Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Stitch Fix Style Forecast has become so much more than a press campaign used to drum up buzz and consumer excitement before the New Year’s Eve ball drops. With our process, we try to understand what is influencing clients today, so we can think about the big themes that may carry forward into 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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. For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. But underneath this positive blanket statement are a lot of nuances.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

Be sure to check out our other stories on consumer attitudes toward AI and store design applications.] Source: Stitch Fix Meanwhile, other more technologically advanced merchants are doing it in-house. [Editor’s note: This is the third article in our series on AI in retail. Generative AI] is different.

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VMS

AUGUST 11, 2021

grew for the 11 th consecutive month in July, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. With more cash in hand—fueled in part by the Child Tax Credit and pent-up savings—consumers drove U.S. Consumers are shopping, spending and splurging across channels.”.

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VMS

MAY 4, 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) WASHINGTON — Retailers have filed a lawsuit seeking to have the Federal Reserve lower its 10-year-old cap on “swipe” fees banks charge to process debit card transactions, saying the agency wrongly applied federal law and that merchants have paid billions of dollars more than intended by Congress while banks’ costs have fallen.

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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.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

With an incomparable line-up of compelling educational content, interactive workshops and (who could forget) the crowd-favorite Iron Merchant Challenge, IRDC 2021 reaffirmed the importance of collaboration to our industry. Roeller explained that “brands can atrophy – it all comes down to the service you provide.”. Ralf Kircher.

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