Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Interstore | Schweitzer has created and implemented the new 2000 m² BRIDGE market Flexstore concept in Zurich for the largest Swiss retail company, Migros. BRIDGE market has been conceived as the connector between a diverse fresh food market, creative catering with products from local partners and a wide range of events.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Plans include opening new stores, strengthening its fulfillment network and enhancing its regional product offerings to better reflect the needs of customers in different parts of the country. ramp up our fulfillment capacities and make our offer even more relevant to local customers’ needs and dreams.” billion in its U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe has opened the first of a planned dozen+ new franchise stores this year in Valparaiso, Ind. After announcing its ambitious franchising plans in May 2021, the retailer converted an existing Greensboro, N.C. The next new franchise store, scheduled to open this spring, will be in Tempe, Ariz.,

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

Ikea is planning to invest more than US$2.2 According to Ikea, this is the company’s largest investment in the US in four decades, and it will focus on creating new stores and expanding fulfilment networks to serve more Americans. This summer, the company also announced new locations in San Francisco, CA and Arlington, VA. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. Four of those new stores will be in the greater Phoenix area, representing a new market for Aldi , as well as its first locations in Arizona. The new DC also will support Aldi stores in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. in a statement.

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Mass Relators

MAY 22, 2023

Walmart opened a high-tech market fulfillment center at a store here Monday in support of its strategy of leveraging physical stores to fulfill online orders. Walmart says it believes that it can transform fulfillment through digitization and the end-to-end connection of its store and supply chain assets.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The USPS also plans to procure 21,000 commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) battery-powered and domestically manufactured delivery vehicles, including 9,250 from the Ford Motor Company, depending on market availability and operational feasibility. As of January 2024, the Postal Service has opened 29 of these S&DCs.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

Amazon is planning to hire 75,000 additional employees across its fulfillment and logistics network in the U.S. The news comes as many companies struggle to find available workers amid continuing disruption to the job market caused by the COVID pandemic. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Because of COVID, a lot of plans that were expected to take place over several years were immediately squeezed,” he explained in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Key priorities include an integrated future loyalty program under its Vital Care pet health plan and migrating more customers into subscription programs. Petco also plans to test opportunities in key locations for its “Small Town Rural” concept, designed to increase brand awareness in low-share markets. billion to $6.25

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

In the property market, things are slowing for now, but the record shortage of rental properties will continue to drive prices up for tenants, particularly in our capital cities. Research and consulting firm Fifth Dimension states that the second-hand market in Australia is now worth $60 billion and growing 25 per cent a year.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. Auburn and our other fulfilment centres play important roles complementing the work of our store teams.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As the new year approaches, retailers need to think about what their expansion plans will look like and how their stores can best serve customers. “I That means open air shopping centers have become even more attractive due to how they can make curbside and BOPIS fulfillment easier to handle.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

These 30,000- to 50,000-square-foot locations will offer a curated assortment of Macy’s fashion, beauty, luxury fragrances and more, as well as a “Trend Pavilion” housing a continuous flow of trending and seasonal merchandise. The stores will be located in Highland, Ind.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

net sales decline in Q4 2023, Tractor Supply still plans to open up to 95 brick-and-mortar stores in 2024, as well as complete its 10th distribution center. The retailer plans to open approximately 80 Tractor Supply stores and 10 to 15 stores under its small-box pet supply banner, Petsense by Tractor Supply.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square. and New York’s Times Square.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Based on customer insights and market trends, Swisslog, as an industry leader with successful micro fulfilment centres (MFCs) and e-grocery fulfilment centres (EFCs) operating across the globe, has identified five trends that will shape e-grocery fulfilment this year. E-grocery orders get smaller and more frequent. .

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Mass Relators

JUNE 2, 2022

Walmart said it plans to build four next-generation fulfillment centers that, combined with its existing facilities, will let it offer 95% of the U.S. will use a combination of people, robotics and machine learning to make the fulfillment of online orders faster and more efficient, the company said. BENTONVILLE, Ark.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

Starbucks and DoorDash have expanded their delivery partnership to Northern California, Texas, Georgia, Florida and other select markets, with plans for availability in all 50 states by March 2023. as well as market expansions in Seattle, Portland and New York City in 2022.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Announced in 2019 , the 34,000sqm store will be located at Sylvia Park in Auckland. He said that New Zealand is a smaller market compared to other countries, including Australia, where Ikea has had a presence for 50 years. In terms of online shopping, New Zealand rates highly compared to many markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

