article thumbnail

How Vans Transformed its Visual Merchandising with ‘Digital-First’ Processes

Retail TouchPoints

Vans has increased the efficiency workflow for its visual merchandising and monthly floorset process using solutions from IWD. Our biggest challenge over the past year has been adapting our floorset process digitally,” said Paul Rupert, Visual Merchandising Manager for Elevated Retail at Vans in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

article thumbnail

REI Shutters Experiences Business that was Losing Millions Annually, Cuts 400+ Jobs

Retail TouchPoints

Even at our peak in 2019 our best year for Experiences ever we did not generate a profit. REI also will continue to enhance both the online and in-store customer experience with investments in areas including personalization and visual merchandising. Experiences served 40,000 customers in 2024 less than 0.4%

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Petco Names New Chief Merchant

Retail TouchPoints

In her new role, College will develop and drive Petco’s global merchandising strategy across all categories, as well as visual merchandising and merchandising operations. College joined Petco in 2019 as SVP of Operations and Strategy and Territory General Manager.

article thumbnail

Super Saturday Shopping Traffic Down Over 2019

VMS

percent on so-called Super Saturday, or the Saturday before Christmas, when compared to 2019 figures, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions. The post Super Saturday Shopping Traffic Down Over 2019 appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Shopper visits to retailers dropped 26.3

article thumbnail

Wayfair to Continue Large-Format Expansion with 2026 Atlanta Store Opening

Retail TouchPoints

Wayfair had opened its first permanent brick-and-mortar store in May 2019 at Massachusetts Natick Mall after testing the waters with pop-up locations. Wayfair credits the Wilmette store with a nice sales bump, noting that following the stores opening, contributing sales from the state of Illinois grew more than 15% faster than the U.S.

article thumbnail

Old Navy Interim CEO Gets Position Permanently

Retail TouchPoints

Prior to joining Old Navy in August 2019, Green was President and CEO of Athleta , where she led the brand’s growth from $250 million to nearly $1 billion in sales. She previously worked at Old Navy from 2010 to 2012, when she led product, design and visual merchandising, and was General Manager and EVP of Pottery Barn from 2007 to 2007.

article thumbnail

Showfields Files for Bankruptcy Protection as it Seeks to Reorganize

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer, which debuted in 2019, has lined up financing from existing investors for a restructuring effort, according to WWD. Here’s a 2019 video interview with Showfields CEO Tal Zvi Nathanel. Stores in the Washington, D.C. Georgetown district and in Brooklyn remain open. The largest debt, $1.4

Finance 271