Mass Relators

JUNE 20, 2022

Simonsen joined Dollar General in 2013, and has held roles in store operations, procurement, pricing, business analytics and merchandising planning. Mary Beth Hawthorne has joined Dollar General as vice president of store operations for the Northeast region.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019. The store will continue to be staffed with Sainsbury’s employees who will answer shopper questions, check IDs for alcohol purchases and restock shelves.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2021

L Brands expects each retailer to benefit from having its own distinct strategic and management focus, enabling each to follow operational and growth priorities based on their specific operating and financial models. Sales were up 15% compared to 2019, showing strong recovery from the pandemic and associated lockdowns.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Macellum Advisors GP , Ancora Holdings , Legion Partners Asset Management and 4010 Capital, together with their respective affiliates, are pushing the plan. Some of the complaints included: “Poor retail execution and strategy leading to stagnant sales and declining operating margins.” in 2011 to 6.1%

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Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

In this role, she will continue to support DG’s store operations team, which now encompasses more than 20,000 retail stores including pOpshelf and Mexico. Melanie Cook Brian Haug Brian Haug has been promoted to senior vice president, margin planning and analytics.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“In our view, any directors that support such patently anti-shareholder maneuvers cannot be trusted to credibly evaluate potentially value-maximizing alternatives versus management’s perpetually ineffective plans,” said Macellum in a letter sent to shareholders.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Even as Amazon continues to open fashion, grocery and convenience brick-and-mortar stores, the ecommerce giant announced planned closures of all 68 of its 4-star , Books and Pop-up locations — 66 stores in the U.S. These shops didn’t use in-store price labels, relying on customers to scan goods with their phones.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2021

The retailer’s new owners plan to continue operating its corporate offices and will keep its management team and nearly all employees on board, according to The Wall Street Journal. million in liabilities. The deal is expected to preserve at least 275 of Francesca’s remaining 551 locations. 1, 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2020

Numerous social media posters wrote that Walmart plans to consolidate e-Commerce operations at its Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters, but few workers were offered the option to relocate. Multiple sources say the restructuring plans were in place for several months and are not related to COVID-19.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

in September 2019 and has since been followed by several more. Walmart also entered the health insurance market in 2020 with Walmart Insurance Services , a program that helps customers find the right Medicare plan for them. The first Walmart Health center opened in Dallas, Ga.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2023

All 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 BuyBuy Baby stores and websites will remain open as the retailer begins it efforts to close all of its retail locations. Tritton’s predecessor, Steven Temares, resigned in May 2019, also due to investor pressure , after the company’s share price dropped from $80 in January 2014 to $10 in December 2018.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Through their long-term partnership, which reached a whole new level of value during the pandemic, Vans has reduced overall time spent documenting store concepts by 25%. Using the IWD Display solution, VMs can build out 3D models of Vans’ stores to use for monthly and seasonal planning. A Process Reset, Powered by Partnership.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Retailers hope to “flatten the curve” of holiday sales spikes by spreading their deals out over the course of the season, preventing the queues and crowds that have traditionally descended on stores on big “deal” days such as Black Friday. UPS plans to bring on 100,000. The rescheduled Prime Day, set for Oct.

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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. 11 through Dec. 24, 2020), or 2.4% 1 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Overall, the four days from Thanksgiving through Sunday were down -49% compared to 2019. Black Friday, on the other hand, hurt — with only half as much traffic as in 2019. There’s no way to dress that one up, except that shoppers have been telling us for months that they did not intend to go into stores on Black Friday.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The holidays are around the corner and retail stores are gearing up for a shift back towards in-store shopping during this peak season. This information should be quickly reported to the store manager, risk manager and insurer. Cori Henry is Assistant VP – Lead, Claims Relationship Management, QBE North America.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2022

CSR plans, even those with strong support at the Board level, made little progress on the ground in favor of efforts aimed squarely at keeping the business viable. Talent management remains challenging for retailers across several major economies. CSR stall-out also carried well into 2021, according to Deloitte.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 19, 2023

During his tenure at DG, Deckard has held roles of increasing responsibility in store operations, asset protection, corporate process improvement, strategy and financial planning. Fox joined DG in 2019 as vice president and chief marketing officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Our investments in digital innovation continued to pay off in the quarter, with digital sales up 21% from 2019. Digital accounted for 44% of net sales in Q4 2020, and the retailer also highlighted the fact that 25% of its digital sales were fulfilled from its brick-and-mortar stores via curbside pickup and same-day delivery.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 30, 2022

Zak Brining has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate store operations. In this role, Brining will continue overseeing store operations workforce management, communication and compliance, and store process improvement while adding responsibilities in store facilities management.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

The Children’s Place plans to close 200 stores in 2020 and another 100 stores in 2021, the retailer revealed in announcing its Q1 2020 results. The children’s specialty apparel retailer currently operates 920 stores as well as an e-Commerce business representing 31% of its revenue. Even though approximately 95%.

