Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

Sam’s Club is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its physical footprint, beginning with five new fulfillment and distribution centers opening this year — the first, in Georgia, in Q3 2023. As we open new clubs in new locations, we’ll continue to innovate so that our members shop and save whether in person or online,” said McLay.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The first new store concept recently opened outside of Houston, and Target plans to utilize the format in half of the 200 store remodels and almost all of the 30 new stores planned for 2023. The new design, which features a more open layout and localized elements, will also be incorporated into future remodels across the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

million-square-foot fulfillment center in China Grove, N.C., Once the automated direct-to-consumer fulfillment center is fully operational, the retailer said it will employ approximately 2,800 workers and account for 30% of Macy’s digital supply chain for customers nationwide. scheduled for completion in 2024. and Martinsburg, W.Va.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The retailer also has signed leases for planned new stores in four locations: Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, Va.; Mall at Prince George’s in Hyattsville, Md.; The retailer currently operates 24 stores across nine states, with plans to create a 60 -store footprint in the U.S. Primark has opened it second U.S. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

Unsurprisingly, then, location data is widely recognized as a valuable tool for unlocking growth. With it, businesses can gain insights into the offline habits of their customers and figure out where competitors and partners are located to optimize decisions like site selection. Use Location Data to Better Understand your Audience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is betting big on going small, with plans to open up to 30 new small-format locations across the country in 2024. The planned expansion is in addition to the nearly 15 small-format stores that the retailer already operates. Macy’s Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Majid Al Futtaim , the exclusive franchisee of French hypermarket chain Carrefour in the United Arab Emirates, has opened a fully automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) at the Carrefour store in Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. Majid Al Futtaim operates 350+ Carrefour locations in 17 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe has opened the first of a planned dozen+ new franchise stores this year in Valparaiso, Ind. After announcing its ambitious franchising plans in May 2021, the retailer converted an existing Greensboro, N.C. The next new franchise store, scheduled to open this spring, will be in Tempe, Ariz.,

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Plans include opening new stores, strengthening its fulfillment network and enhancing its regional product offerings to better reflect the needs of customers in different parts of the country. ramp up our fulfillment capacities and make our offer even more relevant to local customers’ needs and dreams.” billion in its U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Mall operator Simon revealed big plans to expand its Woodbury Common Premium Outlet center in Fall 2023, including the addition of 155,000 square feet of retail stores and restaurants, a 200 -key luxury hotel, a second parking facility and upgraded amenities. powered AI technology to assist shoppers during the 2023 holiday season.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These facilities are significantly smaller than traditional fulfillment centers but are designed to prepare items for immediate delivery — and Amazon is poised to expand from 45 same-day sites (as of 2019) to at least 150 in the next several years, according to MWPVL International. per package, compared to $1.75

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

Ikea is planning to invest more than US$2.2 According to Ikea, this is the company’s largest investment in the US in four decades, and it will focus on creating new stores and expanding fulfilment networks to serve more Americans. This summer, the company also announced new locations in San Francisco, CA and Arlington, VA. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently unveiled its first round of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at a new Sorting and Delivery Center (S&DC) in Atlanta, Ga. In addition, the Postal Service anticipates adding at least 45,000 battery-electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) by 2028.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Because of COVID, a lot of plans that were expected to take place over several years were immediately squeezed,” he explained in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2024

The non-alcoholic (NA) beverage brand plans to continue operating as a wholesaler and a DTC ecommerce retailer. This and other difficult decisions have been made, including the decision to close all retail locations. Bodkins took pains to stress that Boisson’s setback is not a failure for the NA category at large.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

Amazon is planning to hire 75,000 additional employees across its fulfillment and logistics network in the U.S. In April 2020, Amazon beat back a unionization attempt by employees at one of its fulfillment centers in Alabama despite complaints about poor working conditions. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sam’s Club plans to open two new distribution centers (DCs) during Q1 2024 — a 370,000-square-foot facility in the St. The new facilities are part of the retailer’s multi-year growth plan , which also includes opening a DC in Oklahoma City and a fulfillment center in Lithia Springs, Ga. near Minneapolis.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

