Retail Focus

AUGUST 12, 2022

HOUSE flagship store is a physical manifestation of all that the fashion brand embodies. Reflecting this, the brief asked for a space that was flexible, with the ability to be reconfigured to host influencer/media dinner parties one night and returned to a retail space the next day, all while housing HQ offices upstairs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For retailers relying on critical IT systems to support both in-store and ecommerce sales, outages from significant weather events can have a big impact on business. Regardless of whether one operates as a standalone store or as part of a larger retail chain, it’s likely that there isn’t any on-site IT staff.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Deliveries from more than 2,000 Rite Aid stores in 16 states will be powered by the Grubhub Marketplace , making thousands of the retailer’s OTC, wellness products and snacks more accessible to consumers. In August 2022 Office Depot partnered with Uber Eats to deliver office supplies from more than 900 of its stores.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This month, the American coffee chain Starbucks opened the first store to be built using its Inclusive Spaces Framework at Union Market in Washington, DC. The framework aims to bring more inclusive innovation in physical and digital spaces while enabling Starbucks to scale accessible design across its store portfolio.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 24, 2022

With their existing stores located across Australia and SE Asia, this was to be their first store in Europe and 8,729 sq.ft Split over two floors, the space had to transport customers from the high footfall, high traffic street into a cool, smart, and sophisticated space with walk-in room sets showcasing the brand’s rich collection.

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Point of Sale Location Customer Experience Management 299

365 Retail

JUNE 20, 2022

Digital is a key element in bringing this story together, which means for retailers, displays form an integral part of their store strategy. From high bright screens to 37” stretch displays, creating impactful first impressions are crucial for retailers as stores are opening up again.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Coles has delivered its first ‘transformational store’ through the group’s store renewal program. Further, the new store provided Coles with a platform to innovate, a key focus for the supermarket giant. Trial and error For Coles, the ability to learn from the Chadstone store is key.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In retail, the wow factor refers to the business’ ability to amaze customers and convert them into store or brand admirers. Retailers that understand the customer journey and adopt innovative strategies are looking at ways to turn their brick-and-mortar stores into experience centers. Most stores today have wired connectivity.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While that certainly relates to entrepreneurs and celebrities, it definitely applies to retailers and their physical store presence. There is no better audience on which to test an in-store shopping experience than the varied individuals that make up the melting pot of this city. “In

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I Vend

APRIL 9, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. This increase in uptake is due to the fact that mobile POS retail technology plays not just one, but many roles in a retail business, helping to grow sales and drive operational efficiencies.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

Venus et Fleur Houston, Texas In an age of modernist and minimalist design, there aren’t that many stores that scream ‘classically romantic’ these days. The 915-square-foot space was designed by Ringo Studio. The 300-square-foot shop packs a punch, both visually and on an olfactory level.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Sephora USA will deploy the FreedomPay solution in its 500 stores in the Americas as the beauty retailer continues to fortify its digital offerings both in-store and online. Sephora has been a long-time investor in customer-facing technologies for both in-store and online shoppers.

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Shopify

JANUARY 5, 2023

For a brick-and-mortar retailer, a well-designed store is the holy grail. You pay for your space, valuable products occupy your space, and customers enter and navigate your space to—ideally—make a purchase. Your space is essential to your success.

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I Vend

MARCH 20, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. This increase in uptake is due to the fact that mobile POS retail technology plays not just one, but many roles in a retail business, helping to grow sales and drive operational efficiencies.

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Payment Services Point of Sale Inventory Management Checkout 52

Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

As consumers actively seek out more experiential retail engagement, brands are increasingly looking for ways to integrate digital signage in stores. In-store digital signage is equally impactful in driving increased sales and reducing store overheads for retailers.” “In

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

Fixtures, furnishings and equipment (FFE) are setting a new tone in the cannabis retail space. Product is displayed front and center, rather than positioned along the perimeter of the store, and lighting has shifted from harsh ceiling floodlights to eye-level fixtures. Timely buildouts in the cannabis retail space are essential.

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CJ Retail Solutions

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Importance of retail store installation and design 1.2 Overview of expert tips to enhance retail spaces Understanding Your Brand Identity 2.1 Creating a cohesive and consistent brand experience Utilising Space Effectively 3.1 Balancing product displays and open space 3.3 Examining successful retail store designs 11.2

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Pop Up Grocer is taking the standard grocery store or bodega concept and turning it on its head. After launching a number of pop-ups across the country, it opened its first permanent bricks-and-mortar store in Greenwich Village, one of New York City’s trendiest neighbourhoods, earlier this year. Our mission is realised at scale.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Design for retail experiences is a hot topic of conversation, especially as shoppers return to stores for the holiday season, still under the influence of a COVID pandemic. Whether you’re strategic about it or not, sound is actively telling an emotional and functional story about your retail space.