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Mass Relators

JULY 12, 2022

chief executive officer Todd Vasos plans to step down from his position effective November 1, the company announced on Tuesday. He will be succeeded by Jeff Owen, who has served as DG’s chief operating officer since 2019. GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. Dollar General Corp. Todd Vasos. Jeffrey Owen. since March 2015. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2020

In February 2019, e.l.f. stores, although the brand is sold widely by other retailers. “We That accumulated data led to the launch in 2019 of Rebag’s Comprehensive Luxury Appraisal Index for Resale ( Clair ), which empowers consumers to determine the current sale value of their luxury item. Cosmetics shuttered its 22.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Now is the time for interested third parties to plan their strategy for entering the cannabis sector, according to Walsh. Sales rose from $13 billion in 2019 to $20 billion in 2020, and cannabis retailers’ status as essential businesses let them introduce new methods of selling to their customers. What are the challenges?

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Mass Relators

MAY 31, 2022

Simonsen joined Dollar General in 2013, and has since held roles of increasing responsibility in store operations, procurement, pricing, business analytics, and merchandising planning. Mary Beth Hawthorne has joined Dollar General as vice president of store operations for the northeast region.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 28, 2022

Mark Banister has been promoted to senior vice president, in-store experience. In this role, Banister will lead the space management, project execution and support, fixtures and supplies, and store planning teams. pOpshelf, which launched in fall 2020, currently operates 66 stores in 7 states.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Omnichannel is so important for us right now as the retail industry, and all industries for that matter, are hit with supply chain issues,” said Aaron Veit, Director of Digital Product Management at Crate & Barrel. “We We really want to give our customers the ability to shop where they want, how they want. Hoyler noted that: 94% of U.S.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 15, 2022

chief executive officer Todd Vasos plans to step down from his position effective November 1. He will be succeeded by Jeff Owen, who has served as Dollar General’s chief operating officer since 2019. Owen became Dollar General’s COO in August 2019, having previously been executive vice president of store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Detenber isn’t the retailer’s only recent hire as CEO Scott Williams, who took the helm in 2019, works to transform the business. Detenber couldn’t share specific details of how Batteries Plus plans to do this because the experience isn’t live yet, but he expects it to enter production sometime in the next few months.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A recent report from the payments and shopping service Klarna found that 34% of shoppers actually plan to spend more on gifts this year than last year, with Gen Z ( 57% ) and millennials ( 53% ) more likely than other age groups to expand their budgets. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2023

Both stores feature a wide range of apparel and merchandise, and seek to leverage the significant,and ever growing, popularity of the league in Australia. Are there plans to expand and open more locations, and is the NBL seen as competition in this space? Is that being done already?

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 18, 2024

1, 2019, has been named chief operating officer, effective Feb. He then attended Kellogg School of Management, where he earned his MBA and joined Target as an intern in 2003. MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. announced Thursday that Michael Fiddelke, who has served as the retailer’s chief financial officer since Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Department of Commerce, online sales steadily increase each year, yet they accounted for only 16% of total retail sales , or $602 billion sales out of $3.763 trillion total sales in 2019. Starting his career in London, he has managed projects internationally and worked with global brands.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 20, 2023

s management training program. At Eckerd, Vasos rose quickly through store operations ranks from assistant store manager to store manager, district manager and regional manager before joining Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc., He was immediately fascinated with retail. Jeff Owen and himself.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. over 2019 in spite of ubiquitous public health emergencies in the country.

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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. Technology has been critical to fueling and managing this growth, particularly solutions from Oracle NetSuite. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Retailers are planning to cut back in one area: marketing. Companies plan to spend 30% of their marketing budget during the holidays, down from 36% in 2021. This change can be attributed to retailers pursuing better inventory management. are still expected to be up 61% compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

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