Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Over three -plus years, I have had the honor of speaking with industry pros who have rich backgrounds in tech, marketing and advertising, operations, finance and so much more. While some DTC brands are strategically entering into brick-and-mortar via branded storefronts, others are doubling down on wholesale.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Direct-to-consumer strategies have transformed retail, both in the way consumers shop and how brands and retailers manufacture, market, and sell. Importantly, a winning direct-to-consumer business will artfully navigate the relationships between brand, retailer, and consumer. What Does Direct to Consumer Mean?

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

consumers have been pulling back on clothing and durable goods as soaring inflation raises the cost of food and basic items. Wholesale inventory bloat, combined with a softening demand in the economy, is taking its toll on cash flow and earnings at retailers. . If they are not, consider exploring partnerships with new wholesalers. .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Brooklinen was a direct-to-consumer darling that promised consumers high-quality sheets at great prices. By eliminating supply chain complexities and “cutting out the middlemen,” Brooklinen was able to streamline the product development journey and fully immerse consumers in the ethos and values of the brand.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2023

Every few decades, retail brands discover a new way to connect with consumers. The early 2000s saw the beginning of an online media push that brought standardized content from one brand to many consumers. D2R allows brands to scale and track the money they spent on digital marketing in a way that hasn’t been available before.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 9, 2024

ASD Market Week, one of the nation’s most comprehensive trade shows for consumer merchandise in the United States, will welcome a series of educational sessions produced by Retail Minded at their March 10-13, 2024, trade show in Las Vegas. ASD Market Week is held twice a year in Las Vegas.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Content Marketing, advertising and digital practitioners can expect candid conversations on new channels and tactics that drive acquisition and retention. Collins argues that true cultural engagement is the most powerful vehicle for influencing consumer behavior. Read the article.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 7, 2022

If you are debating whether or not to start a wholesale business, you have come to the right place. As a wholesaler, you are going to be providing products to other companies at a discounted price. Now that you know what wholesalers do, you also need to understand profit margins in order to make money. billion in revenues).

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2023

The list, which changes nearly every day, now includes everyone from platforms like Shopify ; multi-category merchants like Macy’s , BJ’s Wholesale Club and Lord & Taylor ; category specialists like Best Buy and HelloFresh ; and even commerce intermediaries like Instacart and Uber. First, they only sell their own brands. Is it data?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have a unique advantage in that they own the entire customer experience — and perhaps most important, all the data that is generated along with it. Brands must start with a core value proposition, a unique benefit they’re bringing to the market and specifically to their niche audience.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 16, 2023

The business formed when Jordan and I were at university, both studying marketing. In our final year, we did a bit of travelling together over in Europe, and when we were over there we noticed that there was a gap in the market back home in Australia for on-trend, mid-length swim shorts.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Consumers can now browse and buy Touchland sanitizer across multiple channels, including the brand’s DTC ecommerce site, marketplaces like Faire and even on the shelves of big-name retailers like Ulta , Target and Sephora. We can see how geo-localized marketing initiatives boost sales in specific geographies within the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s why Touchland’s four -person marketing team (including Lisbona herself) leans into a powerful combination of brand values and creative storytelling to guide social content creation. After all, as consumers venture across social platforms, that voice is what creates continuity as they consume your content.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. 5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. Listen to the session on demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2024

Despite having been around for more than 150 years, Kimberly-Clark doesn’t have a whole lot of name recognition among consumers. But now, consumers expect to be able to connect directly with the brands they see on their supermarket’s shelves. By tracking customer interactions (think clicks, scrolls, hovers, etc.)

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Growth markets include food, personal care, fashion, beauty products, toys, electronics and furniture amongst many other categories. Japan’s cross-border ecommerce market is growing as well: today it’s a $2 billion (USD) market, estimated to reach over $5 billion in 2030, and where new opportunities lie for U.S.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 15, 2022

The purpose of lead generation is to find potential customers and convert them into sales, but unfortunately, more than half of marketers do not succeed. A HubSpot study found that 61 percent of marketers struggle to generate leads. Content Marketing. Visual Content Marketing. Written Content Marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

retailers plan to use technology and automation for their critical behind-the-scenes work, like inventory, orders, payroll and invoicing — as well as for more customer-focused needs like communications, marketing, loyalty and checkout. Maintaining a cost-efficient marketing toolkit. What’s Next?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