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I Vend

APRIL 20, 2023

The point of sale is the engine room of every store, where the transactional business of retail takes place. It’s also often the only point at which there is any direct engagement with the shopper. Flexibility – the number of checkouts a store needs may increase – say in holiday season, or during sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Now the retailers, with 25 and six brick-and-mortar locations respectively, are bringing their brands to the next level through highly immersive store experiences and a concentrated focused on store growth. Plus, regulatory requirements require these stores to be located in industrial areas, away from traditional retail locations.

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Dezeen

MAY 26, 2023

Local studio EBBA Architects has designed a store for eyewear brand Cubitts that preserves and draws on the original 1930s interior of the traditional F Cooke restaurant on London's Broadway Market. Pale yellow tiles bordered by bands of contrasting blue and turquoise tiles decorate the walls.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

“It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Although more challenging, it was important to us to launch this technology in a typical store and not one purpose-built for us,” noted Will Glaser, CEO of Grabango in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

American Dream’s newest tenant will be The ADdress, a 55,000-square-foot multi-brand store in a space that previously had been leased by Century 21 , according to Glossy. The concept was developer by Triple Five Group and is billed as the “first-ever modest clothing department store” (i.e.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

Brands and retailers frequently partner with design strategy firms and tech integrators to bring new store concepts to life. For Purple’s Senior Director of Retail Environments, Cindy Speters, it means “being honest, almost to the point of pain.” For example, the store experience does not have a traditional point of sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

The chatter of the store “being dead” is evolving from belief that the physical store is fading amid the shift to digital, to seeing that it’s the role of the store that is changing — and a vital one at that. Still, many retailers are opening fewer and often smaller stores with increasing expectations for top-notch experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To prove the value of these experiences, Buzek cited results at retailer Sam’s Club , where stores that offered a self-checkout option registered sales 18% higher than those without it. More Mobile Deployments for Store Associates and Managers Mobile solutions empower managers to get out of stores’ back offices and onto the floor.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

For those not familiar, it’s an enormous structure, and like most auto-centric suburban shopping centers, it’s surrounded by acres of parking spaces. It’s also an outgrowth of the fact that many malls already had large spaces sitting empty because the traditional anchor stores had left.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

This vast migration of consumers from brick-and-mortar stores to the digital marketplace began at least as early as Amazon opening its doors. Retail workers traditionally occupied point-of-sale positions or customer services positions, but now they are central to the success of complex and sophisticated supply chain operations. .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Consumers select their items and then leave the store via an exit gate that they unlock either with their credit or debit card or by hovering their palm over an Amazon One device. We are seeing great traction for this new store, and our fans are enjoying the experience.”

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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. Demand for brick-and-mortar space was last on the list, and CBRE expects a 50% decrease in demand for store spaces. A Look at the Market.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

“[Self-service] continues to be our predominant kind of point-of-sale. At the height of Covid-19 lockdowns, with social distancing requirements and limits on the number of customers allowed in stores, traditional checkout options were slowing down the experience for shoppers. I don’t see that going away,” Hough said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Retailers are adapting their store environments to meet consumers’ heightened demand for ease and convenience. Nearly half ( 46% ) of retailers surveyed in Retail TouchPoints’ Store Operations Survey noted that they provide mobile POS to associates — and an additional 31% plan to implement the technology this year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Leading augmented reality (AR) platform Zero10 has collaborated with New York-based creative practice Crosby Studios to create a physical pop-up store offering digital fashion and immersive experiences. Crosby Studios has brought this vision to life by creating a space that looks like something out of a ’90s video game.

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Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2024

Situated in the TRX district, a hub for both finance and fashion, the new store aims to blend luxury with cultural flair, targeting the affluent consumer base of Southeast Asia. Wong said the Group provides comprehensive worldwide after-sales services for customers, including free cleaning and jewellery inspection services.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It has only been a few years since ecommerce flipped the switch on brick-and-mortar, but the use of the term doesn’t fully convey the role that retail stores play in modern business. When did you notice that your favorite store had changed? Or that Clinique and MAC makeup is now sold in certain Target stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

H&M Group is rolling out a pilot of several new tech-enabled in-store shopping solutions at COS stores in the U.S., The first store to pilot the new suite of solutions is the Beverly Hills, Calif., On the store floor, other types of smart mirrors are available for virtual try-on and styling.

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