Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Luxury media outlet Modern Luxury Media has launched a new clothing rental service curated by Modern Luxury editors and powered by rental and logistics firm CaaStle. Modern Luxury Media’s ecosystem of 85+ brands across 22 markets includes Hampton’s Magazine , Ocean Drive and Aspen Magazine , reaching more than 16 million readers. The new ModLux.Rent platform offers members unrestricted access to the season’s latest styles from luxury brands for a flat monthly fee of $125.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Battersea Power Station welcomed over a quarter of a million visitors during its opening weekend between Friday 14 th – Sunday 16 th October , as huge crowds came to see inside the iconic landmark for the very first time and explore the neighbourhood’s new pedestrianised high street, Electric Boulevard. . Nearly forty years after the lights were switched off in one of London’s most defining landmarks and following an eight-year restoration project in which the building was transformed from a der

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Boots has partnered with RangeMe to help it source new, emerging and diverse brands for its stores. The retailer has been adding new brands to its portfolio and will leverage the partnership to add even more options for its customers. The partnership will grant Boots access to the more than 200,000 suppliers registered on the RangeMe platform, including SMEs and diverse businesses, in order to support fair and equal chances for them to compete for retail opportunities.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Memo was founded to take the pain out of shopping for baby goods, an experience that can often be overwhelming for first-time parents. Which products are really essential, and which ones are just gimmicks? “I felt very overwhelmed by the options, and I felt quite underwhelmed by the level of service and the experience,” Kate Casey, co-founder and CEO of The Memo, told Inside Retail about the experience of visiting big-box stores when she was pregnant.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As prices continue rising, consumers rely on a combination of their wallets and consciences when deciding which fashion industry trends to buy into. Produced by a collective societal desire for more holistic, eco-friendly products, shoppers are frequently prioritizing purchases of items with natural fibers rather than synthetics. Consumers are also pushing for brands to step away from “fast fashion” trends and promote sustainability in both product development and manufacturing, making efforts t

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Manchester Arndale has announced that Gilly Hicks and Clarks will be moving into part of the former Topshop space, taking two newly created units. This coincides with the announcement that iFix and Pizza Hut will also be joining the line up while Hollister has recommitted its future to the centre, relocating to the former Disney Store unit. The new Gilly Hicks store will be home to a range of activewear, loungewear and intimates.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For many people, Ikea is the place to go for bath towels, shower curtains, scented candles and all the other items needed for a relaxing bath experience. Now, they can add a water-recycling shower system to the list, following the furniture giant’s minority investment in Danish start-up Flow Loop. The aim of the investment is to make it easy and affordable for people to save both water and energy without compromising the shower experience, Ikea’s innovation ventures manager Robert Carleke told I

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

SES-imagotag offers the VUSION Retail IoT Cloud Platform, which aims to help retailers strike a balance between physical and digital retail in a way that eliminates waste, improves operations and caters to the needs and values of shoppers. Collectively, the VUSION suite of services are designed work together to promote agility, sustainability and an improved customer experience.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

