Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Consumers are expected to spend a record $41.5 Opportunities still remain for retailers to capture the remaining spend, as 85% of families still have at least half of their shopping left to do. The most common reason for spending more than last year is needing new things, at 43% in 2023 compared to 32% in 2022. set in 2021.

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365 Retail

JUNE 6, 2023

Consumer card spending in the UK grew by only 3.6 percent, the increase in grocery spend was fueled by the Coronation bank holiday weekend and Eurovision, as Brits purchased food and drink for street parties and celebrations at home. In contrast, discount stores enjoyed a growth of 5.0 percent and 13.1 percent and 13.1

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 19, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers celebrating the winter holidays expect to spend an average of $875 on gifts, food and seasonal items, according to a survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics for the National Retail Federation. Regardless of how early consumers start, the majority (62%) expect they won’t finish until December.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Ross Stores is already nearly one-third of the way toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new stores in fiscal 2022. In February and March 2022, the discount retailer opened 22 Ross Dress for Less locations and eight dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 15 states and Guam.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

Ross Stores is opening 29 new locations in 12 states over June and July as it continues to move toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new brick-and-mortar stores in FY 2022, which ends Jan. off-price apparel retailer plans to open 75 Ross Dress for Less and 25 dd’s DISCOUNTS stores. The Dublin, Calif. 28, 2023.

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Rangeme

APRIL 17, 2023

Consumers have struggled with rising inflation concerns for well over a year, and the uncertainty has profoundly impacted family spending decisions. As the economic downturn stretches into the second quarter of 2023, consumer confidence is still on shaky ground, even as inflation shows signs of slowing down. In July 2022, only 29.5%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

“We want to be the first port of call for brand-conscious and value-conscious Gen Z and millennial consumers,” said Justin Seskin, one of TheDOM.com’s co-founders, along with Thrills director Howard Blend and It Works managing director Paul Downs. . Taking the offline experience online. Our reach is going to be far wider,” he said. “If

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A shift in Chinese retailers’ strategy toward lower-priced goods and services to win cost-conscious consumers risks embedding the country’s recent deflationary trends more permanently into the world’s second-largest economy. at the flagship chain.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“It was a massive challenge, but Silly Solly’s responded to consumer demand for new ranges of products to help ease cost of living pressure with a huge everyday focus on essentials items, at affordable prices.” The chain boasts ‘Nothing over $5’ in its advertising.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 28, 2022

Consumers are eager to return to their pre-pandemic holiday traditions, particularly as it relates to purchasing food and gifts for in-person celebrations this Easter,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. Friends and family want to be together, and consumers are willing to spend money to make these events memorable.”. on clothing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2023

As part of the retailer’s plans to open 100 locations in 2023, Ross Stores opened 11 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores in 13 states during February and March. The 2023 additions will include 75 Ross and 25 dd’s Discounts locations. Overall sales were down slightly in 2022, at $18.7

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2023

Although there are signs that inflation is easing, higher prices and an uncertain economy continue to impact consumer behavior. Although many customers are “brand loyal,” given the economic environment, stressed consumers nowadays will most often make retailer and product choices with price as the main factor. Today’s Consumer Mindset.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

consumers tune in to the big game. consumers plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day in 2022, up from 52% in 2021. Not all of that spending will go to product purchases at retail — 41% of survey respondents said they would “love to receive the gift of experiences,” up from 36% in 2021. 13, will add another $14.6 billion as 72% of U.S.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 7, 2023

Growth of supermarket spending slowed, as consumers continued to find ways to reduce the cost of their weekly shop Produce shortages are impacting grocery shopping behaviour, with tomatoes, eggs, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce the items most difficult to source Spending on public transport jumped 22.6 percent) than in January (10.4

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips. Reports of the new store concept circulated in May after the retailer submitted an application to North Sydney Council.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2021

Consumers worldwide spent an additional US$900 billion online last year as the Covid-19 crisis forced people to stay home and observe social distancing through much of the year. With more choices at their fingertips, consumer spending on international e-commerce grew around 25 to 30 per cent year on year from March 2020 through February 2021.

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A1 Retail

JUNE 6, 2023

Aside from the near-record rate of food price inflation, grocery spend also received a boost from the Coronation bank holiday weekend and Eurovision, due to Brits buying food and drink for street parties and celebrations at home. Meanwhile, discount stores enjoyed growth of 5.0 Spending on non-essential items rose just 3.0

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Spending on essential items recorded its highest growth in over two years, as fuel prices climbed and demand at the pumps soared. The Barclaycard report combines hundreds of millions of customer transactions with consumer research to provide an in-depth view of UK spending. Consumer card spending grew 13.3

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

consumers to return to some version of normalcy, global sentiment is still mixed, according to Kantar’s Wave 9 survey of more than 10,000 people across 20 countries. Anxiety rates undoubtedly influence consumer behaviors, especially shoppers’ willingness to return to large physical spaces such as malls. Do you agree?

