the volume of returns, but not much difference in the return rates they have become accustomed to.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The streaming platform, which launched in late 2019, feeds behavioural data into AI algorithms to serve personalised viewing suggestions to its 118 million global paid subscribers. Brands, therefore, have an opportunity to inspire customers with content, campaigns and product ideas that are more closely aligned to what individuals want. .

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

This is because today’s competitive advantage in retailing can often come down to the customer experience. Plus, going into a retail store significantly reduces the potential for returns and increases upsell opportunities. Creating a Consistent and Unified Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

For example, during the pandemic’s peak, Build-A-Bear Workshop successfully evolved its brick-and-mortar business to offer more flexible and efficient fulfillment services so it could capitalize on surging ecommerce demand. In Q4 2021, it processed 70% of online orders through its stores. It transformed [the business].”.

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365 Retail

MAY 7, 2021

In fact, recent figures showed that footfall in physical stores dropped by a whopping 50% in comparison to the same figures for 2019. Rather morbidly, it’s entirely possible that many high-street branches and physical stores will close before the appetite for physical shopping returns.

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Frank Mayer

JUNE 17, 2021

Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally published in August 2019 and has been recently updated to reflect the most current industry news. Further, these counters aren’t the most efficient for customers trying to get in and out quickly while they wait for an attendant’s attention or for the employee to finish fulfilling the order.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

This is because today’s competitive advantage in retailing can often come down to the customer experience. Plus, going into a retail store significantly reduces the potential for returns and increases upsell opportunities. Creating a Consistent and Unified Customer Experience.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

12:04] We saw that they actually return the product during cyber week cyber week last year 2022 at some of the highest. Return rates during that week of the entire season people were doing their own price adjustments if they bought the product earlier in the year and realize they could have gotten a better price so there’s like.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 4, 2023

Jason: [4:00] Yeah so we have data from the US Department of Commerce through June and it is a really complicated story so that the top line is a little bit of a worrisome sign so year-to-date January through June of this year retail sales are 1.9 percent from last year so so. [5:15]

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In other news: Walmart is accelerating it’s automated picking for store fulfillment. Changes they’ve made to the workstations at fulfillment centers or the driver schedules or any of those things are largely in the rearview and already Investments they have made. [21:22] Uber has purchased Drizly for $1.1B.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

For many consumers, this desire may be slow to return as they remain fearful of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. To survive, retail is being forced to think of itself as destinations to learn and interact, with fulfillment coming in the form of a pickup purchase or home delivery. billion on AV products and services globally in 2019.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s a 35 percent versus before the pandemic in 2019 so 1.9% And so the the retail business also had a good quarter and to kind of set the table, every every listener the show knows I love my US Department of Commerce data so that came out last week 4. [33:31] In the US so a couple interesting tidbits. [36:44]

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