Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lululemon is in the process of rolling out a cloud-based RFID inventory management solution to its 600+ stores globally that will help the retailer optimize its in-store product assortments.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This article delves into the evolving threat landscape, examining the impact of these disruptions on retail operations and exploring proactive measures for safeguarding businesses, customer data and reputations. Ensuring business continuity plans include appropriate responses to network outages, breaches and ransomware attacks.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As the first step in a planned three-year, $250 million technology upgrade, Bed Bath & Beyond will deploy Oracle Cloud as its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, providing the retailer with real-time financial, supply chain and merchandising solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over the course of her 30-year career, The Vitamin Shoppe CEO has held leadership roles at Godiva , Sally Beauty , Pier 1 , Bath & Body Works , Gap and The Disney Store. It’s been a while since she’s been on the front lines though — not since the late ‘80s to be exact, when she was a manager at Express. And that’s not all.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

In its report, Transforming Operations Management For A Digital World , McKinsey discusses a bank’s investment in digitization and the operational changes required to succeed. This change is necessary to provide the real-time data that powers the robots and automation tools that are central to retailers’ inventory management.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2021

Bed Bath & Beyond has named Stacey Shively as SVP and General Merchandise Manager for Home, effective May 17, 2021. Shively brings more than 25 years of retail experience in merchandising, product development and inventory management to the position.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Macellum Advisors GP , Ancora Holdings , Legion Partners Asset Management and 4010 Capital, together with their respective affiliates, are pushing the plan. Some of the complaints included: “Poor retail execution and strategy leading to stagnant sales and declining operating margins.”

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Retailers would benefit from more technology to help improve inventory management processes, labour scheduling, and general store operations, and artificial intelligence (AI) could be deployed for each of those needs, as well as being used for trend spotting that can aid wider business planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations.

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Wiser

JULY 31, 2023

1: Regular Audits Conducting regular in-store audits allows brands to physically verify that stores are adhering to the planned layouts. This can be done by store employees or third-party auditing firms. There are several strategies brands can adopt to ensure their planograms are executed correctly, such as: No.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Zebra Technologies Corporation , an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance edge, will put retail data insights and The Modern Store by Zebra framework centre stage at EuroShop , booth A79/Hall 6, Dusseldorf, Germany from 26 February – 2 March.

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V Count

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As a business owner or a store manager, you’ll face countless challenges, and turning your business into a successful one usually requires time, effort and commitment. Each customer’s shopping journey is unique and each store operates differently. Multiple plans, including a free one (transaction cuts aren’t included).

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V Count

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As a business owner or a store manager, you’ll face countless challenges, and turning your business into a successful one usually requires time, effort and commitment. Each customer’s shopping journey is unique and each store operates differently. Multiple plans, including a free one (transaction cuts aren’t included).

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Furthermore, a global supply chain crisis and labor shortages are likely to limit the ability to keep stores stocked throughout the fall holiday shopping season and spur increased consumer demand. Recent data shows that people plan to buy more gifts and spend more money than they did in 2020.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More recently global and local retailers are coming on board to partner with Trax to solves issues around shelf gaps – improve and fixing them this helping in improving inventory planning. “We Supply chains cannot be changed instantaneously, it needs pre-planning. Speed is critical.

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M19 Retail

JUNE 8, 2023

Mi9 Retail resolves the market need for a merchandise management system that caters to the unique requirements of retailers dealing with high SKU volumes, complex products, and inventory management challenges. We must relentlessly innovate and deliver value to our market while excelling our customer service.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

. “Encuentro Moda has made great efforts in the last year to adapt in an extraordinary way to the changes that the sector has been indicating for some years now,” reported Sergio Gutiérrez, RFID Business Development Manager at Nedap. D Cloud RFID inventory-management software. To date, the !D

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 7, 2023

In the fast-paced world of retail, maintaining optimal store operations is crucial for success. In this blog post, we will delve into various maintenance solutions that can help retailers streamline their operations, reduce downtime, and maximise efficiency.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The world of retailing is shifting as a result, retail store operators must find new ways of catching consumers’ digital attention, including curbside & BOPIS, clienteling, personalization, social marketing, loyalty, interactive web design, Livestream shopping, and the evolving user experience.

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Theatro

APRIL 5, 2023

In both cases, Sunshine Ace Hardware lacked the necessary technology to set up a fully connected workforce and eliminate the communication gaps that were negatively impacting employee engagement, productivity, responsiveness, and store operating efficiencies. Communication could no longer be fragmented, sporadic or complicated.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Adopting BOPIS can be challenging so we’ll explain how you can successfully merge your online and physical store operations. BOPIS, meaning Buy Online, Pickup In-Store, is an order fulfillment option that helps retailers connect their e-commerce channels with their brick-and-mortar storefronts. What is BOPIS?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

Sheetz , a convenience store chain with 630 stores across six states, has chosen the RELEX Solutions unified retail planning solution. The retailer will use the technology to help position it for store and supply chain growth as well as dynamic marketing opportunities.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This approach to in-store product placement allows employees to easily monitor popular items and acknowledge customers in areas where they are displayed. Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. Keeping in mind as well the need to optimize their supply chain fulfillment to meet consumer delivery expectations while managing parcel carrier costs?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Prior to the advent of the omni shopper, most retail businesses operated two fully siloed channels. When it came to inventory planning and optimization, stores were planned, allocated and/or replenished, and transacted with their customers entirely separately from the digital channel.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Retailers are planning to cut back in one area: marketing. Companies plan to spend 30% of their marketing budget during the holidays, down from 36% in 2021. This change can be attributed to retailers pursuing better inventory management. Inventory availability is not really a concern that anybody’s pointing to.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Does your retail management system do what you really need? And can it manage all aspects of your retail operations from one place? What is an integrated retail management system? What are the benefits of an integrated retail management system? Work more productively and efficiently.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

RFID is also being extended for item-level identification as part of future-forward innovation plans, such as the adoption of blockchain for increased transparency. The lack of digitization in the supply chain coupled with unpredictable demand makes inventory management chaotic at best. RFID and Beyond.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

With a crowded market of both physical and online retailers, many brick-and-mortar retailers have confirmed their plans to close, but that’s the natural order of the industry. Delivery is getting faster, but the magic of in-person shopping will forever be an important driver of commerce. That said, there have been a few bumps in the road.

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