article thumbnail

H&M’s New SoHo Location Features Secondhand Shop-in-Shop

Retail TouchPoints

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

Location 219
article thumbnail

H&M opens up donations at checkout to support vaccinating kids worldwide

Inside Retail

The Australian arm of fast-fashion brand H&M is launching an initiative today to help vaccinate children against preventable diseases by partnering with UNICEF. The partnership relies on the launch of Adyen’s ‘Giving’ platform, which allows merchants to accept charitable donations during an online checkout process.

Checkout 264
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Uniqlo Plans to More than Triple its North American Store Count by 2027

Retail TouchPoints

stores will be opened in areas where the fast fashion retailer already has a presence, with two slated for California and one each for Maryland and New Jersey. Each new store will feature self-checkout kiosks, in-store pickup and free clothing alterations. The first four U.S.

Planning 257
article thumbnail

Smaller Spaces, Bigger Tech and Optimized CX

Retail TouchPoints

Appointments for high-end fashion brand shopping have been a long-time standard, but they’ve begun to trickle down to fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara too. Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage.

article thumbnail

From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

article thumbnail

2023 in review: 8 stories that rocked retail this year

Retail Gazette

Hood said thieves had cost the business £33m over the period amid a rise in what he termed “shop looting”, where large amounts are stolen by organised gangs. The much-needed Oxford Street revamp Oxford Street has been on its knees in recent years with a raft of vacancies and downmarket stores setting up shop.

Grocer 115
article thumbnail

Retail Industry Landscape 2021

CJ Retail Solutions

While “essentials” shops (food and medicines) were practically never locked down, the “non-essential” sector (everything else) has had a rocky pandemic, with extensive lockdowns and opening under very strict measures. And they also like to punctuate their shopping trips with visits to restaurants, cafes, bars, cinemas and shows.