Inside Retail
JULY 16, 2025
For a decade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) was not just a channel, but a cultural movement. It whispered the golden promise of founder-led disruption. The potential for scale was unlimited, algorithmic and didn’t require a middleman. It seemed like the dream of brand affinity was born not in the aisles of Target, but in the intimacy of Instagram ads and podcast pre-rolls.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
When designing packaging, it’s easy to get carried away with the creative. It’s an involved process, and you can occasionally forget who you’re really designing for. We all have personal tastes when it comes to what we think looks good and what we’d like to see on the shelf. We all have that creative itch to scratch, and we all want to produce designs our peers adore.
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Small Biz Trends
JULY 16, 2025
When managing inventory , the right software can greatly streamline your processes and improve efficiency. You’ll want to take into account options like Syspro and Zoho Inventory , each designed for different business sizes and needs. Features like advanced reporting , ERP integration, and e-commerce capabilities can boost your operations. As you explore these solutions, comprehending their specific advantages and limitations will be essential for making an informed decision.
RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
JULY 16, 2025
Running a pet store can be both rewarding and challenging. From managing live animals and specialty products to meeting customer expectations, it takes more than just a passion for pets to succeed. Whether you’re a new store owner or looking to level up your current operation, this guide will walk you through expert retail tips to help your pet store thrive. 1.
Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
Makeup artist Patrick Ta is a master of beauty, but mastering retail requires a whole different set of brushes. As an online influencer himself, it’s no surprise that Ta’s beauty brand has leaned into creator partnerships and education, with pretty impressive results. “Consumers today are a lot more informed and more intentional — they definitely do their research,” said Heidi Lim, VP of Ecommerce at Patrick Ta Beauty in this week’s episode of the Retail Remix podcast.
365 Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Superdrug has launched its latest retail concept, Beauty Playground , at the Manchester Trafford Centre, marking the next step in a 30-store national rollout set to complete by August 2025. The initiative follows the debut opening in Westfield Stratford earlier this month and reflects the retailer’s commitment to enhancing in-store experiences across the UK.
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Small Biz Trends
JULY 16, 2025
Crafting an effective sales strategic plan is vital for achieving your business objectives. Start by setting clear sales goals that align with the S.M.A.R.T. criteria. Next, identify your target customers and segment them based on their needs. Choosing the right selling channels comes next, followed by building a structured sales process to improve efficiency.
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
Sainsbury’s is expanding its Your Nectar Prices programme to checkouts across the UK from Friday 25 July, allowing members of its loyalty scheme access to their personalised offers directly at the tills for the first time. The rollout builds on the retailer’s push into personalised loyalty, with more than 17 billion tailored discounts already generated since launch.
Inside Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its $47 billion takeover bid for Seven & I Holdings, citing a lack of constructive engagement by the Japanese retailer. The surprise move marks the end of a year-long attempt by Circle K operator Couche-Tard to create a global convenience store giant by acquiring the company behind 7-Eleven. “There has been no sincere or constructive engagement from 7&I that would facilitate the advancement of any propo
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
Currys Business is opening three business hubs across the country in Stevenage, Solihull and Exeter. The hubs have been designed to support the community of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and landlords in Solihull and the surrounding areas. The Stevenage store is set to open on 21 July, the Solihull site on the 23 July, while the Currys Exeter Rydon Lane store launches on 28 July.
Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA
The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.
Retail Times
JULY 16, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! While much of the UK high street faces continued economic headwinds, one brand is rewriting the retail story. Auntie Anne’s, the iconic hand-rolled soft pretzel brand known for its freshly baked pretzels, has delivered impressive growth in the UK and Ireland and shows no signs of slowing down.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
Two popular brands have entered the world of resale: subscription toy brand Lovevery and rising fashion label Farm Rio. ThredUp, Poshmark Power Farm Rio Resale Program Brazilian lifestyle brand Farm Rio is joining the world of secondhand with the new Closet to Closet program, which includes two options for resale powered by ThredUp and Poshmark. The program is initially available only in the U.S., but the brand plans to expand to other markets soon, according to FashionUnited.
365 Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Business owners love to talk about innovation, but most of them get it completely wrong. They read about some hot new technology in Forbes or TechCrunch and immediately start planning how to shoehorn it into their company. Six months later, they’ve blown their budget on something that doesn’t help their business. The companies that succeed with technology take a completely different approach.
Small Biz Trends
JULY 16, 2025
Competitive analysis services provide valuable insights into your market environment by evaluating your competitors’ strengths and weaknesses. By gathering data from various sources, you can identify gaps in the market and customer needs that are not being met. This information helps inform your strategies on branding, pricing, and customer experience.
Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture
When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.
365 Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Our Place has opened its first shop-in-shop location in the UK, situated inside Selfridges on Oxford Street, London. The launch marks a significant milestone for the kitchenware brand, transitioning from a direct-to-consumer model into physical UK retail. Located on the Lower Ground West level of Selfridges, the space draws from the design of the brand’s flagship store in Los Angeles.
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
Superdrug has opened its latest Beauty Playground at Manchester’s Trafford Centre, marking the next step in its rollout of the interactive in-store concept across 30 UK locations. Designed to bring a playful, immersive shopping experience to customers, the retailer’s format features ‘Try Me Tables’ for product testing, interactive displays of exclusive brands, and social stations with ring lights for content creation.
