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How RFID is Powering Perry Ellis’ Customer Operations, from Inventory Planning to Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

Perry Ellis is managing this challenge through the rollout of RFID technology, in partnership with Mojix , that will help the retailer manage its supply chain from the store level all the way through broader inventory planning.

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NRF 2023: How Target Makes its Culture of Inclusion Tangible

Retail TouchPoints

I attended a leadership immersion event with our Hispanic and Latino officers and got the chance to speak with local store leaders about the Target culture’s impact on both their personal and professional lives,” said Fernandez.

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Trigo Raises $100 Million to Fuel Expansion of Cashier-Free Checkout Technology

Retail TouchPoints

enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. Trigo’s solution is designed to help supermarkets create a “digital twin” of the store using feeds from ceiling-mounted cameras and shelf sensors.

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Belk Adds Same-Day Delivery Option

Retail TouchPoints

Department store retailer Belk will provide same-day delivery on select merchandise for orders placed before 2 pm, with delivery the following day for orders coming in after that time.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers returned $428 billion in merchandise last year, nearly 11% of all U.S. The return rate has always been higher for goods bought online — as much as 3X that of products bought in stores depending on the category, according to research from returns technology provider Optoro.

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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

Retail TouchPoints

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. The retailer utilizes autonomous robots to almost continuously scan the stores where they operate, completing three full circuits each day.

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Saving Shoppers from the Sea of Sameness

Retail TouchPoints

Picture yourself walking into a mattress store. As you walk through the mattress store, all you see is what seems like miles of white bedding and seemingly identical products. You feel your head begin to pound as you try to assimilate the barrage of messaging throughout the store.

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World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Tyson Fury, launches range of energy drinks

Retail Times

Hit your day harder with Furocity by Tyson Fury, a brand new range of energy drinks from Tyson Fury, available at selected retailers and on the Tyson Fury 'The Gypsy King' Official Merchandise store.

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Bullring & Grand Central secures 27,500 sq ft JD Sports upsize for Summer 2023

Retail Focus

JD Sports, which has been at Bullring since 2003, will open a new 27,500 sq ft store on the lower level. The new store will stock even more ranges from brands such as Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and Converse, covering footwear, fashion, and accessories.

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What the metaverse means for retail and consumer goods

Inside Retail

Use cases include: Virtual Stores. Immersive shopping experiences brought to life through digital products, interactive content, and store-associate interaction. Virtual stores enable brands to interact and connect with their customers at a new level. Augmented Store Experiences.

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5 Reasons To Consider Using A Retail Solutions Company To Help Get Your In-store Merchandising Right

CJ Retail Solutions

As a business owner, you understand the importance of merchandising in your shop. Good retail merchandising is essential for attracting customers, improving sales, and creating a positive shopping experience. Retail Merchandising merchandising retail merchandising retail solutions

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Top Quality Wholesale Merchandise

Independent Retailer

Perfect for general merchandise stores, Sun Devil Service & Supply has just about everything retailers need to fill their empty shelves. Just like every other business, Sun Devil Service & Supply began with an idea to start selling merchandise.

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Spend your Christmas time well with this game-changing e-commerce platform

Inside Retail

Many of those shoppers will still be looking online despite the reopening of retail stores in Melbourne and Sydney. The Playbill team was able to launch multiple merchandise stores via the StoreConnect platform, which they used for all e-commerce and marketing information.

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Many Stores Start Implementing “Keep It” Policy for Returns

VMS

Major retail stores – like The Gap, American Eagle, Target and Walmart, among others – are now considering asking customers to keep their unwanted items, rather than returning them, according to a new report by CNN Business. Headlines Latest News Top store returns

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VMSD Announces its 2022 VMSD/Peter Glen Retailer of the Year: Dick’s Sporting Goods

VMS

Now in its 125 th year of publication, Cincinnati-based VMSD (Visual Merchandising Store Design) magazine is the leading publication for retail designers and store display professionals, serving the retail industry since 1897.

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NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

Retail TouchPoints

For instance, clothing and accessory store sales were up 18.3% Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% YoY; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 12.1%

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Major Retailers Weigh “Keep It” Policy for Returns

VMS

Major retail stores – including The Gap, American Eagle, Target and Walmart, among others – are now considering asking customers to keep their unwanted items, rather than returning them, according to a new report by CNN Business.

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SoulMakes is a Leader in Crystal & Gemstone Gifts

Independent Retailer

Sourced from all over the globe, SoulMakes offers gorgeous gifts and impulse buys that are perfect for any retail store. Now, SoulMakes exclusively offers wholesale to boutique, tourist, resort, and general merchandise stores.

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Raley’s COO Konkel will step down

Mass Relators

He quickly advanced through the larger Raley’s organization from roles in store to becoming a district leader to leading the remote market in New Mexico and finally to the support center. WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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Rising prices hurt retail sales in May

Mass Relators

May sales were up in eight out of nine categories on a yearly basis, led by building materials stores, online sales and grocery stores, but fell in nearly half the categories on a monthly basis. Online and other non-store sales were down 1% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 8.5%

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NRF: Holiday sales grew 5.3% to $936.3 billion

Mass Relators

The holiday total, which is not adjusted for inflation, includes online and other non-store sales, which were up 9.5% November-December holiday sales saw year-over-year gains in all but two of nine retail categories, led by online sales, grocery stores and general merchandise stores.

