Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2023

One of the big takeaways from his keynote at the 2023 Retail Innovation Conference & Expo in Chicago was about the importance of thinking outside the box as a way to stand out from the crowd: “Don’t just check boxes; create new boxes to check.” What goes into a memorable product drop/promotion: “One St. Merchandise is a byproduct.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

RFID-ticketed products are not yet required for drop-ship suppliers. FineLine Technologies is working with vendors that RFID source-tag at their factories, Davidson reported, and that now use the technology for automated outbound shipment verification and automatic advance shipping notification generation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. Retail sales grew 3% during the extended holiday season (Oct. 11 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). This approach to in-store product placement allows employees to easily monitor popular items and acknowledge customers in areas where they are displayed. According to a June study by the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

27) dropped considerably in comparison to last year. 29) were closer to recent trends, at -34% and -26% respectively. Since the numbers are high for early shoppers and the majority of those surveyed said that they were not going to visit stores, the actual traffic results should not come as any surprise. 28) and Sunday (Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

Canada Goose’s Toronto store gives shoppers an idea of what it might be like to visit Antarctica by inviting shoppers to travel through a virtual snowstorm, a cold room that reaches -12°C (about 10°F), and a virtual mountain pass via an interactive floor that simulates ice cracking underfoot.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2021

For applications like warehousing, fulfillment, inventory, store operations, shipping and receiving, the need to maintain rapid, accurate and seamless data capture to provide real-time visibility is essential. It has been tested to sustain multiple drops of up to 1.8

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

However, shares dropped 11.38% to $131.35 following the results’ release on May 17 and continued dropping the morning of May 18, hitting $125.51. “We’re Store comparable sales grew 3.3% And we will work with our vendor partners from sourcing to production to shipping.”. billion in revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. Retailers across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2020

To quickly adapt to this change, retailers can deploy different strategies, such as drop-shipping to get their items direct-to-consumer and take back control over delivery timeframes, ensure transparency throughout the process and still deliver a great customer experience. Erik Morton is SVP, Product and Strategy at CommerceHub.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

“Inflation is driving up shopping prices as we head into the holiday season, a time when many people already feel pressured to go all out on gifts for family and friends,” said Colleen McCreary, consumer financial advocate and Chief People Officer at Credit Karma in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A good portion of this class of consumer would normally travel during the holidays, but they won’t be spending money at Disney or for airfare, cruises and hotels. Maicki: This isn’t your mother’s holiday season, with big Black Friday doorbusters and a mad rush of people to get into the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

This was rendered possible as retailers and brands offered low-cost shipping, unlimited holding periods and easy returns. As ecommerce matures into adulthood, consumers are taking for granted the ability to return and exchange items at will. Retailers like Zappos paved the way for bracketing to become an acceptable ordering method.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This year is all about margin and profitability,” said Rob Garf, VP and GM, Retail at Salesforce in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “ KPMG has forecast holiday retail growth at a solid but notably more modest 4.2% At times where there’s uncertainty, the economy’s putting a lot of pressure on budgets.

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Retail Next

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here are three of the company’s practices you can mimic, and a couple that are best to drop. Amazon excels at retaining a top-of-mind position with consumers. If they want to communicate with a person, doing that is as easy as answering a few questions from drop-down menus, then choosing the preferred method of contact.

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2020

On top of that, local and national governments will have their own guidelines and requirements for organizations at this time. Maybe you’re moving around registers to give people space or capping the number of occupants in your store. Perhaps you reduced your hours or installed hand sanitizer at the entrances.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In an industry where traditional store-based retailing is still predominant, manufacturers are coping with the changing dynamics of consumer behaviors, business models; and automation. The store experience is a big part of REI’s success. In 2022 consumers expect to see the option at checkout rather than find delight in it.

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Retail Next

JULY 16, 2020

We continue to see that CVR & Shopper Yield are impacted by factors such as only shoppers who are motivated to buy visiting stores, and the increase in services such as ship from store, buy online pickup in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, etc. Susan Davidson is a Retail Consultant at RetailNext.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 11, 2023

Episode 306 covers Apple’s WWDC announcements, the latest news in Generative AI, and a first look at Holiday 2023. Apple previewed a new mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro at it’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this month. And we take a first look at Holiday 2023.

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