Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2024

Deloitte was appointed to assist with the sale of Tigerlily in October 2023, and the brand is now in the second stage of due diligence with the prospective parties engaged in the purchasing process. The sale process formally kicked off in the final quarter of 2023. billion acquisition of luxe beauty brand Aesop.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 30, 2024

However, in an increasingly digital world, the brand recognised the need to evolve its retail experience to meet the demands of modern consumers. Before NewStore, we had many disparate systems across the organisation. Customer details and order details were across many different systems,” explained Ratcliffe.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

As we look more closely into this shift, it becomes clear that the next generation of barcodes heralds many benefits for retailers, consumers and the broader global economy. This revolutionised the retail sector by streamlining checkout processes and reducing errors. Now the ‘beep’ at the checkout is part of everyday life.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Digital signage is a great way for retailers to capture customers’ attention and keep them informed about new deals and products. Retailers must also consider different tools and techniques that simplify the actual process of changing and displaying digital signage content. So how do you go about creating a content calendar?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2023

As marketing budgets continue to shrink in the face of economic uncertainty, many in the C-suite are trying to find ways to save money while maintaining, or preferably increasing, sales. But it’s not just the retail behemoths that can save money and even improve customer experience with a back-end review. Smaller retailers can, too.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Picture a scenario where all your payments flow through your central management system, ensuring complete automation across all channels. This means you can initiate and process a transaction in a point of sale directly from your management system.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2024

In the fast-paced world of retail, efficiency is key to staying competitive and profitable. With the rise of digital payments and fast-changing retail payment trends, merchants should adopt feature-rich payment solutions to streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

With this uncertainty in mind, I spent time on Saturday, November 25, 2023 seeking out early ecommerce sales data from Black Friday to gain a clearer understanding of how the market was performing. According to online shopping data from Adobe Analytics , Black Friday sales were $9.8 of online sales (vs. of online sales (vs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe will update its point-of-sale and promotions capabilities chainwide with solutions from Jumpmind. The retailer will deploy Jumpmind Commerce, a cloud-native, mobile-first POS solution, and Jumpmind Promote, for unified promotions across both physical and digital experiences.

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Retail Focus

MAY 2, 2024

The high tack adhesive system of GalleryLam SL98 makes it compatible for prints with UV Curable Inks without any unwanted silvering. Michael added: “As well as being the perfect choice for prestigious retail projects, we can see the GalleryLam SL98 becoming a popular choice for museum and event installations too.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

We are seeing customers and sales growth, we’re seeing opportunities to innovate and excite customers, because we’re seeing drivers in growth such as the delivery platform and drive-thru, in our McCafe.” The company plans to spend about $600 million on 100 new stores in the next three years while $450 million will be spent on refurbishing.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Lowe’s has unveiled a new solution, developed in its Innovation Labs division, designed to combat retail theft in way that is invisible to customers through the use of RFID chips and the blockchain. We see a future where technologies like Project Unlock can help the entire retail ecosystem create a great environment for our customers.”.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. In this day and age, that is pretty much every Australian retailer. This also helps alleviate an uneven customer-to-sales associate ratio,” the report states.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2024

The legal hits keep on coming for Shein even as the discount shopping app continues to draw shoppers and generate sales in droves. And yet, in spite of all that, Shein raked in an estimated $30 billion in sales globally in 2023 and welcomed more than 8,000 visitors to its latest pop-up event in Canada over the weekend.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2023

Retail operations are an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals. The growth of online shopping, self-checkout systems, point-of-sale transactions and other digital processes has created numerous opportunities for attackers. And the most common jumping board for cyberattacks on retail? Active Directory (AD).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Shopify has taken a stake in the B2B retail marketplace Faire and is establishing Faire as the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of global merchants through a deeper integration between the two platforms. The size of Shopify’s stake in Faire was not disclosed.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2022

You will find that managing multiple sales channels and freight carriers can be a time-consuming task, and eventually with enough growth, a full-time job in itself. So, make sure that your inventory and warehouse management system is designed to scale, from day one. Point three. Omnichannel. Volume management. Staying agile.

