Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2025

Once seen as a staple of urban retail, department stores in China are undergoing a transformative reinvention. With malls, e-commerce giants, and niche retailers vying for consumer attention, these legacy institutions must reimagine their purpose in an increasingly digital and experience-driven retail environment.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 26, 2025

Enhance Store Layout and Design: Create an inviting atmosphere with thoughtful product placement to improve customer experience and encourage impulse buying. Running a grocery store can be both rewarding and challenging. With fierce competition and ever-changing consumer preferences, it’s crucial to stay ahead of the curve.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2025

Key Retail Challenges Supply chain disruptions have created significant hurdles for retailers, affecting inventory availability and consumer demand. Consumers now expect a frictionless transition between digital and physical retail spaces.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2025

One of the reports opening predications is that consumers are not asking for the impossible. Responses to the survey underpin that gimmicks and grand gestures do not define an exceptional in-store experience in todays competitive retail landscape. Emotion and engagement are the true differentiators.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 7, 2025

Key Takeaways Create an Inviting Atmosphere: An effective retail store design focuses on crafting an engaging environment that resonates with your target audience, boosting customer satisfaction and loyalty. A well-planned store layout and ambiance enhance customer satisfaction, driving repeat visits and increasing sales.

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Wiser

MAY 12, 2025

In the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, seasonal retail displays are planned months in advanceoften 8 to 9 months before they hit store floors. Brands like Haribo, General Mills, and Nestl lock in Halloween promotions in Q1, ship mid-summer, and expect execution by late summer. Store layouts change.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2025

After years of Marie Kondo-esque simplicity, the retail design era of “back-to-basics” aesthetics defined by neutral palettes and sleek, pared-back interiors is quickly falling out of favor amongst consumers demanding more vibrant and immersive spaces. Creating a third place within retail spaces.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 17, 2025

By understanding the psychology behind consumer behavior, you can design your store layout to capitalize on these tendencies. For instance, placing high-demand items at the back of the store encourages customers to walk through various sections, increasing the likelihood of additional purchases along the way.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 19, 2025

Store layout and flow can impact customer engagement and satisfaction, affecting their overall shopping experience. The Psychology of Store Layout and Flow The layout of a store is meticulously designed with your shopping journey in mind.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 9, 2025

Key Takeaways Sustainability Focus: Package-free shops promote eco-friendly shopping by eliminating plastic packaging and encouraging the use of reusable containers, fostering a commitment to sustainable retail practices. Imagine stepping into a store where every product is free from plastic packaging, and every item promotes sustainability.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 13, 2025

Visual merchandising is more than just arranging products on shelves; it’s an art form that can significantly influence consumer behavior. As you walk through a store, the way items are displayed can evoke emotions, create a narrative, and ultimately drive purchasing decisions.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 23, 2025

Leveraging data for pricing, promotions, and inventory management can lead to improved sales forecasting. In an industry characterized by rapid changes in consumer behavior and preferences, having access to real-time data can give you a competitive edge.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 15, 2025

Gone are the days when traditional methods dominated the scene; today, you find yourself navigating a complex web of technology, consumer preferences, and sustainability concerns. The retail environment is no longer just about displaying products; it’s about creating experiences that resonate with consumers on multiple levels.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 12, 2025

In terms of retail success , your store layout and merchandising strategies play an essential role. A well-thought-out layout directs customer flow, whereas effective visual merchandising improves product visibility. For instance, positioning key items at eye level can increase sales.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

By dropping prices on more than 400 products, ALDI will save customers $100 million this summer, per savings estimates based on internal analysis of promotional pricing and projected sales volumes. These added savings will help consumers fight the pinch for essentials to fuel their families all summer long. Value isn’t a trend at ALDI.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. This moderating trend in inflation is an encouraging development, but it is not without its caveats, particularly within the dynamic and complex terrain of the retail and consumer goods industries.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But supply chain pressures and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic means that consumers are focusing less on how immersive and entertaining in-store shopping experiences are and more on how safe and efficient they are. RTP: It seems like consumer priorities fall into two main buckets: ease/convenience and health/safety.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 26, 2021

Canstar’s latest supermarket review asked more than 2600 consumers about their grocery buying experience across major Australian chains, and Aldi scored highest not just in overall satisfaction rating but also in the quality of produce, store layout, and value for money.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

