Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Location-Powered Experiences Drive Results. Leading retailers have addressed these challenges head-on by adopting new technology such as location infrastructure. Leading retailers have addressed these challenges head-on by adopting new technology such as location infrastructure. Offer rapid turnaround for on-premise orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Amazon is adding 125,000 new warehouse and transportation jobs as it seeks to staff up the 350 fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs and delivery stations it has opened this year, 100 of which will open in September alone. Sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 are also being offered in some locations.

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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

APRIL 18, 2024

It’s an experience common to almost every traveler — you stay at a hotel and fall in love with the mattress, the sheets, the lamp. Mint House Shop Your Stay page for its NYC location. A room at the Mint House 70 Pine location in NYC. But at Mint House the shopping happens in the real world — just not in a store.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s been more than four years since mall operator Simon launched its ecommerce joint venture with Rue Gilt Groupe , and the Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) marketplace is going strong. We look at ourselves as more of a shop-in-shop than a marketplace , and the reason I say that is we collaborate with brands more than most other marketplaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Walmart will test combining store/fulfillment center locations at four existing stores, using them as test beds for new technology, digital tools and physical enhancements. The stores will focus on implementing new tools that can help speed up both customer service and order fulfillment. 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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Discount ecommerce app Wish has teamed up with parcel pickup and drop-off network Pudo to offer customers click-and-collect options at more than 1,200 locations across the U.S. Wish continues to look for an edge over newcomers like Shein and Temu , which now dominate the rankings of top shopping apps in the U.S. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Target’s stores are at the heart of how we deliver for our guests, whether they browse the aisles, shop online or stop by for same-day services like Order Pickup and Drive Up,” said John Mulligan, EVP and COO at Target in a statement.

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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

“Innovation and continually enhancing our idyllic shopping atmosphere, along with our collection of the most desirable brands, is what excites Woodbury Common’s shoppers, and we look forward to enhancing our guest service experience with our luxurious VIP Suite,” said Mark Silvestri, President of Development at Simon in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This trend has already become evident with curbside pickup, which has become one of the fastest-growing models within fulfillment. Despite these issues, curbside pickup allows retailers to maximize all parts of their location, from sidewalk to parking lot. But implementation hasn’t been easy on retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

The Second Wave research results from April 27, 2020 showed that 73% of respondents expect this pandemic experience to change the way they shop in the future. According to the Q1 2020 Salesforce Shopping Index report, sites offering BOPIS grew digital revenue 92% between March 10-20, 2020 compared to 19% for sites not offering BOPIS.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

Retailers that can provide a satisfying shopping experience have a strong advantage, but consumers are a demanding bunch. We want a wide variety of purchasing choices, seamless integration between online and offline shopping, frictionless checkout, and (most importantly for many) rapid deliveries. Think Small. Embrace Partnerships.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Haymes Paint Shop is expanding its retail footprint in Australia by adding three more stores in Rosebud, Devonport, and Phillip. The Haymes Paint Shop network is a mainstay in local communities around Australia, with more than 55 outlets. The post Haymes Paint Shop opens three more stores appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest are starting to integrate native social commerce features, allowing users to hit ‘Shop Now’ on their favourite product-based posts and check out on the app. By streamlining the shopping experience and keeping transactions on-platform, online retailers can cut down the steps required for conversion.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Traditional fulfilment has been evolving for a long time. In the 60s people would call their fish ‘n’ chip shop or grocer ahead of time to arrange their order. Now, in some locations, you can order your favourite grocery items or Boost Juice via an app and have it delivered by drone in 10 minutes. .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

As it turned out, the solution already was in motion: Loblaw had partnered with Takeoff Technologies and was in the process of rolling out a robotic Micro Fulfillment Center (MFC) when COVID-19 reached Canada. 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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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Malls were once the nucleus of “shopping culture.” But many shopping malls have endured an identity crisis. Coresight also found that traffic at top-tier malls was up 12% in 2022 over pre-pandemic 2019 levels, while traffic was up 10% at non-top-tier malls.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

BJ’s Wholesale Club will strengthen support for its drop-ship program with online order fulfillment and delivery accuracy solutions from CommerceHub. The solution provider has signed a three-year exclusive agreement with BJ’s, which operates 219 club stores and 150 BJ’s Gas locations in 17 states.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2024

The youth-oriented retailer chose the Nedap solution for its ability to help improve inventory accuracy and enhance omnichannel fulfillment capabilities, including increased usage of buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) functionality. This followed Pacsun’s debut of a new store format to spotlight its activewear collection in July 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Simon Properties is partnering with Dropit to bring omnichannel inventory management and fulfillment capabilities to its facilities. Dropit layers AI technology into existing fulfillment systems to empower merchants to use real-time data that powers dynamic decision-making to balance inventory, optimize sourcing and streamline returns.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2020

DICK’S Sporting Goods has partnered with Instacart to launch same-day delivery at more than 150 stores. The service will be available to shoppers in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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. Louis facility, located in Edwardsville, Ill., Hiring for both locations is already underway.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has entered a partnership with logistics-as-a-service platform Fillogic to open a micro-distribution hub at the Deer Park Center in Deer Park, N.Y. The hub will be a model for other Tanger Outlet locations in the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2021

GIANT has added frictionless just walk out technology at a grab-and-go convenience store located at its Philadelphia ecommerce fulfillment center. Once an individual downloads the app, they can simply scan in, shop and walk out. Ahold Delhaize first piloted the lunchbox technology at its Quincy, Mass.,

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2020

In an effort to create a more seamless shopping experience under the Stop & Shop brand, the retailer has launched a Stop & Shop-branded e-Commerce platform and mobile app that will replace the Peapod digital platform customers previously used.

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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. The rising expectations of customers are propelling our omnichannel strategy at lightning speed. What impact has that had on the business?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kroger has kicked off a multi-year agreement to have Gatik AI ’s autonomous box trucks transport products from the retailer’s Dallas customer fulfillment center to multiple retail locations in the area. In fact, Walmart has worked with Gatik for autonomous deliveries from distribution centers to stores in Bentonville, Ark.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

The pandemic has weighed heavily on brick-and-mortar retail in general and shopping centers in particular, but the industry is now emerging into a new world with new opportunities. While digital sales skyrocketed in 2020, the similarly large spike in store-based fulfillment showed that stores are still a vital part of the equation.

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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., At Foot Locker , the retail store experience is the heart of sneaker culture.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Toward Pay Increases Photo courtesy Amazon Amazon has opened more than 50 new fulfillment centers, delivery stations and same-day delivery sites in the U.S. The ecommerce giant plans to hire 250,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal workers for fulfillment center and transportation roles in hundreds of cities across the U.S.

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Mass Relators

JULY 10, 2023

SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B recently opened a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Plano, Texas, a project that expands the retailer’s commitment to integrate innovative technologies that drive omnichannel growth and provide a better shopping experience for Texans. H-E-B says its fulfillment centers support rising demand of online shopping.

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