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Post Covid, department stores are refocusing their menswear offer

Inside Retail

Department stores globally are adjusting their product offer to reflect rapid changes in the menswear category as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the category wears off. But last year menswear rebounded to its pre-pandemic levels, reaching on average 14 per cent of total department-store sales.

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Transforming Retail Spaces for Today’s Generation of Shoppers

Retail TouchPoints

This retail renaissance is not just a return to traditional shopping spaces but also signifies a shift in the shoppers’ culture, expectations and behaviors. Major department stores are leaning toward repurposing and reskinning existing fixtures, saving costs and minimizing environmental impact.

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Store Reopenings: Why Retailers Must Go Above And Beyond To Bring Shoppers Back

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers have slowly begun to accept brick-and-mortar’s return: 22% have increased their willingness to set foot into a grocery store or pharmacy since March, according to data from Resonate. According to the survey, 35% of consumers will be most comfortable shopping at department stores following the pandemic, whereas only 16%.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

We look forward to footfall in the malls returning to pre-pandemic levels, and are excited to welcome shoppers to Pavilion Bukit Jalil, which opens at the end of the year. per cent (RM95 billion in total retail sales), and all retail sub-sectors such as fashion, department stores and grocery are expected to rebound.

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Theatro 2023 Retail Customer Experience Survey

Theatro

An even greater percentage of these shoppers (64%) said that more stores have “poorly trained or prepared staff” than in 2019, compared to 18% who said fewer stores had this problem and 18% who said the number of stores with training issues was about the same.

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The Top 20 Best Ideas for Increasing Foot Traffic to Your Store

Indigo 9 Digital

Your employees have a tremendous impact on whether or not a customer returns to your store for another visit. The hope for the partnering retailers is that when a customer arrives at their store to pick up their Amazon order they will stay awhile and buy other items. Do your employees smile at each and every customer?

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Post-COVID Best Practices: Combine Mall Product Pickups, Give In-Store Shoppers More Personal Space

Retail TouchPoints

Store traffic, pedestrian traffic and store layouts won’t necessarily go back to where they were in 2019 or 2018,” said Naveen Jaggi, President of Retail Advisory Services at JLL in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Even Store Shelves Will Reflect the Need for Safety.