Small Biz Trends

JUNE 21, 2025

Consignment Process: Sellers select items based on quality and demand, retailers showcase these items, and payment is made to sellers after a sale, typically at a commission rate of 40% to 60%. Customers often find unique items at competitive prices, attracting them to consignment stores.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JUNE 9, 2025

Whether you’re selling sneakers, sofa sets, or fine jewelry, carrying too much stock ties up cash, eats up space, and leads to markdowns. Experiment with markdowns, flash sales, or multi-buy offers like BOGO or “Buy 3, Get 1 Free.” A well-executed sales event can shift perception and stock at the same time.

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Retail Adventures

DECEMBER 1, 2024

It’s December, so we know that you have already made a list and checked it twice, but here’s a refresher, just in case… EVENTS ARE ESSENTIAL Customers need a reason to visit your store so plan on having at least one major and two minor in-store events in December. MASTER MARKDOWNS Plan now for your post-holiday markdowns.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The award programme hand-picks those technologies that have the power to unlock competitive advantage and digitally transform retailers capabilities whether its AI solutions that drive efficiencies or power promotions, to tech that digitally connects the shelf-edge and innovations that optimise product information.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 26, 2024

For mid-size retailers, real-time updates are particularly valuable during peak sales seasons or promotions when stock levels fluctuate rapidly. Additionally, real-time inventory management makes it easier to identify slow-moving stock and make adjustments to promotions or markdowns to clear it out.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 21, 2025

Understanding the customer journey is crucial for successful omnichannel merchandising, as it allows businesses to tailor their strategies to meet customer needs at every touchpoint. By doing so, you can tailor your messaging and offerings to meet their needs at each stage.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 14, 2025

Seasonality: Seasonal products often experience sharp demand spikes at specific times of the year. Recognize patterns related to seasonality, promotions, and shifts in consumer preferences. They implemented responsive marketing tactics, aligning promotions with customer preferences detected through social media engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

13 at the NRF Big Show in NYC, offering a rare opportunity to hear from all three brands in unison, particularly as the company continues to face activist pressure. Weve seen three consecutive quarters of improvement in our net promoter scores, in addition to three consecutive quarters of comp store sales growth [at these 50 stores].

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Retalon

MARCH 21, 2025

Promotional calendars: Planning key campaigns, promotions, and markdown events throughout the year to drive sales and clear seasonal inventory. For example , A specialty apparel retailer may align on a KPI such as 8% revenue growth while keeping markdowns below 15%, using the AOP as a performance framework for every team.

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Wiser

MARCH 14, 2025

The Complex Role of a Category Manager Category Managers sit at the center of a high stakes balancing act. They are responsible for building a profitable, well-curated product assortment while ensuring pricing, promotions, and merchandising strategies align with business objectives. Every product decision carries weight.

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Retail Dive

JULY 11, 2025

You can unsubscribe at anytime. Published July 11, 2025 By Howard Ruben post share post print email license Rack Room Shoes announced the promotions of Chief Merchandise Officer Brian Burnett and Chief Digital Officer Molly Hartney. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Please select at least one newsletter.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 29, 2025

Utilize Coupons and Promotions: Implement Amazon coupons strategically and target Amazon Prime members to maximize your savings and enhance customer engagement during the sale. Other tech items from brands like Dyson also feature substantial markdowns, offering you the latest in small business technology.

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Retail Dive

JULY 14, 2025

You can unsubscribe at anytime. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Please select at least one newsletter. It could be an attempt to broaden revenue streams, plot the location of a future store or, at its simplest, take advantage of a good deal. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Please select at least one newsletter.

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Retail Dive

JULY 14, 2025

You can unsubscribe at anytime. A smart home hub, like the company’s Dirigera, is required to add Matter-enabled products to a home setup. “Until now, smart home technology hasn’t been easy enough to use for most people, or affordable enough for many to consider,” David Granath, range manager at Ikea of Sweden, said in a statement.

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Wiser

AUGUST 24, 2017

Or wondered how retailers decide if their promotion will be BOGO or 25 percent off? They are also a way to ensure markdowns and promotions are effective. Selling a limited quantity of items in your promotions creates a sense of urgency. Another promotion that works well is offering a free gift with purchase.

