Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Home discount retailer Big Lots is returning to expansion mode after more than a decade of flat store growth, with plans to open as many as 500 new stores in the next six to seven years. Big Lots currently operates 1,431 stores across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the first usage of Amazon ’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology by a non-Amazon international retailer, Sainsbury’s has deployed the cashierless solution in its Holborn Circus convenience store. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2021

Shares of American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) were up today following the retailer’s 2021 investor meeting, where the company outlined plans to close at least 200 largely mall-based American Eagle locations while at the same time expanding its Aerie brand. The company has set a revenue target of $5.5

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Zippin and Fujitsu Limited have formed a new partnership that makes Fujitsu an exclusive distributor of Zippin’s checkout-free solution in Japan. The partnership is designed to enable Fujitsu to build a new retail solution by September 2021. Additionally, Brazilian retailer Lojas Americanas S.A.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

However, JD.com may start to catch up with its plans to open two additional stores in the Netherlands, with locations set for Amsterdam and Utrecht. Additionally, these aren’t the only two retailers opening automated stores in Europe, nor the only two concepts for how they will operate.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. Simplifying Checkout In this case, “simplifying checkout” means embracing “self-checkout.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Amazon is bringing its Amazon Go convenience store format to the suburbs with the launch of a location in Mill Creek, Wash. The retailer also is planning an Amazon Go location in the Los Angeles metro area. The larger size won’t be a challenge: in early 2020, Amazon opened a 10,400-square-foot cashierless grocery store in Seattle.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

In the ChaseDesign Q1 Shopper Sentiment Survey, 85% of people said, “I plan to shop in physical stores more in 2022 than last year.” And 2021 was itself a record year for foot traffic. This drove the 18% sales growth last year in brick-and-mortar stores, while ecommerce sales grew 14%. Checkout is moving to frictionless.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is reportedly planning to double down on the ecommerce giant’s physical grocery business despite recently announced plans to put growth on hold , according to the Financial Times. billion in Q4 2021. billion for the period, compared to $3.5

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

Walmart Canada is planning a $3.5 Smart-store tech will include robotics, expanded electronic shelf labels, shelf scanners to monitor product volumes and AI-powered computer vision to turn visual information into actionable data. billion (Canadian) investment over the next five years that will impact every aspect of its business.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

As 2020 came to a close, the company wanted to confirm that the changes made (and those being planned) set them up for success in 2021 and beyond. Sanitization was made central to in-store operations with supplies made readily available to customers for their own use. Planning for Improvement. The Research.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2021

Retailers sometimes move at a near-glacial pace, planning out huge builds with extreme precision — and sometimes years in advance. This isn’t to say that planning should fall by the wayside. But any plan going forward will need to include recalibration of the shopping experience. We’re past planning our responses to the crisis.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The episode was shot in early 2021 and aired on Jan. It’s now available on-demand , which makes this a good time to issue a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen the episode yet but plan to, don’t read any further until you have. As Leite shares at the end of the episode, she plans to triple the company’s revenue over the next five years.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

In episode 271 we break down Amazon’s Q2 2021 earnings announcement. Jason is back on the road and has some retail store visit reports: Bed Bath & Beyond Flagship in Chelsea Harry Potter Store New York Google New York Neighborhood Goods Starbucks Reserve New York. Amazon Q2 2021 Earnings Recap. Transcript.

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V Count

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As we bid farewell to 2021, we reflect on the challenges and lessons this year has brought. Retail store owners and managers now have access to cutting-edge software that helps them understand how customers behave in their physical locations. How to Increase Retail Success in the 2021 Holiday Season? Recent Posts.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Adopting BOPIS can be challenging so we’ll explain how you can successfully merge your online and physical store operations. BOPIS, meaning Buy Online, Pickup In-Store, is an order fulfillment option that helps retailers connect their e-commerce channels with their brick-and-mortar storefronts. What is BOPIS?

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 20, 2023

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., where he led the operations teams and later served as a merchant. He was immediately fascinated with retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

billion in 2021. Address the self-checkout issue: Staffing constraints have made self-checkouts a popular fixture in stores of all sizes. While they solve one issue, they create a few more when it comes to theft.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

“We set up an emergency task force that made sure we had the cleaning procedures, signage and checklists to keep our stores safe,” Martin-Consuegra said. One aspect of that project is to support contactless mobile payments and self-checkout. Because of the pandemic, the launch is now slated for 2021. and Canada.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

Episode 258 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Monday March 29, 2021. Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 258 being recorded on Monday March 29th 2021 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.

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