After a difficult few years for the party industry, Sydney-based The Party People has made its first acquisition – buying up Mega Party Warehouse, and creating a wider umbrella company to run its operations, Fun Industries. Opened in 2018, Mega Party Warehouse sits in southwest Sydney and boasts a 2,400sqm footprint, making it the largest party store in Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sam’s Club has completed the addition of inventory scanning capabilities to the fleet of robotic scrubbers in its nearly 600 stores. The cloud-connected Inventory Scan towers incorporated into the scrubbers capture data as the robot moves autonomously around the store, providing insights into product localization, planogram compliance, product stock levels and pricing accuracy verification.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? Running between Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, the soccer tournament in Qatar falls directly in the key festive trading quarter where the fiercely competitive sector typically makes a large chunk of its annual profit.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Purple Innovation , the digitally native mattress brand, has hired Keira Krausz as its Chief Marketing Officer following the departure of Patrice Varni, who joined the company in June 2021 as Chief Marketing and Digital Officer. Krausz will report to CEO Rob DeMartini when she steps into the role on Nov. 1, 2022. Krausz’s most recent experience was serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at digital health distribution platform HealthPlanOne , which she joined in August 2020.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday. Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, to total 26 weeks by 2026, with use-it-or-lose-it provisions directed to having fathers undertake a greater part of the early parenting.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Amazon is expanding its efforts to shut down fake review brokers by filing its first criminal complaint in Italy, filing its first civil lawsuit in Spain and launching another 10 lawsuits in the U.S. The ecommerce giant is targeting more than 11,000 websites and social media groups accused of attempting to orchestrate fake reviews on Amazon and elsewhere in exchange for money or free products.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Maggie Beer Holdings CEO Chantale Millard resigns. By Rakshnna Pattabiraman. Maggie Beer Holdings’ CEO and MD Chantale Millard says she plans to resign by the end of the year. Millard joined the company as CEO of Maggie Beer Products before taking on the helm as CEO of MBH in November 2019. She was instrumental in the acquisition of Hampers & Gifts Australia last year.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The U.S. surgeon general is warning Americans that working at companies where employees are ill-treated and work hard with little return is bad for their mental and physical health. A survey in April and May by the American Psychological Association found that 18 percent describe their workplaces as very or somewhat toxic. Thirty percent said they have experienced harassment, verbal abuse and/or physical violence at work from fellow workers or customers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Asos, the one-time British poster child for the shift to online fashion retailing, will overhaul its business model after the economic crunch and a string of operational problems hammered its profits. New CEO José Antonio Ramos Calamonte said that while Asos’s core business in the UK remained strong, returns from its international operations, particularly from the United States, were unsatisfactory and needed to be addressed.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A slowdown in the job market had led some employers to believe that they have the leverage to demand that workers who have been doing their jobs remotely return to their offices. “Companies are a little less concerned that they’re not going to fill jobs if they lose people because of return-to-work policies,” said Jim McCoy, senior vice president of talent solutions for ManpowerGroup.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Starbucks has agreed to sell its Seattle’s Best Coffee brand to Nestle. The coffee company acquired Seattle’s Best nearly two decades ago as a secondary brand that targeted areas where its more “premium coffee” core business would not get the same support, with plans to expand the concept through retail, franchising and licensing. At one stage the company planned to expand the physical store network from around 3000 stores to 30,000, spread over 11 international markets.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have asked the Federal Trade Commission to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons. Other senators, including Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal, have expressed concerns about the deal.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Birkin bag maker Hermes said it would likely hike prices by 5 per cent to 10 per cent in 2023, much more than in the past, after reporting a sharp rise in sales growth over the third quarter and seeing no signs of slowdown in any of its markets. Echoing upbeat comments earlier this month by rival Louis Vuitton owner LVMH, Hermes brushed off concerns that the industry’s post-pandemic boom could be cooling due to a looming recession, as U.S. shoppers took advantage of the dollar’s stre

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The giant shopping center REIT’s newly acquired 50% stake in mixed-use developer Jamestown suggests the traditional mall’s days are numbered.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Seasonal business ventures remain one of the hottest small business trends thanks to the numerous business opportunities and the unique benefits these options offer budding entrepreneurs. After all, seasonal businesses such as those that only operate during the winter season allow small business owners to take extended breaks during their lengthy off-seasons or to spend that time strategizing ways to boost sales the next year.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The company’s updates come just as consumers — who are feeling the impact of high prices — start shopping for holiday gifts.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 20, 2022

If you own a cleaning business or are in charge of keeping your small business location clean, a commercial vacuum can help make the job quicker and more efficient. Commercial vacuum cleaners are designed to run for longer periods of time than household vacuums. They also usually have more suction power and can be used on multiple surfaces. They can do some things that regular vacuums simply can’t do.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The retailer is bringing back its “Black Friday Deals for Days” event, beginning in early November and featuring products from Lego, Dyson and Apple.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Heating oil prices jumped 38 cents in the last week, alone. That spike in the price of heating oil shatters the record high set just last week. The new average price for a gallon of residential heating oil in the US is a record-high $5.72. Last week, the price was $5.34. And these high prices, combined with the already high prices on electricity and other utilities, plus the increased costs due to inflation, continue to put more of a strain on small businesses.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The e-commerce giant previously told merchants the partnership would add convenience and encourage shoppers to buy more.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

ProCook, a UK direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand, has announced its certification as a B Corporation (B Corp), acknowledging its membership of a select but growing group of companies committed to creating value for all stakeholders. The certification follows a rigorous assessment set by B Lab, the non-profit organisation behind the B Corp movement, whereby ProCook was required to reach a benchmark score by providing evidence of socially and environmentally responsible practices incl

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