Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2023

Some of them are tried and true, such as store layout and design, customer service and convenience. Store layout and design Store layout and design are basic, yet essential factors in creating the initial impression and introduction to the store. Don’t be complacent in this area.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Amazon is bringing its Amazon Go convenience store format to the suburbs with the launch of a location in Mill Creek, Wash. The retailer also is planning an Amazon Go location in the Los Angeles metro area. The larger size won’t be a challenge: in early 2020, Amazon opened a 10,400-square-foot cashierless grocery store in Seattle.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data. The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The new design, which features a more open layout and localized elements, will also be incorporated into future remodels across the chain. The first new store concept recently opened outside of Houston, and Target plans to utilize the format in half of the 200 store remodels and almost all of the 30 new stores planned for 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Pilot Travel Centers ’ $1 billion New Horizons remodeling project will enhance the retailer’s stores throughout North America. More than 50 site remodels are planned for this year. As part of the three -year project, more than 400 Pilot and Flying J travel locations will receive upgrades.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Now a new tagline, Happiness Baked Daily, reiterates that point, as does the store layout. A nostalgic new store look, led by McCartney Design, will connect customers with an open kitchen which allows them to observe the cake baking and decorating. All new stores to open will adopt the modern store fit-out.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

Optimize store layouts With visual intelligence from cameras such as heat maps and trajectory analysis, among others the GAILs team has found innovative uses of Verkadas technology to optimize layouts and customer flows in its retail storefronts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

With customer demands coming in hotter and the stakes higher than ever, assortment planning is the key to profit growth. Here, we help you avoid profit margin mayhem with a considered, data-driven assortment plan. What is assortment planning? Why is assortment planning important? More on this later. Hello, retention!

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Some, like Target, are expanding their footprint with larger stores, while others, such as Sprouts Farmers Market, are doubling down on the small format. As retailers diversify their real estate portfolios to adapt to changing consumer demands, managing in-store brand experiences across various formats becomes increasingly challenging.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Typically, visual merchandisers (VMs) tend to work in Excel spreadsheets — a manual, time-consuming process that makes it difficult for store employees to fully visualize the store layout. Using the IWD Display solution, VMs can build out 3D models of Vans’ stores to use for monthly and seasonal planning.

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Visual Merchandising Store Layout Boutique Apparel 288

Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2025

Strategic priorities for the future The report notes that department stores, looking ahead to this year and beyond, are positioning themselves not merely as places to shop but as multifunctional lifestyle anchors. Companies can no longer rely on external expansion for growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2020

For the holiday season, home décor retailer Cost Plus World Market launched a unique digital experience designed to spark joy among its traditional shoppers and boasting a real in-store layout that allows customers to browse and buy more than 550 holiday products.

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365 Retail

JULY 11, 2024

The megastore investment plans are already underway, with the Swindon, Merry Hill , Brentford , and Solihull megastores all newly relaunched. This initiative aligns with Currys’ commitment to its omnichannel model, comprised of 301 stores across the UK and Ireland and a strong online presence.

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Retail Next

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Regardless of whether you are planning on opening a new store or undergoing a store revamp, the layout of your store is more crucial to your overall performance than you may think. After all, picking the right layout design will allow your customers to shop your store with ease.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

From business operations to customer behaviour, store layout is vitally important for many reasons which may seem inconsequential or unnoticeable to the untrained eye. But with retail footfall gradually increasing in the UK , you’ll want to do everything you can to make your store a roaring success. . Sales strategy.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Søstrene Grene , the esteemed Danish homewares and hobby brand, has unveiled plans to open a flagship store in Central London. This development is part of the company’s aggressive strategy to launch 100 new stores across the UK by the end of the decade.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Rising to the occasion will require careful consideration of both store layouts (to keep the experience orderly and pleasant) and customer service (to minimize frustrating friction). “It’s There needs to be an up-leveling of the communication skills and customer-facing behaviors for sales associates.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

In retail, some of the promising applications include demand planning and forecasting, as well as store layout optimisation, all of which drive growth. While we’re still in the early days of GenAI, we’re already starting to see companies experiment with sandboxes to better understand its potential and limitations.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

The outstanding innovation of the store concept is the adoption of Flexstore, a unique food store construction principle invented by Interstore | Schweitzer, presented at EuroShop 2020 in its updated version. For BRIDGE, apart from the permanent cooking stations, all other furnishing elements are 100% flexible.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

With this, retailers are designing store layouts with dedicated areas to showcase new and different products for varying tastes and trends, creating an ever-changing experience for shoppers. This focus on personalization makes an entire shopping journey that feels tailored to the individual.

