Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The creditors plan to take over Morphe’s wholesale operations, online platforms and international retail stores, subject to court approval. stores, though it confirmed in a tweet that stores outside the U.S. will remain operational. The company is in the process of closing all 18 of its U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

history — anticompetitive and harmful to both consumers and workers. This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” said Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Company is working to bring the impacted portions of its IT systems back online and implement workarounds for certain offline operations with the aim of reducing disruption to its ability to serve its retail and brand ecommerce consumers and wholesale customers.” 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

based wholesale and retail business assets of the Scotch & Soda brand, which will allow its products to be sold in retail stores across the country. Currently the Amsterdam-based brand’s apparel, eyewear, fragrances and accessories are available in stores across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It also has grown consistently thanks to an expansive wholesale network and presence on Amazon. But now, Melissa & Doug is taking the reins of the experience and using its first flagship store to fully immerse consumers into its world of play. 6, 2023, just ahead of the holiday shopping rush.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While consumers still make plenty of online purchases, analysts expect ecommerce sales to grow more moderately in the near term compared to the past few years. Meanwhile, consumers return to brick-and-mortar stores and seek omnichannel experiences. They invest in new storefronts and build strong wholesale relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Customers can use either the DoorDash app or website, and members of the Sephora Beauty Insider loyalty program can earn points for these purchases by linking their account on the DoorDash app’s Sephora store page. BJ’s Wholesale Club selected DoorDash as its grocery delivery partner across 226 stores in March 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

billion in retail sales annually through more than 500 owned retail stores, 7,000 wholesale accounts and ecommerce in 35 countries. “As With Boardriders’ proven retail playbook, we also see tremendous opportunities to accelerate the expansion of its shop-in-shops, branded retail stores, wholesale and ecommerce worldwide.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2024

Flore will report directly to President and CEO Michelle Gass and will support all Levi’s commercial operations and global channels, including stores, ecommerce and wholesale. “I (LS&Co.) has appointed Gianluca Flore as its new EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, effective July 29, 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The streaming company also has explored wholesale partnerships, with Walmart expanding its in-store Netflix Hubs to 2,400 locations in October 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Philippe Schaus, CEO, Moët Hennessy ; and Bob Eddy, CEO, BJ’s Wholesale Club. The Foodservice Innovation Zone will reflect the increased roles for technology in a field that’s embracing new formats and venues to satisfy consumers’ hunger and thirst.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A cyberattack that compromises customer personal information can diminish the trust consumers place in a brand. Her team consists of over 50 brokers, service specialists and consultants focused on risk management and insurance for the retail, wholesale and distribution of consumer goods.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

Consumers are not being served well by the New Zealand grocery duopoly, according to the Commerce Commission – but it stopped short of any major recommendations in the final report into the grocery market tabled this week. . Suite of recommendations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

The brand has since appeared on Shark Tank and grown to offer a range of 170 shirts, pants and other products available through both DTC and wholesale channels — and in the process, it outgrew its pure-play ecommerce roots. “We worked quickly to get the store up and running. We’ve always wanted to test out a retail location.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The three will report to Heidi O’Neill, president, consumer, product and brand at Nike. In addition, Dr Muge Erdirik Dogan will join Nike as chief technology officer, effective November 27, to boost the quality of consumer experiences with products, platforms, and services. Dogan’s most recent role was as president of Amazon Fashion.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unions Accuse REI of Unfair Labor Practices Another Seattle-based company, REI , is being targeted by two strong unions: the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) with a total of 80 charges of unfair labor practices.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

Buoyed by a return to growth in Q4 2020, Adidas has unveiled a new growth strategy that will transform the company into a direct-to-consumer-led business with an emphasis on sustainability. The move is in line with similar shifts made by competitor Nike, which is ditching wholesale accounts and beefing up its digital and DTC business as well.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

He compared the level of interest of a consumer who had simply seen a Natori ad on social media to one who had “gone to the website, added something to their bag and abandoned the cart. That’s much more useful [data] than the first consumer. We aren’t blindly retargeting every user,” said Natori.

