Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2025

The company has also launched dark stores to further streamline low-cost fulfillment, reaching new demographics with a broader range of SKUs. “We In 2019, Alfamart acquired Global Loyalty Indonesia, a Japanese-founded CRM firm, and spun it off as a separate, independent company under Kaloh’s leadership. This creates an additional 1.5

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

IR : Since launching in 2019, what have been some of the biggest ups and downs you’ve experienced along the way? Yet, with this excitement also came concern about fulfilling the order. I used some personal savings, and a family member stepped in with a small investment to help fulfill the first order.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Moving further into 2025, Driscoll affirmed that the luxury [retail market] needs to address its ubiquity, lack of innovation and the last few years of double-digit price increases without a corresponding increase in dream fulfillment and experience, product quality and innovation.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

There is now a clear distinction between the retail of 2019 and that of 2025. Fashion, for instance, reflects our projection of a better future and fulfils a need for optimism. These seemingly trivial behaviours reveal deeper emotional and psychological patterns.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

For example, in 2019 McDonalds replaced its plastic straws with paper as it sought to polish its sustainability credentials. The greenwashing doesnt have to be as blatant (or illegal) as Volkswagens actions; often its a matter of a company not sufficiently researching the impacts of their actions.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2025

From e-commerce roots in 2019 to retail partnerships with Sephora and launches across the UK, Southeast Asia and North America, the momentum hasnt let up. This approach creates layer upon layer of manual processes, duplicated data and blind spots in inventory, finance and fulfilment. Its tech stack, however, couldnt keep pace.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 16, 2025

E-commerce Innovation Fulfillment Centers: Amazon operates over 175 fulfillment centers globally, streamlining inventory and delivery processes. For small businesses, utilizing fulfillment services can streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction. million 2019 126 million 2018 112.1 million 2023 174.9

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2025

Landlords now need rents to increase by 37 per cent on 2019 levels to justify redeveloping an A-grade shopping centre, mostly due to rising construction and borrowing costs. Curated ranges, sensory environments, integrated fulfilment services and most importantly, emotional cues are fast becoming the new standard and should be the norm.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016. in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

The dramatic increase in ecommerce volume triggered by the pandemic increased many retailers’ topline revenues, but many are finding it difficult to contain the costs of new types of order fulfillment such as BOPIS, ship-from-store and curbside pickup, according to a report from Incisiv , commissioned by Manhattan Associates Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2023

Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. Like the retailer’s first MFC , which opened in 2019 in Salem, N.H., This new order fulfillment system is truly game-changing,” said Ryan Simpson, Store Manager at Store 100 in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

Prime members the same or next day, nearly 4X the number of orders delivered at those speeds by this point in 2019, according to Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. As a result, more than 76% of the orders Amazon fulfills now come from within the customer’s region.

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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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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you cast your mind back to 2019, Christmas was business as usual. “E-commerce They’re building new distribution warehouses, they’re bringing on more staff to fulfil online orders. The post 2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas? E-commerce was on a steady rise.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Target ’s holiday hiring numbers will be in line with the 130,000 associates onboarded in 2019 , but this year’s emphasis on e-Commerce will shift how they are assigned. The retailer will double the number of store team members devoted to Drive Up and Order Pickup orders, and increase the number of seasonal and full-time warehouse hires.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

In an aim to increase speed and convenience for its customers, Walmart is scaling up the number of stores that also will serve as local fulfillment centers, adding dozens of locations with many more to come. Walmart piloted its first local fulfillment center in Salem, N.H., in late 2019. on the company’s corporate website.

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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. per package, compared to $1.75

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2022

One of the key elements will be the usage of Market Fulfillment Centers (MFC), automated fulfillment centers located within stores but stocked with a separate inventory. This setup enables both the store and the MFC to handle customers’ orders together, making the process more convenient for both in-store or online shoppers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

The items on Amazon Warehouse will be checked over and fulfilled by Amazon staff, can be eligible for free delivery for Prime members, and will be discounted. According a 2020 resale report from ThredUp, the online second-hand market is expected to grow from $7 billion in 2019 to $35 billion in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2020

However, Target’s brick-and-mortar stores proved to be essential elements in the retailer’s overall growth, fulfilling more than 90%. All in all, Q2 performance results in significant improvement to Target’s credit profile, both over Q1 2020 and Q2 2019, and we expect favorable results to continue for the balance of 2020,” he added.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Customers selecting home delivery on the Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY websites will have their orders fulfilled in stores by personal shoppers working with Shipt , a division of Target. The company also increased its number of retail partners by 50% to 120.

