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Touchwood secures 75,500 sq ft of lettings and renewals in first year post-acquisition

Retail Focus

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull secured over 75,500 sq ft of new lettings and lease renewals during its first year under new ownership and management – equivalent to 11% of gross lettable area – as part of a strategy focused on expanding the scheme’s retail and dining offer. on acquisition. on acquisition.

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R.M. Williams crafts quality and service from people and tech

Inside Retail

Williams since Tattarang, the private investment company owned by mining magnates Andrew and Nicola Forrest, acquired the business from L Catterton in 2020, returning the bootmaker to full Australian ownership for the first time since 2013. Williams’ only new shop, but it is the standard. This focus can be seen in R.M.

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Livestreaming in the U.S. isn’t Dead, it’s Just Happening in the Wrong Place 

Retail TouchPoints

is livestream shopping. Billed as the next big thing in digital commerce — based largely on the format’s huge success on social platforms in China — both TikTok and Facebook have made headlines in recent months with reports of scalebacks in their live shopping plans stateside. following disappointing results in the UK.

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Why ESLs fuel the imagination of retailers looking to transform digitally

Cisco Retail

The future is a retail store that welcomes customers digitally, allows them to use their smartphones to populate shopping lists and enables them to navigate through the aisles to find items on the shelves, helps them find alternative products when preferred items are out of stock, and so on. That’s not the future. Think of that for a minute.

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Inside the Metaverse Mania: Experts Identify 4 Key Challenges and Opportunities

Retail TouchPoints

With it will come the meta-economy, which will power new opportunities for work, wealth, status and identity, and will impact how consumers communicate, play, shop and learn.”. The NFT shopping area at a London Selfridges. And then there’s the space itself, which while not occupying any real land has a very real price tag.

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2023: The Year of Customer Retention? Retail Tech Predictions

Retail Assist

More shops have shut down in the last five years (according to the Centre of Retail Research which found 17,145 shops in the UK closed for good in 2022), but stores are still fundamental to the omnichannel experience. Marketplaces enjoyed a surge in 2022 and this trend is likely to continue. We call this digital trust.

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Top CPG and Retail Trend Predictions to Watch in 2023

Rangeme

A DTC brand takes complete ownership over its relationship with a consumer from sales, distribution, and marketing. Closely connected with the rise of DTC comes the trend of personalized shopping experiences. Personalizing a consumer’s shopping experience creates an emotional tie to your brand, building loyalty and retention. .