Retail Gazette

APRIL 15, 2024

The Body Shop administrators have been working on a deal to cut its tax bill in order to boost cash for creditors facing losses following its collapse. The creditors will benefit from a proposal to protect tax losses, which may be used to lower corporation tax due in the future, if The Body Shop can be rescued and continue solvent training.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

TikTok will reportedly enter a partnership with TalkShopLive to launch its live shopping platform in North America, two people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times. TikTok’s live shopping platform is already operational in Asian markets including Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam as well as the U.K.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Citing its actions following previous corporate mergers, Kroger said it plans to lower prices when its planned merger with Albertsons is finalized. The supermarket giant will invest $500 million to lower prices on “day one” following the transaction’s close, and also plans to invest $1.3

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

A little less than one year after Toys ‘R’ Us made its return to the world of UK brick-and-mortar via nine shop-in-shops in WHSmith stores, TRU parent company WHP Global has announced plans to expand the partnership and add 30 new locations by this summer. Locations and opening dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

with plans for stores in a dozen new markets through a partnership with mall operator CBL Properties. Miniso is an innovative retailer catering to a generation of customers who over the last few years have shown a preference for shopping at malls. expansion plans. and Winston-Salem, N.C., ”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

The Body Shop Canada has filed a Notice of Intention (NOI) to file for protection under the country’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, following a similar filing by the retailer’s UK arm last month. Additionally, The Body Shop US Limited has “ceased operations” as of March 1, 2024, according to a press release.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is betting big on going small, with plans to open up to 30 new small-format locations across the country in 2024. The planned expansion is in addition to the nearly 15 small-format stores that the retailer already operates. Macy’s Inc. in a statement. beginning in 2024.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sydney’s Paddy’s Market is at the centre of a debate over its redevelopment with some traders and members of the public opposing plans to give the venue a significant facelift. One trader opposing the plan, Judy Kim, said the market is a “Sydney institution” and that generations of families have flocked to the location.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Kohl’s has announced the locations of the next 250 stores that will be opening 2,500-square-foot Sephora shop-in-shops in 2023. Last year Kohl’s and Sephora announced plans to expand their partnership to all of Kohl’s more than 1,100 locations. Kohl’s also plans to open 50 smaller-format Sephora shops by the end of 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Party City has launched a new digital party-planning marketplace, aptly called Party+ Marketplace , that brings together local vendors and service providers with the retailers’ range of party supplies.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

With online shopping hitting record highs during the most recent Thanksgiving holiday weekend, many companies often focus on preparing for this annual period of peak demand. That’s why retailers must find ways to optimize their cloud resource planning strategies ahead of a time of demand. So Who’s Doing It Well?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Warby Parker, which began life as a pure-play DTC retailer, opened 40 stores in 2023 for a total of 237 and plans to open another 40 stores this year. Additionally, the eyewear retailer increased average revenue per customer 9.3% in 2023, to $287 , and boosted its number of active customers 2.5% , to 2.33

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. Part of this expansion strategy is to give LSKD customers the ability to shop directly with the brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

David’s Bridal is expanding into event planning with the debut of a new all-in-one wedding planning platform and vendor marketplace called Pearl by David’s. The Pearl platform enables brides to plan their wedding and connect with thousands of local vendors across the U.S., all in one place.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In May 2023 , Uniqlo, which opened its first North American location in 2005, revealed its plans to reach 200 North American locations by 2027. Uniqlo will open more than 20 stores in the U.S. and Canada in 2024, including debuts in new markets for the fast fashion retailer. Tacoma Mall, Tacoma, Wash. Providence Place, Providence, R.I.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The Cheesecake Shop has undergone a rebrand, unveiling today its fresh new logo and store design. Scott Bush, CEO of The Cheesecake Shop, said “We are so proud to launch The Cheesecake Shop’s new brand identity and we know our customers will love the evolution and the fresh look and feel. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Kohl’s will add 45 new 750-square-foot Sephora shop-in-shops in stores across 29 states in the next few months, bringing the total to 910 Kohl’s stores by the end of 2023. The newly announced smaller shop-in-shops will be opened at Kohl’s stores across the country, including four apiece in Indiana and Utah and three in North Carolina.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2024

