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Retail’s Future is Phygital

Retail TouchPoints

Technology in lighting, music, visual merchandising and other physical elements helps brands create immersive in-store experiences. Customers can try on and test apparel under these simulated conditions (no sales inventory is available on-site), and then purchases are shipped directly to their homes.

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How Collars & Co. Used Multiple Data Sets to Optimize its First Physical Location

Retail TouchPoints

However, running even one store adds a complicated layer to overall operations, from staffing to stocking, which is why specialty apparel company Collars & Co. We were running full speed pretty quickly with their design team and their visual merchandising team.” It was pretty flawless.

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Pricer Unveils New Connected Store Solutions at the Retail Technology Show

365 Retail

Fashioning new shelf-edge experiences for apparel retail The UK’s leading outdoor retail group, Cotswold Outdoor (O&CC), which also owns brands including Snow+Rock and Runners Need, will join Pricer on its stand, with a dedicated feature wall showcasing the latest ESL applications for fashion and apparel.

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Express to Expand Retail Presence in Indonesia, Paraguay and Central America

Retail TouchPoints

WHP’s global strategy for Express includes a full omnichannel launch beginning in 2024, with the opening of flagship stores and ecommerce channels featuring men’s and women’s apparel plus categories including footwear, intimates and accessories. The company also plans for shop-in-shop experiences in Mexico and Indonesia.

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How True Classic is Bringing its Digital Strengths into the Physical World

Retail TouchPoints

Matt Kawadler: I’ve been involved in building DTC brands for about 10 years, and what they’re missing is that whole channel of offline revenue, which ends up being 35% of apparel purchases. We’re also expanding into women’s apparel [after adding activewear and men’s bottoms in 2022], so we’re thinking about that for growth.

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Small Format, Big Payoffs: Retailers Evaluate Real Estate to Meet Consumers Where They Are — at Home

Retail TouchPoints

While retail presence is shrinking in many big cities, apparel retailers’ brick-and-mortar locations are actually growing overall — just with a different approach. A downtown location in a major city might stock a larger apparel section, while a store on a college campus might carry quick-and-easy meals or dorm room necessities.

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3 Trends That Will Positively Impact Retail in 2022

VMS

Tenspace (Columbus, Ohio) offers digital native and direct-to-consumer brands, like sports apparel brand Rudis, a physical space to test store concepts and brand activations. Los Angeles-based apparel and accessories brand ban.do NURTURING NEWBIES. Incubators have long been a staple of the tech sector. Advertisement. unit told VMSD.

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