Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

DoorDash will offer on-demand delivery from Five Below, David’s Bridal and Sports Basement just in time for holiday shopping. Sports Basement operates 12 locations in Northern California and offers snow and winter sports apparel and gear. Starbucks incorporated a DoorDash delivery option into its app last month.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We currently live in an era marked by economic uncertainty, environmental consciousness, and a desire for uniqueness, Australians are increasingly embracing second-hand shopping. The hunt for the thrill of it One of the driving appeals of second-hand shopping lies in the exhilaration of the search, the dopamine release gained in the hunt.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery shopping sales grew 54% for the year and are predicted to top $100 billion in 2021. Shoppers across demographics now routinely order their groceries online just as they already did their books, electronics, and apparel. Many in the online grocery industry still operate fulfillment at a very rudimentary technical level.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Authentic announced the following week that its US partner for Ted Baker United Legwear and Apparel (ULAC) would extend its responsibilities to run the UK operations as well. The Body Shop The Body Shop emerged from administration at the start of September under new owner Aurea , a consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

Thats where our expertise lies not with the business traveler, not duty-free airport shops, said Shaw. RTP: How will Starboard be supporting these resort retail shops? We also can create branded logo apparel and giftable items for a cruise line or a resort. Shaw: Its going to be very similar to what were doing on ships.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2024

“By increasing and diversifying our portfolio of ecommerce partners, we’re allowing customers to access what they love most about shopping online.” Hibbett customers can get same- or next-day delivery on thousands of items that will be fulfilled from hundreds of Hibbett and City Gear stores across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Hornets have debuted a Virtual Fan Shop that will allow fans to interact with each other virtually as well as browse and purchase fan gear that will then be shipped to their home in the real world.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Shipt’s services for Big Lots’ customers will be fulfilled by the delivery platform’s pool of 300,000 personal shoppers. Big Lots will continue to offer its existing curbside, BOPIS and same-day fulfillment services for heavier and bulkier items. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Customers selecting home delivery on the Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY websites will have their orders fulfilled in stores by personal shoppers working with Shipt , a division of Target. Customers using the Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY websites will be charged a flat rate of $4.99 for orders over $39.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon has debuted Rufus , a new generative AI-powered conversational shopping experience, at the same time that it reported strong earnings for Q4 2023 and the full year. Both announcements highlighted the transformative potential of gen AI, with Amazon planning to lean heavily into the technology in the coming year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2024

In its latest move to combat the growth of discount Chinese shopping apps Temu and Shein , Amazon is reportedly planning to add its own China-direct section, according to The Information. office and fulfillment hub in Amazon’s backyard of Seattle. Shein even announced earlier this year that it was opening a U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Build-A-Bear Workshop is reimagining its ecommerce site with the Bear Builder 3D Workshop, an animated shopping experience that moves the experience of bringing a teddy bear “to life” online. Bear Builder 3D Workshop supports multiple fulfillment options, including same-day delivery through Shipt and buy online, pick up in-store.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

It is now a place that offers moments of respite and discovery that online shopping cannot replicate. Consumer interest in retail third spaces American apparel and accessories brand Coach recently opened a Coach Coffee Shop within the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets. The idea of a third space in retail isnt new.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

7-Eleven has upgraded its mobile app with simplified login and registration, a centralized deals and rewards area for 7Rewards loyalty members and improved in-app shopping and delivery experiences via 7NOW Delivery. We’re focused on making our customers’ shopping experience easier, quicker and more personalized, both in and out of our stores.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Chinese on-demand delivery platform Dada Group is beefing up its 415 Intra-City Shopping Festival, a sales event focused on quick delivery offerings taking place April 8-17, 2022. As with many other Chinese shopping festivals, the launch of new products will play a large role in the event.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. Want to Expand Back-to-School Shopping Baskets? in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Target’s Store-Based Fulfillment Model Drives Convenience. The secret to Target’s success is the retailer’s expertise at utilizing its stores for fulfillment, whether as a staging ground for last mile delivery or an efficient curbside pickup hub. Target’s physical comparable sales grew 8.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

