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The Container Store Opens 100th Location, Doubles Down on Smaller Format

Retail TouchPoints

The Container Store has opened its 100 th brick-and-mortar location in Princeton, NJ — a small-format concept designed to boost employee productivity and optimize the customer journey. This is the sixth small-format location the Container Store has opened to date.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Plans Brick-and-Mortar Rollout Beginning in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

brick-and-mortar retailing in late 2021 with a 20,000-square-foot flagship store at New Jersey’s American Dream mall , followed by 452 Toys ‘R’ Us shop-in-shops at Macy’s in 2022. The new stores will open in prime locations that complement the existing Macy’s retail footprint, according to the company.

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Luxury Lessons: What High-End Brands Can Teach Store Designers

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While ecommerce gave consumers speed and convenience, consumers realized that it simply could not replicate the ceremony that can be created in stores — and this is one area where luxury brands really shine, according to Plenert. Now that consumers have come back into the stores, everybody really wants an experience,” Plenert said.

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Three Lessons Grocers can Learn from Specialty Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

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. Local grocers also have invested heavily in regional product arrays to differentiate their shopping experience.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

What do the latest retail statistics tell us about retailing in 2021? We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. Retail Statistics: The Big Picture. The retail market size is continuously growing.

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Batteries Plus: Customer Data and Store Expertise Power Sweeping Digital Transformation

Retail TouchPoints

Creating these unique customer journeys is easier said than done, especially for a retailer that touches so many varied consumer segments. “We’re That said, let’s use auto batteries as an example — a customer goes on Google Shopping and three ads come up.

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How COVID-19 Created the Store of the Future

Retail Next

Ideally, a shopper can look up a store online before going out for a shopping trip, understand the occupancy level and trend (i.e. low occupancy, trending higher) and make a decision on their shopping method based on the information (i.e. So how do retailers know how well their initiatives are performing?