Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2025

By offering participants a chance to win a fun prize through this type of consumer promotion, you can create excitement for your brand, attract new customers and keep existing consumers coming back for more. But to plan a successful sweepstakes, youll need more than just an enticing prize. Choose how you will promote the sweepstakes.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Through the strategic partnership, nearly 900 stores will use RFMN’s dynamic Digital Window Signs to promote weekly sales programs, special events, promotional ads and other ad messages, powered by Save A Lot’s retail media network. Click here to access the latest news on all things retail media.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2025

Aldi is continuing its expansion: in February 2025 the retailer announced plans to open more than 225 stores this year the largest number of openings in a single calendar year in the retailers history as part of its five- year national growth strategy. During his decade of leading Aldi U.S.,

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Whether managing risk and compliance, retail media, marketing campaigns or allocating staffing resources, retailers are under growing pressure to meet the evolving needs of their consumers and stay ahead of competitors in a market flooded with promotions and campaigns. “It Has the promotion been launched on TikTok?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2025

In his first earnings cycle at the helm , Kohls new CEO Ashley Buchanan laid out his plan to turn around the embattled company, which has struggled for years to return to a position of strength while fending off activist investors. Adjustments to the companys selection of national brands and promotional strategy also are underway.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

Two of the nations major employers, with a combined workforce of 320,000 staff and about a 66 per cent share of the grocery market, Woolworths and Coles endured a 2024 they would no doubt rather forget. Woolworths and Coles, Australias supermarket goliaths, have gone from Covid-19 heroes to cost-of-living villains in the last two years.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2025

Ulta Beauty will launch a third-party marketplace later this year as it seeks to combat slowing sales and declining market share. This has prompted the beauty retailer to present a cautious 2025 outlook and add new details to the Ulta Beauty Unleashed transition plan, including an online marketplace. Net sales were down 1.9%

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 10, 2025

Key Takeaways Local Marketing Significance: Local marketing is crucial for connecting with nearby customers, driving foot traffic, and fostering a loyal customer base in today’s competitive environment. In today’s competitive landscape, local marketing can set your business apart from the crowd.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2024

Convenience store retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard will promote current COO Alex Miller to CEO and President, effective Sept. The board and I have been planning for an orderly and seamless succession for several years, and we have carefully assessed the process and possible candidates.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Michelle Wlazlo, formerly the Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer of JCPenney, has been promoted to Brand CEO of JCPenney. Former JCPenney CEO Marc Rosen has been named CEO of Catalyst Brands, with three brand CEOs overseeing the new companys portfolio reporting to him.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2025

In 2023, Foot Locker CEO and president Mary Dillon announced the launch of Foot Lockers multi-tiered revival plan, Lace Up. Our ‘Lace Up’ plan will create pathways for growth in both our areas of historic strength and our opportunity areas for the future, said Dillon. Even though Q4 sales were down by 5.8 per cent. .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Instacart also is planning to extend pick-to-light to its Caper Carts smart carts, which will enable customers to have shelf labels flash for items — whether from their shopping list or an ad or coupon they see — directly from their cart.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

retailers currently use AI in their strategies, with 97% planning to increase investments in 2024. According to one Gartner Market Guide : “By 2025, the top 10 global retailers by revenue will leverage contextualized real-time pricing…to manage and adjust in-store prices for customers.” through 2028. through 2028.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But even now, with the platform’s existence more precarious than ever, it continues to expand its user base, cultural influence and status as a marketing and commerce powerhouse. Retail TouchPoints: What makes TikTok such a powerful platform, both for consumers and marketers? For more than two years the fate of TikTok in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Read on to take a look at the issues we plan to watch and cover onRetail TouchPoints. In terms of consumer acceptance of AI, there are strong indications that many consumers are unaware that AI is already sharpening the product recommendations they receive or has planned a faster delivery route so that their package arrives on time.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Several years ago, during the Super Bowl, I was working at a small startup when my CTO came to tell me the company was planning a major commercial push to the big game’s millions of global viewers. Our engineering team was caught completely off guard – we hadn’t even known a commercial was planned. The result?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

According to the brand, Mansergh’s appointment comes at a time of “significant momentum” for the company, which has had tremendous expansion in major international markets. Under Rebecca’s direction, the brand is planning an ambitious expansion in the US, with multiple shop openings planned for major areas this year.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has blocked a Bakers Delight plan to install a new product price tiering system for a range of promotional products in its new point-of-sale system. Bakers Delight’s new PoS system will not allow for product or price modification of discount promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

