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The Weekly Closeout: Tillys, J. McLaughlin get new CEOs

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Daily Dive M-F DTC Weekly Every Tuesday Marketing Weekly Every Wednesday Tech Weekly Every Thursday Operations Weekly Every Monday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. shipments, lapping reductions in wholesale door count from 2024, and softness in ecommerce.”

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Kizik CMO on Growing a Challenger Brand: ‘It’s Us Against the World’

Retail TouchPoints

McArthur described Pratt as “an inventor always looking to solve problems,” and McArthur is putting that ambition and passion for product innovation at the center of the brand’s marketing strategy and omnichannel story. That’s why he believes growth lies in balancing both brand and performance marketing, especially in the current climate.

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Despite Recent Bad Press, Self-Checkout is Here to Stay. Here’s Why.

Retail TouchPoints

One self-checkout kiosk can run as much as $30,000 to install, and a study by the Food Industry Association found that 96% of the food industry retailers it surveyed offer self-checkout — meaning that self-checkout is unlikely to disappear from stores anytime soon. Another key truth is the small factor of sunk costs.

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Eat, shop, play, repeat: Behind Central Retail’s winning mall formula

Inside Retail

And this is something that is so cool about them: They serve a valuable niche in markets that are not first tier but are dense enough and with enough disposable income to warrant a more sophisticated shopping experience than the standard Big C or Lotus’s hypermarket centre. The eat-shop-play moniker is not a bad descriptor.

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Locals rebuff invaders: Inside Vietnam’s convenience stores war

Inside Retail

A decade ago, convenience stores were a rare sight in Vietnam, where the vast majority of the population was used to shopping in traditional markets or mom-and-pop stores for everyday grocery needs. In recent years, the nation’s convenience store market has seen rapid escalation – and sophistication – in the larger cities.

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FMI honors seven exemplary food industry leaders

Mass Relators

” The 2024 awards, presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference, went to: Brookshire’s Brad Brookshire; KeHe Distributors’ Brandon Barnholt; Associated Wholesale Grocer’s David Smith; Hy-Vee’s Donna Tweeten; Seaside Market’s John Najjar; Nestlé’s Steve Presley; and PepsiCo’s Steven Williams. John Najjar Robert B.

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#TBT: Service Merchandise Was the OG Multi-Channel Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

After leaving the wholesale business, the couple opened Service Merchandise, Inc., This process was altered in the late 1980s to allow customers to place their own orders on a number of self-service computer kiosks named “Silent Sam,” which the company later renamed “Service Express.”