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NRF says retail sales picked up in January

Mass Relators

January sales were up in all but one retail category on a yearly basis, led by sporting goods stores, clothing stores and online sales, and increased across the board on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Sporting goods stores were up 0.2%

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Meet the rising star of the week, Jade Cameron, LSKD

Inside Retail

But also something not many people know is from this job, I had a sneaky passion and love for merchandising stores!

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NRF, Census Bureau Report Continued Retail Recovery In August

Retail TouchPoints

Individual sales results from the retail sectors NRF examined for August include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores: Up 2.9% unadjusted year-over-year; Furniture and home furnishings stores : Up 2.1% unadjusted year-over-year; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 0.8%.

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July Retail Sales Show Consumers Still Shopping Despite Inflation: NRF

VMS

July sales were up in all but three retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, building material stores and grocery stores, and increased in all but two categories on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 2.7

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NRF: Holiday sales hit a record $886.7 billion

Mass Relators

billion in online and other non-store sales (up 11.3%) but excludes sales at automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, set a new record despite challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions and the ongoing pandemic. “We Sporting goods stores, up 20.9%.

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NRF: July retail sales show consumers still shopping

Mass Relators

July sales were up in all but three retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, building material stores and grocery stores, and increased in all but two categories on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 2.7

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IRDC 2021 Kicks Off with Keys to Surviving “Digital Darwinism”

VMS

DENVER — The 21st annual International Retail Design Conference presented by VMSD magazine kicked off on Tuesday, welcoming a throng of visual merchandisers, store designers and retail executives to the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel for the two-day conference.

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Retail sales up in March despite inflation’s surge

Mass Relators

March sales were up in all but two categories on both a monthly and yearly basis, with year-over-year gains led by grocery, clothing and furniture stores, according to NRF. Specifics from key sectors include: Grocery and beverage stores were up 1% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 7.9%

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November sales dip vs. October, up from last year

Mass Relators

Consumers have been shifting back to in-store shopping for a more traditional holiday shopping experience, and we expect record participation for this year’s Super Saturday shopping weekend.”. Specifics from key sectors include: Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.8%

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NRF Reports May Sales Rebound But Full Recovery Is Still Ahead

Retail TouchPoints

For a sick economy, there is no better medicine than retailers responding to consumers who are ready to safely return to stores. Some of the key findings in the NRF data include: Clothing and accessory stores were up 188%. News Briefs Store Operations NRF recovery Coronavirus

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NRF Says 2021 Holiday Sales Grew 14.1 Percent to Record $886.7 Billion

VMS

The number includes online and other non-store sales, which were up 11.3 Despite supply chain challenges, retailers kept their shelves stocked and consumers were able to fill their carts both in-store and online. Sporting goods stores, up 20.9 General merchandise stores, up 15.2

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Retail Sales Bounce Back in June

VMS

June sales were up in all but two retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, grocery stores and building materials stores, and increased in just over half of the categories on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 2.2

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Latest CAMP Location Showcases the Art of Child’s Play

Retail TouchPoints

So far, the experiential retailer for families has been extremely successful in its mission: the typical family spends up to two hours in CAMP stores, browsing products and capitalizing on each location’s unique features and experiences.

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August retail sales supported by job, wage gains

Mass Relators

August sales were up in all but one retail category on a yearly basis, led by building material stores, online sales and grocery stores, and increased in all but four categories on a monthly basis. Online and other non-store sales were down 0.7 Sporting goods stores were up 0.5

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How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

Retail TouchPoints

They’re embracing a true blending of digital and physical channels that allows them to touch and feel a product in the store, add it to their shopping lists, do more digging into how the product was sourced and developed, and then have it delivered later.

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PAVE Announces 2021 VMSD Scholarship

VMS

IRDC is recognized as the premier educational and networking event for the store design and visual merchandising communities. The post PAVE Announces 2021 VMSD Scholarship appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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April Retail Sales Inched Ahead with Shoppers “Taking Higher Prices in Stride”

VMS

April sales were up in two-thirds of categories on both a monthly and yearly basis, with year-over-year gains led by online sales and clothing and grocery stores. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 2.1 Grocery and beverage stores were down 0.2

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Should You Still Get A Google Ads Certification?

Store Growers

With Store Growers, we sell Google Ads training and we often get the question why we’re competing against the FREE materials that Google is putting out. Harry, who sells custom made candles in his online store. Google Ads campaigns from the Google Merchandise store.

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February retail sales show year-over-year gains

Mass Relators

February sales were down in two-thirds of categories on a monthly basis but up across the board on a yearly basis, with year-over-year gains led by clothing and building materials stores and online sales. Specifics from key sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 1.1%

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Retail sales showed strong gains in January

Mass Relators

January sales were up in all but two categories on both a monthly and yearly basis, with year-over-year gains led by clothing and building materials stores and online sales. Specifics from key sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 0.7%

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Retail sales on a record pace this holiday season

Mass Relators

November sales were up in all but three categories on a monthly basis and were up across the board year-over-year, led by increases at clothing, sporting goods and furniture stores. Specifics from key sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 0.5%

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Early holiday shopping boosts October retail sales

Mass Relators

Despite significant challenges including supply chain issues, labor shortages, rising inflation and OSHA’s impending employer vaccine mandate, retailers are continuing to safely serve consumers online and in stores. Electronics and appliance stores were up 3.8%