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Kohl’s Expands Marketplace to New Categories Following Successful Pilot

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The user experience is seamless within Kohls.com, with marketplace products identified by a badge on the product listing, and items are shipped directly from Kohl’s Marketplace Certified Partners. Kohl’s Marketplace items also are eligible for in-store returns at any Kohl’s location.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. Are consumers returning products less often? For example, Sorel had an anniversary coming up and they were across Nordstrom locations, but they don’t currently have their own brand in stores anymore.

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Making the Most of Store Visits Post-Pandemic

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No matter how brands fared during COVID, one thing is now certain: retailers can no longer rely on physical locations alone as a way to drive store traffic and sales. Instead, it’s the combination of physical location and consumer experience.

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5 Must-Know Predictions for Holiday 2022

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Returns, whether from gift-based purchases or not, significantly slow down associates’ availability during such a crucial time, when busyness is already a given and when too much of the process depends on employees.”. By contrast, only 2% of consumers say they feel the biggest impact in toys, sporting goods and games.

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The Future of Retail: BOPIS 2.0 and RFID Technology

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it can be a kickstarter to the retail sector and become a technology “must have” for the apparel, footwear, home goods, cosmetics, sporting goods and electronics sectors. It can also enhance the customer experience and satisfaction by accurately allowing retailers to locate new stock in busy stockrooms and shop floors.

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Footwear Brands Can Connect With Consumers Over Sustainability

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Allbirds, a leader in DTC footwear, was developed with “an exclusive focus on using sustainable materials,” according to Allbirds Co-founder Joey Zwillinger, and has a dedicated landing page listed on its homepage even before their store locator page is listed. Rather, they just need to make their sustainability efforts easier to find.

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As ‘Appointment Retailing’ Use Cases Expand, More Brands See Value

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Even sporting goods and specialty athletic companies are seeing the benefits of appointments, as they allow associates to walk consumers through their preferred activities and make pointed recommendations based on their needs and behaviors. Is there enough area for people to wait if there needs to be an ‘entry’ to the premises?