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Retail’s Future is Phygital

Retail TouchPoints

Technology in lighting, music, visual merchandising and other physical elements helps brands create immersive in-store experiences. Customers can try on and test apparel under these simulated conditions (no sales inventory is available on-site), and then purchases are shipped directly to their homes.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

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The initial plan is to drop these package-carrying drones into the backyards of residents in Lockeford, Calif. or two Covid-dominated years, a lack of dockworkers left ships unloaded and retail warehouses empty. Container ships are canceling routes from Asia to North America. That’s right! In 2022, everything reversed.

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Retail Import Surge Expected Through Summer

VMS

“We saw the busiest February on record as the ports worked to clear the backlog, and the number of ships at anchor in San Pedro Bay waiting to dock at Los Angeles and Long Beach is dropping.”. The post Retail Import Surge Expected Through Summer appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.