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

Marie Driscoll, a chartered financial analyst and a professor at Parsons, The New School and the Fashion Institute of Technology, told Inside Retail that the deal was inevitable considering the current state of US department stores. “The Ménil explained that this creates a “huge difference in terms of savoir faire”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

The two discussed American consumers’ shifting attitudes toward luxury and how the pandemic has reshaped the luxury market in the U.S., Asia recouped pretty quickly, we’ve seen good potential with local European consumers, but the bulk of the positive surprise came from luxury demand in the U.S. ”. market penetration.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

While SPARC committed to keeping a minimum of 125 Brooks Brothers stores open as part of its purchase, the company did not disclose how many of the approximately 175 Lucky Brand locations it will continue to operate. The company “will negotiate with landlords to keep ‘key stores’ open in North America,” according to CNBC.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2022

decrease from the same period the previous year, with comp store sales dropping 3.2%. drop in net third-party wholesale sales, blaming reduced demand at the company’s balloon manufacturer Anagram and a helium shortage at some retail stores. During Q3 2022, Party City achieved net sales of $502.2 million , a 1.6% billion to $2.19

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2022

The threats posed by the pandemic caused many consumers to focus on foundational needs such as food, shelter and safety. But despite the initial shift toward the all-consuming COVID-19 response, brands and retailers should now recalibrate their perspectives. And, of course, toilet paper.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

Under the partnership, Kim Lien Group will open and operate a number of The Vitamin Shoppe stores across Vietnam as well as launch wholesale distribution of The Vitamin Shoppe’s family of brands, including BodyTech, fitfactor and Vthrive at pharmacies, gyms, spas and other locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

As a result, retailers are experiencing a daunting dilemma: to choose between absorbing cost increases or to pass those costs on to consumers — neither of which is ideal. This is an approach to coordinate an accelerated and organized response that works across the entire supplier base and all categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): I understand that although the Harmony783 company is nearly two years old, selling to consumers only started recently. Consumers today are much more aware of the things that are important to them, and sustainability is important to people. How have sales been going?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Amidst ongoing industry disruption and evolving consumer trends, we are uniquely positioned to build on our momentum and accelerate growth and profitability.”. Thomas Kingsbury currently serves as an independent director at Big Lots , BJ’S Wholesale Club and Tractor Supply Co.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2022

The Consumer Price Index was up 4.8 Prices for clothing and footwear – both staples of department stores – have been quite stable though, partly because it is much harder for retailers to pass on price increases in those categories and because of contracts locked in earlier at lower prices. These are all reasons for cautious optimism.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 17, 2021

CHICAGO – One in three shoppers entering stores operated by the nation’s largest retail chains supplement their visits within a day with a purchase at Amazon.com, according to a new report that seeks to quantify the showrooming phenomenon. The same was true for 17$ of Walmart shoppers, Numerator said.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2022

A growing number of consumers are concerned about how their purchasing decisions impact the planet, but even the most sustainability-savvy customer may be confused about how best to align purchases with their green principles. Consumers Overwhelmed by Insufficient or Contradictory Sustainability Info. In fact, half of the 1,000 U.S.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Barra oversees WBA’s businesses outside of the United States, including Boots UK and other pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses in Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as WBA’s pharmaceutical wholesale operation in Germany and the No7 Beauty Company.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2023

In similar fashion to the “Great Humanitarian” Herbert Hoover, Obray led Associated Food Stores with the dual aim of maximizing consumer satisfaction and uplifting communities in need. At the time of his passing, Obray was a vocal participant in FMI’s Wholesaler Share Group and an active member of FMI’s Board of Directors.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2023

For the best companies, wholesale is the primary part of your business. I can’t think of any DTC companies north of $20 million in revenue that don’t have wholesale revenue.” “I had invested in Dollar Shave Club [a pure-play DTC], but over the last 18 months, none of [our investments] have been pure plays.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But Bodkins noted that interest in NA products is growing globally, and Boisson’s highly curated digital platform makes it easier for consumers to browse and buy from more than 125 NA brand options. From day one, we saw an opportunity for our stores to be the pedestal that all the brands we carry can sit on, ” Bodkins explained.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2024

Smart Carts Encourage Customers to Return Them Smart carts also improve the customer experience by connecting to a retailer’s existing app that consumers download onto their smartphones, to reward them for returning the cart to a corral when they are done shopping. But that’s only the beginning when it comes to smart carts’ benefits.

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