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Crocs Expands Shoe Takeback Program Nationwide

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.; Anthropologie brought denim recycling to its stores on a year-round basis; Footwear retailer Dr. Martens debuted a resale program in March 2024 ; and Dick’s Sporting Goods expanded its partnership with sporting goods marketplace SidelineSwap in April 2024 , leveraging the resale platform for trade-in events at its stores.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. That’s only going to further accelerate the expectations of consumers and technology adoption within retail environments. customer experience).

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

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Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. Tractor Supply Co.

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The Post-COVID Store: How to Tap the Pent-Up Need for Interaction Without Sacrificing Safety

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“The retailers that really invested in buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), shops-within-shops in larger footprint locations or even experiential retail — those retailers really started to thrive during this time,” said Joe Scaretta, Co-CEO and Founder of CS Hudson in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Now consumers look for that.”.

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Adidas Shifts to DTC-First Model, Plans to Double Ecommerce Sales by 2025

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Buoyed by a return to growth in Q4 2020, Adidas has unveiled a new growth strategy that will transform the company into a direct-to-consumer-led business with an emphasis on sustainability. That growth will be driven by a focus on increasing consumer touch points in markets it refers to as “Key Cities.” billion ) over that same period.

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To Experience the Future of Retail, You’ll Want to Go to the Store

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Over the past three years, most of us have done a lot more shopping online, so it’s easy to forget that while ecommerce is still growing, most retail commerce still happens in stores. That means brick-and-mortar is still going strong, and not just because consumers are eager to get out of the house again.

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Retailers Join Efforts To Maximize Voter Participation

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More than 300 companies , including Patagonia , The Gap , DICK’S Sporting Goods and Walmart committed to removing some of the logistical barriers that often keep workers from voting. Patagonia and Target, that had executed voter engagement programs during the 2018 election cycle with employees, consumers or both.