Retail TouchPoints
MAY 13, 2022
Retail TouchPoints and design:retail have unveiled the 2022 slate of 40 Under 40 Award winners. Representing the entire retail realm — from store design to CX strategy, ecommerce and retail operations — the 40 Under 40 Awards spotlight up-and-coming leaders who have done innovative and remarkable work and contributed significantly to the progress of the retail industry as a whole.
Retail Focus
MAY 13, 2022
Global lifestyle brand Ted Baker is set to open a new store at centre:mk Milton Keynes. Opening within the centre later this year, the 2,150 sq ft space will stock Ted Baker’s full range of womenswear, menswear, footwear and accessories. . Founded in Glasgow as a shirt specialist in 1988, Ted Baker’s latest store will complement its strong international portfolio spanning the UK, USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
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Retail TouchPoints
MAY 13, 2022
Instacart has moved closer to a planned IPO after confidentially submitting a draft registration statement with the SEC on May 11, 2022, although specific details were not revealed. While Instacart shared a valuation of $39 billion following a $265 million funding round in March 2021, by March 2022 the company had slashed its valuation by nearly 40% to approximately $24 billion , according to Bloomberg.
Retail Focus
MAY 13, 2022
French fashion and lifestyle brand IKKS Paris announces the opening of two stores in iconic London shopping destinations Carnaby Street and Kings Road, marking the brand’s entry into the UK. Bringing Parisian attitude and a sense of free spirit to London, the first shop will open at 3 Carnaby Street this May. The 2,610 sq ft store spans two floors with a full collection of womenswear, menswear, and kidswear.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 13, 2022
Trove President Gayle Tait will now lead the recommerce platform as its CEO, effective immediately. Former CEO Andy Ruben, who occupied the position since founding the company in 2011, will continue to work with Trove as its Executive Chairman. The change will allow Ruben to focus on industry leadership, sustainability and Trove’s growth strategy. .
Retail Focus
MAY 13, 2022
Garden centre retailer, Dobbies has announced today (Friday 13 May) that it has been granted planning permission to build a new 60,000 sq ft store in Reading. The retailer currently has a store at Hyde End Road, Shinfield, and the new store will be built on the land behind the existing store. The current store will remain trading for the majority of the build.
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Retail Focus
MAY 13, 2022
Moët & Chandon is opening its largest stand-alone Champagne bar in Europe at Harrods in Knightsbridge, London at the end of June. Located on the ground floor of the iconic department store, the Moët & Chandon Champagne Bar is set to be the must-visit place in the capital for champagne lovers to enjoy the spirit and glamour of the renowned House.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 13, 2022
The end goal of any business is selling and delivering products to match consumer expectations. These expectations, however, constantly change, requiring retailers to be flexible and adaptable in turn. This is why routed delivery strategies are important for retailer success. Simply defined, routed deliveries optimize logistics channels to create the best in quality, speed and efficiency of last mile product transport to the consumer.
Retail Focus
MAY 13, 2022
Capital & Counties Properties PLC (‘Capco’) has announced a number of new brands to the Covent Garden estate from globally renowned fashion, lifestyle and beauty brands. New openings include TAG Heuer, Chestnut Bakery, and Empresa while new brands joining the estate include Parfums de Marly and Vuori, further cementing Covent Garden’s position as one of London’s leading retail destinations.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 13, 2022
Associates at a Target store in Christiansburg, Va. have reportedly filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a union election, according to CNBC , The New Republic and other media outlets. The workers aim to get representation through the New River Valley General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. The location has approximately 100 employees, according to the petition filed with the NLRB.
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AI agents already analyze trends, draft content, and trigger actions across leading commerce platforms. Yet most organizations still rely on workflows built for human‑only teams, losing speed, margin, and customer loyalty. Humans + Agents: Rethinking Enterprise Commerce in the Age of AI Collaboration shows how to close that gap. In one concise read you’ll see where agent gains surface first, how early adopters prove ROI, and which lean controls keep innovation moving without risking data or bran
Cisco Retail
MAY 13, 2022
The Cisco Utility team is excited to return in person to DistribuTECH later this month in Dallas, Texas. We look forward to the industry coming together to network, showcase solutions and collaborate to continue improving on the safe, reliable and efficient distribution of power. This year Cisco will demonstrate exciting solutions across a wide variety of distribution use cases.
Nvidia
MAY 13, 2022
When it comes to safety, efficiency and sustainability, autonomous vehicles are delivering a clean sweep. Autonomous vehicle company and NVIDIA Inception member WeRide this month began a public road pilot of its Robo Street Sweepers. The vehicles, designed to perform round-the-clock cleaning services, are built on the high-performance, energy-efficient compute of NVIDIA.
Cisco Retail
MAY 13, 2022
I want to share my experience using vulnerability scanners and other open-source projects for security. First, we need container scanning to make our app and solution secure and safe. The central concept of container scanning is to scan OS Packages and programming language dependencies. Security scanning helps to detect common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE).
Retail Dive
MAY 13, 2022
Consumer demand remains relatively high, but there are signs it might wane if inflation keeps up. Meanwhile, buying habits are shifting.
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Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.
Cisco Retail
MAY 13, 2022
The cloud native universe has experienced an explosion of innovation with a velocity and richness of capabilities that would’ve been hard to imagine a decade ago. The next frontier of innovation for cloud providers is being built on machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI). These emerging capabilities offer customers real-time insight and increase the value and stickiness of the cloud’s services.
