Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

Even if you’re a couture bride looking for a high-end gown or you’re on a budget and [planning] to get something on Amazon, at some point you’re going to encounter David’s Bridal because of the way people consume media in and around their wedding. Here’s how Davids plans to do it.

Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2025

When brands like Target and Amazon announced they would deprioritize company DEI efforts, social media erupted with boycott threats and planned blackouts. Conversely, companies like Costco doubled down on DEI efforts , and social media feeds became filled with consumers signing up for memberships. While 73% of U.S.

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

But consumers are demanding in other ways, too. According to a study by UC Today , 90% of consumers expect to have an omnichannel retail experience when we shop. Digital channels are alive with opportunities to dazzle consumers. But where does that leave your marketing strategies for the humble shop floor?

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Secondhand wedding, bridesmaid and special occasion dresses, along with accessories, will be available through a curated, dedicated online storefront at 40% to 50% savings. David’s Bridal also plans to expand the resale program by introducing a store and mail-in trade-in program for authentic David’s garments.

Finance

Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2025

The season also marked the continuation of trends first seen during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, with Black Friday setting the tone for a practical and planned-out festive period. Early promotions captured a significant share of the festive budget, allowing consumers to plan purchases while taking advantage of discounts.

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

While policymakers often champion tariffs as a mechanism to protect domestic industries, their ripple effects are far-reaching, inflating costs, disrupting supply chains and, ultimately, burdening consumers. Price-sensitive products suffered a drop in demand as consumers struggled to shoulder the rising cost of tariff-stricken goods.

Apparel

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Store openings are expected to remain steady at approximately 5,800 (compared to 5,970 in 2024), but that would still represent a net loss of more than 9,000 stores. Supporting these expectations is the fact that more than 2,000 planned closures already are underway this year. Coresight reports that major U.S. fewer openings and 334.3%

Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

The stores centerpiece is its Dome Tent, where shoppers can lay down and look up at AI-generated content that will take them through a 30 -minute visual journey, featuring natural soundscapes and visuals to take the viewer from day to night.

Outdoor

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Amazon’s summer Prime Day sales event now serves to kickstart many retailers’ summertime sales and back-to-school marketing efforts, and is generally pivoting marketers’ planning calendars. How will this ultimately impact marketers’ planning calendars, now that we’re past Halloween?

Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In the future, the brand plans to expand its assortment to include more specialized collections and collaborations, such as its ongoing partnership with Khloé Kardashian. Toys ‘R’ Us parent company WHP Global began working to bring its stores to Mexico in April 2023 , followed by plans to bring Babies ‘R’ Us to the country in January 2024.

Boutique

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2025

At the same time, a rigid strategy like no receipt, no returns can sour loyal customers as well as drive fraudsters toward new criminal tactics, forcing loss prevention teams to continually change strategies. New Data Highlights the Significant Challenge of Retail Returns Retail returns will always come at a cost for retailers.

Returns

Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

Some of the key initiatives the denim and accessories brand has implemented include an in-depth analysis of its ideal consumer base, a content creator platform and community called Team True and a new-and- improved loyalty program. The revival plan has also aided in welcoming in a new wave of customers.

Social Commerce

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

2025 marks a year of accelerated growth, with a strong focus on premiumisation, direct-to-consumer expansion, and a broader lifestyle offering beyond denim. Nuholt Huisamen, managing director for East Asia Pacific at Levi Strauss & Co., This campaign also signifies how the Levis brand remains at the center of culture.

Planning

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Building a more accessible Ikea Olson told Inside Retail that one of the companys main priorities right now is to create accessibility for American consumers across the US. Besides the normal blue box that I’m sure the American consumer has already seen and shopped in, we have started to create pickup points across the US, the COO said.

Planning

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Under IMG’s leadership since 2005, AFW has elevated resort collections, showcased Indigenous designers and initiated a consumer-integrated model. The emergence of consumer-facing fashion events including PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival and Melbourne Fashion Week has led some to question the relevance of a closed industry-only event.

Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

has filed for Chapter 11, citing steadily rising operating costs and changing consumer habits as the reasons for its current financial difficulties.The storied San Francisco company has operated in the city for 174 years, since founder Anton Roman opened the first store on Montgomery Street in 1855. is not going away.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

consumers after a UK launch in September 2023. TikTok Shop plans to expand its refurbished electronics assortment over the coming months to also include earphones, headphones, smart watches and more. TikTok Shop has expanded the refurbished electronics product category to U.S.

