Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Adore Beauty plans to expand its national retail store network over the next three years to accelerate its omnichannel growth. The post Adore Beauty plans multi-store rollout as it pursues omnichannel growth appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. For the last fiscal year, Adore Beauty posted a 7.4 per cent to 814,000.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

Ollies Bargain Outlet has acquired 40 former Big Lots stores, jumpstarting its plans to open 75 new stores by February 2026. Ollies announced its real estate plans along with its financial results for FY 2024, which ended Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The company also announced that it was testing out same-day delivery in 75 stores with plans to expand to thousands of stores if the test performs well. New Project Elevate Plan Features Light-Touch Remodels of More Mature Stores In the retailers fiscal 2025 (which ends Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Apple plans to launch an online store in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in summer 2025, providing consumers in the country with service and support directly from Apple in Arabic. And beginning in 2026, the tech retailer plans to open several flagship physical locations, including one in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Closeout retailer Big Lots has initiated going of out business sales at its remaining stores following the news that a planned sale to Nexus Capital Management has fallen through. Big Lots currently operates 960 stores, according to its website , and will continue to serve customers both in-store and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

billion investment in omnichannel growth, the furniture retailer is planning seven new Plan and Order Point stores with pickup locations this year; the eighth store, in Santa Monica, Calif., The new Plan and Order Point stores will be located in Cherry Hill, Pa.; Building off a $2.2 will be solely a pickup point. Beaverton, Ore.;

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

However, at last week’s Delivering the Future event in Nashville, Tennessee, the retail giant announced major plans to combine choice and convenience for its customers. This is how Amazon plans to deliver choice and convenience to consumers without compromising on speed or value.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Additionally, the retailer plans to freeze any price increases on its U.S.-owned To do so, we plan to reduce the number of our new stores and renovations in fiscal year 2025 to accommodate a redesign, while also unlocking capital to support our broader turnaround.” 30 conference call discussing Q4 and the just-ended fiscal year. “To

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Burlington Stores plans to open 101 net-new stores during its current fiscal year, which ends Feb. The value-priced retailer, which currently operates 1,103 stores in 46 states, Washington, D.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Ross Stores plans to open approximately 90 new stores in FY 2025, comprised of about 80 stores under the Ross Dress for Less banner and 10 dds Discounts locations. The discount retailer kicked off its fiscal year, which ends in February 2026, with a total of 19 store openings in March 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2025

In August 2024 , CVS Health identified a multi-year opportunity to deliver $2 billion in savings via a variety of methods, and one of those methods will be closing a total of 271 physical stores in 2025, according to the pharmacy retailers 2024 Annual Report.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

In 2024 WHSmith opened more than 50 new locations in North America , and that expansion is set to continue, with plans to add approximately 50 new stores in the region per year for the next couple of years. With significant store growth in the pipeline, opportunities for brands will only expand.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2025

Now, under the new partnership with TikTok, QVC Group plans to make an even wider assortment of brands and products available on TikTok Shop, opening the door for the company to work with even more creators. The 24/7 streams also will feature original QVC and HSN content created specifically for TikTok.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2025

Saks Global has expanded its partnership with NuORDER by Lightspeed , a B2B assortment planning platform, adding Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman as users alongside Saks Fifth Avenue. The NuORDER solution is designed to simplify planning and managing assortments across hundreds of brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

Campus foodservice leader Sodexo will open nearly 100 Food Hive markets on college campuses by 2026, beginning with the approximately 30 locations opening during the 2024-2025 academic year.

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Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2025

The post How the AFC and RM Williams plan to kickstart fashion manufacturing in Australia appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. The people that were there, from an industry perspective, were quite inspiring about what they were already doing and we got a lot of synergy around the challenges that a lot of us are facing, Moses concluded.

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MAY 7, 2025

The company also announced a host of other big plans for the rest of 2025, including the debut of a new peer-to-peer marketplace scheduled to launch by the end of this year, plans for new solutions to help retailers with returns and adding support for menswear (the company has previously focused only on womens and kids).

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JUNE 23, 2025

Kroger will close approximately 60 stores in the next 18 months and already has taken a $100 million impairment charge related to the closings in its fiscal Q1, which ended May 24, 2025. The supermarket giant reported $45.1 billion in Q1 sales, down slightly from the $45.3 billion generated during the same period last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

Even if you’re a couture bride looking for a high-end gown or you’re on a budget and [planning] to get something on Amazon, at some point you’re going to encounter David’s Bridal because of the way people consume media in and around their wedding. Here’s how Davids plans to do it.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The solution also can improve demand planning by identifying when items are depleted as well as when promotions end, allowing suppliers to better plan availability and product deliveries. Chemist Warehouse plans to use the rich data captured at the product and store levels to create greater inventory efficiencies and reduce costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

David’s Bridal also plans to expand the resale program by introducing a store and mail-in trade-in program for authentic David’s garments. Additionally, the retailer plans to introduce storied and vintage items into its ecosystem.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Dillards has been executing a highly successful strategic plan focused on improving operating margins, prudently managing capital expenditures and aggressively returning capital to stockholders, said James Mitarotonda, Chairman of Barington in a statement. However, we are concerned with Macys large capital expenditure programs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Marks & Spencer plans to install self-checkout POS stations in the changing rooms in its 180 clothing stores, according to the Telegraph and other news outlets.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2025

The company plans to continue normal operations at 10 of its 11 stores , as well as its website, throughout the reorganization process, with CEO Andy Perham promising that Books Inc. The current reorganization plan does include the closure of one store in Berkeley, which will be shuttered on Feb. is not going away.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In the future, the brand plans to expand its assortment to include more specialized collections and collaborations, such as its ongoing partnership with Khloé Kardashian. Toys ‘R’ Us parent company WHP Global began working to bring its stores to Mexico in April 2023 , followed by plans to bring Babies ‘R’ Us to the country in January 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The home improvement retailer also plans to open 10 to 15 stores per year for the next several years. The retailer is working with both new sellers and existing suppliers to populate its new marketplace, with plans to include products at a range of price points designed to appeal to both value-oriented and more affluent customers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Former Lovisa CEO Shane Fallscheer is launching his jewellery business, Harli + Harpa, which plans to roll out several stores by Christmas. The new retailer will market itself as “Your walk-in jewellery box” and open a store at Sunshine Plaza, among other planned locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Managing this requires keen budgeting skills and pre-planning, which can cause stress for seasonal business owners. Thoughtful budgeting and money-saving strategies are a crucial part of any business plan, seasonal or not. Diversification of offerings also is a key way that many businesses draw off-season customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

For its part, Walgreens has been struggling in a tough vertical; in October 2024 the retailer announced plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years, part of a turnaround plan announced in June 2024.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Additionally, Variety Wholesalers plans to acquire additional shuttered locations, and these will also be reopened under new management, as the company positions Big Lots for continued long-term growth and expansion. In April 2025, Variety Wholesalers announced a first wave of openings for previously shuttered locations.

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