Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2021

Timothy Oulton , a British luxury furniture brand, has signed a 10-year lease for a 7,170-square-foot retail space at 901 Broadway at 20th Street in New York’s popular Flatiron District. The store will serve as the retailer’s East Coast flagship, and will be the brand’s largest retail presence in the region. The new store resides in a portion of a larger historic landmark building, designed and constructed in 1870 in the French Second Empire style by James H.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

A mask mandate in malls has been introduced as part of a range of measures by Victoria to suppress another outbreak of Covid-19 in the state. In an order made last night, fitted masks must be worn by anyone aged 12 or over in all indoor venues, including shopping centres, workspaces and on public transport. “These additional measures are about keeping Victorians safe while our coronavirus detectives work to track down any additional cases and stamp out the spread of this deadly virus,” said acti

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2021

In America and all around the world, the long, slow climb back to normal is well under way. Some COVID-era restrictions remain, but with vaccines continuing to roll out and optimism in the air, it’s a perfect moment to consider what this summer might look like for shoppers and retailers. Before we talk about summer, let’s appreciate a few learnings that were revealed in a recent survey by RetailMeNot of 5,000 American consumers: COVID has and will have a lasting impact on shoppers, driving them

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

A fierce debate over the best way to protect garment workers is playing out between trade unions and factories in Bangladesh, as the landmark Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety nears its expiration date. Global trade unions IndustriALL and UNI Global have announced plans to pull out of the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC), the organisation that is responsible for key aspects of the Accord, such as factory inspections and worker safety training, because its policies won’t be legally bi

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2021

Black and Latina-owned jewelry brand Valerie Madison Jewelry is expanding from ecommerce to brick-and-mortar with a flagship location in in Seattle’s Madrona neighborhood. The 74-year-old storefront was renovated into a modern shop by Best Practice Architecture , which was inspired by Valerie Madison’s elegant aesthetic and its owner’s interest in plants and geodes.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Millions of restaurant workers lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and many of those found work in other industries that pay higher wages and offer more protection from the spread of the virus. Others workers, such as Jim Conway, chose to retire. Mr. Conway, who was first paid $2.13 an hour plus tips when he got into the restaurant business in 1982, chose to retire last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2021

Panera Bread plans to unveil a next-generation bakery-café restaurant design, the first of which will open in November 2021 in Ballwin, Mo. The new modern design concept will include enhanced digital capabilities, personalized options and more drive-thru access, allowing the concept to thrive in off-premise channels such as Delivery, Drive-Thru and Rapid Pick Up – both in-cafe and via a dedicated drive-thru lane.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Sportswear retailer Rip Curl has launched Australia’s first wetsuit recycling program in partnership with TerraCycle. Surfers can now recycle their surf branded wetsuit at selected Rip Curl stores across Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA. According to the company, recycled rubber will be repurposed for use in the safety attenuation layer of soft fall matting used at playgrounds and outdoor gyms.

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Intelligence Node

MAY 25, 2021

Data is the new gold! Gone are the days when you had a small store on the corner of a street where all the customers in the neighborhood came to do their shopping. You knew each and every one of them. You had personal relationships with them, knew their likes and dislikes, their preferences, and […]. The post 5 Ways Advanced Data Can Help Improve eCommerce Conversions appeared first on Blog.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Valentino has become the latest high-profile fashion brand to bow to consumer pressure to ditch the use of fur in its collections. From next year, Valentino will go fur free, following in the footsteps of its peers in the luxury fashion space – Prada, Versace, Gucci and Armani – who are all part of the global Fur Free Retailer program. “Maison de Couture for us means creativity, uniqueness, intimacy and an inclusive mind-set,” Valentino chief executive officer Jacopo Venturini said i

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Customer Experience

Mike Anthony

MAY 25, 2021

If you like retail, especially grocery, you are going to love this! If you have a passion for shopper marketing and shoppers in general, this is going to be fun! And if you work in consumer goods, in marketing, sales or trade marketing – check this out now. Because somewhere in this article is the future of retail. Not everything will stick, but this store is so packed full of great shopper-centric thinking, some of this must be part of what comes next for bricks and mortar grocery retail.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

A coalition of the world’s big fashion and footwear brands will soon boost the wages of production workers in developing countries, when the ACT Global Purchasing Practices Standard is implemented by December 2023. “Brands alone can’t increase wages, we don’t control factories, yet we must recognise that we have a critical role to play and influence through our purchasing practices so we can either impede or facilitate progress on living wages,” said Rick Lambell, head of sustainable development

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Mike Anthony

MAY 25, 2021

If you like retail, especially grocery, you are going to love this! If you have a passion for shopper marketing and shoppers in general, this is going to be fun! And if you work in consumer goods, in marketing, sales or trade marketing – check this out now. Because somewhere in this article is the future of retail. Not everything will stick, but this store is so packed full of great shopper-centric thinking, some of this must be part of what comes next for bricks and mortar grocery retail.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Supermarket chains were virtually lottery winners of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, spectacularly increasing sales and earnings. The only place to go for toilet paper or a social outing in some of the pandemic lockdown periods, supermarkets substantially boosted foot traffic and pickpocketed market share from retailers in other categories that were forced by government restrictions to keep their doors closed.

