Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There has never been a generation quite like Gen Z, and retailers need to recruit them now to bring their valuable insights and skillsets into their corporate culture. Hana Ben-Shabat, Founder of Gen Z Planet and author of the book Gen Z 360: Preparing for the Inevitable Change in Culture, Work, and Commerce , noted that while companies have a lot of preconceived notions about this cohort, they often miss the bigger picture.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Nespresso has debuted its new experiential boutique concept in the UK at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. The evolved boutique concept is designed to meet shoppers’ changing needs by offering immersive, localised and personalised experiences, exploring the artistry behind some of the world’s finest coffees. The launch is part of Nespresso’s vision to elevate its retail approach and introduces several new innovations to inspire and excite customers and engage them in the Nespresso brand uni

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Last week, Adore Beauty co-founder Kate Morris and former Quadrant Growth Fund managing partner Justin Ryan announced their new venture: Glow Capital Partners. The private equity firm is looking to invest between $20 and $50 million in later-stage, values-led growth companies. Here’s how Morris’ experience of seeking investment for Adore Beauty led her to start her own firm and what kinds of businesses she thinks have been overlooked by the male-dominated private equity sector.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Retailers desperate to get in-demand goods in time for the holidays are signing expensive long-term international shipping deals that could keep the prices of goods higher for the foreseeable future.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Three of the country’s biggest retailers are taking significant steps to get consumers into the holiday shopping groove — and to do so (much) sooner than later. Beginning Oct. 4, Amazon is offering what the retailer calls “Black Friday-worthy” deals, along with Epic Daily Deals and an Amazon Holiday Prep Shop hub to help consumers organize their holiday gift-giving and event planning.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Tower London have launched their new store on the iconic Camden High Street. The first physical iteration of their recent rebrand, and the largest of 5 London-based Tower locations. Continuing the brand experience of the design team at I-AM , the store highlights Tower’s connection to London life and youth culture with a strong palette of blacks, greys, and bold yellows alongside textures of concrete and reinforced glass.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pharmacies across the country are dealing with staffing shortages, causing long customer queues for prescription medicines. The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) said that members are having a hard time staffing up and that demand on pharmacies is only increasing now that it is flu vaccine season.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The labor crunch, inventory shortages and Delta variant concerns will put stress on this holiday season, but retailers still have a lot to look forward to. Salesforce expects U.S. digital sales to grow 10% , while shifting shopper habits will create a variety of new opportunities for omnichannel retailers. Here are the Top 10 predictions retailers should keep in mind as they plan, implement and finalize their holiday strategies.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With 12 weeks to go to Christmas, Selfridges London opens its Christmas Shop helping customers to plan and prepare for festive moments to dream of. The opening of the Christmas Shop on the fourth floor of the Oxford Street store follows the successful launch of festive decorations at Selfridges.com two weeks ago, with a surge in Christmas related searches online and decoration sales +225% ahead of forecast.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Coles will end its in-store butcher service this weekend, will assess its meat workers for redeployment or redundancies, and will serve only pre-packaged meat moving forward in what has been labelled a ‘cost cutting exercise’ by the Australian Meat Industry Employers’ Union. The supermarket said the change comes after discussions with its meat department workers in August about the change, which were confirmed this morning by the ABC. “In June we let our meat team members know we were cons

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Tokinomo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of online shopping. More and more people are turning to eCommerce platforms for their shopping. However, this doesn’t mean that brick and mortar stores are dead. But how can you make sure that your FMCG brand attracts attention both online and in-store?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Rent the Runway has filed its IPO, joining the growing roster of circularity-focused digital brands that have gone public in 2021, including resale platforms Poshmark and ThredUP. Rent the Runway — which allows users to rent, subscribe and buy designer apparel and accessories — plans to list on the NASDAQ under the ticker “RENT.”. The company is moving forward despite the undeniable negative impact of the pandemic.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Today, Amazon opens its doors to the first Amazon 4-star store outside of the U.S., which offers a curated range of products that are rated 4 stars and above, are top sellers, or are trending on Amazon.co.uk. The store is conveniently located in Bluewater, just southeast of central London. Amazon 4-star is a direct reflection of what customers are buying and loving on Amazon.co.uk.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has partnered with Epic Games and Fortnite to release a range of digital fashion looks with interchangeable accessories. The full Fortnite release includes apparel – the Fit Set – a pickaxe-like tool with a sneaker for the axe, a parasail purse glider, look wraps for weapons, free sprays unlocked via challenges and the ‘look’ emote.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Kaufman Realty, which is the landlord for Macy’s Herald Square flagship store, says it hasn’t had any “communication or negotiations” with Amazon.com about a planned billboard by the retail and tech giant on the property. Macy’s is taking Kaufman to court over an alleged violation of the lease arrangement between the two parties.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Slowly but surely Amazon is taking its brick-and-mortar act “across the pond,” opening several different types of physical stores in the UK. It appears the ecommerce giant is using these brick-and-mortar locations primarily for consumer and market testing purposes, but Amazon has released little data about plans or timetables for additional openings.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Situ Live, an exciting and immersive consumer experience, which reimagines the traditional commercial retail model, is has opened the doors to the UK’s first discovery playhouse, at Westfield London. Situ Live offers a one-of-a-kind experience-led journey that combines product discovery, innovation, theatre, and demonstrations, with a smooth, hassle-free route to purchase.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scentre Group has launched its network-wide marketplace offering, Westfield Direct, which will allow customers to shop online from any Westfield around the country, across multiple retailers, for home delivery or click-and-collect. The offer, which went through a successful pilot last year, currently extends to over 100 businesses in the Westfield ecosystem.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

