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Batteries Plus Hires New Marketing and Merchandising Chief as it Plans 115 New Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Batteries Plus has hired Derek Detenber as its new Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer. In the role of CMMO, Detenber will lead teams across omnichannel marketing, design, category and merchandising to tell the Batteries Plus story. .

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

You don’t have to be a marketing expert to know that Taylor Swift is a bulletproof brand that consistently improves, regardless of the challenges she faces or the challenges she sets for herself. Swift’s brand promise has always centred on quality products. The post Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing.

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Payless Relaunches E-Commerce Business, Plans To Open 300-500 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Payless, which has dropped the “ShoeSource” from its name, plans to open 300 to 500 freestanding stores across North America over the next five years, beginning with the opening of a prototype store this fall in Miami. We saw an opportunity for the brand to relaunch into the U.S.

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All-in-one fresh foods market, catering and event location BRIDGE opens in Zurich

Retail Focus

Interstore | Schweitzer has created and implemented the new 2000 m² BRIDGE market Flexstore concept in Zurich for the largest Swiss retail company, Migros. BRIDGE market has been conceived as the connector between a diverse fresh food market, creative catering with products from local partners and a wide range of events.

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Mecca for mums: How The Memo is disrupting the baby goods market

Inside Retail

At the time, she was a brand manager at Mecca, so she understood the power of a highly curated and branded shopping environment, and a first-rate customer experience, but she felt like it didn’t exist in the baby goods category. What was really important to us was how the customer would actually experience that store.

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Express to Expand Retail Presence in Indonesia, Paraguay and Central America

Retail TouchPoints

WHP Global plans to expand the Express brand to multiple countries in Asia and Latin America through a series of licensing agreements. This marks the first major announcement since the brand management firm announced its strategic partnership with Express, Inc. late last year.

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New brand manager appointed at Mighty Fine Confectionery to inject creativity into the honeycomb manufacturer

Retail Times

Mighty Fine, the UK’s favourite honeycomb brand, has announced the appointment of Brand Manager, Olivia De Juan. As the brand manager for Mighty Fine, De Juan will be responsible for bringing innovative and creative solutions to the business as well as being involved with long-term strategic planning.