Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Adobe expects U.S. online holiday sales to hit $209.7 billion in the period from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, a 2.5% increase over holiday 2021. Adobe also expects more of this spending to come earlier in the season due to early shopping holidays such as the second Amazon Prime Day. The projected growth is significantly lower than the 8.6% increase last year, much of which was due to more shoppers returning to stores.

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Tokinomo

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Campaign scoop. Caring for your heart. It’s important to take care of your health and exercise constantly. Imagine going to your regular spinning class and Ice-T is your instructor. In this commercial from Cheerios , you’ll discover how these cereals can help your heart and why Ice-T is suddenly teaching a spinning class.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It’s a sunny Saturday morning, a perfect day for running some quick errands. First stop — the farmers market to pick up ingredients for a dinner party you are hosting. The farmstand is stocked with great quality produce so you pick up some fresh fruit and veggies and pay via an iPhone with a Square Reader attachment. Next stop — your favorite department store to pick out an outfit for a work trip later in the week.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Walking into the newly redesigned Wittner store in Booragoon shopping centre in Perth is like stepping inside a friend’s apartment, if that friend happened to be a stylist with exquisite taste. Premium and unique touches, such as marble accents, linen curtains, full-height mirrors, designer furniture and hand-crafted paper pendant lights created by local artists, convey a luxurious look and feel and signal the start of a new, more elevated era for the 110-year-old footwear brand, according to Wi

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Enduring tween favorite Hot Topic is entering the world of resale with its new Hot Topic Replay program, powered by ThredUP’s resale-as-a-service (RaaS) platform. Customers can now buy gently used Hot Topic items as well as products from other pop culture brands in the retailer’s new online resale shop. Hot Topic is just the latest retailer to launch a branded resale offering, a group that now includes more than 100 of retail’s biggest names, according to the most recent edition of ThredUP’s Rec

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Shaftesbury has announced that The Hook, a unique art gallery retail concept, has opened its flagship London store in Seven Dials in the heart of the West End. Featuring a range of both established and emerging artists, across a variety of subjects and styles, the 1,588 sq ft space is located at 37A Neal Street, adjacent to Ollie Quinn. The Hook Seven Dials spans two floors and features their frequently updated collection of framed artwork.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Sloane Stanley has announced the opening of technology-led sleep smart brand, Sleep.8 , in its newly upsized and refurbished flagship store at 362-368 King’s Road. The expanded store, which has more than doubled in size, has opened its new look 2,950 sq ft space on the King’s Road. Designed by an in-house team, the store provides bespoke solutions for sleep-related challenges through eco-friendly products which are hypoallergenic and plant-based, providing advice and support from specially

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Infant and baby goods retailer Baby Bunting says its first-quarter performance has been “below expectations” in a trading update. In the year-to-date data to October 7, sales grew 12 per cent, with transactions up by 15.2 per cent. Comparable-store sales growth was 7.6 per cent while online sales represented 19.6 per cent of overall revenue, compared to 28.6 per cent in the same period last year.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One of the most important decisions you will make as a business is how to price your products. No matter what part of the retail industry you’re in, how you price your products will have a direct effect on the success of your business. Customers can be extremely sensitive to prices, and often view price as one the main factors to consider when making purchases.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai , which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. The store, which also carries pre-owned fashion, is located on the first and second floor of a three-storey building on Shanghai's buzzy Anfu Road.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Abercrombie & Fitch Co. brand released the Share2Pay function based on company data about customer pain points.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In direct opposition to the more singular body shape represented in most advertising, fashion app Mys Tyler connects users with models and influencers of similar body sizes, allowing them to find styles and clothing that will complement their body shape. Here, the founder of the inclusive fashion brand Sarah Neill discusses the feedback she gets from women on how they feel about their bodies, what she would change today – if she could – about the industry, ways to increase your chances of securi

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Labor Department has unveiled a proposal that would likely lead to millions of gig workers being reclassified as employees from independent contractors. The proposal would not have the force of a Congressionally-approved regulation but would cover only those areas enforced by the Labor Department such as the federal minimum wage.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Two iconic Aussie brands – choc malt drink Milo and Bondi-born swimwear brand Speedo – have teamed up to launch a limited-edition swimwear range to celebrate “summer vibes and nostalgic fun” The Milo x Speedo swimwear range features a novel design of a Milo tin, a glass of the choc malt drink, and a spoon. “All the essentials for mixing a delicious cold Milo,” proclaims the collab. “With four iconic Speedo swimwear styles, plus a towel and swimming cap, there’