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 7, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend record sums this year on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping, according to the annual survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year. billion in 2021.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For retailers closely watching consumer confidence levels and spending trends, getting an accurate reading about what lies ahead can be challenging. Still, many consumers are undoubtedly feeling the impact of interest rates and the rising cost of living. This has become more crucial as the economic cycle continues to shift.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Especially in department stores, where the consumer appetite to spend appears to have fallen so dramatically between November and December? Despite the significant drop in month-to-month department store spending, he said there was a $200 million increase in sales between December 2021 and 2022. “I

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Mass Relators

JULY 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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365 Retail

JUNE 23, 2023

The robust performance of online retailers is largely attributed to the warm weather experienced in the latter half of May, which encouraged consumer spending on summer goods. This is indicative of the ongoing volatility in the retail industry as it navigates post-pandemic recovery and evolving consumer trends.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2021

Australian discount department store business Best & Less plans to raise about $72.3 million through an initial public offering at $2.15 Best & Less is forecasting a 6 per cent increase in revenue this year to $676 million, despite some forced store closures due to Covid-19. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2023

billion in FY23 as operating conditions and consumer behaviours continued to normalise. billion with sales growth recorded in both consumer and commercial customer segments and across all trading regions despite prolonged wet weather on spring trading on the East Coast. For the year to June 30, group sales rose 18.2 per cent to $43.5

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

Following the historic level of consumer spending over the winter holidays, it appears that the trend will continue into 2022,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. consumers plan to celebrate the holiday in 2022, up from 52% in 2021. Total spending on jewelry is estimated at $6.2 adult consumers was conducted Jan.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers plan to spend $35.7 Consumers plan to spend $274.02 adult consumers was conducted April 3-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 Consumers will spend a total of $7.8 And more are looking at product subscription boxes, with 46% interested in this option, up from 39% last year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Home ownership at age 40, let alone at 30 or 20, seems like a far-fetched fantasy. This is compared with 62 per cent of Gen X and two-thirds of Baby Boomers at the same life stage. Finder data shows that one in four Millennials now choose to live at home after they hit their 30s. But a new consumer dilemma is looming.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Prices are rising around the world, but while markets such as the US, UK and Australia are battling inflation rates of between six and eight per cent, consumers in the Philippines are paying as much as 15.62 Each village in the Philippines has at least one of these stores,” Andres Montiel, head of data at Packworks, told Inside Retail.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

At the same time, the company is re-emphasizing the importance of its retail roots with plans to resume opening stores in the United States. At a number of recent industry forums, executives have described current activities and future plans and the vision that inspires them. The decision to move into growth mode at Walmart U.S.

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Rangeme

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This was primarily due to consumers staying at home, says Neil Saunders, Managing Director and Retail Analyst. Traditionally consumers stick with traditional gifts like chocolates, candy, and flowers, along with jewelry, according to GlobalData. This was followed by online-only retailers (34%) and other specialty stores (19%).

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2023

Reputational damage While the alleged safety breaches by the Dollar Store are extensive – they are by no means exclusive to this particular chain, confined to the United States, or limited to budget retailers alone. Whether you are a discount retailer or luxury retailer [any] compromise to worker safety can be met with significant fines.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

billion in Q1 2020, while same-store sales jumped 21.7% The retailer saw increases in consumables, seasonal home products and apparel, with the company attributing this growth to COVID-19’s impact on consumer behavior. TJX, which shut down both its stores and web site, reported net sales of $4.4 during the same period.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As inflationary pressures persist, consumers have responded by stretching their dollars in any way possible. Retailers have responded accordingly, offering shoppers a season of buying convenience, matching sales and promotions across online and in-store channels to accommodate their customers at each interaction. “It Roughly 87.2

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Indigo 9 Digital

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we close out another year it’s a good time to take a look back at the trends taking over the turbulent retail sector. With Powell signaling at the Dec. With Powell signaling at the Dec. Consumer financial challenges. Consumer priorities. Source: Bloomberg. eCommerce growth. Source: eMarketer. Source: Bloomberg.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

percent year-on-year in September as the late summer sun boosted in-store spending. percent year-on-year in September as the late summer sun boosted in-store spending. Meanwhile, the Rugby World Cup drove spending at pubs and bars, yet growth slowed on restaurants and takeaways as Brits begin saving money for the festive period.

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