Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Walmart has unveiled a reimagined store design, with a new look and feel that focuses on a digitally enabled shopping experience. At the entrance, clean, colorful iconography and a store directory welcome customers and encourage them to download and use the Walmart app while they shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi. You should be capable of easily opening up autonomous shops, and it needs to be cost-effective.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

The trend of a cautious yet resilient consumer has continued into the early stages of 2024, with high-ticket luxury and department store industries underperforming sectors that sell necessities — online retail, discount/club, automotive and grocery. Full-service restaurants are trailing their limited-service peers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With positive feedback from customers and arena executives, the new technology will now be deployed at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, at the new Seahawks Pro Shop Outlet for the 2023-24 NFL season. Eight of our concessions locations are already using Just Walk Out technology and seeing great results.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon ’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology has been deployed in more than 120 third-party locations, including airports, stadiums, university campuses, convenience stores and theme parks. One of the more recent implementations was the St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital Campus in Savannah, Ga. Hinchey, President and CEO of St.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Untuckit will open at least 14 new brick-and-mortar locations this year, with the first seven set to open by May in California, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Georgia, according to multiple media reports. The apparel retailer currently operates 84 stores across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And many retailers, seeking to snag the best staff, have announced competitive hourly wage rates and flexible payment options that offer anytime access to earned pay. In select locations the company also is offering signing bonuses of $1,000 to $3,000. 21 and Oct. The holidays are one of Macy’s, Inc.’s in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

In fact, it’s evolved from a futuristic sci-fi concept to a safe option for shoppers to do their daily grocery shopping. Namely, the conversations focus on how traditional brick-and-mortar stores can incorporate AI into their operations as more and more fully autonomous stores pop up around the world.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

The statistics show that more and more retail businesses are implementing IoT solutions to explore new ways of connecting with customers, boost sales and streamline business operations. IoT solutions enable retail stores to monitor and manage their equipment, including HVAC systems and refrigerators. Predictive equipment maintenance.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

To attract a new generation of shoppers, retailers are looking to redefine go-to-market strategies and reimagine the customer experience inside their physical store locations. To accomplish this, operational models need to be adapted quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Appointments for high-end fashion brand shopping have been a long-time standard, but they’ve begun to trickle down to fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara too. Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A shopper that’s on the hunt for a particular backpack, on the other hand, will have dedicated more time to the experience, perhaps shopping via their desktop after wrapping up their workday. Retailers used to be blind to who their shoppers are and what they’re shopping for, but not anymore. And the gains are enormous.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location. Every retail store has unique property characteristics that should be taken into consideration when deciding on physical security — one of which includes where your store is located.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Powered by Instacart , Aldi will offer nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

On the community service front, Payless is launching a “Powered by Payless” initiative for the coming fall season to help communities affected by the pandemic. The 790 owned and franchised Payless locations outside North America continued to operate as separate legal entities; their number has fallen slightly over the past 18 months, to 710.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Party City is hiring 20,000 temporary workers for the holiday season — 80% of its 25,000 seasonal hires in 2019 — even though the retailer is drastically reducing the number of Halloween City pop-up stores it will open this year. Home delivery is free for orders of $35.

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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. The parent company operates nearly 14,500 convenience stores worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a result, many retailers must move beyond manual processes to calculate their sales tax obligations. When doing the cost-benefit analysis , it is easier to communicate and control the process and check for quality and consistency when manufacturing is based in the U.S,” said Jim Bonomo, COO at Regina Andrew Design.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

[Update from 3/6/2024] Over the next decade, Target plans to build more than 300 new stores and upgrade the vast majority of its brick-and-mortar fleet, with projects ranging from full remodels to adding Ulta Beauty locations, upgrading fixtures and supporting same-day services.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 26, 2022

NEW YORK – Regional supermarket operators Meijer and Bashas’ separately announced they are now accepting online payments by shoppers enrolled in SNAP, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. Meijer said it enabled online payment using EBT cards for both its pickup and home delivery service.

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V Count

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A modern POS system lets you accept customer payments at a specific location or on the go and can help you track your sales in an efficient way. Customer retention is a critical element in creating a successful business, and as a retail store runner, you need to ensure that customers can make transactions as easy as possible.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Australia Post’s 2022 e-commerce industry report told us that online retail sales represent around 20 per cent of total retail sales , with shopping habits being reformed during the pandemic. Secondly, having a strong e-commerce channel enables customers to find products online that they may have struggled to locate in-store.

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V Count

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A modern POS system lets you accept customer payments at a specific location or on the go and can help you track your sales in an efficient way. Customer retention is a critical element in creating a successful business, and as a retail store runner, you need to ensure that customers can make transactions as easy as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the diversity, equity and inclusion front, Stephen Wicks of BlackBusinessList.com and Deborah Biddle, Founder and Chief Consultant of The People Company, will examine the state of how DE&I strategies are executed at the store level. Reimagining and reconfiguring the physical store. The ins and outs of livestreaming.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Beauty and personal care retailer, Pinalli , has digitally improved its customer experience and in-store operations using a solution from Pricer , the world’s most reliable provider of ESLs (Electronic Shelf Labels). We are delighted to have signed this agreement with Pinalli.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

Earlier this month , the company revealed that it was removing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and would not deploy it in new locations scheduled to open later this year.

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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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A1 Retail

MAY 26, 2021

Sensei and Sonae launch the first autonomous store in Europe open to public. The technology eliminates scanning products, waiting in lines and contact payments. The store opens on 26th may. A frictionless shopping experience. Located in central Lisbon, it opens to the public on the 26th of May.

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Retail Next

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In today’s retail world, the in-store experience is more responsive and adaptable than it’s ever been before. A combination of advancing technology, the need to compete with online shopping, and modernized strategies has led to fundamental changes in stores of all kinds. These beacons can serve a variety of purposes.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. What is BOPIS?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. Grocers should also consider ways to show up outside the store and branch outside traditional ways of working.

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2020

There will be changes in how you operate. Maybe you’re moving around registers to give people space or capping the number of occupants in your store. You want your merchandisers on board with your strategy and ready to enter your locations to set up any displays as shoppers come back. 2: Be Transparent About Changes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

Consumers have developed new shopping habits during the shutdowns, most notably a greater reliance on e-Commerce, contactless pickup and delivery and mobile payment methods. consumers, found that 69% of consumers will maintain or increase their online spending even after physical stores reopen. Unprecedented Uncertainty A head.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers have had their options severely limited — and the idea of returning to typical social behavior like retail shopping is now fraught with risk. There are dozens of things you can do that make things exciting without making the shopping experience unsafe or introducing risks. Going to Home Depot for a fastener?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

And stay tuned next week for a special bonus entry in the series — an on-the-ground take on the smart cart shopping experience. Most notable is Amazon’s recent pullback of its own tech, with the removal of JWO from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and its plans to focus on smart carts instead at new locations.

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