It’s been designed with a streamlined approach to store layout to offer an intuitive shopping journey that encourages discovery and easy navigation. We’re thrilled to unveil a format that encourages discovery, delivers elevated brand storytelling and promotes greater connectivity within the sneaker community.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2022

Store Analytics combines product location with shopper interaction and purchase data from the stores to give brands aggregated, anonymized insights about the performance of their products, promotions and ad campaigns. Brands can access these insights through a secure dashboard.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2024

The retail landscape is transforming, driven by rapid technological advancements and changing consumer behaviors. By analyzing data derived from network traffic, retailers can unlock profound insights into customer behavior, store performance and inventory efficiency.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

With this, retailers are designing store layouts with dedicated areas to showcase new and different products for varying tastes and trends, creating an ever-changing experience for shoppers. The concept of personalization is not limited to individual stores but also extends to the overall mall experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2024

The Psychology of Immersive Shopping Experiential retail strategies are rooted in psychological principles about how consumers engage with spaces. Understanding these behavioral motivations and responses is key to creating impactful in-store moments. These cues influence time spent in-store and brand attitudes.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

When it comes to online merchandising, there are plenty of subtle but effective in-store tactics that can be difficult to replicate. Mannequins, store layout and even music are all curated to express your brand identity and drive a unique customer experience. . Think of video as your digital store’s mannequin. .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The company has successfully helped retailers like American Eagle Outfitters leverage RFID and computer vision-based inventory tracking technology to create a holistic, near-real-time view of inventory across stores to empower both associates and consumers. The pandemic accelerated new consumer behaviors, such as BOPIS.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2024

Welcome to the new frontier of consumer engagement — the fusion of architectural design and audio-visual (AV) technology. AV technology also enables remote monitoring and control, allowing real-time adjustments that promote sustainability. The creation of multipurpose spaces significantly enhances a brand’s storytelling capabilities.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is not just a transient trend but a robust response to the changing consumer, who now craves the tactile satisfaction of in-store shopping along with the personalisation and convenience of online commerce. Today’s consumers might browse products online and then feel, try and buy them in physical stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

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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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Will a promotion here eat into sales or lift them up? It’s normal to be a bit nervous about a change inside your stores. Why Monitor Consumer Behavior? Before diving into the metrics, it helps to look at why it’s beneficial for your business to monitor how consumers act. Will that new display drive sales?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analysis-ready models eliminate the need for manual data engineering, science and analysis, all of which can be time-consuming and prone to error. Different departments can collaborate more easily and work toward a common understanding of the data, promoting better decision-making.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This article delves into the foundational elements of retail merchandising, exploring its importance and impact on consumer behavior and store profitability. Essentially, retail merchandising is about strategically positioning products to sway consumer buying decisions. What is Retail Merchandising ?

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 12, 2023

A comprehensive brand experience is promoted from the outside and into the physical space as well as other brand touchpoints. As much as brands experiment with pop-up store formats, concepts, or themes, they should resonate with consumers as much as they do with their identity.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Consumers are still feeling enormous financial pressures, and many are heading into this period with little optimism towards their finances. Such economic strain is leading to behavioural changes in the way consumers are shopping and planning their festive budgets. But this shouldn’t just be a retail race to the bottom.

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Wiser

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s the total of a shopper’s purchases during one specific visit to your store. Even so, increasing the number of items a consumer buys during a trip to your store is incredibly important. Offer Promotions. Sales promotions are another excellent way to increase market basket size. Timed discounts.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Retailers have continually adapted to changing consumer demands, technological advancements, and shifting societal values. These department stores were typically found in major cities, catering to urban consumers’ needs. This era was often described as consumer warfare.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Despite the growing dominance of e-commerce, in-store shopping remains a cornerstone of Black Friday, delivering a unique experience that no online platform can fully replicate. Atmosphere and excitement: The atmosphere and vibe of a packed store on Black Friday creates an energy that simply cannot be replicated online.

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Retail Focus

JULY 3, 2024

True luxury is characterised by durability and timeless design, often incorporating practices such as recycling materials, providing repair services, and promoting the resale of second-hand luxury goods. Transparency in the supply chain is becoming paramount as consumers seek to understand the origins of the products they purchase.

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