Sat.Feb 04, 2023 - Fri.Feb 10, 2023

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How to avoid stockouts: Best practices for retailers

Tokinomo

Stockouts can be a major issue for retailers, leading to lost sales, frustrated customers, and a damaged reputation. Avoiding stockouts requires careful planning and attention to detail, but the effort is well worth it.

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Three Reasons to Offer Same-Day Delivery and Three Reasons Not To

Retail Focus

Are you considering offering your customers same-day delivery? If so, you should first spend time considering the following advantages and disadvantages. Three Reasons to Offer Same-day Delivery Let us begin with the positives.

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Declining returns push brands to diversify advertising channels

Inside Retail

The cost of customer acquisition on Google ads has become higher than ever before, with most brands now paying an average of $28 per customer – enough to cover a takeout meal, a decent bottle of red, or two movie tickets on cheap Tuesdays.

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Seven Ways to Show Your Employees Some Love on Valentine’s Day

Hyken

If you show your employees a little love this Valentine’s Day, they will reciprocate with a little love for you, your company, and your customers.

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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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Delivery robots, Gen Alpha, and Shopping Priorities - Weekly Snacks #41

Tokinomo

Campaign Corner Teasing the roast. In this commercial , Mr. Peanut, the famous Planters character, will participate in a comedy roast but constantly interrupts the Roastmaster General, Jeff Ross. Despite his attempts to offer jokes, he doesn't understand that he can't help with his own roast.

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The Heart of EuroShop: Shopfitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising

Retail Focus

The EuroShop trade fair, held in Düsseldorf from 26th February to 2nd March 2023, will showcase the latest developments in retail design, shop fitting and visual merchandising.

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Reuters: Kroger and Albertsons Seek Sale of Up to 300 Stores to Ease Merger Concerns

Retail TouchPoints

Kroger and Albertsons Companies are reportedly working on plans to sell between 250 and 300 of their combined 4,996 stores in order to alleviate U.S. antitrust concerns regarding their merger, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Amazing Business Radio: Scot Pickerill

Hyken

Top Takeaways: Continuous improvement means identifying friction points and reaching out to every department involved in the process to develop a plan to correct the issue and keep it from happening in the future.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

EuroShop 2023 is set to be more important than ever as the global retail industry looks to recover from the effects of the pandemic.

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US demand boosts L’Oreal fourth-quarter sales

Inside Retail

L’Oreal posted 8.1 per cent sales growth in the fourth quarter, a touch slower than in the previous three months, with firm demand in the United States and Europe helping to offset the dent from coronavirus disruptions in China.

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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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With Growth Top-of-Mind, Luxury Brands Focus on Digital Goods and Virtual Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Macroeconomic forces — from inflation to corporate layoffs and the unknown impacts of a recession — are creating uncertainty throughout the retail industry.

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Think Omnichannel to Help Your Business—and Your Shoppers—Succeed

Wiser

For most retailers, the ultimate goal is creating a seamless shopping experience for consumers. What does this mean today? A shopping experience that spans channels, allowing customers to engage with a brand online, in-store, and in between.

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Proximity retailing and current retail environmental paradoxes

Retail Focus

“Proximity” has become a controversial term when it comes to retail. In an urban setting, “proximity” goes back to its golden age because customers find it more practical and suitable for shopping around the corner. In remote villages, proximity retail suffers.

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How to become someone people actually want to work for

Inside Retail

Managing people is not easy. Each person has had different experiences from previous workplaces. They also have different expectations of their manager and different ways of communicating.

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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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Albertsons Launches Health and Wellness Platform Across 16 Banners

Retail TouchPoints

Albertsons has introduced the Sincerely Health platform, built in collaboration with healthcare providers, insurance and technology companies and using insights gathered from more than 10,000 customers and associates.

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REWE International will rely on Körber’s Warehouse Management System

Retail Times

REWE International AG has chosen Körber’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) to be deployed across 40+ European locations. K.Motion WMS aims to optimise a complex process landscape, bringing maximum flexibility to meet the multi-layered demands of the food and pharmacy retail industry.

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Foot Locker opens new Westfield Stratford flagship

Retail Focus

In a bid to offer an elevated retail experience and inspire youth culture, Foot Locker has opened a new, 10,000 sqm store in the UK. The store sets a precedent by combining innovation and technology to provide customers with the ultimate shopping experience.

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Adidas launches its first new label in 50 years

Inside Retail

Sportswear giant Adidas has revealed its first brand-new label in five decades – Adidas Sportswear, which will launch this month.

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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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Trader Joe’s Challenges Union Vote at Louisville Store

Retail TouchPoints

Trader Joe’s is challenging the formation of a union at a Louisville, Ky. store, according to documents filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

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Making 2023 Successful for Retailers: A Conversation Between Leaders Discussing Technology, Tips & Timing

Retail Minded

Retail historically has had highs, had lows and along the way, many opportunities and challenges in between. Keeping this in mind, as we look ahead into 2023, we are given the choice to embrace challenge and seek opportunity or approach the year without a constructive, proactive plan.

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Common Mistakes Rental Owners Make

Retail Focus

As a rental property owner, it can be easy to make mistakes that can cost you time, money, and headaches. Here are some common mistakes rental owners make and how to avoid them.

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Fair Work takes 85 Degrees to court: why franchisors should be worried

Inside Retail

Legal proceedings have commenced against the franchisor of the 85 Degrees cafe chain, lodged by Fair Work Ombudsman, relating to alleged underpayments by franchisees.

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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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Amazon Temporarily Halts Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Expansion Amid Overall Sales Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has paused expansion of its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go checkout-free convenience stores, CEO Andy Jassy told investors on an earnings call.

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Clerkenwell Design Week announces new partnership for scaled up return to EC1

A1 Retail

Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW), the UK’s leading design festival, returns to London between 23 – 25 May 2023 – with a stronger-than-ever programme including the exciting addition of Design London.

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Android or Apple: Which should you choose?

Retail Focus

We face plenty of dilemmas on a daily basis. But few are as polarising as which mobile phone system you should choose: Google Android or Apple iOS?

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“Feels like a fresh start”: Inside Black Pepper’s growth plans

Inside Retail

After a shaky few years, Brand Collective’s Black Pepper is on the front foot and looking to grow. The womenswear retailer consolidated through the Covid-19 pandemic, closing stores while also focusing on its growing online presence.

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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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Overstock Looks to Drive Loyalty with New Co-Branded Credit Card

Retail TouchPoints

Online furniture and home furnishings retailer Overstock has partnered with Citi Retail Services to offer customers digital-first benefits and rewards through a co-branded Overstock Mastercard. “As

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Co-op ‘clicks’ with PayPal to offer additional simple, safe and secure digital payment choice for shoppers

A1 Retail

Co-op has ‘clicked’ with digital payment provider, PayPal, to offer additional choice for shoppers to make simple, safe and secure purchases of groceries through the convenience retailer’s online shop.

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The 5 Best Apple Products You Can Buy in 2023

Retail Focus

Despite having a relatively good year for new Apple products in 2022, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg claims that the company may not be able to produce much excitement around new products for the remainder of the year. So instead, it might unveil new products at a relatively low-key event.

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Are retailers in for disheartening Valentine’s Day sales this year?

Inside Retail

While love will be in the air this Valentine’s Day, there’s mixed data relating to whether customers will buy in, on account of cost of living challenges, and a change in the way that the holiday is celebrated.

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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.