Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For example, the store has a collection commemorating the 30 th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Lion King , which includes fully sustainable clothing and accessories starting at $4.50. Primark also plans to bring back beloved Primark exclusives, like Disney’s Mickey Mouse x Keith Haring collection.

Accessories

Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In practice, such investments are more profitable than maintaining outdated systems.Processes automation will help you place orders faster and control inventory better, improve overall operational efficiency and reduce costs. FAQ What does a retail manager do? They also include staff, process and presentation.

Management

Small Biz Trends

JUNE 15, 2025

Develop a plan for reordering stock and consider seasonal variations in demand to maintain optimal inventory levels. Preparing The Store Layout A well-planned store layout is essential for a successful retail opening. It enhances customer experience and maximizes sales opportunities through effective visual presentation.

Store Layout

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2025

When we do master planning, were looking at the makeup of transportation and how it relates to malls or other types of retail venues. Kato-Yokoyama: A lot of retailers are looking at their physical footprint in terms of things like the accessibility of transit and whether people have the ability to walk to the location.

Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2025

Recent new openings include Scottsdales Fashion Square, San Diegos Fashion Valley, Bostons Newbury Street, Santa Claras Valley Fair and Orange Countys Irvine Spectrum Center, and there are seven new locations planned through the end of 2025. Key markets include Miami; Glendale, Calif.; Columbus, Ohio; White Plains and Long Island, N.Y.;

Fashion

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MAY 2, 2025

The retailer is planning more such experiential integrations in 2025. At the upcoming Just Like Heaven and Sand in My Boots festivals, attendees will experience an immersive multi-sensory experience designed to create a unique scent-memory connection.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2025

It’s about bringing inspiration into the in-store shopping experience — seamlessly and meaningfully.” In May 2023 Kroger announced plans to expand displays from Cooler Screens to 500 stores, but it’s unclear how many stores received deployments. “This is not about retrofitting TVs to walls.

Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It’s not just a concept or one store; it’s what our organization plans to do moving forward. ” “You’re going to see a lot of what you see in the mercado in our broader organization, our social media channels and the events we’re hosting,” said González in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

Supermarket

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

The original pop-up proved so popular that Kizik extended its original operating dates while the brand planned two permanent shops one in King of Prussia, Pa. Pop-up stores also can put down roots as a permanent retail location, as Revolve Group did in January 2025 following its successful pop-up at LAs The Grove.

Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

From the art of visual merchandising (VM) to the subtle science of store layout, many of the best decisions were historically guided by experience, gut instinct and the occasional stroke of genius. His background includes enterprise sales at a retail tech startup, plus planning, store operations and training at Skechers.

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Visitors to the new store will enter into a London-inspired space featuring curated shops co-created with Londoners to reflect the city, and the retailers unique style. Ikea Oxford Streets location complements our network of stores in London and beyond and allows us to be closer to where our customers live, work and shop. In the U.S.,

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Now, brands like Vans are embedding these short-term solutions into their day-to-day workflows as they strive to optimize the flow and experience of the shoe and apparel retailer’s 500+ stores in North America. Vans has increased the efficiency workflow for its visual merchandising and monthly floorset process using solutions from IWD.

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Uncontained also will support the premium Container Store Custom Spaces offering with on-trend finishes, hardware and features such as smarthome compatible lighting. The Container Store has been steadily enhancing its offerings as it has redefined its brand beyond containers and organizing solutions.

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Then the next step is to go beyond that to say you also plan on empowering consumers to be able to live those promises as well, whether that’s inclusivity, sustainability or giving back to the community. As a result, all hands are on deck to implement new technologies and procedures — even store design teams.

Loss Prevention

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

Foot Locker will launch its first “store of the future” in Willowbrook, N.J. next month, with an additional three stores planned for later in 2024. Elements from these stores will be applied to our 2025 openings and beyond.”

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to loom over the globe, retailers are now also assessing guidelines and developing plans to adapt their store experiences to the changing times. Now is the time to start integrating the changes we didn’t expect to see in futuristic retail stores.

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2023

Store workers] might be interested in human resources, visual merchandising or health and safety issues. with plans to increase from your current 19 stores to 60 by 2026. RTP: Does Primark have any plans to become more of an omnichannel retailer? RTP: Primark is on an expansion path in the U.S.,

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

increase in comp store sales. For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that will enlarge its total store square footage by 2% — its largest physical expansion since 2017.