A1 Retail
MAY 13, 2022
Boohoo revealed 70% of their customers dislike their bodies from a recent poll and as part of the brand’s wider dedication to empowering young men and women global e-tailer boohoo has announced a new campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week in collaboration with neuropsychologist The Brain Coach. . The Body Cleanse campaign comprises of a seven-step plan which creates practical, habit-forming steps to encourage the public to speak more kindly to their bodies.
Retail Dive
MAY 13, 2022
Damien Huang had only been CEO for about a year, while Target's Christiansburg, Virginia, employees seek higher wages.
Cisco Retail
MAY 13, 2022
Smartphones regularly push out OS updates and we dutifully download and install them without a second thought. With most laptops, the process is automatic and happens while we are asleep. However, when it comes to enterprise-grade networking software, keeping routers, switches, wireless equipment, and other gear on the latest recommended software release is often uneven.
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Late deliveries. Split shipments. Spiraling freight costs. For home, furniture, and DIY brands, fulfillment has never been more complex—or more critical. This report outlines how a smarter, AI-ready order management system (OMS) helps you reduce shipping costs, streamline project-based fulfillment, and ensure accurate inventory across every channel.
Retail Dive
MAY 13, 2022
The announcement is a long-awaited step for the San Francisco-based company, which did not disclose further details on its potential offering.
Small Biz Trends
MAY 13, 2022
This week there are a number of grants being offered by leading brands. From Wells Fargo to eBay, UPS, and Indeed along with public local, state, and federal organizations funds that are essential in this down economic climate are now available. These grants are addressing a range of issues small businesses are facing including, hiring, business operations, business recovery, expansion, and more.
Retail Times
MAY 13, 2022
coegg, has further expanded into bricks and mortar retail with both Tesco and Sainsbury’s now stocking the ecoegg Laundry Egg’s and refills. The eco-friendly, ecoegg Laundry Egg completely replaces washing detergent and conditioner, reducing single use plastic in the home but also helping save the pennies. The RRP is £9.99 for a Laundry Egg, and £4.99 for refills, it works out at just 10p per wash when consumers refill and reuse.
Small Biz Trends
MAY 13, 2022
Two Senate committee chairs want the Small Business Administration to pull more funds into the Economic Impact Disaster Loan program. They are asking the SBA to pull Covid-19 relief money from relief programs where it hasn’t been spent. Last week, the SBA urged small business owners in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to ask for EIDLs related to Hurricane Ida.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
Cisco Retail
MAY 13, 2022
We all know the technology landscape has become extremely complex, as modern applications are built to scale with cloud native technologies, microservices and containerized components, leveraging an extensive web of legacy components, third-party services, and application programming interfaces. Consequently, it’s becoming increasingly challenging for operations and IT teams to quickly identify and remediate application performance issues before they adversely impact user experiences and busines
Small Biz Trends
MAY 13, 2022
On May 11, The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the New Mexico Small Business Development Center Network announced the opening of an SBA Business Recovery Center in Ruidoso to provide support services to businesses impacted by the wildfires and straight-line winds that began on April 5, 2022. SBA Offers Aid to Small Businesses Affected by New Mexico Wildfires.
LS Retail
MAY 13, 2022
©iStock/Blue Planet Studio What if you could find a banking product for your global business that will allow you, as the founder, to open a US bank account, remotely, from any continent, with no US Social Security Number required? Discover fintech company doola , which does just that. This is a new banking product that supports founders on every continent, with no US SSN required, and no visit to the US required.
Small Biz Trends
MAY 13, 2022
This article, " Are You Working With a Core or On Your Core? " was first published on Small Business Trends.
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
A1 Retail
MAY 13, 2022
The London Eid Festival celebrated the end of Ramadan at Westfield Square on 7 th and 8 th May. Last weekend saw Eid Festival return to Westfield London for its third year, as local communities came together to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Last taking place on the 8 th and 9 th June 2019 – which holds the record for the busiest event held at Westfield London since the centre opened in 2008 – this year’s London Eid Festival took over the entire of Westfield London’s outdoor event spa
Retail Times
MAY 13, 2022
Kantar, the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company, and capital D, the next-generation private equity fund manager, today announce they have reached an agreement for Kantar to acquire Qmee, the Reading, UK-based app survey platform and fraud prevention technology provider. Post-completion, Qmee will become a part of Kantar’s Profiles Division, which is responsible for primary research within Kantar.
A1 Retail
MAY 13, 2022
Retail Technology Show, the new flagship show for retail that brings together future-forward innovators and Europe’s most forward-thinking retailers, saw over 6,850 retail professionals attend the two day event, held on 26 & 27 April at London’s Olympia. As the event that reunited retail, Retail Technology Show provided the opportunity to network, discover and share best practice at the industry’s first large-scale, in-person trade show and conference held since the pandemic.
365 Retail
MAY 13, 2022
Ingenico a Worldline brand, and Inspire Payments today announce a new partnership, equipping the Verastar Group’s company with Ingenico’s market leading ‘Move’ and ‘Desk’ payment terminals. The deal will mean Ingenico is now the primary supplier of terminals to Inspire Payments, empowering the payments provider to grow its merchant estate and offer tailored payment solutions to the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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When it comes to driving traffic and growing your online presence, businesses often ask: SEO or PPC—what’s the better choice? This guide breaks down the key differences between search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, highlighting their pros, cons, and best use cases. Whether you’re looking for long-term organic growth or immediate visibility through paid ads, we’ll help you determine which strategy—or combination of both—is right for your business.
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