In-store success is often won at the shelf. For a shopper to choose your brand out of a sea of competitors, your products need to make it to the shelf, be displayed correctly, be re-stocked when needed, and many other crucial steps. That’s why it’s a no-brainer to focus your data collection efforts on the store shelf. How can you win the sale if your products aren’t set up properly?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Walmart is expanding its GoLocal delivery service with a major new partner: The Home Depot. Shoppers in select markets will be able to schedule same-day and next-day delivery for supplies that can easily fit in a car, including tools, fasteners and paint, with coverage expanding to multiple markets nationwide by the end of 2021. The Home Depot has been expanding its last mile capabilities in response to an 86% surge in digital sales in fiscal 2020.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Abercrombie & Fitch, a division of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF), opened a new store on the 17th September 2021, located at 150 Regent Street in the heart of London’s busiest shopping district. The new store features the brand’s updated prototype format, which provides an intimate, omni-enabled brand experience for local Abercrombie adults and Abercrombie kids customers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Online marketplace operator MySale has named a new CEO as it continues to work towards a potential listing on the ASX. . Kalman Polak, pictured above, spent a decade with Catch Group, most recently as head of marketplace, and for the past 10 months has worked with MySale as chief commercial officer on a consulting basis. He will take over from Carl Jackson who joins the company’s board as executive chairman. .

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Cisco Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2021

“Time is money!” A quote that can’t be truer and more crucial for modern industrial networks where timing, precision, and synchronization pave the way for fast-paced current and future services. And in the middle of it all, PTP (Precision Timing Protocol) serves as one of the critical timing protocols making it all possible. It may be logical to think that protecting time, services, and revenue is the goal of building a resilient and secure infrastructure.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

All eyes and ears have been on American Dream since the project’s initial proposal in 2003. Initially dubbed Meadowlands Xanadu , the mega-mall-slash-experience-center has been a point of debate for industry players and New Jersey residents alike. Just how long will the project take to complete? Will it be worth all the time, effort and money it took to build?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Last Thursday (30th September) saw the launch of the new Tower LDN store, the largest of 5 London-based Tower locations. Supported by Dr Martens, guests enjoyed music provided by UK based collective Melodic Distraction and drinks provided by Jack Daniel’s. On the night, Tower LDN unveiled their limited-edition capsule collection of premium Tower LDN tees and hoodies.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Metcash chief executive Jeff Adams will retire early next year, and will be replaced by Doug Jones, current CEO and senior vice president of South African-based Massmart Wholesale. Adams had indicated to the Metcash board a desire to retire, which allowed the business to complete a global search for a successor. “On behalf of the board I would like to thank Jeff for his outstanding contribution to Metcash over the past four years,” said chairman Rob Murray.

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

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Cisco Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Before joining Cisco, I spent a lot of time wading through the resumes of potential cybersecurity candidates to hire for my teams. I was looking for individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences but finding candidates with zero to three years of experience was the most difficult to find. Many find it challenging to get a job, but I will let you in on a little secret – it’s even more challenging for a hiring manager to find quality cybersecurity talent.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I was recently speaking with a senior executive from a convenience store chain who told me that his company had an epiphany a few months after COVID-19 took hold in the U.S.: “We realized that our customers’ definition of ‘convenience’ had changed. So we had to change to meet that new set of expectations.”. Customers want personalized, convenient shopping experiences.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Gentle Monster has launched the latest HAUS project, a new vision of “Future Retail” that defies stereotypical notions of commercial space. HAUS SHANGHAI provides more than a commercial experience. By inciting emotional provocation in visitors, HAUS aims to deliver an unprecedented cultural experience. Following the HAUS DOSAN project, which opened in Seoul March 2021, HAUS SHANGHAI consists of 3,270 square meters spanning four stories.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A new report highlights the fact that many Australian workers are planning to leave their current jobs and seek new opportunities elsewhere. According to people management platform Employment Hero’s The Employee Movement and Retention Report , 48 per cent of the 1000 workers surveyed plan to look for a new role in the next year, with 40 per cent planning to look in the next six months.

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