Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Five Below will open 170 stores over the next nine months, bringing its total to more than 1,200 locations, according to Knox Pages. The effort kicked off with 11 stores across Ohio, Maryland, Florida, Texas, New York and Mississippi in the first week of February, with more grand openings slated for every weekend through November 2021. All stores will follow CDC-recommended health and safety protocols, including mandatory masks and regular sanitization.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

How can you be more competitive? Increase sales? Optimize margins and boost profits? These are questions every business has—but that doesn’t mean there are very many easy answers. One area you can focus on to address the above concerns is pricing. Specifically, setting the right price at the right time. For many, this is achieved through repricing.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adidas will cut Reebok loose following an assessment undertaken as part of the retailer’s soon-to-be-announced five-year strategy. As a result, it will report Reebok as “discontinued operations” from Q1 2021 onwards. This will enable the company to focus on strengthening the adidas brand in the global sporting goods market. Adidas initially acquired Reebok in 2006 and implemented the “Muscle Up” turnaround plan in 2016.

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Frank Mayer

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This year marks Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.’s 90 th anniversary, and the milestone has caused me to pause and reflect on our journey. What began as a humble screen-printing operation started by my grandfather in 1931 has evolved into a renowned company in the point of purchase and kiosk industries. We’ve designed, engineered, prototyped, and manufactured merchandising displays, interactive kiosks, and store fixtures for some of the world’s best-known companies.

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Kiosk 94

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Target has made a number of changes across its executive leadership team, including the promotion of Christina Hennington to the newly established role of EVP and Chief Growth Officer. Additional appointments include: Jill Sando will step into Hennington’s previous role and oversee buying for hardlines and softlines as EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer; Rick Gomez has been named EVP and Chief Food and Beverage Officer; Cara Sylvester has been promoted to EVP and Chief Marketing and Digital Off

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Retail Pro

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For retailers, a unified commerce strategy is built on the foundation of integrated retail technology for an efficient, frictionless customer experience across channels. Unified commerce gives retailers a smooth, efficient means of transacting business, because inventory, sales, e-commerce, and fulfillment … Continue reading → The post Retailers benefit from unified commerce insights first appeared on Retail Pro Blog.

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Fulfillment Customer Experience Inventory Management Management 68

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, most CPG brands or grocery retailers would consider the retailer’s own website the single most important digital touch point for online grocery shopping. Throughout the last five to 10 years of grocery ecommerce evolution, the industry has been hyper-focused on how it could bring the brick-and-mortar format online. This led to a narrow focus on the retailers’ owned digital properties and traditional methods of user tracking and communication, like the loyalty card.

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