For Mardis, following Amazon’s tech lead has resulted in a new and innovative packaging design , the implementation of AI and robots across his operation and testing out new marketing strategies like livestreaming. It very well might be [advertising].”. So if the first phase of that is a marketplace, what is the second phase?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

It’s been a veritable tsunami of bad press for self-checkout, and honestly, it’s not all that surprising — after all, consumers have long complained about the finicky machines, which often don’t work and, even when they do, make many customers feel like they’re doing the retailer’s job for them.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With tracking cookies departing and consumer data privacy concerns rising, first-party data — information that companies collect directly from their customers — represents a much-needed gold mine for retailers and brands. They’re not using data, especially first-party data, to understand what consumers want.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 17, 2023

of “administrative expenses” relating to property costs, advertising, higher salaries and foreign exchange losses. The was boosted by a 40% increase in wholesale revenue to £30.1m, up from £21.3m Wholesale represents 87% of total sales. Birkenstock attributed the fall to £4.4m the year before. compared to £1.88m in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“For a long time, Amazon, Ebay and Walmart were the go-to marketplaces, but now it’s gotten very expensive to sell on some of those platforms, so it’s not as much of a shoo-in for sellers,” said Fareeha Ali, Director of Strategy and Market Intelligence at marketplace SaaS solution Mirakl in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Only consumers only had 17% of their shopping done by early July, and 54% said they held off on spending because they didn’t know what they needed. Retail, Wholesale and Distribution leader in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Consumers’ desire for fast, efficient shopping is giving big-box retailers an advantage.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

E-commerce businesses are fighting for consumers’ attention at an extraordinary rate. It’s about knowing who your customers are and which channels they use, thoroughly understanding each channel’s requirements and streamlining consumers’ pathway to purchase. Market at the right time. Sell where consumers shop.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It encapsulates everything from the type of goods or services sold, to the pricing strategy and marketing tactics employed. The role of eCommerce models in online businesses is multifaceted. B2C (Business-to-Consumer): This is the most common model where businesses sell products or services directly to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

He created a TikTok to advertise his idea and made $40,000 in sales during the first month with just one style in one color. We have 105 stores that are up and running across 11 markets,” said Amish Tolia, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Leap in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. We’ve always wanted to test out a retail location.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It now specialises as a wholesale and e-commerce retailer, with a focus on premium and sustainable products. Both brands were able to maintain their wholesale relationships, with Bardot seeing a different type of consumer on its websites, compared to in-store, prior to the closure of its 72 stores in 2019.

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Wiser

APRIL 15, 2024

This encompasses a wide array of considerations, from copyright and trademark laws to advertising standards and data protection regulations. With possibly thousands of products listed across a wide array of retailers, wholesalers, resellers, and marketplaces, it’s vital to ensure a cohesive brand experience.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Powerful digital marketing: Online marketplaces have more bandwidth and resources to invest in digital marketing that enables users to find your products. An eCommerce platform is one of the best digital marketing channels for your products. Etsy is a leading online marketplace for handmade goods, crafts, and vintage items.

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Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Contactless shopping, delivery, and curbside pickup — once a public health necessity — have now turned into conveniences many consumers regularly expect. Our tips for retail marketing will help you level up in 2023 for better sales and happier customers. This is just one of the many ways shopping has evolved. Nearly 80% of U.S.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 31, 2021

Success in the retail business isn’t as simple as providing consumers with the opportunity to buy your products. You may have already thought about your ideal customers and consumers, what they’re looking for, and their preference on how to shop. These methods of advertising have ultimately helped many companies to grow.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Under Armour will open three new brand-owned stores in key cities throughout the UK over the next couple of months, following significant growth and consumer demand in the market. The plans are a testament to Under Armour’s rapid expansion across EMEA since establishing a presence in the market just over a decade ago.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience was a four-day virtual product discovery experience held October 18-22, facilitated by ECRM and powered by RangeMe. Plus, attendees got to join live educational sessions from top leaders and experts in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail industry. don’t entice them.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 21, 2022

market by licensing the product and two trademarks as the world’s first and only patented Far Infrared Heated Health, Fitness and Anti-Aging sauna. OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. Established in 2016 this OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. offers four brands of consumer electronics (CE) products.

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