Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

increase in comp store sales. For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that will enlarge its total store square footage by 2% — its largest physical expansion since 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

We are also excited to partner even more with our vendors this year as it relates to their branded in-store merchandise experiences,” Barry added, identifying Tesla, Lovesac and Starlink as examples of planned vendor partnerships. Best Buy closed 24 stores in FY 2024 and plans to close 10 to 15 in FY 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data. The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes this is due to deliberate greenwashing, but more often it’s a problem of planning and execution, according to Christian Davies, Principal at Bergmeyer+ , the new sustainability-focused division of retail design firm Bergmeyer , operating in partnership with SMS Collaborative. “In

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VMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

owners of Sears and Kmart, announced plans to permanently close the Ft. It was officially closed at the end of business day Monday, Jan. The company also sold some land it owned adjacent to the location to RK Centers, which is planning to build a mixed-use development on the site. Transformco (Hoffman Estates, Ill.),

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

We’re at the very start of the retail media age with PwC forecasting retail media will grow from $850 million to $2.14 But, also in the way retailers view and plan their business as a result. But, also in the way retailers view and plan their business as a result. Prepare for a digitally-led re-imagining of the store experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

As a result of changing consumer behaviors and spending patterns, many retailers are focused on right-sizing their store footprints, especially in shopping malls. For their part, more mall operators are looking to diversify their tenant mix and incorporate additional brands that resonate with younger audiences.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 21, 2022

His mission will be to bring HRG’s resources, such as category management, space planning, visual merchandising, retail strategy, creative services, and asset management, to the pet, hardware, and beauty segments of the retail industry. WAUKESHA, Wis. Corey Paske has joined HRG as business development manager.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

but the company also has worked with its portfolio of luxury clients on a range of new store designs and experiences. Based on the innovation that’s evident in all these projects, Sterling Plenert , Principal at Arcadis, believes the broader industry has a lot to learn from luxury players.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Incorporate Promotions and Sales When planning your digital signage content, consider the frequency and timing of sales and promotions. His focus on content management and digital signage content strategy has been an essential aspect of his role at Spectrio.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Joyleaf has 6,000 square feet total, with a selling space of approximately 2,500 square feet ; we need that big back-of-house because we’re planning to do deliveries, so there will be a big pick-and-pack operation there. RTP: Given this hands-on education and sales process, how important is it to have the right staff people at Joyleaf?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But rather than going solo right away, True Classic partnered with retail services company Leap to operate five stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. RTP: What can you share about True Classic’s growth plans? Now that doesn’t mean we can always put a store exactly where we want; we have to look at market data.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

“Our men’s business has experienced significant growth over the past several years, and Saks continues to be the destination that shoppers look to for the latest in men’s luxury fashion,” said Tracy Margolies, Chief Merchandising Officer at Saks in a statement.

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VMS

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Using Capture Services On-Demand, Matterport Pro2 cameras, or the Matterport Smartphone app, retail customers are creating virtual showrooms, curating shoppable digital experiences with e-commerce integration, and making store operations more efficient. Send your press releases to VMSD at vmsd.com. Read the case study.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2022

We began this platform as a strategic mission to solve big systemic problems across food insecurity and food waste,” said Barbara Connors, VP of Commercial Insights at 84.51° , Kroger’s retail data science and insights company, in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Barbara Connors. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2022

Stores still need traditional shop-ability: having the right mix of products, promotions, prices and people — but also simple factors like ease of entering the store, browsing, trying on items, all the way through to completing the purchase at the cashwrap.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When planning shoots, think about what makes your firm or retail experience special. It’s relatable in ways that more sophisticated sales imagery isn’t, and now that your target demographic is so adept at image-making themselves, they can smell marketing BS a mile away. Put the differentiators in frame.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2021

JOANN stores also sell individual “ingredients,” but the end product is a decoupage photo album cover or a spooky handmade Halloween costume rather than a beef stew. Everything a customer comes in to us to buy is a component to make something,” said Christopher DiTullio, Chief Customer Officer at JOANN in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

It’s seamless and can reorient around a customer’s changing needs, sometimes at a moment’s notice. . Customers (or should I say “shoppers”) don’t look at different channels. Half shipped, half in store? Ship to store? Shoppers look at a retailer and engage how, when, why and where they want to.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2023

I’ve always encouraged my teams — in the UK and Europe and in my role today — to spread information about vacancies throughout our stores. There are a lot of people [at Primark] who are on their third, fourth or fifth store. Store workers] might be interested in human resources, visual merchandising or health and safety issues.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

2:31] Doing a dramatic story design and so this Chelsea store is that store and I wanted to check out how he’s changed it from what we traditionally think of as a bit Bath and Beyond and it is. Um and you know it’s usually a cluttered mess and so this store. It just it doesn’t seem like they’ve. [6:00]

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Get More Creative with Available Space Instead of maxing out the number of tables in a restaurant or rooms in a hotel, many of today’s hospitality operators are striving to be more creative with the square footage at their disposal. Barnes & Noble also has empowered its local store managers to call more of the shots.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, more risk-averse shoplifters (Sheepish Teens and Disgruntled Employees) could be deterred by lower shelves, sign-free windows or panopticon-like layouts in which people feel watched at all times. In other cases, crime is more intense (see the viral videos of thefts at downtown drug and luxury department stores).

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

The retailer also is planning on including a florist in the space: “We’re taking our inspiration from Hermès in Paris and Takashimaya in New York,” said Granet. “We That’s what makes it exclusive and special, and our staff is great at communicating with the customers; they’re very knowledgeable.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2023

Depending on the selection of shoes displayed or the time of year, Skechers could choose different color palettes to update the look and feel of its store within a store (e.g., With the technology used for the experience, the corporate office could change the display at a moment’s notice. The flexibility was tremendous.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to loom over the globe, retailers are now also assessing guidelines and developing plans to adapt their store experiences to the changing times. Now is the time to start integrating the changes we didn’t expect to see in futuristic retail stores.

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Retail Next

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Merchandising is often viewed as presenting or displaying items in a way that makes them visually appealing and desirable to shoppers. Themed window displays, dressed mannequins and beauty stands are all examples of visual merchandising.

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