Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

The aim is to make all items and products that can be Pinned – or bookmarked – by users available for purchase, with the ability to shop integrated across the entire user experience. According to in-house research, over half of users expressed that they use Pinterest as a place to shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sichel also spent 13 years with McKinsey & Company as a Partner and marketing and retail practices leader, supporting clients across department stores, specialty and big box retail and branded manufacturers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Currently available in Melbourne and Sydney, Gimme was started by Matt Bartalotta, Christian Charisiou and Lahiru Perera to solve one of the biggest pain points of online shopping: waiting for the order to arrive. Online shopping is convenient, but it often falls down when it comes to delivery times,” Bartalotta told Inside Retail. “It’s

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2023

What these services offer is access to a large and often diverse customer base, and the ability for brands to advertise their products to potential customers at the moment they’re looking to buy. Key to David Jones’ newly launched retail media network, Amplify, is the department store’s customer base, Holloman explained. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A decade ago, the advertising and marketing sector was taken to task by Peter Field and Les Binet. At the time of publication, many brands were prioritising short-term metrics and missing out on the results of advertising campaigns which research showed develop over time. per cent, department stores up 3.6

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Considering that endcap displays generate 70% of grocery and department store spend, the ROI of a solution that provides intelligent insights can be fast and decisive. AI can generate data that retailers can use to negotiate the terms when third parties want to display products or advertise in the store.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

Within retail, grocery and liquor majors have the highest commercial potential at $94 million per business, while shopping centres, convenience networks and retail aggregator sectors each deliver an average of $30 million to $43 million per business, per year. When a retailer takes that advertising spend, that’s a new revenue stream.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Gen Z consumers are neither easy to define nor predictable in their shopping habits. It is assumed that they are more adept at using the technology in their hands and that this facility will inform their consuming behaviors, which McKinsey refers to as “seamless and intuitive adoption of online shopping and transactions.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

Social commerce and livestream shopping in particular continues to pick up steam in the U.S., With its increased customer engagement, partnership opportunities and ample “social proof,” livestream shopping offers an attractive new strategy for today’s retailers. What makes this latest iteration different from the past versions (i.e.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

The trend of a cautious yet resilient consumer has continued into the early stages of 2024, with high-ticket luxury and department store industries underperforming sectors that sell necessities — online retail, discount/club, automotive and grocery. Where else are my customers shopping? How can I adjust my strategy to compete?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

In many instances, declines occur because consumer shopping patterns shift over time. For example, malls were the hottest thing in retail for decades — until ecommerce behemoths like Amazon began eroding malls’ implicit promise of being the everything store (or stores). RTP: What were, or became, the retailer’s weak points?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

The model that Amazon first pioneered 22 years ago — an online shop of products from third-party sellers (as opposed to its own inventory) and advertising offerings to help those sellers connect with consumers — is becoming commonplace across the retail industry. It very well might be [advertising].”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. Most of them, of course, achieved their initial success through the use of creative advertising and storytelling, often in mass-market print and television. Dragorad Knezi is CEO of eyezon.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

“Now that consumers have come back into the stores, everybody really wants an experience,” Plenert said. When they go shopping, they want to be treated specially. They’ll go with their friends, have lunch and then shop afterwards. It also is a way to bring in new customers that may feel intimidated to go into a big store.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Amazingly, the savage string of rate rises so far this year doesn’t seem to be affecting the shopping habits of Aussies overall, although there has been a dip in sales figures for household goods (down 0.8 per cent) and department stores (down 0.4 per cent bump. I’d say it’s a little more complex than that.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 25, 2023

From closing stores to reconfiguring product lines, the end of tax-free shopping for tourists has plagued the retail industry since it was axed at the end of 2020 as part of the government’s Brexit plans. “T he only difference is tax-free shopping” And retailers are expecting the situation to worsen.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Others of us old enough can recall the carrier’s bold blue circular logo and global advertising campaigns promising a luxurious lifestyle in the sky. Seongsu-dong used to be a centre for small manufacturing businesses, such as print shops, hand-made shoe stores, and the leather garment makers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Starts at 60, the online news and community hub aimed at seniors, has just launched an e-commerce platform as it looks to become the go-to destination for the growing number of baby boomers shopping online. Older online shopping ‘boom’. But that changed last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

URW acquired Westfield in 2018 in a deal that included major shopping centers such as the Westfield World Trade Center in Manhattan, Century City in Los Angeles and the Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. On a call with investors, CEO Jean-Marie Tritant said he believes URW will be able to sell its U.S. malls as prime targets.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Creating a Memorable Shopping Experience In an era dominated by online shopping, the physical retail space must offer an experience that transcends the transactional. Christmas windows, acting as the gateway to the store, set the stage for a memorable shopping journey. Christmas Windows Around the World!

