Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi. Wundermart customers will be able to enter a location, make a purchase and exit without ever needing to scan individual items, while the store will collect the data needed to make the experience — and even the store’s operations — truly autonomous.

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Dezeen

MARCH 22, 2021

Chinese architecture Studio PIG Design has created a showroom for the Memphis Milano furniture brand in Hangzhou , China, with interiors designed to make customers "feel the atmosphere of Memphis". Named Ya Space!, the two-storey building was designed to be an exhibition space and furniture showroom for Memphis Milano , which owns the rights to pieces created by the Memphis Group.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Dollar General is planning significant expansion for 2021, including opening 1,050 new stores, remodeling 1,750 existing locations and relocating 100 stores. The discount retailer also will build on the success of its new pOpshelf store concept with 50 independent locations (up from a previously planned 30 ) and 25 store-within-a-store concepts. Dollar General sees room for approximately 3,000 pOpshelf stores in the continental U.S.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 22, 2021

After the events of the past year, most businesses have started to question the safety of their operations. The retail industry, and most precisely independent retailers, was one of the most affected areas of business. Apart from essential shops, all retailers were asked to close their doors indefinitely, which led to significant financial losses for most of them. .

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Anthropologie has unveiled its first digital-only catalog for its AnthroLiving collection on Pinterest as it seeks to connect with consumers searching for home décor inspiration on the popular social media app. Launching on March 22, AnthroLiving’s digital catalog offers consumers an immersive and interactive look at the season’s Spring Home Collection, including home décor and furniture.

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LS Retail

MARCH 22, 2021

©iStock/Nattakorn Maneerat What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Watch out. here comes Fisker. They want to change the way you move. The 1-hour work (well almost): 15 team management platforms – by Laurel J. Delaney. Quote of the week: “Email is familiar. It’s comfortable. It’s easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.” – Ryan Holmes The new world of remote work (interesting read).

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Retail Bound

MARCH 22, 2021

Trying to get your product placed at Walmart, the world largest retailer? Many thousands of businesses every year dream of getting their products into Walmart. However, only a handful of vendors will make the cut. Why do some companies make it on the retailer’s shelves while many others don’t? To answer this question, here are some reasons why a particular company might have been rejected by the retailer: The company or the products didn’t have a track record of sales or lacked mass market appea

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Airport retailer Paradies Lagardère is testing a contactless checkout experience in several U.S. airport locations, using the “Scan, Pay & Go” technology from MishiPay. The retailer is the first to introduce MishiPay’s checkout solution in the U.S. market with successful pilots at its Univision travel essentials store in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Charlotte News and Gift store in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

MARCH 22, 2021

A new bill in the California Assembly has the potential to alter substantially the existing legal framework of products liability for online retailers. Assembly Bill No. 1182 (“AB 1182”), which was introduced on February 18, 2021, would impose strict products liability on online retailers who (1) communicate offers of sale and (2) facilitate payment between a third-party seller and a purchaser, even if the online retailer never takes physical possession of the product.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Shoe Carn i val CEO Cliff Sifford will step down after nine years at the helm of the footwear retailer. Current President and Chief Customer Officer Mark Worden has been unanimously elected by the company’s Board of Directors to fill his shoes. Worden will take over as President and CEO on Sept. 30, 2021, after which Sifford will continue to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board. “When Mark joined Shoe Carnival nearly three years ago, our objective was to bring on board an executive officer

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M19 Retail

MARCH 22, 2021

MIAMI, FLORIDA, March 22, 2021 – Mi9 Retail, the number one vendor for tier one retailers (RIS 2021 Software LeaderBoard) that enables them to automate and optimize merchandise management and retail planning is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Planalytics, the leading provider of weather-informed demand analytics and insights. Weather is a highly volatile, continuous, and directly impactful external demand driver for retail businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

For retailers, the benefits of globalization extend far and wide. Globalization is undoubtedly complex in nature, but embracing it can enable companies to position themselves for growth and sustained success in a future of uncertainty. Selling internationally provides greater access to fast-growing foreign markets for increased sales and revenues, while buying internationally enables companies to diversify their resources to pivot against supply chain disruptions in certain areas of the world.

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Retail Times

MARCH 22, 2021

Building and maintaining great supplier relationships is a must if you want to stay competitive in retail. Having healthy relationships with these vendors helps ensure that your shelves are healthily stocked with great products that bring delight to your customers. In this post, we’ll be exploring how you can create and cultivate strong relationships with your suppliers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Williams-Sonoma plans to refocus on brick-and-mortar sales as the U.S. emerges from the pandemic, CEO Laura Alber told CNBC. Alber expects a strong recovery for in-store sales as the nation recovers, and the retailer plans to ride some of its strongest annual growth in nearly two decades. Sales declined at Williams-Sonoma in Q1 2020 due to the initial lockdown, but the following three quarters generated positive sales growth.

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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.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 22, 2021

In the past, if one needed to send almost anything, the most natural place to approach was the post office. Standard postal services offered the most reliable and efficient services. One could rest, knowing their parcels would most likely reach their intended receivers in good shape and on time—well, given the times. . Now, service delivery has had to increase its pace to keep up with the changing times and needs.

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