Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As part of a recently signed multiyear agreement, Foot Locker has become an official National Basketball Association league marketing partner in the U.S., flagship store , located in Houston. unlocking a multitude of brand-building benefits for the struggling retailer.

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MARCH 7, 2024

In addition, we converted select Asian markets to a licensing model. Champs Sports may not be one of those core banners: during 2023, Foot Locker has been “rationalizing the store base with roughly 70 Champs store closures, while at the same time investing in the ongoing fleet through nearly 200 merchandising resets,” said Dillon.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Not-for-profit store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ) is the sole grocery and retail provider for many remote communities located across northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands. In the locations where we operate, it could cost $30,000 and involve two different trips on a helicopter.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

The remaining locations will open in the Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa areas over the coming months, each adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter. The Walmart Health locations provide a range of medical services including primary care, labs, X-ray and EKG, behavioral health and counseling, dental, optical and hearing. “Two

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Sephora is continuing its move away from malls with the announcement of the largest store expansion in its 21-year history in the U.S. More than 260 new stores are slated to open this year, including 60 freestanding locations and 200 shop-in-shops inside Kohl’s department stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

The company is looking to pivot Journeys to an off-mall strategy, with 13 locations out of a planned 25 already open. Comparable sales at Journeys plummeted 14% , dragging the company’s overall comparable sales down 5% despite positive results from the Schuh and Johnston & Murphy banners. Genesco’s gross margin was 47.3%

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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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

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. I think people just feel more at home outside.”. The omnichannel connection is particularly important for the 31 digitally native brands with stores at Northwood’s shopping centers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2024

Clothing and homewares retailer Urban Rampage has been ordered by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (Asic) to stop offering Centrepay credit arrangements at its stores. However, Urban Rampage has vowed to fight the ban, describing Asic’s decision as “racist and paternalistic”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Challenges for Retailers Like any form of loitering, the prospect of homeless camps and unhoused individuals making themselves at home on the doorstep of retail stores comes with its fair share of risks. market share through channels-to-market, with a focus on designing a best-in-class sales strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Ross Stores is already nearly one-third of the way toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new stores in fiscal 2022. In February and March 2022, the discount retailer opened 22 Ross Dress for Less locations and eight dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 15 states and Guam. 28, 2023. “We For fiscal 2021, which ended Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response to evolving consumer behavior, many retailers are pivoting from malls and large-format stores in city centers to neighborhood locations that aim to serve the work-from-home population. Brands that typically take the large-format route are adopting smaller footprints in residential neighborhoods.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S.,

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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

JUNE 28, 2022

Brad Lande-Shannon has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Tyler Wozny has been promoted to the post of Chief Digital Officer. The retailer’s products are available on Amazon and at Ulta and Ulta Beauty at Target stores, as well as its own Hair Color Bars.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Following the fall 2020 launch of its Amazon One contactless biometric palm reader in two Amazon Go stores, the retailer has rolled out the technology to a total of eight retail locations throughout the Seattle area, according to reporting in TechCrunch and other publications.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD will open the next 40 Village Medical at Walgreens full-service primary care clinics by the end of summer 2021. The first markets slated for expansion include Houston, El Paso and Austin, Texas; Phoenix; and Orlando, Fla. markets in the next five years. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“This store is the first of many to open in the coming months and years as franchising becomes a significant growth engine for The Vitamin Shoppe, building on our industry-leading position in the flourishing health and wellness space,” said Laura Coffey, CFO of The Vitamin Shoppe in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Burlington currently operates 761 stores across the U.S. The company is planning to open 100 new stores this year while at the same time relocating or closing 25 existing stores, bringing the net total of new stores in 2021 to 75. O’Sullivan said at the time that the 0.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2020

CVS Health has partnered with Nuro , a delivery robotics company, to pilot an automated delivery service in the Houston market. Th program will initially serve three zip codes near the CVS store in Bellaire, Texas, with no additional delivery fee. “We Nuro also works with Fry Food Stores for a delivery service in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2020

Tailored Brands is cutting 20% of its corporate staff and has identified up to 500 retail stores for potential closure as it struggles to strengthen its financial position. For the time being, however, 96% of the retailer’s approximately 1,400 stores — operating under the Men’s Warehouse , Jos.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Wundermart customers will be able to enter a location, make a purchase and exit without ever needing to scan individual items, while the store will collect the data needed to make the experience — and even the store’s operations — truly autonomous. “The shops will come to the consumers,” said de Kleine. “Of

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The convenience store experience just got more convenient at Chartw ells , a division of Compass Group that operates thousands of stores on college and corporate campuses. The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus.

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Cisco Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The setting is Francisco Market, a fictitious marketplace that illustrates Cisco’s use cases and solutions in retail. Outside the market. The app offers to reserve her a spot at a charging station and Anne accepts. The app offers to reserve her a spot at a charging station and Anne accepts. Entering the market.

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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. in a statement.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

an hour in some locations — as well as full benefits for full-time employees and the company’s latest incentive, paid college tuition for frontline workers. Sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 are also being offered in some locations. making it the largest job creator in the country at this time.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Brands and retailers realize there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for stores — and design teams are rising to the challenge by thinking more creatively and thoughtfully about how they can innovate through new formats, technologies and collaboration methods. Gonzalez: The community-driven aspect is a big part of it.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

One of those creative methods could include unconventional yet fruitful partnerships such as Ulta Beauty at Target , Sephora at Kohl’s and Petco at Lowe’s. Lowe’s attributed the pilot’s success and subsequent expansion to the growing number of families in the country owning a pet – around 70% at the time of the announcement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2023

Macy’s will expand its off-mall presence by opening additional Market by Macy’s and Bloomie’s shops — smaller versions of the Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores, respectively — even as it shutters full-size stores. The size, the locations are all working.” decline at Macy’s and 0.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Untuckit will open at least 14 new brick-and-mortar locations this year, with the first seven set to open by May in California, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Georgia, according to multiple media reports. The apparel retailer currently operates 84 stores across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The retailer operates 144 supermarkets, mostly under the Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market banners.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

However, AT&T. was able to draw on lessons it learned from operating during the early days of COVID-19 to make the experience safe and orderly. The company also learned how to navigate repairs and adjust operations to meet the unique requirements of the current conditions. “At of its stores open.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Amazon has incorporated RFID capabilities into its Just Walk Out cashierless technology to handle the sale of apparel and fan gear at two Seattle sports venues. Eight of our concessions locations are already using Just Walk Out technology and seeing great results.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Customers aren’t analyzing their behaviors within retail locations, but every retailer should be, and they should be learning from it every step along the way. Rethinking how they move and flow will improve all qualities of a store experience without intruding on anyone’s privacy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced that is hiring for more than 25,000 positions at its more than 14,100 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores and support centers across North America, Europe and Asia. Canada and Europe over the next three years.

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