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2021

It’s true that some of this marketplace momentum can be attributed to retailers looking to take a bite out of Amazon’s pie by launching their own “Everything Stores” (Walmart and Target in particular come to mind). Yahoo Shops is the next step in our commerce journey.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2022

The vast majority of our customers already bring their own reusable bags to shop, which is the very best outcome for the environment, and we encourage customers to keep up the great work.”. According to Woolworths state GM for Western Australia, Karl Weber, the move will remove over 30 million plastic bags from circulation within the state.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 90% of the United States population lives within 10 miles of a Walmart store this move has become a game changer for the retailer. Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. Consumers are looking for one stop shopping. What we are witnessing is a trend towards more convenient shopping trips.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 8, 2024

Bailing doesn’t fix the hole Let’s look at the troubled department store sector. Although addressing structural cost issues can often be necessary, one thing we know for sure is that closing stores makes shopping a lot less convenient for those customers affected. But can’t they just shop online?’ you might ask.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

Since the pandemic hit last year and shopping patterns shifted, historical data in retail businesses has been pushed to the side, as analysts have had to quickly understand new information to cater to customers. UK department store John Lewis is famous for its moving Christmas advertisements, which it first launched in 2013.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, well before high-end shops and boutiques graced the iconic retail corridors of Fifth Avenue, Champs-Élysées and Via Monte Napoleone, consumerism and desire became a driving force in Western culture. Right, Left: An advertisement for decor references the return of American soldiers from WWI (left).

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

For its 1700 brand partners, that means a steady stream of new shoppers to target across a wide range of categories, including fashion, health, and beauty, marketplaces, gift cards, electrical, department stores, alcohol, and more. We take wasted advertising spend and give it to the consumer. It’s that simple,” said Wilson.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

There has always been a gap between consumer demands and retailer execution of seamless shopping experiences,” Wu said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The technology to support seamless shopping experiences is at their fingertips, but technology is only part of the equation.” Now it’s really just shopping.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 20, 2021

Citing people familiar with the plans, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon intends to open retail locations that would operate much like department stores, selling apparel, personal-technology gadgets, household items and other merchandise, and handling returns. .’s latest brick-and-mortar experiment. Penney and Sears.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

From cash registers being used in the first department stores to the introduction of credit cards in the mid-20th century, retailers have always had to be aware of technology trends. These ‘digital try-outs’ are widely available, and make online shopping more accessible and convenient.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2021

While we are taking care of our health, working from home, and shopping online, we are prioritizing people and the community. For the last 100 years, we have regulated land use to separate where we live from where we work and where we manufacture, store, and move goods. At a human level, the urban shift signifies behavioral change.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Customers are returning to our High Streets and the shopping malls for that interaction between the sales teams in the stores, and the need to “touch and feel” the merchandise, which is something that cannot be achieved when shopping online. There is the need to get customers excited about your store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

From there, the firm surveyed 530 consumers and leveraged a team of five UX designers to give each retailer a score out of 100 in seven relevant categories: overall experience, search, shop, cart, buy, fulfillment and returns. On the brick-and-mortar side, Nordstrom stores aren’t just curbside pickup sites.

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Inside Retail

MAY 19, 2023

The good news here is that new shoppers seem to be sticking with Walmart – at least for the time being – but the less good news is that their activity is mostly confined to staples and necessities, and few are crossing the aisle to shop general merchandise. Third, Walmart has continued to grow its peripheral services.

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VMS

AUGUST 11, 2021

At a national level, back-to-school shopping is well underway, impacting a number of sectors as anticipated in our forecast. Return of the In-Store Shopper: Brick-and-mortar browsing is making its return, with in-stores sales making up 81.9% July numbers reflect a return to the store. Advertisement.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Black Friday, a shopping event that originated in the United States, has increasingly become an integral part of the UK retail landscape. In some instances, these confrontations required intervention by store security or even the police, highlighting the intensity of the situation. In response, retailers are modifying their strategies.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

More customers are shopping with us. at the department store. And arguably, the department stores have got less competition than they ever had.” Indeed, its biggest rival Debenhams, which had close to 170 stores, exited the market just two years ago. However, White insists there is reason for optimism.

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