The Home Depot plans to open four new distribution centers designed specifically for the needs of its professional customers in the first half of 2024. The retailer already has opened similar pro-focused hubs across the country and expects to have 17 top pro markets equipped with new capabilities by the end of this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference. The robots also can improve merchandising.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

Ingka Group , which operates 392 IKEA stores across 32 markets, will invest more than €3 billion ( $3.16 billion ) into opening new locations and revamping existing stores by the end of 2023. For instance, the retailer recently rebuilt a location in Kuopio, Finland to handle online orders from across the country. dubbed studios.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Home discount retailer Big Lots is returning to expansion mode after more than a decade of flat store growth, with plans to open as many as 500 new stores in the next six to seven years. The off-price chain plans to open approximately 50 net new stores this year, and ramp up the pace of expansion to about 80 stores per year thereafter.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

with plans to add approximately 150 new stores to a fleet that already includes 2,100 locations in 37 states. Aldi also plans to increase its number of locations offering curbside pickup from 1,200 to 1,500 by the end of 2022. Discount supermarket chain Aldi is continuing its aggressive expansion across the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2023

Yoga, running and training apparel and accessories will be sold in 12 countries via the Zalando Partner Program, with orders fulfilled by Zalando Shipment Solutions. Last month , Lululemon announced an international expansion strategy that included plans to open 50 net new stores this year, 30 to 35 of which will be international locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Let’s dive into some small ideas that can help tackle big goals: 1) Think Big: Increase customer engagement with more interactive marketing. Act small: Add a feature to your website allowing customers to search inventory availability in local store locations. 5) Thing Big: Improve order fulfillment. Act small: Use a QR code!

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Rangeme

AUGUST 1, 2022

Fulfillment is a broad term that encompasses every aspect of storing, packing, and shipping your goods. Choosing the right 3PL will give you more time to grow your brand and work on product development, rather than miscellaneous fulfillment tasks. Where are you growing? A good 3PL understands these concepts.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. In contrast, 3PL services oversee the order fulfillment cycle on behalf of the company. Keep reading and discover which order fulfillment option is right for you. How to optimize shipments based on the customers’ location.

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Mass Relators

JULY 10, 2023

SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B recently opened a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Plano, Texas, a project that expands the retailer’s commitment to integrate innovative technologies that drive omnichannel growth and provide a better shopping experience for Texans. H-E-B says its fulfillment centers support rising demand of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2021

Adams is aiming to establish thirty locations by the turn of the new year, starting with densely populated markets before looking into expanding beyond metropolitan areas. The first Send Shops will be located in Potts Point, Alexandria and Camperdown in Sydney and Southbank, Melbourne. Send shops . 15-minute delivery . “You

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365 Retail

MAY 23, 2022

Secret Sales has launched a fulfilment service to support brands requiring a UK distribution centre, solving logistics challenges for those wanting to partner with the fashion marketplace but geographical location or technical infrastructure prevent them from fulfilling orders directly to consumers in the UK.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Although the businesses operate in a similar category – the target audiences, marketing campaigns and product styles are largely different. We plan to maintain their creativity and, with a bit of assistance in the background, we can [build a strong business].” We’ve decided to focus on [Fenton & Fenton’s] immediate problems.

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Mass Relators

MAY 3, 2021

. — The newest Raley’s O-N-E Market location, the first in the state of Nevada and the second conversion of a conventional Raley’s store into the new format, opened in the Mount Rose area of Reno on Saturday. “In The 42,000 square foot store, located at 18144 Wedge Parkway, had been operating as a Raley’s since 1996.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Dymocks’ three-year plan will see the bookstore chain add another 20+ retail outlets to the network. CEO Mark Newman told Inside Franchise Business Executive there will be a mix of suburban and regional locations in the new store plan which will spread the book chain further into the north of the country.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

To reach his $1 billion online sales target, King plans to continue to improve Myer’s website and user experience, expand the range of products it offers online, speed up the delivery of online orders and better leverage the Myer One loyalty program. CBD locations were particularly hard hit, with comparable store sales down 22.3

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

The company owns and operates 34 locations, both flagships or outlets, and the remainder are owned and operated by partners such as high-end resorts. The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It The Burton name is on 66 stores in 10.

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