Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Body Shop owner has given interested parties until October 23 to submit their offers to buy the ethical beauty retailer. Retail Week reported that Morgan Stanley, which is managing the sale for Natura&Co, has set a final deadline to get the process moving. It follows its sale of Aesop to L’Oréal for £2bn back in April.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Body Shop has been snapped up by private equity investor Aurelius Group for £207m, just a fifth of the price that Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura paid for it in 2017. The sale, which is expected to complete next month, is far below the £500m price tag that Natura was understood to be targetting.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2024

Food retailers alone lose more than 2 million shopping carts every year. Whether stolen or blown away by the wind, shopping carts can block empty parking places and intersections as well as ditches and storm drains. Traditional shopping carts also expose their stores to possible fines. What are Smart Carts?

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Retail Focus

JUNE 15, 2022

Miele has selected Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull as the location for its latest store. Miele’s arrival is in line with the strategy, developed by Touchwood owner The Ardent Companies UK (“Ardent UK”) and appointed asset manager Sovereign Centros, to diversify the centre’s retailer offer and attract premium brands to the scheme.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the same goal: improving the customer experience. As for concertgoers at these same venues, over half of U.S.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

TAG Heuer has opened its first standalone boutique in Birmingham’s iconic Bullring shopping centre, showcasing a sleek 1,400 sq ft store designed by the brand’s in-house team in Switzerland. Rob Diver, Managing Director UK & Ireland at TAG Heuer, said: “We place a key focus on strategic locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Google is not a retailer or a marketplace, and it doesn’t want to be — the company is very clear about that. Google’s broader company mission is to make the world’s information available and useful for everybody,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Watches of Switzerland Group, the specialist in luxury watches, has officially opened a TAG Heuer boutique in the bustling heart of Bath. The boutique is strategically located in SouthGate Bath , a key shopping hub with a diverse mix of high street retailers and high-end brands, complemented by a selection of top-tier local eateries.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2023

Global watch brand Tag Heuer is gearing up to grow in Australia after going through a period of consolidation. Here, we speak with the brand’s general manager, Van Mulryan, about the new Tag Heuer boutique in Adelaide, the increased demand for luxury items and how her upbringing has shaped her career.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Connecting the world of physical objects into a smart network, IoT technology brings new business opportunities for retailers and provides data-driven insights for decision-makers. According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4%

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Zara has become the latest brand to launch on TikTok shop, allowing users to purchase its clothing directly through the social network. The fashion retailer is selling a curated edit from its womens, kids and menswear ranges via TikTok. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Goldsmiths, part of the Watches of Switzerland Group – the UK’s leading luxury retailer, has opened its latest new luxury concept showroom at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield, featuring their first Gucci shop-in-shop boutique. We are delighted to enhance our portfolio within Meadowhall for our local clientele.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Service Merchandise was a bit more fun than today’s similar IKEA shopping experience because it carried more than mediocre DIY housewares and furniture. (No During the 1970s and 1980s, Service Merchandise was a leading catalog-showroom retailer. Increasing the risk of identity theft made some customers wary of shopping in such stores.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Precision Group, along with its luxury retailers, is investing $125 million in Adelaide Central Plaza over the next three years as it intends to make the shopping centre Australia’s next luxury retail hub. The company added that retail spending in Adelaide CBD reached $1.5 billion last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Dan Lurie, Head of Product, Shopping, Pinterest. At the very least, the form it takes is very different from its counterparts: “Pinterest is not social media, although we are grouped in that category,” said Dan Lurie, Head of Product, Shopping at Pinterest. “We’ve RTP: So where and how does shopping come in?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Non-staff members can use credit cards, mobile wallets, QR codes or the Amazon One palm payment system to enter and shop at the checkout-free stores. Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology supports our smart medicine strategy by providing high-tech solutions to our patients, visitors and co-workers, even with food service,” said Paul P.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TAG Heuer unveils today its exhibition windows and pop-up at London’s iconic shopping destination, Harrods. TAG Heuer has worked with the world’s leading department store for over 20 years, sharing a commitment to offering watchmaking excellence in an environment known for unparalleled luxury.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Beaverbrooks, the family-owned jewellery retailer, has opened a brand-new boutique at centre:mk Milton Keynes, one of the top 10 retail destinations in the UK. The new boutique offers a selection of TAG Heuer’s most anticipated launches and heritage pieces, alongside leading luxury watch brands including OMEGA, Breitling and TUDOR.

