Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Retailers naturally plan a lot of spend around this, with extra staff and extra marketing. To understand the impact of this shift, it’s crucial to recognize the importance of Lunar New Year to Chinese consumers. Get culturally competent : Chinese shoppers are a world away from American consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response to evolving consumer behavior, many retailers are pivoting from malls and large-format stores in city centers to neighborhood locations that aim to serve the work-from-home population. Not surprisingly, many have found the data points to residential enclaves in and around cities where consumers live.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

More specifically, MINISO has spent the last year-plus bolstering its brick-and-mortar footprint in North America to amplify its proprietary $10 N’ Under concept, which has become beloved among Gen Z consumers. We are thus able to eliminate intermediaries and transfer the benefits to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Seeking to support expansion into what it terms “strategic growth categories,” The Container Store has launched its “Uncontained” campaign, focusing on direct-to-consumer (DTC) products in categories including dining, entertaining, home décor and textiles.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

in addition to including a virtual live shopping component to make the experience available digitally in order to reach more luxury consumers wherever they are located. The trio hope to bring this concept to additional cities such as New York and Nashville, Tenn., It has to be relevant,” said Tori Nichel. “

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

New research from MG2 confirms that Gen Z is looking for curated visual merchandising experiences and for brand values to shine through in these physical environments, along with a focus on wellbeing and community connections.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2024

brands plan to increase investments in immersive technologies — think interactive displays for increased visual impact, carefully curated playlists and thoughtfully crafted scents that tap into nostalgia. Furthermore, consumers increasingly seek experiences aligned with their values. Over half of U.S.

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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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Wiser

JUNE 30, 2020

Assortment planning in the age of eCommerce is a tricky business. In this article, we’ll look at what assortment planning is and how you can do it effectively. What is Assortment Planning? In retail, assortment planning is the process of determining the right products and right quantities to meet consumer demand.

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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. That’s only going to further accelerate the expectations of consumers and technology adoption within retail environments. Are consumers returning products less often?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

Unlike many other digitally native direct-to-consumer (DTC) mattress brands, the retailer has embraced brick-and-mortar, operating a healthy portfolio of 66 retail stores and one outlet location, with plans to open more in the future. In some ways it’s no surprise that Casper has focused on the in-store experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 1992 as The Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE), PAVE Global is an educational foundation for the retail design , planning and visual merchandising industry, and gives brand practitioners a unique opportunity to support young students and expand their talent pools.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

While Urban Outfitters ’ assortment is designed for consumers in their teens and early 20s, Anthropologie provides a destination for consumers’ “next generation of life,” when they’re starting careers and families, according to Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Preis. As a company, we place a huge premium on creativity.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J., Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data.

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Wiser

APRIL 26, 2022

Visual merchandising strategies like marketing displays in-store or online can draw in customers and increase foot-traffic. The same can be said for carefully planned sales and clearance events. 4: Visual Merchandising. Visual merchandising is how you draw-in shoppers with the use of retail displays.

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VMS

JUNE 9, 2021

For those of us who work in the retail or visual merchandising industry, how many times do we hear the phrase, “Christmas already?”. It is a necessary evil of the job and when you work in visual merchandising, you are usually planning 9 to 12 months in advance. It’s part of the job. The post Christmas Already?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

At Coach, Zaccariello is responsible for visual merchandising through the company’s 3D creative studio, including store windows, showrooms and pop-ups, design and production of events and the digital experience team. It’s a little bit more work, but it definitely is helping us to talk to the local consumer in a different way.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

in addition to including a virtual live shopping component to make the experience available digitally in order to reach more luxury consumers wherever they are located. The trio hope to bring this concept to additional cities such as New York and Nashville, Tenn., It has to be relevant,” said Tori Nichel. “

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VMS

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Before the pandemic, consumers had gotten used to instant gratification, including packages and groceries delivered to their doorstep in under an hour, and stores that stayed open around the clock. Artavia Milliam, 39, of Brooklyn, is a visual merchandiser at H&M in Times Square.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

“When we look at our elevation strategy and how we tackle our stores, we’re making sure that we don’t alienate the consumer because that’s really important to us as well,” she says. “We We want to make sure that we keep the old consumer, but we bring a new consumer through the door.”

