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Solving the Shopping Mall ‘Identity Crisis’ with Community Data and Careful Curation

Retail TouchPoints

Malls were once the nucleus of “shopping culture.” But many shopping malls have endured an identity crisis. The key is to think beyond direct brand alignment within a shopping mall or center. Librarians were the age-old, quite static and inflexible owners that collected rent, rented shops and cleaned spaces,” Ibrahim explained.

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Eyebuydirect Establishes First Physical Location in California’s Orange County

Retail TouchPoints

Eyebuydirect has made its first foray into physical-world retailing with a 140-square-foot kiosk featuring a pared-down assortment of 400 pairs of glasses. The branded showcase, located at the Shops at Mission Viejo in Orange County, Calif., will have dedicated store associates on hand to provide customers with personalized assistance.

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The Future of Shopping: What to Expect in 2032

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The intersection of traditional shopping and ‘online experiences’ is unavoidable. It has gone through a rapid period of change from the primary way we shopped, to its death being prematurely called ‘ the showroom problem ,’ to continuing to be a critical piece of consumer brand strategy. 2: Real estate is becoming more dynamic.

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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

For fulfilment, we are prioritising automation and artificial intelligence, building ‘demand sensing’ into our forecasting tools, and leveraging machine-based learning to forecast needs and improve stock integrity. These actions ensure our co-workers can remain focused on ‘value-add’ engagements for customers.

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Coffee and home delivery: How food-service spending is changing in Apac

Inside Retail

More details Emil Fazira, food insight manager in Asia at Euromonitor International, said street stalls and kiosks buoyed overall industry growth during the 2019 to 2024 period with a 4 per cent CAGR in terms of value sales. These days, consumers can use a range of third-party apps with different loyalty programs too.

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Can Self-Service Kiosks Offer Support In Today’s Retail Conditions?

Frank Mayer

While retail stores strategize short-term goals to meet health regulations, maintain stocked shelves, and keep doors open, many are also considering the impact a changed customer mindset will have on today’s brick-and-mortar shopping. More than half surveyed expected their shopping habits to return to normal by next summer.

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