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Retail Dive

JULY 14, 2025

You can unsubscribe at anytime. The retailer also hinted at additional openings this October. Target has also invested in building out shop-in-shops with Ulta Beauty, though those expansion efforts were paused as of April , and in February announced it would develop Warby Parker shop-in-shops at five stores this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Beyond the Sales Floor: Why Fitting Room Insights Matter Its tempting to celebrate total sales or overall conversion rates – who wouldnt be thrilled to see a new product launch sell through at 75%? When store teams have fitting room insights at their fingertips, they can offer more meaningful guidance.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success. Now, it’s all about how you reach consumers through tailored promotions.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2024

“With so many things happening over the last two years — the pandemic, political pressures, social justice protests, geopolitical and supply chain challenges — everyone stayed at a perfect moderate level of anxiety,” said Ericka McCoy, Chief Marketing Officer at analyst firm Resonate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2021

These insights are a powerful way to gauge consumer demand for sustainable products with current and past sales data, identify the most profitable promotional strategies, and minimize markdowns and waste from the start. Increase promotional effectiveness. Better track, monitor and gauge customer demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the pandemic moves into new phases, responses lurch wildly between complete lockdowns to fast-track reopenings and back to lockdowns, at different cadences in every country, state or even locality. Here are some of the issues facing retailers — and ways that they can harness AI-powered pricing and promotions to cope with them productively.

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Wiser

APRIL 7, 2020

Altering your price, particularly through markdowns, can be a smart strategy, but only if done correctly. Unsuccessful or excessive markdowns can lead to staggering losses in terms of missed revenue and a lower margin on your goods. What are Retail Markdowns? How to Implement a Markdown Strategy. Don’t believe us?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

presidential election, inflationary pressures and fluctuating interest rates, retailers must adopt a more refined, agile and data-driven approach to pricing and promotions. Fine-Tune Competitive and Promotion Strategies Retailers need to first identify key categories or regions that drive traffic, build baskets and boost profits.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2022

Your markdown SKUs are live, but how are they tracking? Now is the time to check how your markdown performance is tracking against your retail markdown strategy keeping inventory management top of mind. Full price vs markdown mix. Review performance of current markdown clearance stock. Markdown cover.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The solution also will help Sally Beauty create more effective promotions through enhanced targeting and develop profitable markdown plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The general Deals page features promotions and markdowns in a range of top holiday categories — including apparel, electronics, toys and beauty — from a wide variety of merchants, ranging from big-box stores and multi-brand retailers to DTC brands and local stores.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Understanding the difference between trade promotion and consumer promotion is crucial for any business seeking to maximize its market impact and sales potential. These two promotional strategies, while aiming to stimulate demand and increase sales, target distinct audiences and employ different methods. What is Trade Promotion?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

As part of the new multiyear agreement — which builds upon a partnership that started in 2016 — Academy will use the Revionics Base Price and Markdown solutions to not only optimize its pricing strategy but better manage inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 3, 2021

As other sectors, including travel and hospitality, experienced online commerce surges, the retail market shifted at a more leisurely pace. It’s not surprising, then, that shopper responsiveness to digital promotional offers has increased, with 55% saying they are extremely or very likely to respond to a smartphone or mobile app offer v.

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Retail Dive

JULY 9, 2025

You can unsubscribe at anytime. Dive Brief: Amid efforts to recapture market share, Lululemon is increasing markdown activity at “alarming rates” alongside strategic merchandise shifts that pose a risk to earnings, according to a Wednesday research note from Jefferies analysts shared with Retail Dive.

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Wiser

AUGUST 15, 2017

In a perfect retail world, markdowns wouldn’t be necessary and every item would sell at full price within weeks of being in store. This is where markdowns come in handy, as the demand for a product diminishes, sales can encourage shoppers to purchase an item they wouldn’t have considered buying at full price.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

At Mejuri, we view data as a strategic asset, especially when it helps us create more compelling customer experiences,” said Majed Masad, COO at Mejuri in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “Shopper behavior is also less predictable today, requiring more creative experimentation in merchandising and marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Savvy retailers are focusing more heavily on determining demand by geographic zones, using local data to inform prices, promotions and markdowns based on real-time consumer behavior. If you look at grocery stores as an example, many retailers were forced to sell eggs at a loss because their wholesale costs increased dramatically.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Seskin, whose father, JD Sports Australia chairman Hilton Seskin, is a strategic advisor to TheDOM.com, declined to name the brands that will be available at launch, but said the team has been “hand-picking” the ones it wants to work with. “We’ve Everyone might go 30 per cent off on their first markdown, but their reach is limited.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

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. Inventories increased 17% year-over-year at these banners, but the increase was attributed to fueling rapid growth. Genesco’s gross margin was 47.3% in Q1 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the pandemic moves into new phases, responses lurch wildly between complete lockdowns to fast-track reopenings and back to lockdowns, at different cadences in every country, state or even locality. Here are some of the issues facing retailers — and ways that they can harness AI-powered pricing and promotions to cope with them productively.

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