Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

In today’s tech-driven world, retail leaders are focused on using online media and marketing to drive customer engagement. To stand out and scale in an increasingly competitive environment, marketing and CX leaders believe that having a comprehensive digital strategy is key. This floor is meant to be completely open, free play.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Faced with an endless number of brands, product options and channels to shop through, consumers are looking for the perfect combination of “value” and “values.” Is it at the price point I’m willing to pay? But has it changed their priorities at all?

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Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Retail and 2024 are both in full swing, and both the year and commerce kicked off at the National Retail Federation in New York City in early January. Kicking off the week, I was grateful to return as a judge to the Vendor In Partnership Awards at the iconic Gotham Hall in Midtown. “Retailers should update their merchandising.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 18, 2023

Consumers shopped in record numbers and retailers delivered positive holiday experiences to inflation-wary consumers, offering great products at more promotional price levels to fit their stretched budgets. The bottom line is that consumers are still engaged and shopping despite everything happening around them.” year over year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, we have a chat with Jade Cameron, head of customer support at activewear brand, LKSD. Not my first job but my very first job in retail was at Target! But also something not many people know is from this job, I had a sneaky passion and love for merchandising stores! What was your first job in retail?

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 15, 2022

WASHINGTON – November retail sales were down from October, when inflation worries prompted a surge of early holiday shopping. Holiday shoppers are demonstrating resilience, and retailers are providing great products and experiences at the right price levels to help stretch household budgets. Sporting goods stores were down 0.6%

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 14, 2022

billion in online and other non-store sales (up 11.3%) but excludes sales at automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, set a new record despite challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions and the ongoing pandemic. “We Sporting goods stores, up 20.9%. General merchandise stores, up 15.2%.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2023

Continued easing of inflation and the overall strength of the job market and wages are keeping the fundamentals of the consumer economy strong and should support their ability to spend on household priorities through 2023. Keep in mind that households tend to shop less during the post-holiday season. Sporting goods stores were up 0.2%

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

At the time, I was working on pandemic-related duties, and I was losing my mind due to stress. At the time, I was working through this through a character I made up online – which had my name and face. So I’m looking at the next big steps in terms of growing it. Inside Retail : How did Queensland Football Club come to be?

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 15, 2021

“We expect demand will remain strong through December, even though consumers started holiday shopping earlier than ever this year. Consumers continued spending in November, building on momentum from strong early holiday shopping in October and setting the stage for a bright holiday season,” NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz said.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2022

“March retail sales show that consumers have maintained their ability to spend in the face of record-level inflation, supply chain issues and geopolitical unrest,” Matthew Shay, president and chief executive at the National Retail Federation, said in a statement. Consumers are adapting and shopping smarter for themselves and their families.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Gen Z consumers are neither easy to define nor predictable in their shopping habits. It is assumed that they are more adept at using the technology in their hands and that this facility will inform their consuming behaviors, which McKinsey refers to as “seamless and intuitive adoption of online shopping and transactions.”

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

WASHINGTON – The omicron variant, inflation and bad weather in much of the country were not enough to stop consumers from shopping in January, the National Retail Federation reported on Wednesday. On top of that, the enhanced child care tax credit ceased at the end of 2021, impacting millions of families. January’s results follow a 14.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

In fact, even after the pandemic moves into the rear-view mirror, 46% of consumers plan to do the same amount of shopping online, and 42% said they will actually shop online even more than they do now, according to a recent study from Pitney Bowes. Most Consumers, Even Those Shopping Online, Prefer to Return In-Store.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 20, 2021

In episode 272 we break down the US Dept of Commerce July retail data, and Q2 E-Com data, look at Q2 earnings from Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowes, and discuss a potential Amazon Department store concept. At peak of pandemic, restaurants lost nearly $51B/mo of sales to grocery stores. US Dept of Commerce Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Walmart’s comparable sales growth was likewise strong, at 7.4% , while its ecommerce sales growth of 27% was led by pickup and delivery options. Additionally, groceries have become a majority of Walmart’s annual sales, at 60%. One area where Target made significant progress was cutting back on excess merchandise. in Q1 2023.

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Store Growers

JANUARY 29, 2021

Shopping Ads Certification. So if no one is asking for a certification, and you just want to get better at Google Ads for your own sake, you can skip getting certified! Showcase shopping ads. When you’re teaching someone new the basics of Google Shopping, there are things that are way more important than that.

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