After opening the brand’s first brick-and-mortar location since its 2018 bankruptcy in July 2023, the company has now announced plans to bring Babies ‘R’ Us shop-in-shops to 200 Kohl’s locations this year. WHP Global is following a familiar playbook for its relaunch of Babies ‘R’ Us.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UK-based travel retailer WHSmith is bullish on growth prospects for 2024, with plans to open more than 110 stores this year — and more than 50 of those openings will be in North America.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Ingka Group , parent company of Ikea Retail, has debuted an AI-powered home design inspiration and shopping tool on the OpenAI GPT Store. only, but Ikea plans to expand to more markets where ChatGPT is available during 2024. The Ikea Assistant is currently available for GPT Plus users in the U.S. Ikea had committed to spending $2.2

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 15, 2024

Superdry landlords are expected to bear the brunt as the retailer prepares to launch a new restructuring plan this week in the latest attempt to turnaround the business. The ailing fashion retailer confirmed on Monday it was in the “advanced stages” of preparing a restructuring plan and expects to launch it “in the coming days”.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

To revitalise Sydney’s Haymarket and Chinatown streets and public spaces, The City of Sydney has launched a $44 million plan following consultation with 1150 residents. Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore AO, said the “significant investment” would work to safeguard the historic precinct’s success into the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

Macy’s Backstage , Lids and Carhartt all have announced expansions of shop-in-shop formats with parent and partner retailers. Macy’s plans to eventually add Backstage-branded spaces at 270 locations across the U.S.; The company hopes to eventually have 270 such shop-in-shops nationwide. Macy’s Backstage at Macy’s.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In addition to this Southern California store, the retailer has new shops planned for Illinois, Rhode Island, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. Forever 21 plans to celebrate each new store with a grand opening featuring special promotions, giveaways, gifts with purchase and food.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

brick-and-mortar retailing in late 2021 with a 20,000-square-foot flagship store at New Jersey’s American Dream mall , followed by 452 Toys ‘R’ Us shop-in-shops at Macy’s in 2022. No information about the number of planned stores or their opening dates was available. “As Toys ‘R’ Us marked its initial return to U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2023

Christmas Tree Shops , which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5, reportedly plans to emerge from the process with most stores open, according to The Wall Street Journal. It has no plans to seek a buyer. It has no plans to seek a buyer. Our operations are sound.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Reasor’s Foods has reduced cart abandonment among its online shoppers with the deployment of a white-label meal planning solution from GroceryShopii. Since integrating the solution into its RecipeToTable meal planning option in summer 2021, shoppers using it are 5X more likely to complete their ecommerce transactions compared to non-users.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2023

Christmas Tree Shops is planning to liquidate and close all of its stores if it can’t find a buyer, according to court documents. Christmas Tree Shops originally sought Chapter 11 protection in early May, with plans to stay in business after closing approximately 10 out of 82 stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

But as the OG value-shopping app tries to win back consumers, it has more than a few hurdles to overcome — not least of which is luring back lapsed consumers who now have new alternatives that don’t come with any negative history. And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Chen, a former food franchisee, and Sharvell, an ex-Hungry Jacks area manager, have appointed former Soul Origin executive Chris Mavris as chief operating officer, and Minu Kaneshakarnar, formerly with The Cheesecake Shop, as marketing manager. This story was originally published on Franchise Executives.

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VMS

APRIL 15, 2021

Macy’s (New York) has announced plans to open 45 Backstage shop-in-shops in select Macy’s locations in 10 different states this year, according to Retail Dive. Its final target is 270 Backstage shop-in-shops nationwide. Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette also reportedly said during J.P.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

Wedding Wingman was piloted in select markets in September 2022 in response to customer feedback and insights indicating that nearly half of all grooms find the wedding planning process too difficult or time-consuming. ” The tool could help Men’s Wearhouse compete with David’s Bridal ’s own planning platform, Pearl by David’s. .

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Making the whole international shopping experience seamless is a journey that takes time, so don’t expect everything to be perfect right away,” she continues. Even better, she says, look at ways to integrate another shopping experience if customers want to exchange goods, by offering incentives for additional orders.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2023

Children’s goods retailer Toys ‘R’ Us says it plans to open a 3000sqm experiential retail hub in Victoria if the company’s capital raising plan is successful. Meanwhile, the company will deploy $3 million to support the rollout of new Toys ‘R’ Us stores located inside WH Smith high street shops in the UK.

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