Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Craft tea retailer The Berry Tea Shop has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign via Birchal as it seeks to scale the business and expand its product portfolio. Founded in 2010 by Cliff and Paulina Collier, The Berry Tea Shop offers a selection of more than 48 varieties of loose-leaf tea, tea wares and accessories and includes a cafe.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Petco will expand its exclusive retail partnership with  Canadian Tire with the addition of Petco shop-in-shops at 99% of Canadian Tire stores by the middle of 2023 as well as a dedicated product assortment online at canadiantire.ca. billion pet market.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The winners were revealed and celebrated at the 2022 PAVE Gala earlier in December in New York City, and now we’re spotlighting their craftsmanship with a special report and interview series featuring the leaders driving these projects. The 2022 Winning Windows recipients at the 2022 PAVE Gala in New York City.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Toys ‘R’ Us will make its latest attempted return to brick-and-mortar with 400 store-in-store shops at Macy’s locations and online at macys.com/toysrus, slated to roll out in 2022. Toys ‘R’ Us parent company Tru Kids Brands was acquired by WHP Global in March 2021 with the goal of expanding the business worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

That’s why summer 2022 is prime time for Retail TouchPoints to kickstart holiday coverage. Prediction 3: Experiential Moments will Create Delight Despite In-Store Shopping Stressors. Café and restaurant experiences help meet basic human needs while elevating a visit to the shops into a day out.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. 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).

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

As rival TikTok ramps up its shopping initiatives , Meta is streamlining its own commerce strategy to drive more in-platform shopping on Instagram and Facebook. A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable in-app checkout in order to offer a Shop on both sites.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2023

In its third annual Brand Protection Report , Amazon highlighted the success of its ongoing efforts to fight counterfeit products and said that 2022 saw more criminal referrals and industry partnerships than ever before at the company. This is coupled with advancements in the company’s machine learning-based detection capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

At the end of 2021, the editors of Retail TouchPoints took a stab at predicting what would happen in ecommerce in 2022. 2022 certainly isn’t turning out how anyone thought it would. 2022 certainly isn’t turning out how anyone thought it would. Not to toot our own horn, but we hit the nail on the head with this one.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2023

Wine marketers have an exciting opportunity to identify ways to educate new consumer segments, show up in key commerce channels and drive marketing ROI. In this phase, influencer marketing is an ideal channel for wine brands , especially to reach the key millennial/Gen-Z demographics that have been slower adopters of wine.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As part of its new web platform, Batteries Plus will: Focus on performance improvements; Review individual site categories; Optimize the online shopping journey through the addition of new features; and. Create a consistent experience for those who shop in-store and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

3, 2022 that will feature 25 new markets. During previous editions of the Big Show, guests led by retail experts have toured shopping districts such as Hudson Yards , Oculus , SoHo and Midtown Manhattan. Retail Store Tours will launch an updated platform on Nov. and San Francisco.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A fashion store filled with pillows and a furniture showroom that looks more like a luxury apartment are among our pick of the best shop interiors of the year, in the next instalment of Dezeen's review of 2022. Read on for Dezeen's top 10 shop interiors of 2022: Photo by Michael Rygaard. Photo by Hu Yanyun.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Walmart and Petco are just the latest examples of a trend among both specialised pet care retailers like Petco and Chewy, and mass-market retailers such as Kohl’s, and Lowe’s, of expanding pet care services and product ranges to meet the needs of an increasingly pet-centred society. The pet perfume market alone was estimated to be worth US$1.4

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

11 and 12, 2022, appears to have had the effect Adobe predicted of moving up the start of holiday shopping earlier than ever. 1 as the formal start of holiday shopping, the firm noted that Amazon’s fall sale will have an impact on the season overall and will likely cut into Cyber Week performance. Still, Adobe is predicting U.S.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2024

