Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

We’re three years removed from the pandemic’s Great Resignation, and talent shortages remain across all industries, including construction, trades and other sectors requiring maintenance and repair technicians. Nearly 25% of construction workers are older than 55 — a growing trend that may see an industry short of over 340,000 workers by 2024. Over 70% of field service companies like utilities, telecom and property maintenance also have a shortage skills gap.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2023

After an almost five-year break, Victoria’s Secret will relaunch its World Tour this autumn as a feature-length film, featuring artists and designers worldwide. The reimagined show, which will be webcast internationally, is part of the brand’s “commitment to championing women’s voices, perspectives and experiences”. The film focuses on the VS20 – a group of 20 creatives from Bogota, Lagos, London, and Tokyo – who will create four fashion curations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Nordstrom has appointed Cathy R. Smith as its new CFO, effective May 29, 2023. Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. Most recently, she was Chief Administrative Officer and CFO at Bright Health Group. At Nordstrom, Smith will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, internal audit, treasury, investor relations and strategy sourcing.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Baby food and formula prices were up 8.8 percent year-over-year in April with manufacturers blaming government regulations developed to avoid a repeat of last year’s infant formula shortage. Manufacturers have invested in quality control technology to ensure that products meet the government’s safety standards.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

An affiliate of brand management company Bluestar Alliance has purchased the U.S.-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 Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Amazon.com currently holds a three percent share of the U.S. grocery market, well behind Walmart’s 30 percent and Kroger’s 11 percent. Costco, Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize and Publix are also ahead of Amazon, which plans to continue scaling its grocery business despite a recent pullback on new store openings.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

The combination of Albertsons and Kroger’s retail media networks is at the heart of the merger deal between the two supermarket giants, according to Dean Rosenblum, senior research analyst for AllianceBernstein. “Long term, the biggest accelerator for profit growth for Kroger is not grocery. It’s actually retail media and advertising,” said Mr.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Google ’s doing it. Microsoft ’s doing it. So it’s no surprise that Meta is getting into the generative AI game as well. On May 11 the parent company of Facebook , Instagram and WhatsApp unveiled several new generative AI applications for its platform that it is currently trialing with a small group of advertisers. Also in line with other major tech players, Meta made it very clear that AI was nothing new for the company, highlighting the fact that it has been using artificial intelligence on it

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Retail Focus

MAY 12, 2023

The retail group Carrefour has renewed its trust in Pricer as their exclusive supplier of electronic shelf label (ESL) solutions for three years. The agreement covers new installations and replacement to optimize their store automation and communication solution. The agreement with Carrefour, Pricer’s customer since 20 years and one of Europe’s largest retailers, contains no commitments with regard to volumes or amounts. “Due to their outstanding service, we have selected Pricer as our par

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2023

Woy Woy’s Deepwater Plaza has been sold for $111 million to a private investor as “renewed demand” for sub-regional centres grows. The 17,417sqm shopping centre is located in the north of Sydney and is anchored by Coles supermarket, complemented by Kmart and a variety of national and chain retailers. CBRE’s head of retail capital markets for Pacific, Simon Rooney, said investors were “attracted” by the centre’s “robust” major tenants and overall sales performance.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Ben Cohen, a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, has a new business venture called Ben’s Best Blnz, a line of moderate potency cannabis products. “The problem with today’s pot is that it’s just too freakin’ strong,” Mr. Cohen said. “In my college days, you’d be sitting around with a group of friends, passing a jay around and it was kind of a nice process.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2023

Since Emma Lewisham launched her natural skincare line in 2019, the New Zealand brand has gone from strength to strength, becoming the world’s first certified carbon-positive beauty brand , gaining a slew of celebrity customers, including — reportedly — Jane Goodall, Kourtney Kardashian, Naomi Watts and former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, and recently debuting in Mecca stores.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Peloton has issued a recall of 2.2 million PL-01 exercise bikes after reports of injuries received due to “seat posts breaking.” It is the second major recall issued by the company. It previously recalled 125,000 treadmills following reports of injuries and the death of a six-year-old connected to the machines.

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Cisco Retail

MAY 12, 2023

This blog explores the operational and financial impact of Cisco Vulnerability Management from a Forrester TEI study conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Cisco.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold $694 million in shares of AmerisourceBergen. The drug distributor will repurchase about $50 million of its common stock from Walgreens as part of the deal. Walgreens has a 17 percent share of AmerisourceBergen’s common stock.

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Cisco Retail

MAY 12, 2023

Welcome to Cisco SD-WAN Automation Awareness Month! In the world of software and tools development, API and automation tools have become essential for customizing and streamlining operational tasks.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said the supermarket giant is set to go to court to complete its merger deal with Albertsons. “Usually you wouldn’t commit in advance to litigate,” said Mr. McMulen. “In this case we both committed to litigate in advance.

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

Blaming softer e-commerce sales as the reason for falling demand in corrugated packaging and beyond may be “overblown,” sources say.

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Retail Wire

MAY 12, 2023

Walmart has passed Giant Eagle as the grocery market share leader in western Pennsylvania despite the supermarket and c-store operator being based in the area. Walmart has a 25.64 percent market share, followed by Giant Eagle, 21 percent, and Sam’s Club, 10 percent.

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

A number of locations across the country have closed and the fashion brand’s parent company Bluestar Alliance appointed a new global president.

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Cisco Retail

MAY 12, 2023

Mother Earth and moms have a lot in common (And by moms, I’m including mothers, grandmothers, aunts, godmothers and more).

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

The fast-fashion giant wants to use other retailers’ scraps for new clothing. Meanwhile, former Kimberly-Clark executive Maria Henry joined the athletic retailer’s board.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

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Cisco Retail

MAY 12, 2023

We have seen an increase in the efforts to future-proof our technology, infrastructure, and our planet.

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

CEO Brendan Hoffman said during an earnings call that the footwear company needs to focus on its core brands, including Merrell, Saucony and Sweaty Betty.

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A1 Retail

MAY 12, 2023

The leading international consumer goods fairs Ambiente, Christmasworld and Creativeworld were held together for the first time at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre in February 2023. Under the motto “Home of Consumer Goods”, the trade fair trio redefined the most important and biggest networking platform and formed the hub for the global consumer goods sector.

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

The swimwear collection features 33 SKUs in sizes XXS to XXXL and is available for purchase on the DTC brand’s website.

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A1 Retail

MAY 12, 2023

Sovereign Centros has announced the opening of community-focused concept, Nike Unite, at Merry Hill, one of the UK’s top 10 retail and leisure destinations. The launch of the 10,165 sq ft space marks a regional debut for Nike Unite, as well as being the first for the concept in a shopping centre environment. Nike Unite stocks sportswear ranges designed to cater to the everyday lifestyles of Merry Hill’s catchment.

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

Online prices fell for the eight consecutive month, dropping 1.8% in April, according to a new report.

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Retail Times

MAY 12, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! John Lewis has become the first department store in the UK to offer specialist advice to families on internet safety. The move comes after this was highlighted as a top concern by customers with children. We are partnering with leading online safety organisation, Internet Matters this summer to train Partners across all 34 of our […] If you want mo

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Retail Dive

MAY 12, 2023

But a return to normal is probably a good thing, according to William Blair analysts.

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