Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. These businesses find themselves at a demanding intersection.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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. As stores were closer to consumers in the “last mile,” orders shipped from stores were able to arrive much more quickly and cost effectively.

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Retail Focus

MAY 1, 2024

(NYSE: FL), has unveiled its new retail concept that delivers an elevated shopping experience and unrivaled customer service. The global retailer introduced the reinvented retail format at its Willowbrook Mall location in Wayne, N.J., and will incorporate learnings from this concept into new stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

The return to brick-and-mortar will be a slow, steady process, and preparing stores for the great return will be as much about making shoppers comfortable as it will be about enticing them back. You look at ULTA Beauty or DICK’S Sporting Goods during the pandemic and they crushed it. said Scaretta. “ Now consumers look for that.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Top-line findings from a recent Sensormatic survey reveal that while in-store shopping is expected to rise through the holiday season, what consumers are looking for while they’re there is for retailers to provide insight into product availability and alternative fulfillment offerings.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At the same time, the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in an effort to cool inflation, making it more expensive for companies to borrow and expand. Retailers implemented ad hoc backend solutions for responding to increased demand for in-store pickup and home delivery services, but many of those solutions were band-aids.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. This transformation can be dissected into several distinct stages, often referred to as disruptions, in which retailers competed on multiple fronts: for physical space, consumer attention, and innovative store layouts and designs. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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