Kearney, a renowned global consultancy firm, recently unveiled its latest findings in the 2023 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) report , shedding light on emerging market potentials and strategic pathways for retail expansion. China is the world’s largest retail market, accounting for almost 50 per cent of global retail transactions.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The 2022 MAPIC Awards winners are: Best New Retail Concept: Situ Live (Unibail-Rodamco Westfield). Manifesto Market. Retailer The Body Shop. Best Performing Shopping Center. The post MAPIC Awards 2022 winners announced in Cannes appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design. Best New F&B Concept.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Getty Images’ VisualGPS consumer survey finds that 79% of Americans are excited about the potential of using AI to increase productivity, and a study by SAP Emarsys confirms that so far, 77% of consumers enjoy the personalized shopping recommendations that this new technology enables.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

Personalisation was initially lost in the mass market and the anonymity of online shopping, but retailers are using customer data to create highly personalised shopping experiences, from recommendations to tailored promotions. The consumer demand for a personalised experience is immense and growing.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

YouTube is getting into the holiday spirit with a nine -day, multi-format shopping event , From YouTube to You, that will feature interactive live shopping events, shoppable Shorts and video gift guides. 10 to 19, 2022. Creators are now also able hold to Q&A sessions with their viewers during their live shopping events.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an era of goldfish-esque attention spans, short videos have emerged as a powerful marketing tool. Video is Eating the World In 2022, 86% of internet traffic was consumed by video streaming. Video-First Commerce: Shopping on Video Short videos are not just for amusement; they’re driving commerce. 12, 2023 in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Consumer habits changed drastically last year as people went online to shop. According to McKinsey , 75% of consumers tried a new shopping behavior due to economic pressure, store closings and changing priorities, and the data we are seeing internally shows 50% of shoppers now intend to shop both in-store and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, there is some good news for brick-and-mortar retail and malls: Coresight Research recently reported that foot traffic at top-tier malls was up 12% on average in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic 2019 levels, while traffic at lower-tier malls was up 10%. billion, a 3% increase over the same quarter in 2022.

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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. Tempur-Pedic (New York City).

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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. The brand uses premium materials and products are sampled almost 30 times.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Malls were once the nucleus of “shopping culture.” But many shopping malls have endured an identity crisis. Coresight also found that traffic at top-tier malls was up 12% in 2022 over pre-pandemic 2019 levels, while traffic was up 10% at non-top-tier malls. For example, you don’t always have to place a Michaels next to a Lowe’s.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

The Body Shop has gone beyond hair care, shower gels and hand soaps to include makeup in its product refill program, which prevented more than half a million plastic bottles from entering the environment in 2022 alone. stores in April 2022 , The Body Shop has stations in 50% of its U.S. footprint. “We

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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. Each year, MAPIC hosts some of the retail real estate industry’s largest leasing announcements—and 2022 was no different.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. But she believes that successful marketing revolves around one key thing: understanding your customer and creating the value they expect.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is not the grocery retailer’s first foray into smaller storefronts. Amazon’s US$13.7

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Independent Retailer

JANUARY 27, 2022

Atlanta Market was the epicenter of the nation’s gift and home décor buying with brands and sales agencies reporting record sales at the close of the winter 2022 edition, January 11-18, at AmericasMart Atlanta. We were looking to do business with new vendors and lines and Atlanta Market always has the ‘new.’”. “We

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The 2022 MAPIC Conference Programme has been released. The opening keynote at MAPIC 2022 is on the future of retail and will consist of two parts. The psychologist and author of the bestseller Why We Buy: The Science Of Shopping , will shed light on the evolution of consumer habits in our post- pandemic world. OPENING PARTY.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Bart Sichel as EVP, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer as the troubled retailer rebuilds its executive leadership following a number of departures in 2022, including former SVP of Marketing James Reath.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

TikTok has reportedly launched its much-discussed ecommerce platform, TikTok Shop, in the U.S., TikTok Shop was previously only available in the UK and seven countries in Asia. ” In early October 2022, additional reports surfaced that TikTok was teaming up with live shopping platform TalkShopLive to bring TikTok Shop to the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2022

Seeking to provide a physical platform to showcase creations from Emirati and Arab designers and artists, Mall of the Emirates has launched a pop-up market — Ramadaniyat — for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Unique handmade pieces by artisans and craftspeople will be available along with movies for kids and families.

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