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What Does the Future Hold for Malls? Design Visionaries Share Their Predictions

Retail TouchPoints

The shopping mall’s identity crisis has been an oft-discussed topic in the retail industry. Even beforethe pandemic, the narrative focused on how malls were navigating the rise in online shopping and the associated fall in foot traffic.

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Target plans $100M investment to expand next-day delivery

Retail Dive

The retailer will add more than six new sortation facilities as it builds out its stores-as-hubs strategy

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Rebates vs Discounts: What’s the Difference?

Wiser

The prices you set can affect the number of sales you get, your profits, and even your brand perception. That’s why it’s so important to make the right pricing decisions for your business. Two popular choices when forming your pricing strategies are rebates and discounts.

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Art and upcycling: How Casetify plans to reach 100 stores globally by 2025

Inside Retail

Following its store launch in Sydney earlier this year, Hong Kong-based tech accessories brand Casetify is planning to expand across Australia, as part of a larger goal of reaching 100 stores globally by 2025.

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Retail Reimagined: What It Means To Be An Innovative Retailer

Speaker: DeAnna McIntosh, Retail Growth Strategist

Join DeAnna McIntosh, Retail Growth Strategist, for this idea-sparking session on how to multiply and diversify your revenue (and impact) with zero ad spend, how to create disruption in your industry, and how to reimagine and innovate the retail business model.

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Experts answered: How to increase sales in grocery stores?

Tokinomo

One of the most important goals for any grocer is to increase sales. In this article, we’ve asked 4 world-renowned retail experts a simple, yet challenging question: How to increase sales in grocery stores? retail sales retail trends in-store promotions

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How Livestream Shopping Channels the Power of Influencer Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

Brands have long recognized the power of celebrities to influence the buying decisions of consumers.

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Leah Weckert named new CEO of Coles; Steven Cain to retire

Inside Retail

Leah Weckert has been appointed as Coles’ new MD and CEO, effective May 1. Outgoing CEO Steven Cain has announced his retirement and will remain with the company for an interim period to facilitate an easy transition of executive responsibilities. “I

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Mass merchants, automation, and grocery inflation - Weekly Snacks #43

Tokinomo

Campaign Corner Try it for yourself. Actor-turned-surgeon, Steve Martin, puts on quite a show during Super Bowl LVII in an ad for Pepsi Zero Sugar , pretending to perform a nose job on a dog. But he assures viewers that it's all just acting, and his job is to make the performance seem believable.

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Tesco ditches plastic laundry pod tubs in favour of recyclable cardboard packs

Retail Times

This week will see Tesco replace the plastic tubs its laundry detergent pods are sold in with new recyclable cardboard packaging. The move into card will save 252 tonnes of plastic annually, and over four million pieces of plastic across eight lines.

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The Creative Retail Awards and SaveTheHighStreet.org form a partnership to find the best-designed Independent Store at the 2023 Awards

Retail Focus

The Creative Retail Awards and SaveTheHighStreet.org are excited to announce their partnership for the 2023 Awards, in which they will be crowning the best-designed Independent Store in the industry.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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From tailoring to tech, Levi’s brings next-gen concepts to life in Apac

Inside Retail

Last December, Levi’s unveiled its largest store in Southeast Asia with the opening of its flagship store in Singapore’s Ion Orchard shopping complex.

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Toolstation raises over £750,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

A1 Retail

Toolstation raised over £750,000 for its designated charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, in 2022.

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A fifth of UK retailers fear insolvency amid energy crisis, FRP research shows

Retail Times

Over one in five (22%) retail businesses in the UK aren’t confident of trading through to the end of 2023, according to new research published by FRP.

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How Consumers are Responding to Inflation in 2023

Intelligence Node

2020 and 2021 saw a whirlwind of changes in retail spending habits amongst shoppers. In 2020, consumers took time to adapt to the changes brought about by the pandemic, slowing. The post How Consumers are Responding to Inflation in 2023 appeared first on Blog.

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The Great Supply Chain Gear-Up: Sustainability and Agility for 2023

Speaker: Peter Kraemer, Chief Supply Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev

Join Peter Kraemer, Chief Supply Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev, for an insightful overview of general supply chain best practices, how to build a more sustainable supply chain, and navigating post-pandemic supply challenges.

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How Madmia went from a “one-person show” to a $10 million business

Inside Retail

Identifying a niche in the market for bright, colourful and mismatched socks, founder Tanja Filipovska established Madmia with a silent partner in 2016, after noticing that her friends were losing socks in a pair, and were sometimes bored of wearing two of the same socks.