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Classic Fashion has opened a new factory in Santa Ana, CA, that will cut and sew apparel only for Walmart. The company, which also supplies Adidas, American Eagle Outfitters, JCPenney and Tommy Hilfiger, said the new facility will eventually employ around 350 people. “Investing in local manufacturing creates American jobs, helps small businesses expand and benefits communities like Santa Ana.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Amazon.com fired up the holiday shopping season with its second major sales event of the year as rivals from Walmart to Best Buy joined in with discounts to woo customers grappling with inflation-squeezed Christmas budgets. The two-day “Prime Early Access Sale” shopping event for Amazon members, which starts Tuesday, is much like the Prime Day summer marketing blitz and will compete with early discounts from rival retailers. “Retailers will likely fight harder and earlier for p

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A consumer slowdown in spending can be seen in personal computers where shipments in the third quarter fell nearly 20 percent, according to Gartner. “This quarter’s results could mark a historic slowdown for the PC market,” said Mikako Kitagawa, an analyst at Gartner. “While supply-chain disruptions have finally eased, high inventory has now become a major issue given weak PC demand in both the consumer and business markets.”.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Bug bounty programs are all the rage these days, and it’s not hard to see why, given the cost of a major cybersecurity breach both to an organisation’s finances and its reputation. For the uninitiated, a bug bounty program is when a white hat, or ethical, hacker is invited by a company to search for vulnerabilities in its IT infrastructure. These programs are seen as game-changers when it comes to cybersecurity, and organisations offer big rewards to those who can help them find and fix potentia

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Amazon.com plans to invest more than $972 million over the next five years as it grows its current electric vehicle delivery fleet from 3,000 to 10,000 vehicles. “Our transportation network is one of the most challenging areas of our business to decarbonize, and to achieve net-zero carbon will require a substantial and sustained investment,” Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO, said in a statement.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When the idea for Good & Fugly came to me, it seemed logical. Rescue ‘ugly’ fruit and veg from landfill and redistribute them to consumers. In fact, it seemed so logical that I couldn’t quite understand why we weren’t doing this more readily as a country. The more I looked into the concept, the more evidence I gathered that this was something Australians not only could be doing but should be doing.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The perks offered by Dunkin’s new rewards program are not as easily earned as the scheme it replaces. That has a lot of the chain’s customers seeing red. The new rewards program will require members to spend $50 to earn a free cup of coffee. The previous program only required purchases totaling $40. Members are taking to social media to tell the company what they think about the change.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

In what seems to be an attempt at viral fashion, Spanish luxury label Balenciaga has unveiled a new handbag that resembles a bag of Lay’s potato chips. Dubbed “Lay’s-Branded Bag”, the accessory made its debut at Paris Fashion Week and is an official collaboration with US chips company Lay’s which promoted that bag on its social media accounts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lay’s (@lays).

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 11, 2022

T-Mobile recently launched a suite of ready-to-deploy 5G Advanced Industry Solutions that could be ideal for businesses in the retail and manufacturing sectors. T-Mobile Targets Retail and Manufacturing Business with Advanced Industry Solutions. The solutions feature an end-to-end suite of connectivity, devices and applications designed to help businesses who previously had to source their technology options from an endless supply of often confusing options.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Japan’s Fast Retailing Co, owner of clothing brand Uniqlo, is expected to post a record annual profit on Thursday as the yen’s slump has boosted the value of its overseas sales even as soaring living costs dampen prospects for retailers. The company, Japan’s biggest retailer, has posted strong performances in North America and Europe in the first three quarters of the fiscal year that ended in August, but investors will look for signs of a recovery in China, its biggest foreign

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With inventory rising all year, including a 43% surge in Q3, the denim maker is taking drastic measures to get back to normal by Q2 next year.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Retailers are working in an increasingly challenging environment. The after-effects of the pandemic, inflationary pressures in supply chains, and the looming cost of living crisis create the perfect storm of uncertainty. This is one of the key findings from new research we’ve conducted into the state of retail. But it is not all bad news. If the past two years have taught retailers anything, it’s that agility and speed can turn adversity into opportunity.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The fast-fashion retailer is facing new competition from resale and even faster brands like Shein, but remains a Gen Z favorite.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 11, 2022

? Recently, the Federal Open Market Committee boosted interest rates by 75 basis points. The decision could have a huge impact on those applying for small business loans. Chris Hurn, Founder and CEO of Fountainhead Commercial Capital, returns to the program to talk about what this could signify for small business lending. Check out the edited transcript of this latest episode of Small Biz in :15.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Helen of Troy, the seller of brands including OXO and Hydro Flask, had decreased its business with the struggling home goods chain.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Victoria Square, a retail and leisure destination positioned in the heart of Belfast, has announced the signing of global activewear and lifestyle brand Sweaty Betty for its Northern Ireland debut. Sweaty Betty will occupy a 2,056 sq ft unit on the lower ground level of Victoria Square by the central atrium and feature Sweaty Betty’s extensive range, including leggings, outerwear, underwear, and accessories.

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