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Retail Focus

MAY 20, 2024

The retailer will initially trial several initiatives in its 20 stores in the area over the next 12 months to create a blueprint for further improvements across its wider estate. This will centre around improving store layouts and designs, upgrading technology and offering enhanced training to colleagues.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 20, 2025

While each store sells products differently, you still need to have standard procedures to ensure that your stores perform at optimal efficiency. Store organization : If you practice heat mapping, you may have slightly different store layouts. Start with: 1.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sadly, in addition to imagining how people will shop the store, designers need to think harder about how they might steal from it, too. That means asking questions like: What more can be done to deter theft using store layout, customer flow, shelf height, mirrors, lighting and the placement of gondolas, merchandise and security cameras?

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

As a result, the retailer recently opened the doors at three new locations, Dubbo Square (NSW), Lake Macquarie Square (NSW) and Spencer Outlet Centre (Vic), and has three more openings planned for 2021. Yeung said there will be store growth in all states. “We Sustainability is a key focus for Jeanswest moving forward.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While the report primarily focuses on how AI can optimize store layouts and marketing strategies, there is an underlying message on data security. Ensuring business continuity plans include appropriate responses to network outages, breaches and ransomware attacks. Conducting a third-party audit of cybersecurity protocols.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

In fact, 71% of consumer products CEOs and 64% of retail CEOs believe they have a clear plan for the role advanced AI will play in decision-making five years from now. And businesses are taking notice. Three in four CEOs across industries believe that competitive advantage will depend on who has the most advanced generative AI.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2024

With ecommerce reshaping the landscape, physical stores have a unique opportunity to borrow a few strategies from tourist destinations and become experiences beyond the mundanity of walking up and down aisles. Over half of U.S. Placement of seasonal or limited-time offers in high-traffic spots nudges impulse purchasing.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even the best business plans expect some bumps along the road: financial insecurity among consumers, supply chain complications, a shortage of labor or reduced in-store traffic. The in-store experience remains a crucial part of consumer expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2021

Additionally, grocery retailers are expected to increase their investments in on-site pickup or nearby microfulfillment centers by 35% to keep up with demand, forcing retailers to rethink the standard store layout with BOPIS and curbside journeys in mind.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

Shoppers have slowly begun to accept brick-and-mortar’s return: 22% have increased their willingness to set foot into a grocery store or pharmacy since March, according to data from Resonate. Only 24% planned to increase their online grocery orders in June, while 12% are starting to decrease their online grocery usage.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Our 2021 Holiday Consumer Sentiment Survey reveals that 63% of shoppers are concerned about in-store shopping, a 36-point increase from the summer survey, and nearly the same as the 2020 holiday season when 65% said they were concerned. RTP: Do you have any closing tips or recommendations for retailers as we head into 2022?

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Foot traffic data can also be leveraged to optimize store layouts. By tracking customer movement within a store, retailers can strategically place products to increase visibility and sales. Observing where customers linger and where they pass by can also inform decisions about product placement and store layouts.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 25, 2024

Majestic Wine has unveiled a £1m investment into its store estate, as it plans to expand at an average of one new shop per month over the coming years. Majestic CEO John Colley said: “Investment in our store portfolio is at the heart of our growth plan at Majestic, whether that’s opening new stores or refurbishing our existing estate.

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Store Layout Planning Shopping ATS 117

Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2024

Dunkin’ Donuts and its sister franchise, Baskin-Robbins, needed a reinvention, and in 2006 the consortium of PE firms actioned this intervention with changes that included expanding the menu, improving store layouts, and accelerating international expansion.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2022

By design, Christmas is an explosion of sensory stimuli designed to fire all at once: colour, sparkle, lights, crowds, queues, music, extended product lines, changes to store layouts and pricing. Knowing store entry and exit points is a must, especially during busy periods. Creating more accessible customer experiences.

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