Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S. in the next five years and also has its sights set on international expansion, with plans to launch omnichannel operations in key markets in Western Europe and Asia Pacific next year as well as an innovation center in Taiwan. Listen to the full episode here.].

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Wiser

JANUARY 18, 2019

To learn more about the changes consumers are looking for in the coming year, Wiser has surveyed over 2,400 of our mobile app users about their 2019 shopping preferences. Both in-store and online retail is constantly changing as new trends and technologies are introduced to the market. 2019 Shopping Trends.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Loqate’s 2021 holiday survey of 1,000 American consumers found that nearly half of Americans are planning a combination of in-store and online shopping this holiday season. In attempts to avoid the shipping delays and sold-out items that are expected this year, 88% of U.S. Free shipping and promotions drive consumer purchases.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Domino’s is to close up to 70 of its corporate-owned stores across its global network and exit the Danish market as part of a wide-ranging efficiency review. That estimate excludes the cost of planned commissary closures in Southeast Asia and costs associated with “legacy IT assets”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2023

Canadian-born technical outdoor wear brand Arc’teryx will launch its first NSW store in Bondi Junction on Thursday (June 22), with plans to open more in the coming years. Every Arc’teryx order is delivered for free via carbon-neutral shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Whole Foods delivered three times as many orders in 2020 as it did in 2019, causing the costs associated with equipment and technology to rise. The retailer instated the delivery fees to avoid raising prices of the groceries themselves, starting with pilots in six markets during the summer of 2021: Portland, Maine; Providence, R.I.;

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Amid planning for new locations in other areas of New York and Washington, D.C., We see our location on the Upper East Side, and future locations we are planning to open in 2023, as complementary to our showroom experience, allowing us to reach the widest possible audience in whatever atmosphere they would prefer to shop with us.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Holiday hires will help retailers leverage their store-based omnichannel fulfillment capacity through buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store services. More and more, retailers’ last-mile efforts are tied in with shipping and delivery companies. The rescheduled Prime Day, set for Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Market trends indicate that a powerful three-point strategy for you to bring to the brands you promote is: Inspire, Deliver, Sustain. Your clients’ websites must clearly communicate how inventory can be delivered, arrival time frames, and what different shopping and shipping options cost.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While this figure is down $50 from 2019, given 2020’s overall uncertainty, such a slight decline would represent a significant victory. Adding to the overall shipping volume will be those consumers who would normally have purchased a gift in-store and brought it to the recipient themselves.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2022

Together with Tim Bloore, he launched Azura Fashion Group in 2019 to provide brands with an alternative way of dealing with excess stock. It handles all the marketing, and if a product sells, it sends the supplier a shipping label and pays them a portion of the sale price. Rising opportunity in resale .

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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., In fact, Sundays offers free shipping for every piece of furniture delivered, as well as free white-glove service. “We all of whom are retail and design veterans with 20+ years of furniture industry experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

debut in 2019 through the acquisition of KicksUSA , which gave the retailer access to 63 stores and an ecommerce platform. We are very focused on getting physically in front of our consumer, and i n Europe the strategy there is around very niche markets like dance, BMX, etc. European lifestyle brand Snipes kickstarted its U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2023

NL: It offers customers access to exclusive benefits, including personal shopper services, regular discounts and offers, as well as complimentary express shipping. We plan to grow this segment by ensuring these customers invest more in their wardrobe and by ensuring new customers are making considered purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

plan to start buying gifts earlier – the No. For example, store associates should get measured on fulfillment metrics if they are picking and shipping. Based on our research, 25% more customer service engagements this holiday – both physically or virtually – will involve associates compared to 2019.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

” Further, the FTC alleges the Seattle firm operates a “pay-to-play” system, giving top billing for the products on which marketers were willing to spend the most. Amazon says the label today relies primarily on criteria such as reviews, shipping speed and price. Amazon walked away from the deal last month.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The e-Commerce alcohol market has seen a surge in growth as a result of COVID-19. Even June 2020 outperformed June 2019 by 140%, alluding to a possible sustained increase in people buying online, even as their pre-COVID channels begin to reopen.”. RTP: The alcohol delivery market is clearly reaching a new point of adoption.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

