Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2024

The deal, which is expected to close by the end of the retailer’s fiscal 2024 in late January 2025, is subject to customer closing conditions and will be funded through a combination of cash and debt. SRS serves several verticals of residential and commercial professionals, including roofers, landscapers and pool contractors.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

The rapid home delivery model may have consumer appeal on convenience, but making the business model profitable is a major hurdle. It was the latest and most spectacular collapse of grocery home delivery businesses, following the demise of Send in May 2022, Voly in November 2022 and CoLab in April 2023.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2022

A grocery delivery app that was founded in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic has collapsed into voluntary administration. Send offered grocery deliveries in under 10 minutes to 46,000 registered users, with an estimated 300 employees working for the company from 13 sties and several dark grocery stores in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

” Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO said the company had a strong third quarter as its cost to serve and speed of delivery in the stores business took another step forward. “Our AWS growth continued to stabilise, our advertising revenue grew robustly, and overall operating income and free cash flow rose significantly,” said Jassy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2023

The retailer also will increase its marketing investments and sharpen its brand positioning to better differentiate itself from others in the mattress space. The investments also will enhance SSB’s supply chain to enable efficient delivery for both retailers and customers. billion when it started the process in January.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The last three years have been a whirlwind for retailers and CPG companies. Now, the landscape is shifting again, and it’s a mix of good and bad news for retailers and CPGs. For example, with the growth of omnichannel orders, retail employees have needed to pick and pack items at the store level.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2023

Pureplay retailer Booktopia says it has identified several business initiatives it expects will boost its bottom line by between $12 million and $15 million during the next financial year. The company has exited its investment in a publishing business called Welbeck ANZ , resulting in a cash payment of $1.5

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. McDonald’s Japan on Saturday apologised for the inconvenience, saying all its restaurants and its delivery service were operating normally.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Just as you don’t start worrying about your hot water heater’s performance until you get shocked by an icy-cold shower, most of us — even inside the retail industry — don’t think about supply chains until they stop working. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2023

Any retailer that’s attempted to provide pickup and delivery services knows how fraught (not to mention expensive) they can be. Yet Walgreens has so much confidence in its ability to quickly pick and deliver orders that it’s now offering 30-minute store pickups and one-hour delivery, the latter with a money-back guarantee.

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Shopify

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Retailers are making online shopping convenient and risk-free by offering cash-on-delivery payments. Here’s what you need to know about this payment option.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company attributed the results to the negative impact of a shift in the timing of wholesale deliveries, especially for The North Face brand and the EMEA region. For the full year, the company reaffirmed its free cash flow guidance of approximately $922 million. billion (US$3 billion) (and by 17 per cent in constant currency).

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

More than 24,000 items are now available for contactless same-day delivery from Walgreens stores across the country. Shoppers using the Walgreens app or online at Walgreens.com can now receive items in less than two hours , and members of the myWalgreens loyalty program can earn and use Walgreens Cash rewards and redeem digital promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A number of initiatives have been implemented on the government and retail sides to alleviate financial stress on lower income consumers in response to the current climate of inflation. The ecommerce giant noted that the program was introduced to help consumers as they weather rising costs on essentials. compared to the full cost of $14.99

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Tesco has been targeted by a “cash for crash” scam where some of its delivery drivers were paid to stage accidents to allow fraudsters to extract millions of pounds from the business. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter The eventual award is expected to be considerably higher.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Launched on Birchal, the crowdfunding platform recently used by Beer Cartel to grow its business, the company wants to use cash raised to expand its same-day delivery network to new locations, expand its procurement and sourcing team, build new sourcing technologies, and reach new customers to accelerate its growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The holiday season is just as important for cannabis as it is for other areas of retail, with Green Wednesday (the day before Thanksgiving), Black Friday and the leadup to Christmas all driving sales spikes in 2021, according to Surfside’s The Season of Green report. From a marketing perspective, why would you ignore the activity happening?”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

” Other retailers have been bolstering their benefits as well. The new worker incentives have arrived for Instacart Shoppers during a time of growing unionization and fierce hiring competition across the retail industry.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2023

