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How RM Williams boosts efficiency with its unified commerce platform

Inside Retail

Central to this transformation was the adoption of NewStore , a unified commerce platform anchored in an omnichannel POS – with built-in solutions such as order and inventory management, clientelling, and store fulfilment. Before NewStore, we had many disparate systems across the organisation. People had to line up,” said Ratcliffe.

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CallisonRTKL releases its Retail 2022 Forecast

Retail Focus

Retailers are already redesigning brick-and-mortar locations to accommodate product distribution, converting retail stores into micro-fulfilment spaces and offering curb side pick-up and return services, many large stores are also looking to distribute essential customer services across a small network of physical locations.

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In Bankruptcy, Brooks Brothers Explores Sale, Closes 50+ Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Brooks Brothers already has decided to close approximately one-fifth of its roughly 250 locations in North America. Those stores were located in Darien and Westport, Conn.; Approximately 250 Brooks Brothers stores are located outside the U.S. Eight have already been permanently shuttered, according to Business Insider.

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CallisonRTKL releases its Retail 2022 Forecast

365 Retail

Retailers are already redesigning brick-and-mortar locations to accommodate product distribution, converting retail stores into micro-fulfilment spaces and offering curb side pick-up and return services, many large stores are also looking to distribute essential customer services across a small network of physical locations.

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How 85-Year-Old Economy Candy Taps into Social Trends but Stays True to its Roots

Retail TouchPoints

In the ’30s and ’40s there were so many candy stores on the Lower East Side — there were at least seven within a block of where we’re located, but they’re all gone now,” said Skye Cohen in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “I Economy Candy’s clientele also has stayed with it through generations. Bringing the Business Online.

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#RIC20 Roundtable Recap: How Stores Can Still Amaze Shoppers

Retail TouchPoints

With consumer and shopper priorities changing, the new mission of retail is more about essentials, getting in and out quickly, convenience and multi-tasking in one place rather than going to several locations. The main messages: Lean in to clienteling, partnerships and regional ambassadors.

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How Luxury Brands Are Responding To COVID Tension With Innovation

Retail TouchPoints

Brands such as Gucci and The RealReal have successfully digitized their high-touch clienteling experiences to nurture their customer relationships. The RealReal also had to pivot to a digital clienteling model when its brick-and-mortar locations across the U.S. The Gucci try-on filter for Snapchat in action. Source: Gucci).