Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

The Editors’ Perspectives column offers insights and opinions from the Retail TouchPoints editorial team as they dig into the latest trends in retail, marketing and tech. This month Retail TouchPoints has been exploring the state of autonomous checkout experiences in our series From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Retail crime was a hot topic throughout 2023, and it’s easy to see why. According to the National Retail Security Survey, losses attributed to retail theft rose to $112.1 billion in 2021 — and experts expect this year’s total to continue to rise. billion in 2022, up from $93.9

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2022

Between May 2020 and May 2021, Australians spent $48.1 billion on online retail , accounting for around 13.2 per cent of the total retail sales (NAB). Meaningful, personalised engagement is about more than just pop-up ads on a mobile site or a promotional email. Are you ready to reimagine retail marketing?

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 4, 2022

Retail marketing has never been the same, especially with the changes brought about by the pandemic. These significant changes in the digital and marketing spaces altered customer expectations, shopping processes, and online experiences. Retail marketing isn’t easy. Facial Recognition .

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Meanwhile, forward thinkers see the new landscape and pivot in time to steal market share from those too slow to adapt. The retail bubble explained). This further enhances the overall shopping experience and can provide retailers with increased revenue through cross-selling and up-selling opportunities. How did we get here?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2021

Woolworths Group’s retail media business Cartology has announced two appointments, saying it is expanding its team to better serve its clients. The International Group of Department Stores (IGDS) has appointed André Maeder as the new IGDS President for 2021-2023. International Group of Department Stores appoints new president.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2021

Nowhere is that more true than the retail market, which has seen a fundamental shift among consumers in the wake of the pandemic. The question is: are retailers ready to handle it? While retailers made it through in 2020 with online sales up 44% overall , there were hiccups, frustrations and sleepless nights all throughout.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

What do the latest retail statistics tell us about retailing in 2021? We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. Retail Statistics: The Big Picture. The retail market size is continuously growing.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Entering 2021, retailers are still looking to beef up their ecommerce strategy to get this trend to stick. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix. In fact, Smartly.io Corinne Demadis is the VP, U.S.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, as technology has improved, certain providers have jumped on this market trend and have taken the opportunity to really improve their digitalised services, allowing people to play online. Weighing The Pros And Cons With specific industries like the beauty industry, however, online retail has its faults.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

September 14, 2021. September 14, 2021. While shifting consumer loyalty could represent a market threat to incumbent category leaders, “This is a huge opportunity for emerging brands,” said Jared Kligerman, Co-Founder, Wander Nut Butters. September 14, 2021. September 14, 2021. Marketing Charts.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 12, 2022

Three Ways The Future Retail Store Will Change. December 1, 2021. Three Ways The Future Retail Store Will Change. December 1, 2021. October 14, 2021. , businesses that are at least 51% owned by individuals of ethnic origin differentiate themselves and gain greater market access. Retail Insider.

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Rangeme

JULY 12, 2021

We’ll see why CPG brands and retail buyers on both sides of the Atlantic are looking abroad for growth. Market size. retail market is significantly bigger. retail sales are on track to exceed $5.8 How will the pandemic affect US ecommerce sales in 2021? May 17, 2021. 2 UK Retail Stats and Facts.

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365 Retail

MAY 6, 2022

Even before Covid-19, retail profitability was already under significant strain. Over the last decade, pre-tax profits almost halved for the largest UK retailers, falling from 9.2% Pricing and promotions can now be based on business intelligence and insights derived from data hosted in the cloud. in 2012 to an estimated 5.1%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2022

shows that the sportswear market in 2021 was almost entirely recovered to pre-pandemic sales. This was mainly fuelled by Chinese consumers, who accounted for nearly 23 per cent of the growth, followed by the US market at 15 per cent. With a focus on the US, its marketing promotes diversity and a global outlook.

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Retail Adventures

JULY 1, 2020

Even when things were “normal”, customers shopped in strange patterns, and their choices tend not to be divided equally among retailers. Continue to Plan Events & Promotions: You have competition coming at you from all sides, all vying for the customers’ attention. Keep going and add events for each month of 2021.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Retailers hoping for decent returns from their promotions investment this year will need a much more detailed picture of what’s actually happened as they go into peak, says Robin Coles, Managing Director EMEA at XCCommerce. 77% wanted coupons and vouchers etc while 62% said they would be loyal to retailers who offer promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Other retailers that have caught up to the giants in terms of services like curbside pickup and BOPIS , as well as inventory availability , want to lure customers back. One of the best ways to do that, and a tactic retailers of all sizes already are employing, is by offering customers deals they can’t refuse.

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Rangeme

MAY 9, 2022

Arkwright: We joined in 2021, and our experience has been super smooth so far! We prefer to support women-owned, family-owned, and/or minority-owned businesses that promote healthy, sustainably produced, and delicious products. RangeMe: When did you join RangeMe and how has your experience been?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Unfortunately, retailers are struggling with a lot of what former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld termed “unknown unknowns,” including what percentage of consumers will stick with online apparel shopping when stores eventually reopen; the impact of promotional activity; and the future destiny of shopping malls.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2022

A starting point was the United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Glasgow in November 2021. In February 2021, Unilever announced that it was working to introduce carbon labeling to 30,000 of its products. It’s not just global brands that are embracing carbon labeling, either.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 25, 2021

In episode 268 is a recap of Amazon Prime Day 2021 featuring David Spitz, CEO of ChannelAdvisor. He joins us this week to share ChannelAdvisor data from Amazon Prime Day 2021. This year Prime Day is earlier than usual on June 22-23, 2021. Episode 268 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday June 24, 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Supply chain snarls, delivery delays and inflation just might make the 2021 holiday shopping season one of the most expensive and logistically challenging ever. And yet it looks like consumers are still willing to spend — overall retail sales in October were up 1.7% (seasonally adjusted from September), and up 16.3% Census Bureau. .

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dan Ray, Director of Customer Success at Wiser and one of the early founders of ShelfSpace, a retail execution platform that Wiser acquired in 2020. And also, there’s Bruce Nagle, VP of Market Development and former founder of RW3, a second retail execution platform acquired by Wiser in 2021. No new news there.

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