Sporting Goods

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.

Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

We are also excited to partner even more with our vendors this year as it relates to their branded in-store merchandise experiences,” Barry added, identifying Tesla, Lovesac and Starlink as examples of planned vendor partnerships. Best Buy closed 24 stores in FY 2024 and plans to close 10 to 15 in FY 2025.

Planning

Wiser

JUNE 30, 2020

Assortment planning in the age of eCommerce is a tricky business. In this article, we’ll look at what assortment planning is and how you can do it effectively. What is Assortment Planning? In retail, assortment planning is the process of determining the right products and right quantities to meet consumer demand.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes this is due to deliberate greenwashing, but more often it’s a problem of planning and execution, according to Christian Davies, Principal at Bergmeyer+ , the new sustainability-focused division of retail design firm Bergmeyer , operating in partnership with SMS Collaborative. It’s called that because there is no Plan B.)

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

WHP Global plans to expand the Express brand to multiple countries in Asia and Latin America through a series of licensing agreements. The company also plans for shop-in-shop experiences in Mexico and Indonesia. late last year. and acquire the Express brand IP under a new joint venture with Express’ parent company.

Accessories

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

As a result of changing consumer behaviors and spending patterns, many retailers are focused on right-sizing their store footprints, especially in shopping malls. For their part, more mall operators are looking to diversify their tenant mix and incorporate additional brands that resonate with younger audiences.

Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

“Visiting a Spirit Halloween store is more than just a shopping trip — it’s entertainment, it’s tradition, it’s creating moments and memories with family and friends that bring the magic of Halloween to life.” The retailer plans to hire thousands of associates as stores open on a rolling basis.

Location

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In November 2023 Lego stores in New York and London created holiday windows that allowed for a transatlantic digital snowball fight, and Lego incorporated “space dust” into bricks and showcased them at eight stores in June 2024. In April 2024 Lego announced plans to make all its U.S.

Location

Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run in participating Glasgow stores from 8 February to 11 August. Planning for the future While many retailers have in place some form of environmental policies, there is still work to do, given the advancements with sustainability methods.

Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2024

WHP Global has licensed Toys ‘R’ Us shops for two Navy Exchange Service Command ( NEXCOM ) stores, with plans for additional locations in 2025. The shop-in-shops will launch this fall at NEX Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., followed by the NEX in Jacksonville, Fla. “To

Shopping

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.,

Store Layout

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

The retailer also is planning on including a florist in the space: “We’re taking our inspiration from Hermès in Paris and Takashimaya in New York,” said Granet. “We “The energy it creates when people are playing ping-pong creates a fun vibe,” said Granet, including the “unique sound” of the ball hitting the glass.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

expansion in New York City with plans for a new flagship location. Primark is continuing its rapid U.S. The international apparel retailer has signed a lease for a new storefront in Penn District that will have 54,000 square feet of retail selling space.

Apparel

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

We are excited to continue investing in the men’s category both online and in-store through our exclusive partnership with the Saks Fifth Avenue stores to further solidify our position as the ultimate destination for men’s luxury fashion.”

Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This past September, Target issued a news release about its plans to close nine stores in New York City, the Bay area and the Pacific Northwest “because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance.”

Loss Prevention

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While spatial planning is widely recognized as a key tool in shaping consumer behavior in brick-and-mortar environments, one crucial yet frequently overlooked aspect of retail design is lighting.

Consumer

Retail Next

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Merchandising is often viewed as presenting or displaying items in a way that makes them visually appealing and desirable to shoppers. Themed window displays, dressed mannequins and beauty stands are all examples of visual merchandising.

Visual Merchandising

Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

But, also in the way retailers view and plan their business as a result. In the near-term future, retail media will dictate even the way retail stores are designed. The rise of screens The big grocers dipped their toes with front-of-store screens and now they are set to proliferate. So what can we expect?

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

That experience — having a person on the floor with you, providing an opportunity to really immerse people in the education and care they need to make good, safe choices, required a completely different layout for the store. RTP: Given this hands-on education and sales process, how important is it to have the right staff people at Joyleaf?

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