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7 Stories that Shaped 2023 — and What They Foretell for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The perception that retail was suffering from a rampant crime wave was bolstered by statements from executives ad Dick’s Sporting Goods, Target and Lowe’s , all blaming shrink as one of the factors negatively affecting not just their financial results but the safety of employees and customers. billion in retail shrink was due to ORC.

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5 Must-Know Predictions for Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

By contrast, only 2% of consumers say they feel the biggest impact in toys, sporting goods and games. That’s good news for holiday toy makers. But so far, consumers are focused on the price changes in categories like groceries (88%) and gas (69%).

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 303 Amazon, Walmart and E-com Q4 Results

Retail Geek

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Scot: [35:05] Sporting Goods.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 290 – Shoptalk 2022

Retail Geek

It felt pretty normal which was awesome and one of the best things about shoptalk normally is the networking and catching up with friends and I feel like that was in full effect and, extra fulfilling this year because you know I just got to see a bunch of people that I enjoy spending time with that I hadn’t gone to Sea in a couple of years.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill. We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space.