Grocery and meal-delivery startups Milkrun and CoLab have abruptly collapsed, culling hundreds of jobs as administrators work to sell off their assets. He added this decision will help the company pay severance packages to its staff and delivery drivers who will be made redundant.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

billion in Q2 2022, while operating cash flow grew a staggering 74% , from $35.6 Offering free same-day and one-day delivery on more products for U.S. In addition, overall operating income swelled to $7.7 billion , compared to $3.3 billion to $61.8 Prime members: So far in 2023, Amazon has delivered more than 1.8 billion units to U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Retailers should prepare for an extended omnichannel holiday season and look to provide value and options to shoppers as they look for ways to solve this season’s challenges.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Successful retailers have put a lot of effort over the years into understanding their customers’ buying personas. By catering to their unique characteristics during the buying process, retailers maximize revenue and customer loyalty. What are delivery personas? Some retailers have offered incentives (e.g.,

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Candle and aroma retailer Dusk Group has set out to acquire supplier Eroma in an effort to scale up both businesses operations in an attempt to increase the group’s addressable market. The post Dusk Group buys up Eroma to scale up operations across Australia appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Mass Relators

JULY 13, 2023

. — Walgreens first-ever myW Days member event is coming July 23 through July 29 and myWalgreens members can earn unprecedented bonus offers, personalized deals and Walgreens Cash rewards across the entire store. Complete details, including Walgreens Cash rewards expiration dates, at myWalgreens.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

billion , including up to $750 million in Uber Technologies common stock with the remainder in cash from TPG Capital. This particular deal comes at a time of volatility in retail logistics, particularly as another ecommerce-heavy holiday season approaches.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 15, 2024

With its sleek and modernised look and feel as well as an improved flow of the store, the convenience retailer has introduced clear zones and new vertical merchandising, helping the ease and speed in which customers can shop. The post One Stop opens new and enhanced store in Portsmouth appeared first on A1 Retail Magazine.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Compared to the disruption of the last few years, 2022 has been a fairly stable one for retail. Food delivery businesses, which proliferated throughout the pandemic, have been slowly falling into administration or pulling the plug on their operations. But one segment of the market seems to be suffering far more than others.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2023

With a full suite of pickup and delivery options, including express delivery, next-day delivery, two-day delivery and curbside pickup, customers also have a broad range of options for ordering online. per cent of US online retail sales, compared to Amazon, which accounts for 37.8

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CVS Health will acquire primary care provider Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6 The combination is designed to improve patients’ long-term health by reducing care costs and improving outcomes, particularly in underserved communities.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Digital furniture retailer Brosa collapsed into voluntary administration on December 14. It tripled in size over this period and – according to a recent Inside Retail report – outpaced the growth of other furniture businesses in the space , such as Temple & Webster.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

The profit margin at grocery has always been razor-thin, and now, with online grocery growing in popularity, retailers must add the costs of picking individual orders and doorstep delivery to their already tight balance sheets. A New Kind of ‘Neighborhood Retail’. A Missfresh mini-warehouse, which operates as a dark store.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Klarna has launched a new browser extension that enables consumers shopping on desktop computers to access its buy now, pay later service at any online store, even if the retailer is not a Klarna partner. . The extension had been in beta testing with more 100,000 consumers and is now available on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2021

We believe there is a large untapped opportunity to bring BNPL to emerging markets where cash on delivery remains a significant merchant challenge and where the digitization of retail accelerates.”. More than one million customers and 14,000 merchants have transacted on the platform. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

Mexican grocer Chedraui , Raley’s Supermarkets and Primark Stores have topped the National Retail Federation’s 2023 Hot 25 Retailers list, which ranks the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S. While some of the retailers on the list demonstrated remarkable growth, overall growth was markedly lower than in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

There are a lot of people making a good living forecasting what’s going to happen in retail. Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. The fact is, when it comes to what’s ahead for retail, no one really knows.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Profits for the online retail giant rocketed to £8.2bn ($9.9bn) in the three months to 30 September, up from £2.4bn ($2.9bn) a year ago. The retail giant gained momentum in its cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), with sales up 12% to £19bn ($23.1bn).

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2021

Online orders, home delivery and in-store pick up have become fundamental to the running of food and beverage businesses in the last year as consumers navigated the pandemic. Fewer customers are using cash, and many are ordering at different times, on different days, or from different stores than their usual order.”. Need for speed.

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