Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Fresh Market will deploy solutions from VusionGroup across all 166 grocery stores in its fleet next year, adding electronic shelf labels (ESLs), improved inventory management technology and analytics designed to better support in-store merchandising decisions, timing of out-of-stocks and prioritizing waste reduction.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

However, the legacy footwear retailer has been staging a noteworthy attempt at a comeback with strategic steps, including an updated store of the future design, reimagined customer loyalty program and updated omnichannel operations, largely via the help of AI.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“Our work with Avery Dennison will improve inventory visibility, which means products will be on the shelves when our customers want them, while enabling our associates to spend more time with our customers,” said Jordan Poff, VP of Retail Operations at Kroger in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Customers have different expectations for businesses of different sizes, requiring companies to tailor customer experience (CX) strategies to match their current growth stage. While tactics differ, all businesses must consider each customer’s lifetime value (LTV) and how that will be affected as they scale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

In the highly competitive world of retail and ecommerce, brands must deliver personalized and relevant customer experiences to stay ahead. Every touch point presents an opportunity to build brand loyalty or lose a potential customer to a competitor.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2025

From customer transactions to inventory management, retailers need to be able to manage, integrate and govern their data to make informed decisions that drive growth and profitability. Many vendors are now launching retail-specific data management solutions in response to this demand. billion in 2021 to $40.88

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Technology is an Asset for Retailers – But it Introduces More Risk Internet connected devices are at the center of the new customer-retailer experience. Customers want personal, seamless, no-contact experiences, and each additional endpoint helps provide what today’s customers expect.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Starboard Group s new land-based vacation retail division, Starboard Resort, has opened its first group of stores, The Boutiques at Westgate Las Vegas, in partnership with Westgate Resorts. By launching our first land-based boutiques in partnership with Westgate Las Vegas, were taking the first significant steps to close this gap.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 14, 2025

Key Takeaways Store Layout Significance: The design of a store layout is crucial for shaping the customer shopping experience and influencing purchasing decisions. Types of Layouts: Different layouts, such as Grid, Free-Flow, Racetrack, and Boutique, cater to varying retail strategies and target customer behaviors.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 17, 2025

Key Takeaways Understand the Customer Journey: The customer experience encompasses all interactions throughout the buying journey, influencing perceptions and brand loyalty at each phase: awareness, consideration, and decision. Conversely, negative experiences can deter customers and damage your brand’s reputation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a headline topic at the National Retail Federations annual Big Show , and NVIDIA is undoubtedly one of the companies leading the industrys innovation in this sector. Generative AI has completely reinvented ecommerce, according to Azita Martin, VP and General Manager of Retail & CPG for NVIDIA.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Change requires empathy and understanding for individuals and teams to manage the emotional rollercoaster it can create. Five simple starts to help manage change Link purpose, vision and values. UK skincare brand Faith in Nature has set change at the heart of its organisation by literally putting nature on the board.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Supermarket retailer Giant Eagle will leverage the end-to-end platform from Grocery TV to scale up its Leap retail media network (RMN), activating rich, relevant content on in-store TVs at nearly 200 stores across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2024 alone, several high-profile companies, including Dell, AT&T, Ticketmaster and Disney have suffered the consequences of a major breach. In the retail and consumer sectors, the average cost of a security breach was below this average, sitting at $3.91 million and $3.48 million, respectively.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The number of returns is growing and managing them is critically important to maintaining margins and customer satisfaction. Thats important given that the same report also revealed that96%of consumers would shop again with a retailer based on a good returns experience. of all purchased goods were returned to retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Similarly, creating a meaningful customer experience begins with a map a tool to visualize the entire journey, from initial awareness to post-purchase interactions. Customer journey mapping (CJM) is widely used in retail to analyze and plan touch points before, during and after purchase.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

AI image recognition FMCG is a technology that transforms how brands manage shelves, track inventory, and understand their consumer behavior. Implementing AI-powered image recognition allows FMCG companies to streamline operations, boost sales, and deliver better customer experiences. Lets explore.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Norwegian family-owned watchmaker Urmaker Bjerke has opened Europe’s largest luxury watch house at Eger quarter in Promenaden, Oslo’s Fashion District. Good customer relationships have been a driving force for Urmaker Bjerke for 101 years, and now we want to take it even further with the opening of the Bjerke House.”