To this end, Loblaw partnered with Google Cloud to help scale up its operations — including the formation of a dedicated war room where Loblaw and Google engineers worked side by side to quickly come up with a plan. This is both in terms of our capacity to accept the increased demand for orders, as well as our ability to fulfill these orders.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

We responded by ensuring affordability was at the forefront for the customer. Housing affordability is at its lowest in decades and will continue to make the wallets of Australians thinner. In 2024, another Plan and Order Point will open in Cannington, south of Perth, for customers to get one-to-one, expert planning advice.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Best Buy is doubling down on its commitment to ecommerce with a new four-store pilot that will reduce the shoppable area so that these stores can better operate as fulfillment hubs. Another store will put a greater emphasis on in-store pickup by reorienting its warehouse to be adjacent to the curbside and locker areas.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

Taking a proactive approach in planning for and responding to severe weather volatility will help safeguard any business’s reputation — and long-term growth potential. In that case, proper emergency preparedness planning may be the key to successfully navigating any number of storms. alone, or 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Amazon for workplace safety violations at three of its warehouses, a decision that Amazon said it will appeal. “We’ve cooperated fully, and the government’s allegations don’t reflect the reality of safety at our sites. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ikea , which debuted its Plan and Order Point store format in Dallas in November 2023 , will add four additional locations this year, with more to follow. Smaller than traditional Ikea brick-and-mortar locations, these stores offer design consultations and serve as customer pickup points.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As the new year approaches, retailers need to think about what their expansion plans will look like and how their stores can best serve customers. “I Shoppers are now used to placing orders and picking them up at their own convenience, and this habit is unlikely to change even post-pandemic.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 2, 2022

Walmart said it plans to build four next-generation fulfillment centers that, combined with its existing facilities, will let it offer 95% of the U.S. will use a combination of people, robotics and machine learning to make the fulfillment of online orders faster and more efficient, the company said. BENTONVILLE, Ark.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ikea will open a Plan and Order Point as its third store in the Dallas-Fort Worth market on Nov. 29, 2023, offering design consultations as well as a location where customers can pick up their online orders. The 10,800-square-foot location in Southlake joins two large-format stores in Frisco and Grand Prairie, Texas.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. Auburn and our other fulfilment centres play important roles complementing the work of our store teams.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Based on customer insights and market trends, Swisslog, as an industry leader with successful micro fulfilment centres (MFCs) and e-grocery fulfilment centres (EFCs) operating across the globe, has identified five trends that will shape e-grocery fulfilment this year. E-grocery orders get smaller and more frequent. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2023

“Flybuy has powered our curbside pickup program for years, which has enabled us to boost efficiency, reduce wait times and ultimately increase customer satisfaction,” said Drew Chamberlain, Director of Operations and CX at Joann in a statement. “We

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

UK logistics specialist Kammac is taking the pain out of e-fulfilment with a new pop-up service, helping start-up businesses to outsource their operation within days. For rapidly growing start-up ventures, the quality of service provided can be at risk when it comes to outsourcing logistics and fulfilment. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The pandemic continues to influence customer purchasing priorities and penetration in the omnichannel environment, which is affecting assortment mix and demand at each location. This is creating new challenges for retail operations, including a particular demand for agile merchandise planning and supply-chain processes.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

And it doesn’t plan to stop there. Woolworths is also teaming up with Uber Direct which will see a portion of the orders made via Woolworths Online fulfilled by Uber. This will begin with Woolworths’ existing online retail operation in Brisbane and Toowoomba before rolling out to further locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Starbucks and DoorDash have expanded their delivery partnership to Northern California, Texas, Georgia, Florida and other select markets, with plans for availability in all 50 states by March 2023. The program has received positive feedback following pilots in Atlanta, Houston and Sacramento, Calif.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

billion ) into opening new locations and revamping existing stores by the end of 2023. For instance, the retailer recently rebuilt a location in Kuopio, Finland to handle online orders from across the country. Additional expansion plans for Canada include opening a new distribution center in Quebec and a planning studio in Montreal.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Amazon reportedly plans to close eight Amazon Go convenience stores as part of a larger restructuring of its physical footprint , according to CNBC. The affected Go locations include two in New York City, two in Seattle and four in San Francisco. Amazon also is delaying the expansion of its second headquarters, in Arlington, Va.

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