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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. With a strong inventory management and fulfillment foundation in place, Build-A-Bear is ready to take its next steps.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2023

Today, 76% of the products customers order are fulfilled from facilities within their region, Amazon said, and as a result the company said it expects 2023 will be the fastest year yet for customers in terms of delivery speed. Amazon has been overhauling its logistics network to “regionalize” where inventory is located across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Target’s Store-Based Fulfillment Model Drives Convenience. The secret to Target’s success is the retailer’s expertise at utilizing its stores for fulfillment, whether as a staging ground for last mile delivery or an efficient curbside pickup hub. compared to Q2 2019. Target’s physical comparable sales grew 8.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

“ Our goals for growth in 2023 will look similar to the ones from 2022, with a major focus on meeting customers where they are: online, in-store, marketplaces, internationally, etc., ” said Andrew Sutton, Director of Fulfillment at Dr. Squatch, in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

has partnered with Instacart to launch Kroger Delivery Now, a virtual convenience store fulfilled by Kroger that delivers fresh groceries and household essentials in as little as 30 minutes. Kroger launched its own internal delivery service with 55,000 items in 2018, and expanded its collaboration with Instacart to include alcohol in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

Target has tapped Michael Fiddelke, who has served as the retailer’s CFO since November 2019, to add the COO role to his responsibilities. He will wear both hats until Target names a new finance chief. Current COO John Mulligan announced his retirement plans in October 2023.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, compared with the half year to December 2019, GTV was up 97.5 A new Catch fulfilment centre under construction in NSW has progressed well and commissioning is on track for the first half of the current calendar year. Parent Wesfarmers said elevated sales during lockdowns were offset by a decline as restrictions eased.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Taking advantage of the surge in online grocery generated by COVID-19, Farmstead plans to bring its dark store fulfillment model to a third market: Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Farmstead began in the San Francisco Bay area and announced plans in September 2019 to expand into the Carolinas. The expansion will be fueled by a $7.9 Charlotte, N.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Target is further adapting to the extended holiday season with the addition of nearly 1 million more promotions than in 2019, as well as extending Black Friday throughout November. Target plans to handle the uptick in holiday shopping, particularly in online fulfillment, by hiring an additional 130,000 associates for the season.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2021

The retailer’s physical locations drew more than 1 million visitors in 2019 with an average conversion rate of 50%. The permanent location will be just four blocks away from the retailer’s original 2019 Seattle pop-up, but at 6,200 square feet it will have 4X the space, making it one of Glossier’s biggest physical experiences to date.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

In 2018, he was appointed VP of Global Customer Fulfillment, and in 2019 began leading the company’s newly organized global delivery services, including global import and export, Amazon Logistics and last mile delivery services. Another company veteran, John Felton, will now lead the company’s operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

year-on-year through September 2020, boosting ecommerce’s share of its total sales from 33% in 2019 to 59% during this period. An electronic waste recycling program that M.Video launched in summer 2019 is now available in 450 stores, with plans to add another 200 locations in 2021. Q3 2020 net sales for all channels climbed 25.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2022

Gaffney joined Kohl’s as CTO in September 2019; in April 2021 he added the role of Supply Chain Officer. Prior to working with Kohl’s, Mc Feeney fulfilled a number of leadership positions with AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, including CIO and Interim CEO.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

21 hearing date by six to seven months , which Tiffany claims is an “attempt to run out the clock to avoid fulfilling its obligations under the merger agreement.”. Tiffany has since stated that it “expects to remain profitable for the balance of the year, with fourth quarter profits actually exceeding those of the fourth quarter of 2019.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The retailer also is currently seeking third-party solution providers in areas including payment processors, order management and shipping and fulfillment. Moore’s stores and intellectual property during the company’s 2019 bankruptcy. Moore , recently announced that it was acquired by “one of the largest companies in our industry.”

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