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Neighbor has since moved on to a new project, but before she did, she took Retail TouchPoints behind the scenes of the year-long undertaking at Clarks to share how her team pulled it off, on time, and the lessons they learned along the way. A separate team at Clarks also was transitioning to a new POS and order management vendor, NewStore.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Walmart is in the process of deploying AI-powered tools to meet key store associate requirements, including a task management solution that has reduced shift planning times from 90 to 30 minutes. When you put intuitive, accessible technology into the hands of millions of associates, the impact isn’t incremental — it’s transformational.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2025

By embedding digital signage within the IoT ecosystem, retailers can create dynamic, data-driven experiences that respond in real time to customer behavior, environmental factors and inventory levels. At its core, IoT consists of a network of devices that communicate and share data in real time.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this article, we’ll talk about retail management, what it is and why it’s important. Let’s look at effective strategies and tools that will help improve business efficiency. What is Retail Management Retail Management is a set of activities that ensure the efficient operation of a retail business.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This disparity between expectations and reality will continue to drive businesses to invest in B2B commerce and related technologies, said Ram Chandel, Global Commerce Practice Leader at Deloitte Digital in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Want to learn more?

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 18, 2025

Key Takeaways Holistic Customer Experience: Retail customer experience comprises all interactions, from storefronts to post-purchase, fundamentally influencing customer perceptions and loyalty. In today’s fast-paced retail world, creating an unforgettable customer experience is crucial.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Although inventory visibility already plays a central role in meeting demand, maintaining service levels, and streamlining operations, its the combination of real-time inventory visibility and advanced search functionality thats reshaping your customer experience by delivering on transparency, control, confidence and reliability.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

RFID technology is increasingly being used by retailers to better predict inventory, manage product placement in stores and drive sales. For customers. RFID can enable personalized product recommendations and a more seamless in-store experience. RFID, on the other hand, does not intrude on personal privacy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

After 40 years of providing adventure travel, day tours and classes, outdoors retail co-op REI will shut down its Experiences business, which had been losing millions of dollars every year and was being subsidized with profits from other parts of the business, according to a statement from CEO Eric Artz.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The initial phase of the rollout will focus on optimizing in-store operations and customer experience, followed by the implementation of loss prevention and supply chain solutions. In such a competitive and volatile environment, reliable information is always crucial to meet our international growth objectives.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Despite these evolutionary changes, humans still process images 60,000 times faster than text, and nearly 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual , according to Lilly Hsueh, VP of Customer Success Management at digital asset management solution Cloudinary.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

They also want customer service channels such as chatbots and call centers to provide them with the same level of information and support regardless of how they choose to interact. Retail experiences work all year round. Gymshark, for instance, offers gym classes, a running club and personal training at its flagship location in London.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 22, 2025

Streamlining retail workflow and inventory management is essential for enhancing efficiency and profitability. Diversify suppliers to mitigate supply chain risks and negotiate better terms for improved inventory management and cost efficiency.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) introduces significant regulatory changes for the cosmetics industry, aimed at enhancing consumer safety and product transparency. David Lennarzis President at RegistrarCorp., which he co-founded in 2003. He has worked for nearly 22 years in FDA-regulated industries in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Her unique combination of experience at traditional apparel retailers — she previously ran ecommerce for Banana Republic while serving as Chief Marketing Officer of that brand — and digital-first tech brands including GoPro and Pandora , has made Lapic uniquely suited to steer this heritage apparel brand toward digital success.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2025

Robots and automated technology are becoming a typical feature in the retail industry, with robots streamlining operations, reducing costs and improving customer experiences. With Amazon pulling back on their cashierless stores , we cannot depend on robots to completely take over the retail experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

With Augmodo, the AI assistant lets them know which products are out of stock and in the wrong place, and which tasks are needed next, said Mark Finocchiaro, Managing Partner, CIO and Director at Chemist Warehouse in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Clean, validated address data is an essential business asset that drives a smoother customer experience, reduces operational costs and minimizes errors. This seamless data integration reduces costs and enhances customer service, supporting accurate, efficient order delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Picture this: You’re about to buy something online, but the site doesn’t remember who you are, so you go buy your item elsewhere, or just not at all. If your customers have to deal with an annoying login process at the end of their shopping journey, they’ll just abandon their cart. times per day on average.

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