Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

Sam’s Club is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its physical footprint, beginning with five new fulfillment and distribution centers opening this year — the first, in Georgia, in Q3 2023. As we open new clubs in new locations, we’ll continue to innovate so that our members shop and save whether in person or online,” said McLay.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The first new store concept recently opened outside of Houston, and Target plans to utilize the format in half of the 200 store remodels and almost all of the 30 new stores planned for 2023. The new design, which features a more open layout and localized elements, will also be incorporated into future remodels across the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

including Amazon , Target and Macy’s , have announced their plans for holiday hiring, but all told this season may see one of lowest levels of seasonal hiring since 2008 , according to report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas shared with Reuters. In conjunction with its holiday hiring plans, Amazon also announced that it is investing $1.3

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2022

Retailers who utilize Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) will be able to add Buy with Prime to their own checkout process, which will allow Prime members shopping there to utilize Amazon Pay and benefit from two-day shipping and free returns. FBA retailers also will benefit from the accelerated delivery time Prime fulfillment offers.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2021

Woolworths has announced plans for a new online fulfilment centre in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, aiming to better serve the region spanning from Engadine to Kurnell – adding a further 15,000 potential customers to its home delivery and direct-to-boot pick up offers. An artist’s render of the site. Source: Supplied.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is betting big on going small, with plans to open up to 30 new small-format locations across the country in 2024. The planned expansion is in addition to the nearly 15 small-format stores that the retailer already operates. Macy’s Inc. in a statement. beginning in 2024.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Mall operator Simon revealed big plans to expand its Woodbury Common Premium Outlet center in Fall 2023, including the addition of 155,000 square feet of retail stores and restaurants, a 200 -key luxury hotel, a second parking facility and upgraded amenities. powered AI technology to assist shoppers during the 2023 holiday season.

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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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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Making the whole international shopping experience seamless is a journey that takes time, so don’t expect everything to be perfect right away,” she continues. Even better, she says, look at ways to integrate another shopping experience if customers want to exchange goods, by offering incentives for additional orders.

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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. billion expansion plan appeared first on Inside Retail. The post Ikea unveils US$2.2

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

To this end, Loblaw partnered with Google Cloud to help scale up its operations — including the formation of a dedicated war room where Loblaw and Google engineers worked side by side to quickly come up with a plan. This is both in terms of our capacity to accept the increased demand for orders, as well as our ability to fulfill these orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

Walmart plans to introduce automation at nearly two-thirds of its stores and aims to have approximately 55 % of its fulfillment center volume move through automated facilities by the end of fiscal 2026. Expected benefits include improvements to in-stock rates , inventory accuracy and flow across stores, pickup services and delivery.

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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. We’ve seen an extraordinary acceleration in online grocery shopping over the past year,” said Bardwell. “As

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

And it doesn’t plan to stop there. last minute shopping needs, and complement our existing e-commerce offer,” Woolworths Metro general manager Justin Nolan said in a statement. Woolworths is also teaming up with Uber Direct which will see a portion of the orders made via Woolworths Online fulfilled by Uber. effortless? ?way?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

But as the OG value-shopping app tries to win back consumers, it has more than a few hurdles to overcome — not least of which is luring back lapsed consumers who now have new alternatives that don’t come with any negative history. And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

SHEIN has officially launched its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin City Centre, Ireland and is planning to host approximately 30 pop-up store events across the region this year to boost its profile with customers. The news comes as fellow Asia-based discount shopping app Temu picks up steam in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That is driving the customer to come and shop, and now, we’re investing to make sure that when the customer comes to shop with us, either online or in store, that they don’t have to make the tradeoffs.” Now, the company is using the $1 billion to invest in improving: Digital capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Mint House Shop Your Stay page for its NYC location. But at Mint House the shopping happens in the real world — just not in a store. All product listings in the Showroom link out to the brand partner’s website, so ordering and fulfillment of customer orders are handled directly by the brand itself.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This is creating new challenges for retail operations, including a particular demand for agile merchandise planning and supply-chain processes. Such decisions are not new; however, they are now occurring outside of typical planning cycles and with less data to guide them. Australians are shopping online more than ever.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the year, the business also expanded its range, store network and fulfilment capabilities to enhance customers’ shopping experience. billion, however higher fulfilment costs associated with lockdowns and temporary inefficiencies during its transition to a new customer fulfilment centre in Victoria impacted earnings.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sam’s Club plans to open two new distribution centers (DCs) during Q1 2024 — a 370,000-square-foot facility in the St. The new facilities are part of the retailer’s multi-year growth plan , which also includes opening a DC in Oklahoma City and a fulfillment center in Lithia Springs, Ga. near Minneapolis.

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Retail Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Costco plans to build the world’s largest warehouse in Fresno, California, spanning 241,342 square feet, surpassing the current record held by a location in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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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. As we approach the holiday season, guests are excited to shop early,” said Christina Hennington, EVP and Chief Growth Officer at Target in a statement. Beginning Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ikea , which debuted its Plan and Order Point store format in Dallas in November 2023 , will add four additional locations this year, with more to follow. Looking past 2024, Ikea is planning to open stores in Annapolis and Gaithersburg, Md.; Katy, Texas; and other locations to be named later.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2020

In an effort to create a more seamless shopping experience under the Stop & Shop brand, the retailer has launched a Stop & Shop-branded e-Commerce platform and mobile app that will replace the Peapod digital platform customers previously used.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon has debuted Rufus , a new generative AI-powered conversational shopping experience, at the same time that it reported strong earnings for Q4 2023 and the full year. Both announcements highlighted the transformative potential of gen AI, with Amazon planning to lean heavily into the technology in the coming year.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

And it would come at a time when some long-running department stores are closing up shop. An online marketplace such as Amazon fulfills this role remarkably efficiently, and arguably better,” former Myer CEO Richard Umbers told Inside Retail. So what could be driving the move? We asked four retail experts to weigh in.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The pandemic has been a challenging time for shopping centers, and even as vaccination rates climb and shoppers return to old habits, retailers are finding that many of their shopping preferences have permanently shifted. believe open air shopping centers with the right mix of retailers are more important than ever before.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Macy’s plans to close 150 underproductive nameplate stores — approximately 50 this year alone — and continue its expansion of smaller-format stores as it prioritizes investment in about 350 go-forward locations. Macy’s, Inc. has unveiled its Bold New Chapter strategy, signaling a major shift for the iconic department store retailer.

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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. BENTONVILLE, Ark.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2020

However, retailers have risen to the occasion and adjusted their operations accordingly — and now they need to look to the future and plan for a post-pandemic future, according to the Enabling a Resilient & Connected Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World webinar from the IoT Consort i um and GS1 US. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. Want to Expand Back-to-School Shopping Baskets? in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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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. There’s a moment of surprise when they realize just how much they can save by shopping with us.

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