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APRIL 20, 2022

Batteries Plus has hired Derek Detenber as its new Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer. In the role of CMMO, Detenber will lead teams across omnichannel marketing, design, category and merchandising to tell the Batteries Plus story. .

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MAY 18, 2023

SHEIN has officially launched its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin City Centre, Ireland and is planning to host approximately 30 pop-up store events across the region this year to boost its profile with customers. The news comes as fellow Asia-based discount shopping app Temu picks up steam in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The figure is a 12 per cent rise on the contribution in June 2022. The chain was listed by GapMaps as one of the fastest-growing QSR brands by store numbers this year Another 30 outlets, including drive-throughs, are in the plans for the Australian market. In the new US market GYG reported $6 million in network sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 13, 2024

The firm is also considering listing Boots on the London stock market, which could provide a significant uplift for the City. Back in 2022 Walgreens attempted to sell the the 172-year-old pharmacy chain but later abandoned the process after suitors failed to meet its asking price, which was thought to be around £7bn.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mattress Firm has withdrawn its plans for an IPO this year, according to documents filed with the SEC. The move has prompted some analysts to surmise that Mattress Firm might instead now be open to an acquisition, with Tempur-Sealy International seen as a prime buyer, according to Wedbush Securities.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

stores in August 2022 with the opening of a location at the Gran Plaza Outlets in Calexico, Calif. In addition to this Southern California store, the retailer has new shops planned for Illinois, Rhode Island, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. through June 2023.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Family-owned Harris Farm Markets has always been about providing premium quality food to Australians who want the best-of-both-worlds experience of a fruit and vegetable market offering in-season produce and their local providore’s fine array of meat, cheese, and accompaniments. An old market trend is back on top.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Purple Innovation , the digitally native mattress brand, has hired Keira Krausz as its Chief Marketing Officer following the departure of Patrice Varni, who joined the company in June 2021 as Chief Marketing and Digital Officer. From 2013 to 2019, Krausz worked with Nutrisystem as the company’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

next month, with an additional three stores planned for later in 2024. In addition, we converted select Asian markets to a licensing model. The retailer became an official NBA league marketing partner in the U.S. billion in 2022 sales. Foot Locker will launch its first “store of the future” in Willowbrook, N.J.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ross Stores has opened 28 Ross Dress for Less and 12 dd’s DISCOUNTS locations across 21 states during September and October, meeting its forecasted growth of opening nearly 100 stores during FY 2022, which ends Jan. billion in Q1 2022, which prompted the retailer to revise its forecast for the remainder of the year. billion to $4.6

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2022

Fast Retailing , parent company of brands including UNIQLO and Theory , revealed major global expansion plans — including opening at least 300 new stores — in its FY2023, which ends in July 2023. We are set to open our new UNIQLO Regent Street Store in London in April 2022. YoY and operating profit rose by 49.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

Digital Brands Group (DBG) — the parent company of a collection of digital-first lifestyle brands including Bailey 44 , Harper & Jones and Sundry — will open its first physical store in March 2024 and plans to have 50 locations within the next several years. million in annual revenue and annual cash flow of over $500,000 a year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

A peek at second-quarter data indicates this trend is accelerating, with April and May showing a 7% increase in ASP on top of a 17% increase during the same period in 2021. This scenario sets up a battle across all sectors of the economy for brands looking to tap into consumer wallets as they shop for fewer items at fewer retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Microsoft is gearing up to take a bigger piece of the growing retail media pie with the debut of a suite of new capabilities through its PromoteIQ marketing platform, which the company acquired in 2019. It is our vision to create the industry’s most complete omnichannel retail media stack to support retailer evolution through retail media.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So what changes should we expect to see in 2022? Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) Here’s my take: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Amazon for workplace safety violations at three of its warehouses, a decision that Amazon said it will appeal. 17, 2022 for exposing workers to ergonomic hazards. Amazon facilities in Deltona, Fla., Waukegan, Ill. and New Windsor, N.Y.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rent the Runway has lowered its revenue expectations for 2023, now saying it plans to at least match 2022 revenues of $296.4 We made significant progress in Q2 across the bottom line, exceeding our profitability guidance, and with Adjusted EBITDA margins hitting a historic high at 10.2%. 8, 2023. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Its 10th store will open at Sunshine Plaza on March 10, and its 11th store at Pacific Fair on May 4. It also took home the award for outstanding growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

