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Amazon Plans Chainwide Rollout of Palm-Based Payments at Whole Foods

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. We are always looking for new ways to delight our customers and improve the shopping experience,” said Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Whole Foods Market in a statement.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It Store Associates Gain Access To Up-To-Date Data. The final prong was in Burton’s customer-facing solutions, comprising technologies for e-Commerce, marketing, social media, customer service and a retail POS.

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Best Buy CEO Promises Enhanced Personalization, Physical Store Upgrades in FY2025

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We are also excited to partner even more with our vendors this year as it relates to their branded in-store merchandise experiences,” Barry added, identifying Tesla, Lovesac and Starlink as examples of planned vendor partnerships. Best Buy closed 24 stores in FY 2024 and plans to close 10 to 15 in FY 2025.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

The survey also found that less than 13% of retail organizations are investing in technology to tackle these challenges, instead remaining focused on short-term fixes like increasing prices and running marketing campaigns. There’s also the matter of securing the computer hardware that runs the store operations.

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L’Oréal Buys Australian Beauty Brand A?sop

Retail TouchPoints

Aēsop operates approximately 400 points of sale across the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, with a recent advance into China, where the brand opened its first store in 2022. The closing is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

Then the next step is to go beyond that to say you also plan on empowering consumers to be able to live those promises as well, whether that’s inclusivity, sustainability or giving back to the community. Every market is not the same, so showing up purposefully at significant times of the year is a good investment.

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What retailers can learn from Starbucks’ accessible store design

Inside Retail

This month, the American coffee chain Starbucks opened the first store to be built using its Inclusive Spaces Framework at Union Market in Washington, DC. The framework aims to bring more inclusive innovation in physical and digital spaces while enabling Starbucks to scale accessible design across its store portfolio.