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Retail Focus

JULY 30, 2021

The selected stores, which will have a more focused product selection of mainly tees and jeans, have been redesigned to create a more informative and focused shopping experience. Lucky Fox designed table fit navigation signage blocks with integrated NFC tags, which interact with mobile devices.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

As part of the Artist Pathway Program, the retail business is working with Billy Blue College at Torrens University to guide young designers through the product design process. Five students’ pieces will be released under Myer’s Miss Shop brand in the coming months. A lesson for all.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2024

Modern consumers, especially those within the Gen Z age bracket, are becoming increasingly interested in shopping methods that differ from the traditional e-commerce model of a direct-to-consumer website or shopping online via big-box retailers. However, TikTok Shop isn’t the only major player in the social commerce landscape.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 20, 2024

Frasers Group is considering taking a stake in Exeter’s Princesshay estate in what would be the first joint venture between the King’s property company and the retail giant. Nuveen, which bought its stake from Land Securities a decade ago, put its share up for sale this year with a reported price tag of £40m.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and Google Cloud have launched BrainOS Inventory Insights, a proprietary solution that aims to deliver next-generation in-store inventory analytics to retailers. Brain Corp. The platform is designed to be an end-to-end solution for analyzing the inventory data collected by BrainOS-powered inventory scanning robots.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 17, 2024

Touchwood shopping centre is approaching full occupancy following the arrival of Oliver Bonas at the Solihull destination. let, and further strengthens what is already the region’s leading retail line-up. let, and further strengthens what is already the region’s leading retail line-up. Reaching 98.5% The post Touchwood 98.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Making it Easier to ‘Shop Deals’ New Deals Experience on Google Search (Image courtesy Google) Users can now access the Google deals destination in Search by searching the term: “shop deals.” Shoppers interested in a specific category also can add that to the search term to get more specific results, for example, “shop sneaker deals.”

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Upon descending the staircase into the Fine Watch Department, visitors to the world-renowned Knightsbridge department store will be welcomed into the new TAG Heuer space. The boutique will offer specialist TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 services, enabling visitors to discover its breadth of wellness and sporting functionalities. “

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Lancôme , YSL , Urban Decay and NYX Cosmetics have launched AR Try on for eyeshadow products on Pinterest as a way to make shopping for cosmetics more immersive online. This latest augmented reality feature joins Pinterest’s expanded product tagging feature. How AR Try on Works.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. We aim to make customers feel like each shopping experience was custom-made for them, and we’re excited to take another big step forward with the rollout of this pilot of Instacart’s Caper Carts.”

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 3, 2023

Harrods has swapped out some of its most expensive handbags with £250 versions in airport shops as it accused Rishi Sunak’s tourist tax of deterring wealthy overseas customers. This represents a significant price change from ranges previously sold at the luxury retailer’s airport shops, which included luxury handbags with hefty price tags. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With Salesforce’s 2023 holiday predictions forecasting that BOPIS (buying items online for in-store or curbside pickup) will influence $28 billion in incremental sales during the holiday season, retailers seeking to capitalize on this revenue opportunity need to ensure their store operations and inventory management practices are up to par.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer has opened its doors to a new boutique at Westfield Stratford City in London. This marks the brand’s fourth standalone boutique in the capital and its seventh in the UK, reinforcing TAG Heuer’s commitment to offering exceptional customer experiences in modern, aesthetically pleasing spaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Just in the time for the holiday shopping season, Google is debuting new features to help merchants capture consumers’ attention in search results, including a small business “tag,” generative AI tools for product imagery and a more detailed business information module in search results.

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365 Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Family-owned luxury jeweller, Laings , has unveiled a new TAG Heuer boutique in Edinburgh. This opening marks the second exclusive TAG Heuer outlet in the country, following the inaugural Scotland boutique launched in September 2023 on Buchanan Street.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Additionally, shoppers can utilize Instacart’s List technology to sync their in-app shopping lists with the smart carts by scanning a QR code, letting the cart help customers find the items they need and automatically check them off the list as they are collected.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A comprehensive survey by Tyl by NatWest offers a deep dive into the changing relationship between consumers and retailers, examining the factors that attract shoppers to both small boutiques and large commercial outlets. Almost half (49%) shop with community benefits in mind, while 48% are keen to support their local business owners.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2021

Visual AI platform renovai offers real-time solutions that help retailers create inspiring, personal interactions with shoppers. The company leverages its correlated deep tagging technology to hyperpersonalize the shopping experience, by making products more discoverable and improving the tagging accuracy with computer vision AI.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Lidl is replacing its paper pricing tags with electronic shelf labels in all its UK stores. The discounter said the new technology will help to drive efficiency in its supermarkets, with colleagues spending less time manually updating price tags. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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