Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Certified by Brand will include watches, handbags and fine jewelry from a growing roster of luxury brands. All Certified by Brand watch brands will come with a minimum one year warranty, and jewelry and handbag items will include a certificate of authenticity with purchase to instill confidence in every transaction.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Direct-to-consumer jewelry brand Cast has raised $12 million to fuel its growth plans. Eventually, more than a year in the future, Ryan plans to build a brick-and-mortar retail presence for the brand. The post “Cast” Online Jewelry Brand Eyes Physical Stores appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are increasingly turning to stores in order to continue their path to growth. The brands spanned the bedding, jewelry and footwear categories and all had very distinct brick-and-mortar strategies. Consumers are used to shopping from the comfort of their homes. within the next 45 days.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

The increase in social media usage, combined with a tandem increase in online purchasing, proved to be the push both consumers and brands needed to move into the burgeoning realm of social commerce. However, regular social purchasers (those that shop on social “sometimes,” “often” or “very often”) spend an average of $236 annually.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend $25.9 This year, as consumers embrace spending on friends and loved ones, retailers are ready to help customers celebrate Valentine’s Day with memorable gifts at affordable prices.” More than half (52%) of consumers plan to celebrate and will spend an average of $192.80.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2021

The retail world is experiencing a significant change in how consumers are interacting with their brands. Long term, consumers expect to be able to interact digitally even with companies that don’t traditionally have a robust online presence. In the U.S. alone, ecommerce sales are expected to reach $794 billion, an increase of 32.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This respondent pool was surveyed from June to July 2022, and focused on holiday gifting plans, including where they were going to shop, who they were going to buy gifts for and how much they were planning to spend. Overall, 85% of respondents plan to spend up to $500 on five or more gifts for babies.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

consumers tune in to the big game. consumers plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day in 2022, up from 52% in 2021. This growth may be driven by the 76% of shoppers who indicated that celebrating Valentine’s Day is important given the current state of the pandemic, Still, jewelry retailers can expect a $6.2

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 29, 2024

With consumers prioritizing their spouse or significant other this year, retailers expect to see a shift in spending for certain gifting categories.” The top gifts include candy (57%), greeting cards (40%), flowers (39%), an evening out (32%), jewelry (22%), clothing (21%) and gift cards (19%). Consumers expect to spend $185.81

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Two dedicated ear-piercing studios in the Paris store also showcase the service, and an in-store content creation studio invites consumers to get creative. Full of immersive experiences and innovative touches, we’re inviting consumers to have fun, experiment and co-create with Claire’s.”

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Mass Relators

MAY 2, 2024

WASHINGTON – The “swipe” fees credit card networks and banks charge merchants to process transactions could cost consumers more than $750 million this Mother’s Day, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition. million in swipe fees on $7 billion in jewelry, $133.3 Consumers plan to spend an average $53.12 million on $5.9

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2024

What retailers need to keep in mind this Valentine’s Day Along with major shopping holidays like Christmas or Black Friday, Valentine’s Day is a significant date on the retail calendar, when many consumers are looking to purchase gifts for their friends and family. On average, consumers spent US$192.80 billion in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

As the percentage of purchases consumers make online continues to grow exponentially, retailers are facing a challenge — how to educate online shoppers and close the sale for certain products traditionally bought in person. Examples include jewelry, cosmetics, apparel, luxury items, automobiles and furniture. Will it fit in my space?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But a growing contingent of environmental- and cost-conscious consumers are pushing all areas of retail toward resale, and the luxury industry is being reshaped in the process. Rebag also plans to use its fresh funding to scale its tech-enabled brick-and-mortar business. with more planned for 2022. and Beverly Hills, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

In less than five months, the platform already has sold nearly 200,000 items, and with more Goodwill member organizations coming on board, it plans to scale the number of items available in the marketplace to nearly 1 million by the end of 2023. like Air Jordans,” Kaness shared in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “So

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2021

With time still left for marketers to plan ahead, let’s explore the three key behavioral buying shifts that we anticipate: 1. People will purchase more expensive gifts, particularly in the fashion and jewelry markets. The average order value for fashion and jewelry sales also increased in Q1, up 28% year-over-year.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 25, 2024

billion this year, according to the annual consumer survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. On average, those celebrating plan to spend $254.04 Consumers will spend a total of $7 billion on jewelry, $5.9 Consumers also plan to spend more on special outings than they have in the past.”