In addition to toys, games and stuffed animals, apparel, accessories and services like complimentary Uber trips were available to appeal to middle and high school-aged children. The pop-up used a BOPIS model (for free, of course), allowing the children to select an item they liked ahead of time.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Making Price Comparisons Easier Although 21% of consumers may have splurged on themselves when shopping for clothes last year, once the $100 inflection point was reached, the details that justify the price become much more important. Price has been a top driver for many consumers for decades.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Pain Point #1: Selling Apparel Items in a Cashierless Store Amazon has deployed its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless technology in a range of sports venues, providing friction-free checkout for customers and faster transactions for retailers. But these systems’ reliance on computer vision technology made it a poor fit for apparel sales. “At

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2020

Global Shopping Festival, which generated $38.4 Festival will get hands-on advice from Tmall Global, with their products featured on the marketplace during the shopping holiday. Additionally, selected entrants will be fast-tracked and launched on Tmall Global through its Overseas Fulfillment program. billion (U.S.)

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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. Based on research and expert interviews, six new realities are having the biggest impacts on back-to-school shopping behaviors and preferences. in search) and “boy clothing” (+12.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Foot Locker and Fanatics have partnered to connect their ecommerce inventories by allowing Foot Locker fulfill its online orders through the digital sports platform. Customers will be able to shop these goods through footlocker.com, kidsfootlocker.com and champssports.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. The first Amazon Style store is set to open later this year at The Americana at Brand shopping mall in Los Angeles. “We Amazon’s done this before… just not for apparel.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Customers will now be able to earn Stitch Fix credit for “gently worn” apparel items they give back to the brand via ThredUp ’s Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality. Technology advancements, a refreshed brand identity and a new marketing campaign showing how Stitch Fix solves common shopping complaints are being rolled out.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Consumers demand grocers and mass merchants in particular provide these last-mile services, and it’s not without challenges, as over 40% of grocery consumers cite delivery and fulfillment services as key attributes while deciding where to shop in the past year.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Gap , one of America’s most storied mall-based brands, is opening up shop on what has essentially become the country’s biggest mall — Amazon. and Canada, Gap has opened a dedicated brand “store” offering its apparel essentials — including denim, tees, socks, underwear and sleepwear — for adults, kids and babies.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How do you believe consumers’ omnichannel shopping behaviors will evolve or accelerate during the holiday shopping season? In fact, BOPIS became the new norm for items across all categories, from footwear and apparel to accessories, home goods, furniture and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

Despite a successful holiday shopping season, retailers face numerous hurdles in the year ahead. However, it’s not just apparel purchases that benefit. By incorporating AI, retailers can reduce the volume of returns while improving the shopping experience for their customers. Agile fulfillment.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

In a world where consumers can shop from virtually anywhere, ecommerce is no longer limited by geography. For example, a fashion store may sell winter clothing in the Northern Hemisphere while offering summer apparel to customers in the South. Partnering with international couriers or fulfilment providers can make this more manageable.

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Independent Retailer

MARCH 14, 2023

A change in seasons is the second biggest driver of apparel sales, after discounts and promotions, and Spring is the biggest apparel sale season of them all. Traffic for apparel is 16 percent higher in Spring than Summer, and 52 percent higher than Fall. Shoppers are looking to buy warm-weather apparel over the next few months.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

We sat down with leading retail finance experts from The Reject Shop, Forever New, Taking Shape and Vinomofo to find out. Clinton Cahn, CEO of The Reject Shop, noted that there has been a rise in demand for everyday essential items, whereas its discretionary range showed a drop-off in demand, which affected margins.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

In spite of their different areas of expertise, these executives were all focused on the need to constantly seek out new ways to update and optimize the consumer shopping experience. Whether that is through the integration of developing technology, such as an automated kitchen, or with updated mobile offerings.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

The apparel retailer currently operates 84 stores across the country. The stores will range from 1,400 to 2,500 square feet and will offer complimentary fittings and apparel steaming, a gift concierge, styling recommendations and the option to check out via text message.

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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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