Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

Uniqlo reportedly plans to expand its North American footprint by 10% by opening 20 to 30 stores annually to reach 200 locations by 2027, Daisuke Tsukagoshi, CEO of Uniqlo North America told Reuters. The Japanese retailer currently has 47 stores in the U.S. The Japanese retailer currently has 47 stores in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

And just when we thought ecommerce was the future, brick-and-mortar stores made a comeback in the last year. The ever-shifting landscape of retail makes any type of prediction questionable, but there are a few hidden trends that are shaping the future of how we buy. It turns out that bigger isn’t always better.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Taking its Nordstrom Local pop-up concept to swanky environs this year, the luxury retailer will open an 850-square-foot location in Southampton, N.Y. from May 27 through Sept. Nordstrom customers will have access to an array of services at this location as visitors descend upon the town that is known as a summer haven. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

The first will launch in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Aug. 20, followed by a new Los Angeles store in the fall and a London location in the winter. While the company is an ecommerce-led retailer ( 80% of pre-pandemic sales came through digital channels), brick-and-mortar is still an important part of Glossier’s ecosystem.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Spirit Halloween business model relies on thousands of short-term leases of brick-and-mortar stores every year for its largest selling season. But with the wide variety of store spaces available, how does the retailer offer a consistent experience to customers? Developing a Store Suitable for Allhallows’ Eve.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

and inspired by the local neighborhood, the latest Nike Live store pays homage to its roots with a small-format footprint that the brand is emphasizing as the future of its physical retail strategy. In 2018, Nike tested the neighborhood-centric Live pilot in Los Angeles. Located in its birthplace of Eugene, Ore.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

Bodegas, diners, mini-marts, delis — even subway newsstands — have served as design influences for cannabis purveyor Superette , which touts itself as the “technicolor antithesis of sterile cannabis retail.” The end experience is part diner, part fairground funhouse and part cannabis store. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

SHOWFIELDS , the lifestyle retailer known for its experiential approach , has introduced a new retail concept in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood that illustrates the company’s interpretation of the idea of home. 12 and 13, the retailer will host Refresh & Release with Liquid I.V. Through Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Due to the pandemic, the food retail sector has experienced an incomparable boost. Agile store interiors allow for seasonal events, pop-ups, subletting of certain areas to third-party partners and altering the positioning of interior elements — all ways to create entertaining spaces where customers like to linger.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

I couldn’t do what I do today without understanding local culture,” said Zaccariello. Localization is critical for success with a global brand.”. Zaccariello noted that physical stores not only remain important sales channels, they also provide opportunities to deliver vital connections to and among customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2024

The new Miniso IP Collection store at American Dream mall. Photo: Retail TouchPoints) One of two Sanrio feature walls at Miniso American Dream. Photo: Retail TouchPoints) One of two Sanrio feature walls at Miniso American Dream. A Chinese retail brand investing heavily in U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

with Instagram-worthy interiors that are driving up neighborhood property values and attracting luxury consumers. Many top-tier cannabis brands are changing the face and culture of their cannabis brick-and-mortar experience through the use of the following design elements typically implemented by high-end retailers: Reimagined Floorplans.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2023

An NRF 2023 panel discussion with Target CEO Brian Cornell and four of the company’s top executives showed how the retailer is making inclusion tangible at both ends of this spectrum. That captures the voice of the team and helped us manage through one of the most challenging experiences any of us have had to face,” the COVID pandemic.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2021

Google has officially opened its first brick-and-mortar retail store in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has an urban campus that is home to many of its 11,000+ Google NYC employees. Customers also will be able to shop online at GoogleStore.com and pick up their orders in-store. “As

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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 Missfresh mini-warehouse, which operates as a dark store. A New Kind of ‘Neighborhood Retail’.

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Retail Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. They share common values, interests, and experiences related to the brand. The notion of ‘ community retailing ’ is quite different; it focuses on the physical or digital spaces where retail businesses operate and interact with their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Following a pandemic-induced pause in its brick-and-mortar retailing, women’s workwear retailer Argent has opened a store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood that brings community and commerce together with a combination of appointments, networking events and free-flow spaces for consumers to work and gather.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

As it marks its 10-year anniversary, DoorDash is doubling down on its ambition to evolve beyond restaurant delivery to become “the local commerce company.” We are proud of the progress we’ve made in the first decade, digitizing all of local commerce and making it feel as native to consumers as ecommerce has become.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

Swiss performance sportswear brand On has opened a global flagship store in New York’s NoHo neighborhood — its first standalone brick-and-mortar store — boasting a design-centric and technologically driven approach to the in-store consumer experience. Adapting the Experience to Pandemic Shopping.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