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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. Mobile POS System iVend mobile POS takes service to customers in the aisle. Learn how it could enhance your retail business. The sale is saved, and both retailer and the customer are happy.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2024

Square is revolutionising the way small and medium-sized retailers can manage inventory and payments through a combination of next-generation hardware and custom-built software. All of the retailer’s sales are automatically tracked in one place allowing inventory across all channels to be updated the instant a sale occurs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The growth of edge computing in retail is undeniable, as more devices are connected in stores and more applications depend on the data they create. Never has the role of a retail store infrastructure in delivering the customer experiences of tomorrow been so important. I’ll help you decide.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Benefits for Retailers 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

Beyond, Inc. — parent company of Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock.com — has acquired the intellectual property of defunct flash-sale retailer Zulily , following that platform’s abrupt wind-down of its business in late 2023. Newly appointed Beyond, Inc. Beyond paid $4.5

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

As retailers respond to increased customer demand for convenience and personalised experiences while shopping, switching to a seamless payment process has become critical in building a more streamlined operation and gaining a competitive edge. These setups are commonly referred to as integrated payment systems.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Phantom inventory is causing UK shoppers to experience out-of-stocks, with poor product availability negatively impacting sales and long-term customer loyalty, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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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. Mobile POS System iVend mobile POS takes service to customers in the aisle. Learn how it could enhance your retail business. The sale is saved, and both retailer and the customer are happy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Retail’s busiest returns period may be in the rearview mirror until next year, but rising ecommerce order volumes have caused returns management to become an aspect of ecommerce and omnichannel business that warrants a dedicated year-round strategy. Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the 2010s, brick-and-mortar retailers worked hard to keep up with the evolving consumer landscape. Amid all this change, retailers still must do everything they can to increase sales. Both outcomes can increase sales simply by opening up more opportunities for shoppers to shop. The Power of Perception.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

A successful retail space uses the art of design to provide a clean, aesthetically pleasing and accessible storefront and property. Designing your retail store with security in mind ensures that your business’ security isn’t an afterthought. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location. Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

From the customer service of store associates to the quality of the products for sale, every store visit has its own unique factors that play into a customer’s overall satisfaction — factors that become irrelevant if the product a shopper is looking for isn’t available. According to a Retail Insight survey of over 1,000 U.S.

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I Vend

AUGUST 6, 2023

Reporting has always been important in retail – understanding sales tracking figures, inventory levels and the impact of marketing for example. But in today’s highly competitive, demanding retail world, the weekly or even end of day sales tracking reports that sufficed in the past just don’t cut it any more.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2023

With the help of ChatGPT and Bard, the hype around generative AI has soared over the past few months, with experts shouting daily from the mountaintops about its potential to revolutionize the retail industry. One of the most common examples of AI in the retail industry today is in the use of chatbots to provide customer support.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The past few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the retail industry. Then, last year, in-store sales grew faster than online sales, while ecommerce stocks took a big hit. A survey from this year’s World Retail Congress suggests that the uncertain times aren’t over for the industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

With retail crime rising across the United States, many retailers are frustrated by the challenge of curbing the effects of organized and ad-hoc theft. Retail operations are complex and interconnected; there are no isolated decisions. It’s a natural response, and it’s guided by sound logic.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Amazon is working on a new type of point-of-sale system that can be sold to third-party sellers, Insider reported on Wednesday. The new system can handle both online and offline transactions and can also link to other services including Prime and Flex, the report added, citing an internal document.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

August’s overall retail sales in the U.S. However, the overall data masks some key data points that may be of concern to retailers, including data showing declines in discretionary categories such as furniture (-1.0%) and sporting goods (-1.6%). showed continuing resilience, with actual growth of 0.6% year-over-year.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2024

The retail world of general merchandise, apparel and personal care is currently in a transformative phase. The year 2027 has been set by global industry as a timeframe to work towards transitioning retail point-of-sale systems to scan 2D barcodes worldwide. Retailers, begin your transition to 2D barcodes, today.

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