Shopping

Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2025

Retailers should start planning now to cater for the unique characteristics and behaviours of Gen Alpha who are likely to expect seamless, instant, and intuitive online shopping experiences, leveraging voice assistants, AI and other smart technologies, he added. Enter the next shopping trend that bridges sustainability and saving: Recommerce.

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

[Editors note: I sat down with the folks at PAN, our co-host for an exclusive event that will take place Monday, Jan. at KYMA at Hudson Yards, to discuss a few of the key trends retail will be grappling with in 2025 for this blog post. Read on to take a look at the issues we plan to watch and cover onRetail TouchPoints.

Social Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2025

Launching April 12, more than half the collection will be priced at $15 or less, with prices starting at $5. Our teams worked together for two years to create this collection, and I cant wait for consumers to see everything we have to offer.

Sporting Goods

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2025

Advances in augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and leveraging data insights are enabling retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to become more proactive in inventory and merchandising management. AR-enabled software now enables real-time planogram compliance auditing at scale.

Promotions

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2025

In fact, during the companys Q1 earnings call with analysts, the companys Executive Chairman and Principal Executive Officer Marcus Lemonis announced plans to open four Overstock stores and one BuyBuy Baby location. On the call, Lemonis shared that a similar offering would be launched for the BuyBuy Baby IP on May 8.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thats especially important when todays media-savvy consumer understands the difference between paid-for promotions and editorial reviews. In fact, according to a recent study more than half (53%) of consumers do not trust influencer content. For the beauty industry, staying authentic isnt a nice idea, its a business imperative.

Beauty and Health

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

I wanted to actually create products that supported hair the way it grew out of its head not to straighten it or anything, Ross said during a conversation with Business of Fashion s Sheena Butler-Young at a keynote presentation during this years NRF. As we all know in retail, the consumer is fast to change their mind, she admitted.

Marketing

Retail Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

With unpredictable tariff costs and erratic consumer demand, the household goods maker is undergoing some reorganization. We see more opportunities to make roles broader and teams smaller, said CFO Andre Schulten at a conference in Paris, per The New York Times. of the workforce. The layoffs will mainly affect non-manufacturing jobs.

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

To capitalize on the nearly $1 billion USD spend predicted by the National Retail Federation , with nearly one-fifth of annual retail sales occurring between November and December, brands need to break through the clutter with the right message, for the right customer, at the right time. of all U.S. retail media ad spend in 2024, with U.S.

Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The goal, according to Allison Peterson, Chief Retail & Digital Officer at Carters, is to connect with the next generation of families while doubling down on the issues (like sustainability) that the business has prioritized for years. Peterson: Our reimagined retail experience is fully captured at Carters first-ever flagship in Atlanta.

Visual Merchandising

Inside Retail

JUNE 6, 2025

The Brighton concept store marks the retailer’s 145th store opening, but it is intentionally different from the rest of the network, with a two-storey floor plan that takes consumers on a journey to find their perfect fit. We have an ongoing relationship with Parkrun.

Outdoor

Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2025

Running from January 12-14, the conference drew 40,000 global retail executives and other industry professionals, including suppliers and media, all clamoring to discover the hot topics in the world of shopping and consumers. Inside Retail’s coverage of the 2025 Big Show is brought to you by Adobe.

ATS

Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2025

Rodwell said it would be crucial for the RBA to reduce interest rates at this time to create momentum in spending as the end-of-year peak retail sale arrives. Some areas ripe for reform include payroll tax, planning, freight and logistics, environmental and waste regulation, and trading hours.” per cent year on year.

Department Stores

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Cafes, restaurants, and takeaways grew 2.3 per cent to $5.48 billion, while clothing, footwear and accessories increased 1.7 per cent to $3.02 billion, and department stores climbed 0.4 per cent to $1.91 ” The post Strong boost in Australian retail sales in October, says ABS data appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

Department Stores

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. It allows us to be more efficient and get more stripers in the right stores at the right time to serve consumers, which drives conversion and productivity.

Customer Experience

Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2025

For many retailers, these platforms have grown to consume the whole marketing funnel and their templated options have become the default. I think [the platforms] did a really good job at making an ad platform so easy to use that anyone can really jump into and have a go at running ads, Fielding told Inside Retail.

Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These new second-screen shopping experiences will be powered by Shopsense AI, which offers an AI-driven retail media platform that allows consumers to shop while consuming content. The partnership also will help Bell Media diversify its advertising offerings.

Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

If your team hasn’t considered the following three challenges, though, now is the time – before they become profit pitfalls and everyone from FP&A (financial planning and analysis) to operations is caught flat-footed. For example, let’s look at NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the top-ranked show in primetime for 13 years straight.

Advertising

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion. Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception.

Supermarket