K-VA-T Food Stores , the parent company of Food City , has implemented SymphonyAI s CINDE Connected Retail platform to deepen its customer insights across all key business functions, including supply chain, merchandising, shelf planning, assortment and promotion optimization.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2025

Asking how your target customer defines value in their daily lives can support your foundational vision and planning for the next year. Getting this more granular perspective also can help you be more creative with your pricing, promotions and experiential strategies. Question 1: What does my target consumer value?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2025

The footwear companys Consumer, Product and Brand leadership, formerly under the direction of President Heidi ONeill, will now be divided into three distinct areas: Consumer and Sport, Marketing, and Product Creation, inclusive of Innovation and Design. The company veteran had retired in 2020 but returned to replace retiring CEO John Donahoe.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

Incremental price increases on inelastic goods can protect margins, while promotions on elastic goods can sustain demand. Promotional campaigns including strategic discounts and bundles can offset consumer price sensitivity and clear inventory. Nearshoring production can reduce logistical risks and tariffs.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thats especially important when todays media-savvy consumer understands the difference between paid-for promotions and editorial reviews. Weve used data points to get beauty brands over 100 pieces of coverage with SEO benefit in a few weeks, in the likes of Glamour and Grazia , without a single promotional deal or sample circulated.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

All these different sensory elements, including the music playlist, dont feel forced; it feels very authentic in the store, said Jaime Bettencourt, responsible for revenue growth, brand strategy and content marketing at Mood Media in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

However, Yum Chinas emphasis on value-driven promotions and digital integration has enabled it to capture demand even as discretionary spending tightens. We plan to expand the model to 1300 locations by the end of 2025. Ding noted that China is still a very big market.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 11, 2025

Utilize Targeted Social Media Campaigns: Engage with your audience through localized content and promotions on social media, fostering customer loyalty and driving foot traffic to your franchise. In today’s competitive marketplace, local franchise marketing is more crucial than ever.

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Wiser

MAY 12, 2025

In the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, seasonal retail displays are planned months in advanceoften 8 to 9 months before they hit store floors. Brands like Haribo, General Mills, and Nestl lock in Halloween promotions in Q1, ship mid-summer, and expect execution by late summer. Market conditions evolve.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Numerous conferences and sessions held over the first two days provided a comprehensive overview of market trends, featuring many exclusive international speakers. Retail investment has been especially driven by the strong performance of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish markets, alongside robust results in the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

The platform plans to soon announce a partnership to bring “the most successful crowdfunding projects to physical locations.” To promote its new expanded service, Indiegogo is also lowering its platform fees to 4% for crowdfunding campaigns through the rest of 2024.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Of course, this is much easier said than done, with “going green” not something that can be done overnight and instead requires careful thought and planning. Retail Focus caught up with experts in the flooring market to find out more about their latest solutions and the long-term benefits they offer to retailers large and small.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

However you look at it, healthy people are at the center of any successful sustainability plan. At Bragg, we review employee compensation annually and ensure that we remain competitive to market. Establishing a solid economic foundation for team members enables a stable organization that is capable of executing our work plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

Wish has been in the midst of a massive turnaround effort for more than a year now, and in summer 2022, the app reintroduced itself to consumers with a rebrand and major marketing blitz. And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023. Yan: Exactly.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

But amidst the traditional marketing blitzes and seasonal promotions, a new force is opening doors to partnerships that wouldnt have been imaginable even a few years ago and quietly reshaping the retail landscape in the process: commerce media.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

And some seven years on, much to the dismay of retailers, it is now starting to shake the tree and become a real force in the market , as Australian shoppers increasingly turn to alternatives to manage the cost-of-living crisis. Amazon, the $2 trillion gorilla, arrived on our shores officially in December 2017, just in time for Christmas.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Our teams are energized by the work ahead as we accelerate our path to market share gains, sustainable, profitable growth and value creation for our shareholders. As part of its restructuring under the Bold New Chapter, Spring announced the plan to cut the fat and close down 150 of Macys underperforming stores by the end of 2024.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The FMCG subscription box market in Australia has shown strong growth over the past few years, driven by increasing consumer demand for convenience and personalisation, the continued rise of e-commerce, and sustainable practices. FMCG subscription box offers encompass a variety of sectors. What’s behind the growth?

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

The most common aids, according to research commissioned by Shopfully, include promotion hunting, product searching, or price comparison. Not just promotions, but the personally-driven data While value-driven marketing is no longer optional, 84 per cent of shoppers said that promotion is the dominant factor in their loyalty and spending.

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