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NRF Retracts Claim that Organized Retail Crime Accounted for ‘Nearly Half’ of Retail Shrink

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers and law enforcement agencies continue to experience daily incidents of theft, partner in large-scale investigations and report recoveries of stolen retail goods into the millions of dollars.”

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Citing Theft and Safety Issues, Target Closes 9 Stores in 4 States

Retail TouchPoints

Target will be closing: One store in NYC’s Harlem, leaving 96 locations throughout the city; Two in Seattle, leaving 22 stores; Three in San Francisco/Oakland, leaving 32 stores in the metro area; and Three in Portland, Ore., leaving 15 stores in this market. reduced specific storesoperating hours; 29.7%

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Adidas Shifts to DTC-First Model, Plans to Double Ecommerce Sales by 2025

Retail TouchPoints

Nonetheless, Adidas is optimistic, citing the recovery seen in Q4 2020, its strong market position and attractive growth prospects for the sporting goods industry as a whole. The move is in line with similar shifts made by competitor Nike, which is ditching wholesale accounts and beefing up its digital and DTC business as well.

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To Experience the Future of Retail, You’ll Want to Go to the Store

Retail TouchPoints

Over the past three years, most of us have done a lot more shopping online, so it’s easy to forget that while ecommerce is still growing, most retail commerce still happens in stores. In Q3 2022, ecommerce accounted for less than 15% of all retail sales.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). External Theft According to the NRF, shoplifting and other forms of external theft, including burglary, accounted for 37% of reported shrink in 2022. Despite your efforts to hire good people, the U.S.

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Announcing: Retail Reborn Season 2

Retail Prophet

Erwan Rambourg is a luxury and sporting goods analyst and author of The Bling Dynasty: Why The Reign of Chinese Luxury Shoppers Has Only Just Begun, and Future Luxe: What’s Ahead for the Business of Luxury. You have to take into account values that might be different. It’s painful to come to a retail store.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

39:48] But technical roadmap that were able to deploy that will integrate with the store operations and the back of house operations that will allow for scared investments in technology that all the good wolf can take advantage of. For the first time we’ll have decentralized marketing funnel brands.