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Toys ‘R’ Us to Add 30 New UK Shop-in-Shops via Expanded Partnership with WHSmith

Retail TouchPoints

A little less than one year after Toys ‘R’ Us made its return to the world of UK brick-and-mortar via nine shop-in-shops in WHSmith stores, TRU parent company WHP Global has announced plans to expand the partnership and add 30 new locations by this summer.

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Babies ‘R’ Us Makes its Return to Brick-and-Mortar, Setting the Stage for National Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

big-box baby chain, BuyBuy Baby , shutters its doors , a familiar name has returned to the retail landscape — Babies ‘R’ Us has opened its first store in the U.S. since the brand’s 2018 bankruptcy. stores, Babies ‘R’ Us and its sister brand Toys ‘R’ Us passed through a number of hands before being acquired by WHP Global in March 2021.

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Bluestar Revives Justice as Online-Only Retailer, Plans to Expand Tween Brand into Tech, Home

Retail TouchPoints

Justice has returned as an online-only retailer with the launch of its new ecommerce site, ShopJustice.com. The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group.

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Inside Incu’s digital relaunch plans for A.P.C. and Rag & Bone

Inside Retail

Here, Incu CEO Douglas Low discusses the improved the shopping experience at A.P.C. and Rag & Bone and why – after recently announcing its new partnership with Danish fashion brand Ganni – Incu seems to be on such a roll. . IR: When do you plan to launch the new websites? Inside Retail : What did A.P.C.

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Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced

Inside Retail

Compagnie Financière Richemont said that the European Union was the last regulatory authority that was required to provide clearance, and Richemont is planning to complete the deal later during the fourth quarter of 2023. This week, Farfetch’s proposed acquisition of a 47.5 However, there are a few more hurdles first.

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Time to De-Uberize: the Hidden Power of Live Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. However, that’s not the aspect of their brands that consumers are craving today. Brand managers can write a script, cast their agents and create a performance.

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Managing retail touchpoints for a positive customer experience

Retail Focus

As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Brands are looking at ways to add value to the customer’s journey within their spheres. . Engaging the senses.