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NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

Retail TouchPoints

Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% YoY; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 12.1% YoY; Online and other non-store sales: Up 6% month-over-month, up 30.7% YoY; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 10.5%

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‘Retail is a combination of creativity and analytics’: H&M’s Linda Li 

Inside Retail

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas.

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Forrester Forecast: Online’s Share of U.S. Sales to Top 29% by 2029

Retail TouchPoints

Nearly three of every 10 purchases by American consumers will be made online as the end of this decade nears, according to projections from Forrester in its U.S. Ultra-low prices from Chinese retailers like Shein and Temu will help ecommerce sales in the apparel and footwear categories, despite longer delivery times.” in 2029. “The

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Latest CAMP Location Showcases the Art of Child’s Play

Retail TouchPoints

On the first floor, consumers can shop a vast array of merchandise — from the hottest L.O.L CAMP also makes a point to merchandise stores based on specific categories or types of play rather than age or gender. CAMP, however, is designed to be a space for families to come and play together.”

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NRF 2024: Key Takeaways From Retail Thought Leaders

Retail Minded

Georganne Bender, a retail thought leader and consumer anthropologist, wasn’t quite as interested in technology when reflecting on what retail needs to see in the year ahead but rather the merchandising in stores. “Retailers should update their merchandising. ” I couldn’t agree more.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 272 – Q2 E-Com Data, Walmart/Target Earnings, and Amazon Dept Store!?!?

Retail Geek

Apparel is in the biggest recovery, up 63%. At peak of pandemic, restaurants lost nearly $51B/mo of sales to grocery stores. There are almost no 30,000 square foot department stores most department stores are much bigger than 30,000 square feet. [40:33] US Dept of Commerce Data. In July retail sales were up 13.3%