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Kohl’s Taps Tuesday Morning CEO as New Director of Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Kohl’s has hired a new Senior EVP and Director of Stores to help improve brick-and-mortar sales and productivity. Fred Hand, who has deep experience with discount and department store brands, is now overseeing the retailer’s 1,100+ stores, store operations and experience, loss prevention and store experience and design functions.

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Computer Vision-Enabled App Helps Home Depot Improve On-Shelf Availability

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Home Depot is on the leading edge with this type of tech usage: the 2023 Retail TouchPoints Store Operations Benchmark Survey revealed that just 28% of retailer respondents’ associates use mobile devices to audit visual merchandising and displays.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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Trend 3: Store Design Teams Become ‘Experience Teams’ When a brand decides to open a new store, the design team cannot work within its own silo. This is a new reality for typical projects, according to Cornelius, and it is why her firm has changed its vernacular from “store design” to “experience design.”

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Three Design Tips for Fighting Shrink

Retail TouchPoints

That means asking questions like: What more can be done to deter theft using store layout, customer flow, shelf height, mirrors, lighting and the placement of gondolas, merchandise and security cameras? How can we better integrate the latest anti-theft technologies and loss-prevention research into our store designs from the outset?