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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 Focus

MAY 25, 2021

It seems that over the last year, we’ve become accustomed to waiting in long queues for basic necessities like essential shopping. At the start of the pandemic, we’d see a long queue zigzagging around Tesco car park and bolt back to our cars to try another shop. Now, queuing is just another annoying thing we have to put up with in our daily lives. Another year brings another year of new products.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Traditionally, the luxury consumer is an experienced global traveller and an aficionado of experiences. Before the pandemic, 20 to 30 per cent of revenues were generated by consumers making luxury purchases outside their home countries. But, like everyone else, the luxury consumer has been grounded in their home countries and locked down feeling the impacts of Covid.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will be deciding if the arguments made by Epic Games or Apple have the most legal merit after hearing three weeks of testimony from the parties. Epic, maker of Fortnite, has accused Apple of having a monopoly over distribution of its video games, enabling it to charge exorbitant fees for sales of the software. Apple, which sells products from developers through its App Store, says security and other operational factors would not be able to be maintained without the f

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

We’re coming up to seven years helping businesses with their recruitment (so we’re like, 43 in start-up years). That’s almost 1 million candidates assessed and a heap of lessons learned about the things that really matter when it comes to inclusivity. Here are some of the things we’ve learned along the way… Actually be inclusive. If your organisation is staffed by the same kind of person, you have work to do.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 remain more hesitant to go out to crowded locations such as stores, restaurants, salons and entertainment venues compared to those who have not yet been immunized, according to Cardify.ai. The market research firm claims that those who are not vaccinated are “more risk tolerant” than those who have chosen to get the shots.

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Retail Focus

MAY 25, 2021

The deal at the Midlands based self-adhesive film supplier is a planned succession arrangement that sees James Carpenter officially retire from Doro Tape and Michael Ingram take over full ownership of the company. The two have worked together to turn the company into one of the UK’s leading suppliers of self-adhesive films for the creative sector as well as supplying technical films to various industries for well over 20 years.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Australia’s second biggest buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip Co Ltd is exploring a bigger push into Asia and a potential U.S. listing, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. After gaining a toehold in Southeast Asia last month through a stake in Philippine firm TendoPay, Zip Chief Executive Larry Diamond said the company is now “actively looking at Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and India” Zip’s big focus remains the United States, the biggest market in BNPL sp

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Talking Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Family business Creightons has installed EDGEPoS electronic shelf edge labels into all three of its convenience forecourts. The Finaghy, Balmoral and Black’s Road stores, in Belfast, now have the automated system that reduces time and cost for pricing management, improves pricing accuracy, and allows dynamic pricing. Andrew Porter, general manager at Creightons, said: “The results.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Peloton plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant near Toledo, OH. The at-home fitness company will manufacture bikes and treadmills at the facility. “While we will continue to invest in our Asian manufacturing footprint as well as our existing facilities in the U.S. via our Precor sites, the new Peloton Output Park gives us a massive strategic lever to make sure we have capacity, quality, and economies of scale in our bike and tread product lines, to support our continued growth fo

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Talking Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Amacor Capital has launched its 14th convenience store in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The launch of the new Nisa Local follows a four-day turnaround that saw the existing store cease trading, re-branded, and stocked with an improved range. The 4,000sq ft Duckworth Road store, which previously traded as a Co-op, will continue to offer Co-op own-brand. This story continues at Amacor expansion continues.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Rebecca Allen went from working at Goldman Sachs to opening an eponymous shoe brand that offers sophisticated footwear designed with Black and Brown women in mind. For many (white) women, the “nude pump” has always been a staple, living under their desks at work because it just goes with everything,” said Ms. Allen. “For me, however, instead of blending in to balance a patterned dress, every ‘nude’ I found was a pop of color against my brown skin.” Ms.

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Talking Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Ferrero has launched Nutella & Go Wholegrain to help retailers meet the “growing demand” for a wider variety of snacking options. The limited edition 55g variant retails at £1.02 and contains 80% wheat and oat cereal sticks alongside a Nutella dip. Ferrero said the lifting of lockdown restrictions through the summer should see impulse and. This story continues at Ferrero adds wholegrain variant to Nutella & Go range.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Status used to be a purchasing motivator for consumers. These values are increasingly communicated through content, which is why a deal between Amazon.com and MGM could prove so valuable to the retailing and technology giant.

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Talking Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Google-backed retail technology firm NearSt has partnered with the leading EPoS provider ITS Retail to enable convenience stores to drive online shoppers in-store, by making their inventory visible on Google in real-time. NearSt’s software brings customers into stores by showing the products stocked in local shops to people searching online nearby – making it more.

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Retail Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Birdies, the consumer direct brand selling flat shoes for women, saw sales orders increase during the novel coronavirus but lost out because it did not properly anticipate demand. “We learned the hard way that, in our business, you can only sell what you have,’ said Bianca Gates, Birdies co-founder and CEO. Birdies reported in April that it achieved 300 percent year-per-year growth.

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Mulesoft

MAY 25, 2021

If you attended our Community Meetup during MuleSoft CONNECT 2021, you already heard the news about our brand new MuleSoft Community program — the MuleSoft Mentors! This program recognizes members of our Community for their amazing contributions and mentorship of others. The MuleSoft Mentors will help our Community expand their MuleSoft skill sets, become comfortable […].

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