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Inventory Accuracy: The Not-so-Secret Ingredient for Holiday Sales Success

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, BOPIS became the new norm for items across all categories, from footwear and apparel to accessories, home goods, furniture and more. This created a ripple effect for retailers that were experiencing a higher volume of ecommerce orders and had to leverage stores as fulfillment centers to process and ship online orders.

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How Enterprise Modernization and Artificial Intelligence are Charting a New Course for the Consumer Industry

Retail TouchPoints

Whether it’s the food and beverage sector, apparel and footwear or automobiles, direct-to-consumer businesses are grappling with the consequences of shifting consumer behaviors against the backdrop of an unpredictable global supply chain.

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All-in-one fresh foods market, catering and event location BRIDGE opens in Zurich

Retail Focus

The outstanding innovation of the store concept is the adoption of Flexstore, a unique food store construction principle invented by Interstore | Schweitzer, presented at EuroShop 2020 in its updated version. For BRIDGE, apart from the permanent cooking stations, all other furnishing elements are 100% flexible.

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Post-COVID Best Practices: Combine Mall Product Pickups, Give In-Store Shoppers More Personal Space

Retail TouchPoints

Store traffic, pedestrian traffic and store layouts won’t necessarily go back to where they were in 2019 or 2018,” said Naveen Jaggi, President of Retail Advisory Services at JLL in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Safer, More Convenient Pickup Options can Generate Mall Traffic.

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Store Reopenings: Why Retailers Must Go Above And Beyond To Bring Shoppers Back

Retail TouchPoints

No part of the retail industry will be able to reopen as though nothing has changed, but stores where trying items on has been part of the shopper journey will be among the hardest hit — and these are often places where curbside pickup is a less appealing option. Not all apparel retailers will be affected equally, however.

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