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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Netflix is reportedly planning to open permanent brick-and-mortar stores, beginning in 2025 with two in the U.S. Netflix has operated multiple pop-up stores around the world, including a multi-title location in Los Angeles that operated during the 2022 holiday season and a Manhattan location tied to the Bridgerton series.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Retailers have reason to be positive about the holiday season — Americans are still planning to spend about the same or more than last year on gifts, despite the fact that 93% are concerned about the economy and rising living costs, according to EY’s latest Consumer Future Index.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

With a whole new danger hitting consumers – inflation – will the same be true? In 2022, the retail sector is performing much better than expected. Analysts believe that 2022 will remain a good year, despite economic headwinds. The big test for retail will, of course, be Christmas 2022. The good news for retail.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Design and visual merchandising teams in particular rise to the occasion, finding creative themes, materials, lighting and more to evoke delight and holiday spirit among consumers of all ages. The 2022 Winning Windows recipients at the 2022 PAVE Gala in New York City. Below is part one of this series.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2022

Third-party marketplaces have emerged as one of the biggest growth opportunities for retailers this year, with companies from Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to Giant Food and Michaels launching marketplaces (or announcing plans to do so) in the last six months alone. You have to think like a consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

million , in 2023 compared to 2022. And while just an initial test with relatively minor aesthetic adjustments, the success of this product has given us clear indication of how we can differentiate from others in our category and deliver products that our consumer will come back for time and time again.” million loss the previous year.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022. Following are recaps of some of the most pertinent presentations.

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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. Forever 21 started to unveil its new U.S.

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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 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. Consumers care less now for these stories than they do for convenience. Tempur-Pedic (New York City).

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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. .”

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We now have over 1,400 stores and ecommerce sites across 31 countries, and as we head into 2024, we are excited to bring Toys ‘R’ Us to consumers everywhere.” brick-and-mortar retailing in late 2021 with a 20,000-square-foot flagship store at New Jersey’s American Dream mall , followed by 452 Toys ‘R’ Us shop-in-shops at Macy’s in 2022.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

They have absolutely loved the new look and layout and we can’t wait to roll this out even further in 2022. ARO: What are some of the interesting challenges Witchery is focusing on for 2022? ARO: What are three of the most exciting opportunities for the Australian fashion industry in 2022?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

including Amazon , Target and Macy’s , have announced their plans for holiday hiring, but all told this season may see one of lowest levels of seasonal hiring since 2008 , according to report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas shared with Reuters. In conjunction with its holiday hiring plans, Amazon also announced that it is investing $1.3

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APRIL 5, 2022

Spring 2022 holidays will see a return closer to pre-pandemic normalcy than 2021, according to the Spring Holidays 2022 report from Information Resources, Inc. More than 25% of consumers report that they’ll exceed last year’s Easter or Passover grocery spending.

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MAY 22, 2023

The largest increase took place from 2021 to 2022 when shoplifting complaints increased 44% year-over-year to reach almost 64,000 , many of which were committed by organized theft rings , according to New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar in a statement.

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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 28, 2023. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following its store launch in Sydney earlier this year, Hong Kong-based tech accessories brand Casetify is planning to expand across Australia, as part of a larger goal of reaching 100 stores globally by 2025. The Sydney store followed the launch of its first permanent US store and four new stores across South Korea in 2022.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For the past few years, consumers have been more than willing to dip into their bursting savings accounts – thanks in large part to the pandemic – to spend on Black Friday. per cent up on 2022. However, 17 per cent of Mozo’s survey respondents said they were not planning to buy at all over the weekend, as they “can’t afford it”.

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JUNE 7, 2022

After a 23-year career with Amazon , Dave Clark, CEO of the Worldwide Consumer, has resigned, effective July 1. In an online note, Clark shared that he had mulled leaving the company for some time but wanted to position Amazon’s consumer business teams for success. “We

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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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MARCH 7, 2023

As part of the retailer’s plans to open 100 locations in 2023, Ross Stores opened 11 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores in 13 states during February and March. ” Ross’ comparable store sales fell 4% year-over-year in Q4 2022, which ended Jan. Overall sales were down slightly in 2022, at $18.7

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MARCH 21, 2023

The company posted a slight dip in sales in Q4 2022, which ended Jan. The plan to do that — dubbed “Lace Up” — will include simplifying operations and investing in “core banners and capabilities.” Other plans include a reset of the retailer’s loyalty program and the development of an enhanced omnichannel experience.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Sustainable, direct-to-consumer fashion brand Allbirds promised to revolutionise the retail industry with stylish, comfortable, and environmentally-conscious footwear designs. Allbirds went from having 22 brick-and-mortar global stores in 2020, to 35 in 2022, before rapidly ending up with 58 locations by the end of 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Solana Spaces , a “phygital” store designed to help consumers better understand NFTs, blockchain and Web3, is on a global expansion path fueled by a unique franchising model.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

New to this year’s event is the Consumer Product Showcase , offering SMB brands the opportunity to show off innovative customer-facing products. Retail media networks on the rise: “Throughout 2022, it seemed as though a new retail media network launched every day,” Reda wrote. Taking place January 15-16 from 10 a.m.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2022

With 2022 as the first year of MAPIC’s fully-fledged return post-pandemic, the atmosphere has been optimistic and energetic, with people looking forward to the experience of in-person retail and interactions. Attractive to younger generations, leisure can help to bring physical commerce back to consumers who strayed from it during COVID.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

per cent in the first quarter, with consumer goods up 3.1 Since retail trade is a key input into broader consumer spending, which in turn is a massive component of GDP (as much as 45 per cent by some estimates), it stands to reason that the retail series might be a bit wonky too. Officially then, China’s retail sales rose by 4.7

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2022

FedEx is planning to cut an additional $1 billion in costs, citing weak demand that led to a disappointing profit for Q2 2023, which ended Nov. The reductions will add to cost-cutting measures announced in September to bring FedEx’s total fiscal savings plan for 2023 to $3.7 FedEx had expected revenue of $23.7

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MARCH 28, 2022

More specifically, MINISO has spent the last year-plus bolstering its brick-and-mortar footprint in North America to amplify its proprietary $10 N’ Under concept, which has become beloved among Gen Z consumers. We are thus able to eliminate intermediaries and transfer the benefits to consumers.

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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 billion this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Starbucks Workers United , the union trying to organize Starbucks workers across the country, is planning a “Red Cup Rebellion” on Nov. Labor efforts started slowly at REI: the August 2022 unionization of a Berkeley, Calif. 16, the retailer’s “Red Cup Day” — traditionally one of Starbucks’ busiest days of the season.

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JUNE 9, 2022

Mere days after announcing plans to leave Amazon after 23 years at the company, Dave Clark has unveiled his next role — CEO of supply chain startup Flexport. Clark’s last day as CEO of the Worldwide Consumer business at Amazon will be July 1. 1, 2022 and join the company’s Board at the same.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2021

The off-price retailer announced plans for 1,050 new store openings, 1,750 store remodels and 100 store relocations; the launch of 1,000 pOpshelf locations by fiscal 2025; and the company’s entrance into Mexico with 10 stores in fiscal 2022. Dollar General is preparing to embark on a massive expansion as it comes off a strong Q3 2021.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

No more wrestling with metal tape measures that bend and snap back into DIYers’ hands: Lowe’s will launch a beta test of a room scanning and measurement tool, available in the Lowe’s iOS app, by the end of Q1 2022. (An An embedded video demonstrates how the solution works.).

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