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Gloucester Quays follows record 2022 with Timberland opening to boot

A1 Retail

Peel L&P has announced the opening of international footwear and lifestyle retailer, Timberland, at Gloucester Quays, the South West’s premier outlet and dining destination.

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Waitrose announces earliest British Asparagus season

Retail Times

Waitrose has welcomed an extra early asparagus season which is due to arrive in shops from 21st February, nine weeks earlier than normal.

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Ikea Taps Meta’s Tech for New In-Store AR Game in Sweden

Retail TouchPoints

Ikea ’s marine-focused Blåvingad toy line is the inspiration behind a new interactive AR experience — Lilla Äventyret (The Little Adventure) — that launched in 21 Ikea stores across Sweden on Feb. 13, 2023.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.

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Historic data breach impacts up to 1.85 million The Good Guys customers

Inside Retail

The Good Guys has reached out to 1.85 million members of its Concierge loyalty program advising them of a data breach via a former third-party partner, Pegasus Group, now known as My Rewards.

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Piper heralds launch of new Co-op store to serve Kelty (Fife) community

A1 Retail

Co-op launches a new-look, larger, food store with increased range and choice to serve the Kelty community, conveniently. Piper Daniel Stennett heralded the opening the new store as the convenience retailer relocated to its new purpose-built 3,650 sq ft store in Cocklaw Street, Kelty, Fife.

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Organic wine drinkers on the rise, as Beyond Wines partners with Italian producer Corvezzo

Retail Times

Family-run and innovative premium organic wine producer Corvezzo has appointed the UK wine distributor, Beyond Wines to position it as the number one organic Italian wine supplier in the UK.

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A Guide to Point-of-Sale Systems with Examples

National Retail Solutions

In this arcticle: Introduction to Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems What is a POS? As we enter the new year, it is pertinent for business owners to know how to operate the basics of a POS system. POS systems provide different tools depending on the type of industry. For example, an e-commerce[.]

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How to Address the Needs of the Next Generation of e-Commerce Customers

Speaker: Jenn VandeZande, Head of Digital Engagement Strategy at SAP Customer Experience | Beth Scott, VP, Business Operations - Supply Chain | Nikki Grigsby, PHR, Chief Operations Officer at Syndigo | Levana Wang, Content Creator, Gen Z Expert

Join Jenn VandeZande, Beth Scott, Nikki Grigsby and Levana Wang for this insightful and topical conversation on the modernization of e-commerce tech.

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The Reject Shop sales increase, consumers favour low-priced consumables

Inside Retail

Discount retailer The Reject Shop says consumers are gravitating towards low-priced consumables due to inflation. During the company’s trading first half, sales grew 3.5 per cent to $439.7 million while comparable store sales were up 2.4 per cent compared to the previous period.

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IKEA Hammersmith celebrates 1st anniversary and two million customers

A1 Retail

IKEA Hammersmith celebrates its first anniversary since opening the doors to a new style of IKEA store in the UK. In the first 12 months, the store has sold over 750,000 meatballs, 25,000 hot dogs, and welcomed more than two million visitors.

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Bushmills releases rare 33-year old Port Cask exclusively for travel retail

Retail Times

Bushmills Irish Whiskey has today revealed the tenth and final release from its current Causeway Collection – a rare 33 Year Old Port Cask – is to be sold exclusively in World Duty-Free’s stores at Heathrow Airport.

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Market Performance Group mourns passing of Rhonda Johnson

Mass Relators

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. – The Market Performance Group announces the passing of Rhonda Johnson after a brief battle with metastatic melanoma.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

Streaming real-time intent is a homerun for marketing and sales’ account-based marketing (ABM) strategies. With real-time buyer insights, you can be first-in-line to provide solutions and lead better, hyper-personalized conversations.

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Increased customer visits drive Scentre Group’s full-year profit

Inside Retail

Westfield mall owner Scentre Group has reported a 20.8 per cent lift in operating profit in its full-year results. For the year to December 31, funds from operations (FFO) grew 20.6 per cent to $1.04 billion while EBIT reached $1.7 billion and an operating profit $1 billion.

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Sushi Daily launches Omnichannel loyalty programme trial

A1 Retail

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CNBC: To Fight Inflation, Walmart CEO Seeks to Keep Private Label Prices Low

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon wants the retailer to do its part in fighting inflation by keeping prices on its private label products down, according to CNBC. McMillon told Jim Cramer, host of the business channel’s Mad Money , that the company is “not participating in a recession if there is one.”

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Three New Rules for CPG Brand-Building

Shopperations

With shopping behavior expanding online through eCommerce buying and digital influence on in-store purchasing, brand building requires new rules to play and win. Insider Best Practices Trends

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Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps

Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects using different types of data.