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Stitch Fix Chief Merchant: The Style Forecast is ‘an Embodiment’ of the Brand Promise

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“The Style Forecast is an embodiment of the art and science to our approach , fueled by billions of data points that we gather across our experiences and through millions of our clients that we engage with,” said Loretta Choy, Chief Merchandising and Client Services Officer for Stitch Fix during a recent Retail Remix interview.

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How Visual Outfitting Helps Brands Create Inspiration at Scale

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Some fashion retailers today use visual outfitting to help them carve out fresh brand positioning and show product versatility. One leading example: Express , which is transforming from “a store at the mall” to a brand with purpose powered by a styling community. They provide merchants with oversight and full control (vs.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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These innovations were the sparks that led to the inception of the visual merchandising and store design industries. And while these megastores were in their seminal stages, nobody quite knew what to do with them and the unending mountain of merchandise sitting under their roofs. And its editor was a sometimes-writer named L.

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In-Store Experiences Transcend Customer Service

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And while JCPenney, a merchant prince from a bygone era, spoke passionately about customer service, the question must be asked, does customer service today transcend Penney’s golden rule? And now as we look toward the future, we’re compelled to reconsider the meaning of customer service.

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RH to Open 4-Level Design Gallery at Fashion Island

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RH (Corte Madera, CA) will open a four-level design gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA that will feature a rooftop restaurant and wine bar, the luxury home furnishings retailer announced. The gallery will also include an in-house interior design firm and atelier to provide services.

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From Product Descriptions to SEO: How Retailers are Putting Generative AI to Use

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The advancements in just three months feel like they should have taken 10 years,” said Darren Hill, Chief Digital Office at BrandX , which owns the Bon-Ton brand , among others, in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The descriptions do matter, content matters, words matter, and this new AI is incredibly good at it. ”

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Best Buy Sees Comparable Store Sales Grow 37.2 Percent

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According to Retail Dive , most of that growth occurred at the store level, and Best Buy is in the process of testing new store concepts – sizes ranging from 15,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet – as well as some outlet stores. Percent appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.