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How Localization is Helping CVS Position Itself as the Modern General Store

Retail TouchPoints

If you want tennis balls, you can wait for them to be delivered or you can go to a big-box sporting goods store, but if you’re on the way to the courts shouldn’t you be able to go somewhere really convenient along the way? And [its the same] across beauty, across health and wellness.

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Marketing With A Different Lens: What You Can Learn From Other Retail Verticals

Retail TouchPoints

For instance, many electronics retailers are seeing results with remarketing audiences, while sporting goods is excelling at ad efficiency. Learn From: Sporting Goods. In the sporting goods sector, we’ve seen a trend toward more granular targeting as search volume has escalated around home fitness and gym equipment.

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May E-Commerce Sales Up 81%, But Total 2020 Retail Sales Still Expected To Drop 10.5%

Retail TouchPoints

Brick-and-mortar stores are beginning to reopen in some geographies, but e-Commerce is still riding high: online retail transactions grew 81% year-over-year in May, led by sportswear and sporting goods ( 216% ), housewares and DIY supplies ( 190% ) and gaming ( 84% ), according to ACI Worldwide. drop in overall retail sales.

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Walgreens to Launch Same-Day Delivery at Nearly 8,000 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers will gain access to over-the-counter medications, health and wellness, beauty and personal care, household essentials and convenience products, with delivery windows as short as one hour. Customers can place their orders at www.instacart.com/walgreens, or through the Walgreens storefront in the Instacart mobile app.

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Can Singapore’s CapitaLand maintain its momentum as the economy slows?

Inside Retail

There are some promising signs about the health of the Singapore mall industry. For its part, CapitaLand has been busy with the tenant mix adding space particularly in sporting goods, fashion, health and beauty, and food and beverage.

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Costco reports Q1 sales growth, highlights membership and e-commerce strength

Inside Retail

Gold and jewelry topped the list of best-selling items, followed by hardware, gift cards, home furnishings, health and beauty, and sporting goods. (The Costco app was downloaded 2.9 million times during the quarter.) No bias toward international The company added six new warehouses and relocated one in the first quarter.

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Why rents are still rising in Singapore’s top malls, even when sales are not

Inside Retail

That percentage is likely to rise even further, since food and beverage operators account for the most leasing inquiries for space, followed by health and beauty, and then fashion and accessories. per cent, year over year, in the second quarter (the most recent full-calendar quarter reported by SingStat) and by 3.1 per cent in June.