Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

The retail industry is undergoing an unprecedented wave of change as global issues have affected retailer supply chains, the labor market and consumer behaviors. Sustainability has come to the fore as consumers become more conscious of how their purchases are impacting their local communities and the environment.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not only will this reduce their own impact on the planet, but help paint their stores, and indeed wider business, in a more sustainable light that will appeal more to consumers that share a similar passion. Retailers must also consider their consumers, and modern consumers are prioritising sustainability.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Another of their best features is that they’re agile and allow retailers to try out new locations. So retailers can use pop-ups to validate a location, try out a new concept or for the release of a new product. Plenert: There are technical challenges that vary depending on the type of location. Another issue is permitting.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Embrace the ‘Ceremony’ of the In-Store Experience During COVID-19 shutdowns, consumers quickly got used to browsing and buying online. Now that consumers have come back into the stores, everybody really wants an experience,” Plenert said. That all requires new fixtures, furniture and other elements to make it work.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

While the retailer will be focused on improving existing store experiences at scale moving forward, Best Buy is planning to “open a few additional outlet centers and new formats to continue to test two important concepts,” said Barry.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

The rise of screens The big grocers dipped their toes with front-of-store screens and now they are set to proliferate. Stand by for screens popping up in multiple store locations within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Prepare for a digitally-led re-imagining of the store experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2022

With the potential for new COVID variants, record levels of inflation and evolving consumer preferences, 2022 retail design will change more in the next year than it has in the past decade. Consumers experience brands and purchase differently than they did a decade ago. Focus on Shop-Ability.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

Accomplishing this feat requires more than the familiar mantra of right product, right price, right location and right time: it requires an emotional connection via storytelling, nostalgia and a sense of brand history , according to Ryan Harmon, President and Chief Creative Officer of Zeitgeist Design & Production.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When consumers go to a grocery store, generally they’re there to buy the individual ingredients that will eventually make a meal. JOANN stores also sell individual “ingredients,” but the end product is a decoupage photo album cover or a spooky handmade Halloween costume rather than a beef stew. and Sherman Oaks, Calif.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Consumers’ appetite for immersive experiences has only grown larger in the wake of the pandemic, which means brands and retailers are rethinking the role of physical spaces —in particular the unique value that brick-and-mortar stores add to consumers’ lives. He occupied adjacent space and the brand regularly hosted events there.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Even visually oriented consumer-facing businesses like retail outlets often struggle needlessly to turn images into assets. Learn what metadata can be included with your photos and how it can be leveraged (location for mapping, voice audio annotation in the field, etc.). Crowdsource imagery from the web.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

Nordstrom continues to roll out of Nordstrom Local stores where you order online and then pick up in these neighborhood locations that offer express alterations and their legendary customer service. Allbirds (via Shopify), to highlight one retailer, offers pick up in store and fulfills orders via ship from store. .

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This opens up a world of possibilities for both businesses and consumers. While this shift is poised to transform the retail industry all the way from the stockroom to the cereal aisle, retailers should start tapping into the power of QR codes today to build trust, loyalty and stronger relationships with consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How can we better integrate the latest anti-theft technologies and loss-prevention research into our store designs from the outset? The good news: Skills developed on the consumer side can be flipped around and used to fight retail crime. What are the most customer-friendly ways to protect high-value items from smash-and-grabs?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Certain locations even boast their own outdoor athletic fields. Especially when the store is located in a tourist destination, retailers can add interest by doing the same. Indeed, Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has won kudos for striving to make the booksellers’ stores operate more like independent shops.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

Mobile apps with indoor AR navigation can help assist by guiding customers to products and hand washing stations, providing critical information in real time as consumers navigate the store, and all while minimizing the need to interact with others. AR Merchandising. IoT Controller.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

That concept — carefully curating brands and creating a store that’s part selling space, part experiential destination — is being carried on by the brand’s latest iteration, Fred Segal Home.

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