Brad Lande-Shannon has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Tyler Wozny has been promoted to the post of Chief Digital Officer. Madison Reed, which announced $33 million in new funding in April 2022 , began as an online-only DTC company but has expansive omnichannel ambitions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Starbucks and DoorDash have expanded their delivery partnership to Northern California, Texas, Georgia, Florida and other select markets, with plans for availability in all 50 states by March 2023. as well as market expansions in Seattle, Portland and New York City in 2022.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2022

Pharmacy retailer TerryWhite Chemmart has won the major prize at the 2022 Retailer Awards presented by Commonwealth Bank, taking out the award for Customer Experience of the Year in a medium to large business. The post TerryWhite Chemmart wins top honour at the 2022 Retailer Awards appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

Wedding Wingman was piloted in select markets in September 2022 in response to customer feedback and insights indicating that nearly half of all grooms find the wedding planning process too difficult or time-consuming.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2024

Parade was founded by Columbia University dropout Cami Téllez in 2019, with a purpose to disrupt the market and champion inclusivity, body positivity and sustainable manufacturing. It was valued at US$200 million in 2022. With band sizes starting at a size six, Brava customers run the gamut. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

IKEA will expand options for urban customers on the West Coast with two planning studios in the Los Angeles area set to open in spring 2022: one in Long Beach and a second in a yet-to-be-determined location. Shoppers will be able to book appointments with design specialists to help with both planning and ordering home furnishings.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2023

Australian consumer electronics giant JB Hi-Fi announced a major expansion of its New Zealand operations last week , unveiling plans to double its store count in the next three to five years. He revealed that JB Hi-Fi also plans to move its e-commerce site to the Shopify platform in the future.

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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. Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

has hired James Reath, former SVP of Marketing at Bed Bath & Beyond , as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Reath will manage overall marketing strategy, brand, consumer, creative, media, CRM and digital commerce for the company, which operates the DXL Big + Tall and Casual Male XL brands. Destination XL Group, Inc.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There are about 1600 possible product combinations, according to Felicity McGahan, group CEO of Strand, the 96-year-old Australian luggage chain that launched Nere in 2022. With most items priced under A$200, the brand is seeking to elevate travel for the mass-market consumer. “Everyone travels now,” McGahan told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Former NBA Chief Marketing Officer Kate Jhaveri has been named Global Head of Marketing at TikTok. Jhaveri will work closely with Sofia Hernandez, TikTok’s Head of Global Business Marketing, who focuses primarily on business and advertising solutions, according to a company spokesperson.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2023

The rebranding is part of a $370 million, three-year transformation plan for the company which will see older stores revamped and an upgraded customer loyalty program. The post Woolworths plans $370 million rebrand, upgrade of its NZ store network appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2022

Unionized Starb u cks cafés are reportedly asking the coffee giant to extend planned benefits , including pay raises, to all stores without going through a bargaining process, according to CNBC. Planned benefits include faster sick time accrual and medical travel reimbursement for employees seeking abortions or gender-reaffirming care.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The pet centre will also have a small amount of retail space, where Walmart plans to sell its own private-label pet care brands. billion in 2023 and is predicted to rise to US$430 billion by 2033 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 The pet perfume market alone was estimated to be worth US$1.4 per cent.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 6, 2022

Global architecture, planning and design firm CallisonRTKL has released its Forecast 2022 report – looking at the accelerators, disruptors, and constants shaping the built retail environment in the year to come. In 2022, we will see physical retail environments simplify in-person transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

At its June 1, 2022 Investor Day, Levi Strauss and Co executives laid out an aggressive strategy to propel the company toward revenues of $9 to $10 billion by 2027, by doubling down on DTC and diversifying beyond denim. “We The company reaffirmed its expectations for fiscal 2022, with revenues expected to reach $6.4

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Ross Stores is already nearly one-third of the way toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new stores in fiscal 2022. In February and March 2022, the discount retailer opened 22 Ross Dress for Less locations and eight dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 15 states and Guam. 29, 2022, Ross achieved total sales of $18.9

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The retailer, which opened its first permanent store in July 2022 at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards mall, plans to add 10 stores in 2023 in cities including London, Los Angeles and New Delhi. The GeoNFT scores these coordinates on chain so they don’t overlap, and we can send them as NFTs to people’s wallets.”.

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