Zulu & Zephyr started as a side hustle and has now grown into an international brand with a cult following, hosting a pop-up store in Los Angeles in 2019, which saw the brand gain global traction. This includes plans for a Manly store and an international pop-up experience. With not much cash and our boyfriends cheering us on.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2019, NMG joined forces with handbag and accessories reseller Fashionphile to roll out an integrated circularity program that included the debut of six Fashionphile locations inside Neiman Marcus stores. NMG also has teamed up with Give Back Box to let Neiman Marcus customers donate items they no longer use to someone in need.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

Amazon’s aggressive launches and marketing in categories such as batteries, baby food and bedding can create stiff competition for the leading brands in those spaces. The canned format is not only heavy, which drives up shipping costs, but they also dent easily, driving up customer complaints and replacement costs. How do I Compete?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Looking back, the pandemic highlighted the importance of having robust and flexible supply chains, and retailers have been forced to rethink their supply chain strategies and invest in new technologies to be dynamic, nimble and agile to evolving market conditions. One example is Havaianas.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Launched in 2019, Baresop is an Australian e-commerce business that offers refillable soap bottles and sachets of soap powder via subscription. Each litre of water we conserve, we plan to make accessible to communities that are running out of safe and clean water. Does this mean we need to set up manufacturing closer to these markets?

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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2021

At the height of the pandemic, not only did Toys R Us offer curbside pickup , it partnered with food delivery service DoorDash to offer same-day shipping on items that were available in-store. According to Preet, Roxo is being designed to create an entirely new market for making the economics of same-day delivery feasible.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Based in Toronto, Superette was founded in 2019 by entrepreneurs Mimi Lam and Drummond Munro. The company now operates six brick-and-mortar shops in Canada and plans to open locations in the United States next year. The shop is located within a complex made from shipping containers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The platform is doing triple the volume it did in 2019, its last normal trading year that wasn’t affected by Covid-19 lockdowns. . While it is based in Sydney, it entered the US market in 2019, and it plans to expand into the UK and Europe next year. “It “It’s something brands need to take note of.”. One-hour delivery .

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Launched in December 2019 with 100 adaptive clothing and footwear products across men, women and kids, EveryHuman is one of the few online retailers targeting the underserved market of people with disabilities. The global adaptive clothing market is expected to reach US$4.2 Bucking the trend. Major players get on board.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Customer relationships and product differentiation are critical for retaining market position amid price hikes. Is the cost of shipping materials from an overseas location spiralling? Planning is essential to ensure products and materials arrive on time. Softening the blow for customers. Is it worth opening at 10am instead?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

over the 2019 holiday. Adobe reports that the percentage of retailers offering curbside services also increased year over year, from 15% in 2019 to 23% this year. As we get past those final shipping deadlines, curbside pickup is going to become the preferred and predominant way to get those online orders.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amazon’s director of Australian operations, Mindy Espidio-Garcia, said that 2,000 seasonal workers had been on-boarded to help pick, pack and ship customer orders at its sites, over the festive season. Another key market segment for seasonal work are international students, and people with temporary working visas.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Even back in August, major carriers such as FedEx and UPS already were seeing holiday-level volumes, with UPS’ shipping volume up 30% and FedEx’s up 25%. In addition to introducing deals early, retailers should plan to space promotions out throughout the months of November and early December to ease the burden on carriers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2021

We’d always had plans for drive-thru to be a big part of our future growth, but following Covid, that programme will be accelerated.”. RFG is exploring ways to reduce the entry price of drive-thrus for potential franchisees, such as retrofitting shipping containers, rather than building stores from scratch. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

In fact, 2019 showed great progress for e-Commerce to close the gap in total market share of sales compared to brick-and-mortar retail. Evidenced by 2019’s record-setting holiday season , brands that strategically navigate the complex world of retail will reap an abundant reward. Currently, just 8% of U.S.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. However, it made an even bigger investment in its expansion plan, opening 50 new branches to Aldi’s 18. Its market share increased from 6.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Being able to let customers know which items are available in-stock in stores, which items are available for buy online, pick up in-store, which items can be shipped from a store — being able to serve up these types of opportunities to our customers is really key for us. ”. Hoyler noted that: 94% of U.S.

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