Small Biz Trends
JULY 16, 2025
To achieve success in strategic planning , you need to focus on five vital activities. Start by conducting a thorough strategic and competitive analysis to understand your strengths and market dynamics. Next, assess your rivals and analyze market trends to pinpoint customer needs. Once you have this information, set a clear strategic direction and allocate your resources wisely.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
Curacao , the Southwestern retailer known for serving Hispanic communities for 45 years, has inaugurated the Essential Assistance Program to provide free household items like microwaves, compact refrigerators, TVs and small appliances to help vulnerable families stay safe, informed and comfortable in their homes. The new program also includes limited grocery assistance, with free delivery for families unable to access food.
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.
A1 Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Iceland Foods Limited (Iceland) has partnered with renewable technology provider, Shawton Energy, to roll out rooftop solar systems across multiple sites within its retail portfolio. The combined energy output of the multiple installations will be up to 10MWp – approximately enough to power 3,000 UK homes – and will save 2,500 tonnes of CO 2 annually.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
RaceWay , which operates more than 240 stores in 11 states, has launched its first-ever loyalty program, RaceWay Rewards , supported by the PAR Retail platform from PAR Technology. RaceWay, which operates as a franchisor for parent company RaceTrac, is seeking to deliver personalized experiences and exclusive deals to program members. “Our team is excited to unveil our first customer loyalty program, RaceWay Rewards, which will enable us to further strengthen customer connections while still pro
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
Topshop and Topman are set to return to the runway this summer, with a London fashion show planned for August to mark the relaunch of the brands’ online platforms and preview the Autumn/Winter 2025 collections. The upcoming event will be the first Topshop runway since 2018 and forms part of a wider push to revive the once-dominant high street names under new ownership, Hypebae reported.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 16, 2025
Bringing the roster of partner retailers that accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) EBT payments to more than 50 , Uber Eats has added Wegmans , Gopuff and Family Dollar. Uber Eats has added a SNAP icon in its app to highlight the growing selection of retailers that accept EBT payments, and is offering $0 delivery fees to EBT cardholders for their first three SNAP-eligible orders.
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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
JULY 16, 2025
IT leaders from across the country gathered at Cisco Live US 2025 to explore the latest innovations, strategies, and best practices in technology. The event featured tailored sessions and keynotes designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing retail, hospitality, financial services, sports, media, and entertainment, healthcare and other consumer-focused organizations.
Inside Retail
JULY 16, 2025
Denim brand Wrangler has tapped footwear company Genesco to design, source, and market men’s, women’s, and children’s footwear bearing the Wrangler name. The initial collection, expected to debut in fall next year, will combine classic Wrangler-inspired designs with contemporary, trend-driven styles. “This licensing agreement represents a promising opportunity to introduce Wrangler footwear to a wide audience,” said Steve Armus, VP of licensing and collaborations at Wrangler.
VMS
JULY 16, 2025
PriceSmart Inc. (San Diego) is eyeing expanding to Chile, which would be its first foray into South America. The company also plans to open a warehouse club in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in August and another in La Romana, Dominican Republic, next spring. The chain has five locations in each of those countries. PriceSmart, which operates of 55 warehouse clubs in Latin America and Caribbean countries and one U.S. territory, disclosed those plans in a news release on its financial results for its
Inside Retail
JULY 16, 2025
China’s largest homegrown sportswear brand Anta is making its way to high-end shopping mecca Beverly Hills, marking its first retail presence in the US this September. For most American consumers, Anta is still an unfamiliar name. Yet globally, it trails just behind Nike and Adidas in terms of revenue, having established itself as a quiet powerhouse in the world of athletic wear.
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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.
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
UK retailers are set to see five millions consumers shop in-store or online for the quarter-finals stage of the women’s Euro’s tournament, fresh data shows. Consumers are expected to spend £78m in retail stores on food, drink and other viewing essentials for the Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final matches, according to new data from VoucherCodes.co.uk. The grocery sector is expected to rake in £65.2m in sales from supermarkets and convenience stores, as the majority of viewers (7.6m) plan to watch t
Retail Times
JULY 16, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! A new nationwide survey released by Spring & Autumn Fair, in partnership with SaveTheHighStreet.org, has uncovered the mounting pressure facing independent retailers across the UK, from dwindling footfall and surging costs to a sharp decline in confidence that government is listening and doing enough to help.
Small Biz Trends
JULY 16, 2025
In today’s competitive environment, finding effective cost reduction methods is essential for businesses aiming to improve profitability. One straightforward approach is to renegotiate vendor contracts to secure better terms, which can lead to substantial savings. Furthermore, embracing a remote work model can greatly lower overhead expenses. By implementing e-procurement software , you can streamline purchasing processes, boosting efficiency.
Retail Gazette
JULY 16, 2025
Ocado Retail chief commercial officer (CCO) Amit Chitnis is departing from his position after joining the business in December 2023. The executive joined Ocado Retail from Tesco, where he served under various roles for a decade, most recently as its UK grocery director. He started as the UK’s biggest supermarket’s head of group strategy in 2014, before going on to lead retail operations at Tesco’s west London convenience stores and serve as category head of cooking ingredients and global grocery
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