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Kohl’s Taps Tuesday Morning CEO as New Director of Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Fred Hand, who has deep experience with discount and department store brands, is now overseeing the retailer’s 1,100+ stores, store operations and experience, loss prevention and store experience and design functions. Kohl’s has hired a new Senior EVP and Director of Stores to help improve brick-and-mortar sales and productivity.

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Computer Vision-Enabled App Helps Home Depot Improve On-Shelf Availability

Retail TouchPoints

The devices “have high-quality cameras on them, and we’re instructing our associates to take pictures of the overheads at an appropriate cadence,” throughout the day, said Hari Ramamurthy, a Technology Fellow at The Home Depot in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The panel of experts are: Nikki Baird, VP of Strategy for Aptos ; Jamie Cornelius, Executive Creative Director at ChangeUp ; Mardi Najafi, VP of Retail Strategy & Design at Figure3 ; and Melissa Gonzalez, Principal at MG2. Gonzalez: The community-driven aspect is a big part of it.

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Former Neiman Marcus CFO Joins Tailored Brands

VMS

Richardson will serve on the Executive Committee and have responsibility for all aspects of the finance organization, including enterprise analytics, strategy, real estate, risk management and loss prevention. The post Former Neiman Marcus CFO Joins Tailored Brands appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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5 Key Business Challenges Behind Your Merchandising Strategy

Wiser

The promoting and selling strategies that retailers use to increase sales, boost profits, draw in new customers, improve customer experiences, and shape brand image are all part of merchandising. Often, merchandising includes things like creating a pricing strategy, display design and layout, loss prevention, and store upkeep.

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Two Women Use Walmart App to Steal $100,000 Worth of Merchandise

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The article says Walmart’s loss prevention team began investigating the alleged thefts in March after noticing a “series of suspicious transactions” related to the app. The problem was once they reached the checkout, payment was bypassed, and they simply walked out with the unpaid merchandise. Read more at Fox 10 Phoenix.

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Interface Makes Physical Security Industry Predictions for 2022

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The recently published 2021 NRF Retail Security Survey revealed that almost 7 in 10 (69%) retail loss prevention and asset protection professionals said the pandemic has resulted in an increase in overall risk for their organization. Send your press releases to VMSD at vmsd.com. SUBMITTING PRESS RELEASES.