Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 1, 2021
Design and furnishings company Herman Miller has opened a standalone location in Chicago’s Fulton Market that brings together its growing family of eight brands under one roof in a new retail, showroom and exhibition space. The 45,000-square-foot location occupies a landmark 1920s brick building with an adjoining five-story newbuild, complete with a rooftop and outdoor pavilion.
Retail Focus
APRIL 1, 2021
Nordic lifestyle brand ARKET opens a new flagship store in Seoul on 9 April. Located in a six-floor building at Garosugil 30, in the vibrant shopping and cultural district of Gangnam, the new 0 0 4 0 2 3 – 9 4 0 store is ARKET’s second physical destination in Korea. Based in Stockholm, ARKET is a lifestyle destination with carefully made fashion and interior essentials for women, men, children, as well as a New Nordic vegetarian café.
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Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 1, 2021
Humans have been dynamically evolving the concept of loans and credit in commerce for hundreds of years — culminating in the explosion of consumer credit cards in the 20th century. However, the practice of using credit is gaining traction even more so now in the midst of the challenges and uncertainty of the COVID-19 economy. In fact, different ways of offering credit are blooming, and according to a recent survey , over one third of U.S. consumers have now used a buy now pay later (BNPL) servic
Dezeen
APRIL 1, 2021
Parisian studio RDAI has designed a store on Tokyo 's prestigious Omotesando street for fashion house Hermès , which was designed to evoke aspects of Japanese nature and culture. The 488-square-metre store is the first freestanding Hermès outlet in Tokyo since the brand opened its Ginza emporium in 2001, which was also designed by RDAI. Above: a Hermès store on Tokyo's Omotesando Avenue.
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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.
Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 1, 2021
STORIS has introduced a Strategic Business Intelligence (BI) suite to help support retailers with their analytical initiatives. The platform includes the STORIS BI and Data Warehouse technologies as well as a growing library of out-of-the-box reports and technical data consulting services. The first step in the STORIS program, Discovery, guides the retailer through defining strategic reporting priorities and identifying data sets and KPIs used to measure success.
Independent Retailer
APRIL 1, 2021
The weather is warmer, the sun is brighter, flowers are in bloom, and spring is in the air. Retail experts are expecting a huge boom in brick-and-mortar sales come the spring and summer months since the vaccine rollouts are making consumers more comfortable to shop in person. Now is the time to get ready to fully reopen and for brick-and-mortar retail to come back to life.
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V Count
APRIL 1, 2021
All big businesses know that getting people to visit your store is only the first step in the selling process. The most challenging part is converting these visitors into buying customers, not just one-time customers, but regulars as well. Statistics show that providing an excellent customer experience is the key to increasing a business’s conversion rate.
Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 1, 2021
Kantar has launched RichMix eAssort, an assortment optimization tool designed to use transferable demand curves to measure the incremental impact of changing the items and facings in a retailer’s mix as a means to maximize growth. The software uses machine learning-based predictive modeling to derive a granular view of which products and tactics will achieve the greatest growth in the ecommerce environment.
Mulesoft
APRIL 1, 2021
This is the final article in a mini-series on Runtime Fabric. In this blog, we will review the basic building blocks for the Runtime Fabric CI/CD deployment process, then provide an end-to-end example using Git, Jenkins, and Nexus. Runtime Fabric deployment process The Runtime Fabric deployment process has two steps. First the application jar needs […].
LS Retail
APRIL 1, 2021
©iStock/ottoblotto From copywriting and consulting to social media management or private-labeling, side hustles give people a leg up in an economy that has had very little growth for the middle class in the last 40 years. What's the growth now? As of January, 2021, 34 percent of Americans have side hustles. Starting a side hustle is extremely easy if you know what you want to do.
Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali
Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.
Independent Retailer
APRIL 1, 2021
As part of the “ Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, ” in the most recent COVID-19 relief bill signed into law on December 27, 2020, Congress amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (“PACT”) Act of 2009 to apply to e-cigarettes and all vaping products. While the bill only covers the USPS , the passage of PACT triggered all major U.S. shipping providers to jump on board with banning vape products.
Retail Minded
APRIL 1, 2021
Why is packaging so important? It’s easy to overlook the vital role that packaging provides in our everyday lives and the added convenience it offers every day. From keeping each grain of rice together and in one place, to holding our cooking oil, packaging pervades almost every corner of everyday life. Packaging and shipping allow the modern world to function at ever-increasing levels of complexity.
I Love Fashion
APRIL 1, 2021
Fashion Digital Marketing Agency. Just like other marketers, have you been through the saddest part of not seeing the expected results after months of working on a marketing campaign? Marketers dedicate their creative efforts, time, and various resources to a campaign that seemed to be beneficial but had landed nowhere near the anticipated ROI or customer engagement.
RepslyBlog
APRIL 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges and obstacles throughout the 2020 calendar year, forcing many companies to re-examine how they work and operate from the top-down. For many CPG brands and their field teams this, unfortunately, meant reducing headcount, following strict protocols and guidelines, and embracing uncertainty in a time of tumultuous change.
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Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.
Independent Retailer
APRIL 1, 2021
The April 2021 Issue of Independent Retailer Magazine. Check out more timely Product Trends, News, and Marketing tips as they are added to our website here: April COVID-19 Trade Show Updates Highest Quality Air Fresheners Lessons from Valentine’s Day 2021 Retail Springs to Life State Regulations for In-Store Shopping The 2021 Consumer Culture Report.
Retail Next
APRIL 1, 2021
. . In my first blog post, “ The Relevance of Physical Retail in the Customer Channel ,” available on empatheticmachines.org , I spoke about the relevance of physical retail today as well as introduced the idea of the Customer Channel. Today, I’m going to dive into some of the technology empowering the Customer Channel in physical retail. In particular, let’s discuss how tech is transforming physical retail.
Store Growers
APRIL 1, 2021
Last Updated on April 1, 2021. I’m not a fan of the Google Ads Optimization Score. While it might seem harmless, I believe it’s yet another attempt by Google to get advertisers to spend more. I’m not against the recommendations that are driving the optimization Score (some are actually useful). But by tying a score to this, I believe that more advertisers will be tricked into doing things that aren’t in their best interests.
Retail Adventures
APRIL 1, 2021
We had the opportunity not too long ago to speak with Patrick Wagner, Senior Editor, Marijuana Venture Magazine about store design. Dispensaries may not be what you think they are. Most are open and airy, more like comfortable hotel lobbies. Check it out! RETAIL DESIGN CRASH COURSE by Patrick Wagner In the past, cannabis sold itself. Strains, packaging, branding, let alone the design of a store, didn’t matter as much as it does in today’s highly competitive environment.
Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney
Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib
Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 1, 2021
An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. has become the first battle site in a war to unionize the ecommerce giant’s workers. Depending on the outcome from a month of mail-in voting that ended March 30, approximately 5,800 workers at the facility, BHM1, could gain the right to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store (RWDSU) union. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is in the process of counting votes, with results expected by approximately April 8 — longer if both Amazon and
Hunton Andrews Kurth
APRIL 1, 2021
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) – like climate change and environmental justice – has been a hot topic of discussion in the early days of the Biden administration. Illustrating the interconnectedness of the trending issues, climate change and environmental justice are pillars of ESG. The ESG-related activity at the federal government is just getting started.
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