US department store chain Target is testing a new fulfilment method that promises to speed up the delivery of online orders by using its own delivery drivers from Shipt, a same-day delivery platform the retailer acquired for US$550 million in 2017. For years, Target has put our stores at the center of how we serve our guests. “By

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Madewell and thredUP have launched a pop-up called “A Circular Store” that will feature secondhand Madewell pieces sourced from thredUP. A Circular Store is an extension of the online Madewell Forever denim resale experience, marking the first time the initiative will be available in a physical space.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, the retailer — which has been a proving ground for major brands from Juicy Couture to Dries Van Noten — hasn’t ever forgotten its Los Angeles roots. They have shaped both its 45th anniversary event and its approach to retail in general. “ Ron Herman’s flagship location is the longest tenant in its home at 8100 Melrose Ave.,

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Consumers’ appetite for immersive experiences has only grown larger in the wake of the pandemic, which means brands and retailers are rethinking the role of physical spaces —in particular the unique value that brick-and-mortar stores add to consumers’ lives. Alternatively, it can take a more abstract form.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

That means more consumers are venturing out into the world — and going back into stores. In fact, analysis of Google mobility data by CoStar Advisory Services revealed that the number of visits to retail and recreation sites has nearly fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels as of early July 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Some property owners have strict requirements for new tenants, which makes it difficult for smaller businesses to break into physical retail. Designed completely out of shipping containers, stackt is a Toronto-based marketplace that brings community connection, commerce and culinary experiences together. That’s where stackt comes in.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Downtown retail is facing a significant decline, grappling with the lasting effects of the pandemic, the unstoppable rise of ecommerce and the mounting pressure of surging interest rates. The revitalization of downtown districts presents a promising opportunity to create vibrant retail hubs in the face of a rapidly changing retail landscape.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 22, 2024

. — Meijer will open two new 159,000-square-foot supercenters, in Alliance and North Canton, Ohio, on May 14, increasing the retailer’s store count to 55 in the state. That store is also scheduled to open on May 14. Meijer opened its first store in Ohio in 1981 and has invested heavily in the state ever since.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2020

For retailers, the implications go well beyond the accelerated growth of e-Commerce that has been a hallmark of 2020. Wright spoke to Retail TouchPoints about the challenges the Decade of the Home present, as well as ways retailers can both serve people in their homes and make it worth their while to venture out.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Retailers kicked off the new year with a bang at Retail’s Big Show, the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual conference, which drew several big-name speakers, including actress and brand founder Drew Barrymore and US-based bookstore chain Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt. And to an extent, Daunt has.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2020

Even before COVID-19, the retail industry was already going through significant challenges, disruption and transformation. Here is a glimpse into the future of retail, reimagined. Retailers will need to evaluate how to bring the storefronts and exteriors alive even more. That has all been turned on its head. Curbside Appeal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

It’s no surprise that the pandemic accelerated the decline of brick-and-mortar retail stores in favor of the convenience of online shopping. Amazon and other online retailers are essentially logistics companies that have become today’s consumer interface to deliver goods to your front door within hours. Convenient? Not exactly.

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VMS

AUGUST 2, 2021

has expanded its reach to Chicago and opened its first brick-and-mortar, Midwest-based store, according to a company press release. This location marks the brand’s 21st retail location. The new store features the brand’s “signature details,” like mango wood finishes, brass hardware, shibori fabrics and live greenery.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2021

In 1902, Reverend Edgar Helms began collecting used goods that were being discarded in wealthy Boston neighborhoods and redistributing them to people in need. 120 years on, the unambiguously named Goodwill remains a mainstay on the American retail scene, with an enviable 94% name recognition among U.S. More than Just a Thrift Store.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2022

The entire month of July is dedicated to celebrating Independent Retailers. National Independent Retailer Month is used to recognize independent retailers who support local economies. there are some 143,853 small business retailers who sell a diverse range of products. Why You Should Support Small Retailers?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

The pandemic has weighed heavily on brick-and-mortar retail in general and shopping centers in particular, but the industry is now emerging into a new world with new opportunities. While digital sales skyrocketed in 2020, the similarly large spike in store-based fulfillment showed that stores are still a vital part of the equation.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But slowly, robots are getting closer to the customer, and are helping retailers optimize operations in smaller warehouses and distribution centers, and even in stores to streamline fulfillment services. Is the experience that I’m getting with that interaction good? In-Store Robots Free Humans for More Critical Tasks.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The all-important holiday season always demands retailers’ full engagement and energy, but the 2020 holiday season presents unique challenges. As the pandemic moves into new phases, responses lurch wildly between complete lockdowns to fast-track reopenings and back to lockdowns, at different cadences in every country, state or even locality.

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