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VMS

JUNE 3, 2021

Jewelry hasn’t only been a significant adornment for special occasions for Indians, it’s also an asset of social prestige and financial security for periods of uncertainties. The pandemic has seriously threatened this upward trend with recent lockdowns in India, operational challenges and falling consumers sentiments. million by 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2021

They then evolved into a novel way of solving everyday consumer problems (making meals, figuring out what to wear), while adding an element of product discovery along the way. Customers are asked to answer a series of questions about their dog so the company can suggest a meal plan tailored specifically for them.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers plan to spend $35.7 Consumers plan to spend $274.02 adult consumers was conducted April 3-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 Consumers will spend a total of $7.8 billion on jewelry, $5.6 on Mother’s Day. The survey of 8,164 U.S. percentage points.

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VMS

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“Our retail customers use Matterport technology in a variety of different ways, whether that’s creating a virtual showroom where consumers can shop for holiday gifts or using digital twins to remotely manage store design and operations,” said Conway Chen, Vice President of Business Development of Matterport. Read the case study.

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VMS

APRIL 23, 2021

“There is a lot of consumer optimism around Mother’s Day this year as more people are getting vaccinated and stimulus checks are being distributed,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay says. With safety guidelines at top of mind, consumers are planning to be with family, are making travel plans and organizing a special brunch or outing.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Cut to March 2021 — a second stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan (ARP), is signed into law, and online spending surges to record-breaking heights. consumers spent $8 billion more online than the normally projected total for that period. In February 2021, consumers shopping for baby and toddler products saw 3.2X

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

Following the historic level of consumer spending over the winter holidays, it appears that the trend will continue into 2022,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. consumers plan to celebrate the holiday in 2022, up from 52% in 2021. Almost a quarter (22%) will opt to gift jewelry to a special someone.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“People on Pinterest aren’t here to passively scroll, they’re here to plan,” said Sydney Stanback, Global Trends and Insights Lead at Pinterest in a recent briefing on the 2024 trends. It’s this planning mindset that gives us such a unique window into the future at Pinterest.

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VMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

(PRESS RELEASE) WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend $25.9 This year, as consumers embrace spending on friends and loved ones, retailers are ready to help customers celebrate Valentine’s Day with memorable gifts at affordable prices.” More than half (52%) of consumers plan to celebrate and will spend an average of $192.80.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 9, 2023

The legal skirmish is important for US consumers and rival retailers because it shows how online retailers with vendors in China need to navigate US intellectual property protections. listing in the second half of this year, three people with knowledge of its plans told Reuters.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Performance was driven by the home, beauty, jewelry and watch categories, growth in digital sales and by acquiring new customers,” said Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s in a statement. 22 Macy’s announced plans to close 45 stores by mid-2021, according to CNBC , part of a previously announced plan to close 125 locations by 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

To really maximize that point of conversion, we need to understand the behaviors and attitudes that drive a consumer to decide where they’re going to shop and what they’re going to buy. And we can look at that on a longitudinal basis, so how are consumer patterns changing? What are people buying? That tells us the “what.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out Part 1 of this series focusing on evolving consumer perceptions of the metaverse. If the first quarter of this year was consumed with existential questioning — What exactly is the metaverse? Inside SFLMaven’s jewelry store in Decentraland. Do we need to be a part of it? —

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

But it’s important to note that there are plenty of brands and retailers seeing the payoff from their own standalone investments, especially as consumers seek to blend the ease and flexibility of shopping online with the interactivity of shopping in-person. “By Who is our target consumer?” What does our consumer want to listen to?”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Providing consumers with the ability to see, touch and experience products firsthand, physical shops offer a degree of instant gratification that simply cannot be replicated in an online environment. Supply chains are more critical than ever; if retailers can’t get the necessary product, consumers will look elsewhere.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Data platform provider SoundCommerce has raised $15 million in Series A funding, money that will be used to scale the business and build out a client roster that already includes Constellation Brands , FTD/ProFlowers and jewelry brand Mejuri , among others. In 2020 ecommerce accounted for 14.4% of all retail sales, a 32.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The days of a traditional shopping mall trip have changed — not only because of the pandemic, but as consumers have started to prefer the convenience of ecommerce. According to Coveo’s Relevance Report , 90% of consumers expect online shopping experiences to be equal to or better than an in-store, analog experience.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 22, 2021

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend a record $28.1 There is a lot of consumer optimism around Mother’s Day this year as more people are getting vaccinated and stimulus checks are being distributed,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. This year consumers plan to spend an average of $220.48 About 83% of U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

Before walking into the store, consumers are greeted by a vibrant green store-front, which stands out from the monochromatic buildings on the same block. Surrounded by the brand’s signature perfume, bath and body treatments, and home fragrances, consumers may feel like they are being transported to Granado’s hometown of Rio de Janeiro.

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