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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

JULY 26, 2021

Another Tomorrow, a direct-to-consumer sustainable luxury fashion brand, has opened its first store in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood, reports Forbes. Our five-year plan includes expansion into a number of additional locations and internationally. We’re looking at this store as a test and learn.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

We are also excited to partner even more with our vendors this year as it relates to their branded in-store merchandise experiences,” Barry added, identifying Tesla, Lovesac and Starlink as examples of planned vendor partnerships. Best Buy closed 24 stores in FY 2024 and plans to close 10 to 15 in FY 2025.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Five more locations are already planned for 2022 and will also feature apparel from partnered brands like Adidas, Fear of God ESSENTIALS, Santa Cruz, Champion, Vans and Land Rover, among others. The retailer says it plans to host more livestreams via its Brea Mall and Cerritos, Calif.

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VMS

AUGUST 26, 2021

. “There’s a big market opportunity for brands like ours that can turn retail spaces into testing grounds offering a memorable experience for consumers.” Duer reportedly plans to open additional stores in the U.S., with the next opening planned for Los Angeles. with the next opening planned for Los Angeles.

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VMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

announced plans to raise hourly pay by $1 for more than 550,000 employees in preparation for the holiday season. Front-end store employees, general merchandise employees and those in the food and consumable department will be the ones to receive the higher wages. 2, Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) 25, according to CNBC.

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VMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

Victoria’s Secret (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) unveiled its plans to sell 49 percent ownership of its China business to Hong Kong-based Regina Miracle for $45 million cash, according to a company press release. Victoria’s Secret will retain ownership of the remaining 51 percent of the China business.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Because of COVID, a lot of plans that were expected to take place over several years were immediately squeezed,” he explained in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “

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VMS

MAY 10, 2021

It’s the continuation of a plan that Disney announced back in March to close at least 60 locations in North America. Over the past few years, we’ve been focused on meeting consumers where they are already spending their time, such as the expansion of Disney store shop-in-shops around the world. ” Read more at Inside the Magic.

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VMS

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Seventy percent of Gen Z consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping in-store this season, according to the 15th Annual Holiday Shopping Survey from Accenture. Consumers plan to spend $598 this holiday season, on average, compared with $539 last year.

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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. In fact, it’s now central to how Stitch Fix shows up for customers across channels. Subscribe to Retail Remix on your preferred podcast player to get first dibs on the episode!

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Despite their temporary nature, pop-up shops are intended to make a lasting impression on visitors through offering extraordinary consumer journeys. One thing that is consistent through all of our pop-ups is the consumer journey,” said Giovanni Zaccariello, SVP of Global Visual Experience at Coach in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “My

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

While commerce offers consumers speed, ease and access, stores offer a deeper level of connection with products. Immersive in-store experiences also allow consumers to forge a greater connection with brands — something that all businesses are focusing on as retention depletes and brand loyalty erodes. .

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VMS

JULY 7, 2021

Glossier announced last month that they planned to reopen permanent brick-and-mortar stores starting in Los Angeles, London and Seattle. The post Glossier Raises $80 Million in Funding appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. This is the future we’ve always been building for.”.

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VMS

JANUARY 12, 2022

Foxtrot (Chicago) has announced its plans to open 25 new stores in several U.S. The post Foxtrot Announces 25 New Stores appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. cities throughout 2022, according to a company press release. Some locations include Boston, Chicago, New York, Nashville, Miami and Austin, Texas.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Even if performance isn’t an issue, category resets can follow a natural cycle based on category seasonality or changing consumer tastes. Either way, if you aren’t constantly refreshing your categories based on consumer behavior and sales data, you will fall behind. Consumers have more ability to research and compare prices than ever.

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