Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2024

“The growth of this program is an exciting continuation of our efforts to address the environmental and social challenges faced by the footwear industry, and ultimately make a difference by keeping shoes on feet and out of landfills,” said Deanna Bratter, VP, Global Head of Sustainability at Crocs in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At the same time, we recognize the challenges the retail industry and law enforcement have with gathering and analyzing an accurate and agreed-upon set of data to measure the number of incidents in communities across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

Dick’s Sporting Goods posted strong results in fiscal 2023, which ended Feb. increase in comp store sales. Dick’s plans to open a total of 16 50K stores in 2024, consisting of 12 relocations or remodels and four new stores. 3, 2024, with $13 billion in net sales, 5% higher than the previous year, and a 2.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Peloton also entered a partnership with DICK’S Sporting Goods in late September. The deal has brought Bike, Bike+, Tread and Guide products, as well as select accessories, to more than 100 DICK’S stores and online at DICKS.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2020

Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) has added a new brand to its collection by acquiring certain assets of Modell’s Sporting Goods for $3.64 The Modell’s web site , which broadcasts going-out-of-business sales as all stores are liquidated, is not yet accepting online orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Back in 2022, the message was clear — retail crime was on the rise : “There’s no two ways about it,” said Gautham Vadakkepatt, Director of the Center for Retail Transformation at the George Mason University School of Business in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

Additionally, the new Walmart Cross Border import service for full-container-load shipments will be able to handle transportation of inbound goods from Asian ports of origin directly to WFS facilities in the U.S. The new categories, revealed at the Let’s Grow!

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Brands and retailers realize there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for stores — and design teams are rising to the challenge by thinking more creatively and thoughtfully about how they can innovate through new formats, technologies and collaboration methods. You can add to the stickiness of a brand, but also empower others to do good.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Retailers that understand the customer journey and adopt innovative strategies are looking at ways to turn their brick-and-mortar stores into experience centers. There have been retailers opening more stores than those closing after the pandemic. 5G provides an alternate method to keep the store connected at all times.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

The return to brick-and-mortar will be a slow, steady process, and preparing stores for the great return will be as much about making shoppers comfortable as it will be about enticing them back. You look at ULTA Beauty or DICK’S Sporting Goods during the pandemic and they crushed it.

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Retail Focus

JULY 16, 2021

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Fanatics, today announced the opening of the first NBA Store in the UK, located at 14-16 Foubert’s Place in London’s well-known pedestrian shopping area Carnaby, Soho. NBA fans in the UK and across Europe can continue to shop online at NBAStore.eu

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

While shrink is far from a new problem in retail, the impact of theft — particularly large-scale operations run by organized retail crime (ORC) rings — has been garnering the attention of executives at some of the country’s largest retailers, including Lowe’s , Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). Despite your efforts to hire good people, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce indicates that 75% of all employees have stolen from their employer at least once. Regularly update all applications.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2021

billion ), with the majority to be paid in cash at closing of the transaction and the remainder comprised of deferred and contingent consideration. The divestiture, which is the result of a formal process that began in February 2021 , will help adidas focus on strengthening its core brand in the global sporting goods market.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The retailer also has added nearly 8,000 new Drive Up pickup spaces at its stores and assigned more associates to same-day services, and is waiving membership requirements for using these services.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cedric Clark didn’t originally intend to have a career in retail, much less rise to the heights of EVP of Store Operations at Walmart , one of the world’s largest retailers. At the beginning of his working life he was an athlete, playing basketball professionally overseas when 9/11 interrupted that journey, at least temporarily.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

More than 300 companies , including Patagonia , The Gap , DICK’S Sporting Goods and Walmart committed to removing some of the logistical barriers that often keep workers from voting. 3, Best Buy is shortening operating hours across the company — stores, corporate offices, field offices and in-home installation services — and all U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Some retailers, such as PUMA and 1-800-FLOWERS , have eagerly tested gen AI capabilities to create more personalized customer experiences at scale. However, that certainly will not stop retailers from testing generative AI to drive business productivity and revenue. Alicia Esposito 7. billion in retail shrink was due to ORC.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a result, it will report Reebok as “discontinued operations” from Q1 2021 onwards. This will enable the company to focus on strengthening the adidas brand in the global sporting goods market. Adidas initially acquired Reebok in 2006 and implemented the “Muscle Up” turnaround plan in 2016.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

The sportswear company’s new “Own the Game” 5-year growth strategy was unveiled at its Investor and Media Day March 10. At the same time Adidas reported currency-neutral sales growth of 1% in Q4 2020, following declines across markets earlier in the year as a result of the pandemic.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

Retail Crime Conversations Intensify The charges come at a time when theft and retail crimes are top of mind for many in the industry, although questions remain about their sources and overall impact. In December 2023 the NRF updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

In-store experimentation experiences are opportunities to entertain, energize and inspire customers while connecting emotionally with them. This is especially important for connecting with Gen Z customers, two-thirds of whom like to shop in-store when they’re looking for new products.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

And right now, it looks as though they are not getting all the information and help they need; the research also showed that 57% would like to have more access to product details in addition to pricing, whilst 49% would like more digital signage at the shelf-edge to help inform their buying decisions.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

Inside Retail connected with retail experts Nikki Baird, the vice president of strategy and product at Aptos, a retail technology company, and Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, to gather their thoughts about the potential “Great Mall Resurgence” and what retailers should keep in mind.

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I Vend

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As a retailer, you rely on your POS technology for store operations, and you may well have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as well or be considering one. But rather than seeing them as two essential but separate – entities, the retailers who get the most from their POS and ERP systems are those that integrate them.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Matt was formerly on episode 79 , when he was CEO of Modcloth, which later sold to Walmart.

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Retail Prophet

MARCH 24, 2022

Episode 1: We address the redrawing of city life as we examine the new lifestyle patterns that have propelled a seismic shift in urban centres not seen since the industrial revolution, before illuminating the growing importance of the metaverse in retail and the shifting nature of a physical store’s purpose. million views.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2025

In an acquisition that will provide Dicks Sporting Goods with an international presence for the first time, the retailer has agreed to purchase the 2,400- store Foot Locker chain. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second half of 2025, values Foot Locker at approximately $2.5

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