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REI Opens Dedicated Resale Store in Oregon

Retail TouchPoints

The store will focus on providing members with access to high-quality used outdoor gear and apparel with a frequently rotating selection. The products will include both typical returns and items received through trade-in programs.

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Post-COVID Shopping Center Strategies: ‘Digital Districts’ and Landlord-Tenant Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

They wanted to get out and didn’t linger in stores, or walk around aisles or window shop. I think you’re going to have a lot more of that once people return. Outdoor Shopping Centers Should Make the Streets Feel Alive. They add a vibrancy that will make cooped-up shoppers eager to return to old habits.

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To Earn Engagement, Retailers Must Tap into Customers’ Emotions

Retail TouchPoints

It needs to be designed in a way that’s fun and relaxing, to encourage me to return again and again. It’s also about having a place that’s iconic, with things I aspire to do, that also looks cool and encourages me to come out and spend money. RTP: How would that apply in a retail setting? Harmon: It depends on what type of retailer you are.

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Sunshine Ace Hardware Nails Customer Satisfaction with Innovative Voice Technology

Theatro

The company is staffed by knowledgeable people who have worked here for a long time, and it carries everything from plumbing and electrical supplies through to fishing gear, grills and accessories, and outdoor power equipment. Our goal as company was to refine our productivity,” says Michael Wynn, President from Sunshine Ace Hardware. “We

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Back to school, back to learning or will it simply be back to home?

Retail Next

Traffic to stores in the Midwest, Northeast, and South were down in the high 30s to LY but the West had the worst trend -41% to LY. In the tri-state area, governments are mandating that people traveling from 34 states across the nation have to quarantine for 14 days when they return home.

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Creeping back to retail, July Week 1 retail performance trends

Retail Next

As we move forward into this new normal of continuing social distancing, wearing masks, and washing our hands, the million dollar question is, when will we return to life as we once knew it? This is most likely due to shoppers spending more time at home and seeing where immediate improvements can be made to their house.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. 62% of customers buy more than what initially intended during in-store shopping.