Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

When UK and Irish discount book, games and toy retailer The Works set out to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its inventory management across its stores it turned to Zebra Technologies to revolutionise its back-end management system. Another major feature of Zebra’s solution is a reduction in costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But for retailers, having an online strategy isn’t enough — especially if it’s an outdated one, and only designed for one generation. Their preferences and values are making it more convenient and spontaneous…more interwoven with social media…and in some cases, more like a game. Many baby boomers do. There are already 7.3

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365 Retail

APRIL 10, 2024

London’s Business Design Centre is gearing up to host the Visual Merchandising and Display Show 2024 from the 16th to 17th of April, marking a key gathering for professionals in the realms of retail display and visual merchandising. Retail Focus, as the official media partner, invites you to secure your place at [link].

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

The increasing dominance of ecommerce and the growing prevalence of disruptive technologies have sped up the digital transformation of brick-and-mortar retail. As the retail industry shifts, so do customer expectations. For most retailers, this situation is akin to fighting battles on multiple fronts. Create a Blueprint.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Generative AI has put the retail industry at yet another inflection point. 2023 was a period of experimentation for retailers, and many thoroughly assessed where this new technology could have the biggest impact. But for many retailers the question remains, “Where can this new technology best help my organization now?”

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Wiser

APRIL 24, 2024

Understanding the critical first two weeks of a product launch, the brand partnered with Wiser Solutions to gain insights into distribution, on-shelf availability, pricing, planogram compliance, and the effectiveness of promotional materials at the store level. Here’s a PDF version of this use case.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2021

Whether it’s coping with a disruptive event or shifting buyer behavior, nimble retailers fare the best. The turmoil also proved that mobile technology enables needed flexibility in times of disruption and drives superior customer experiences that make retailers more competitive. Retailers aren’t alone.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In the last several years, retailers have increased the speed with which they have built online and mobile app presence. With this evolution into digital sales and the increased use of data mining, retailers are facing unprecedented challenges in digital security.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The retail landscape has been shifting as consumers have increasingly moved to online shopping,” said Sharon Price John, President and CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop in a statement. The site is designed to take shoppers through the bear-building experience in an immersive 3D environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

The low-code application development wave is absorbing more retailers — and rightfully so. Retailers face an ever-escalating need for customized and differentiated applications that can push innovation and keep customers engaged. The Low-Code Shortcut for Retailers. Low-code is here, but it’s still only getting started.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

With so many unique approaches to connectivity, retailers often struggle with effectively reaching their customers. In fact, 71% of shoppers told McKinsey that they expect personalization from their favorite retailers , and 76% of shoppers are frustrated when retailers don’t offer personalization.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

Here are three insights to support your localization strategy: Buying Habits are Tied to Culture As researchers from the University of Illinois wrote in a paper in the Journal of Retailing , “despite the global similarities in many retail environments, consumers themselves differ.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

With COVID-19 case counts declining and vaccination efforts underway, eager consumers and retailers are both looking hopefully toward a future return to normal. The study draws on the expertise of its team of global analysts covering 100 countries around the world to identify the traits that will define consumer behavior this year. “The

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Inside Retail : You joined Levi Strauss & Co earlier this year and are overseeing the company’s push into digital. That’s opportunity number one, and – probably very similar to most other retailers – you just have to be excellent every day on funnel. Can you share some of the areas that you’ve been focusing on?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions. But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions. Following are recaps of some of the most pertinent presentations.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 4, 2024

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Retail TouchPoints (RTP), the top media group covering omnichannel retail, has unveiled a new and improved digital experience and expanded content initiative to better serve store designers and experiential retail executives.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Verticals at Snap in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. 1 use case for AR with both consumers and brands seeing a range of benefits in the form of accuracy, loyalty and inclusivity; and AR will play a central role in Snap’s plans to create new, more meaningful shopping experiences for consumers. Evolving From Fun to Function.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Close to 80% of buying consideration now happens before anyone speaks to a salesperson, according to a Cisco study cited in a report from the CMO Council. More and more now the sales action is happening at the front of the funnel,” explained Tom Kaneshige, Chief Content Officer at the CMO Council in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It’s

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Wiser

MARCH 25, 2024

Strategic Approach and Solutions In response, the company partnered with Wiser to conduct an in-depth analysis of its brand and category at the shelf level. Conclusion: The Path to the Perfect Store This case study underscores the vital importance of data-driven insights in optimizing retail execution.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 9, 2023

The era of digital transformation has seen traditional brick-and-mortar retailers challenged to integrate their offline and online channels seamlessly in order to create a unified customer experience. In this interview, we discuss What’s Cooking’s journey from a traditional brick-and-mortar business to becoming a modern, omnichannel retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

As services like DoorDash and UberEats become more ubiquitous, retailers are embracing on-demand delivery services as a way to delight and keep more customers in today’s hybrid omnichannel world. The steep delivery fees many services charge mean that restaurants and other retailers are actually losing money on many orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Amid rising costs and fears of a looming recession, however, online retailers are finding they can no longer afford the level of generosity that customers have come to expect. retailers were revisiting their returns policies as of late 2022. With numbers like these, it’s no wonder that most U.S. Some product types (e.g.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Case in point — #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt , which has entered the cultural lexicon and boasts more than 4.6 These integrations will make it easy for businesses to connect their product catalogs and build out shopping functionality on TikTok through their existing third-party ecommerce solutions. billion views and counting.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

As denoted by the central theme of this year’s conference, People, Planet, Profit: Navigating retail towards a more ‘human’ world, the focus will be on two central ideas: sustainability and new business models that integrate flexibility, prioritising human beings, their needs, new behaviours, and new ways of living. KICKING OFF WITH KEYNOTES.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2022

From delicious biryanis to free breakfasts and vertical storage solutions to cooking pans, Ikea’s 8,000-strong inventory is painstakingly designed to satisfy the local needs. We’re still in the nascent stages in terms of home furnishing category,” Kavitha Rao, India’s chief commercial officer told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Retail media experienced massive growth in 2023 and shows no sign of slowing in 2024. But even as retail media networks have proliferated , ad buyers still are limited in how many they can participate in. A lack of standardization across the retail media ecosystem. The culprit?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whilst we love the convenience and real-time availability of the online experience, whenever there has been an easing of lockdowns, people have flooded back to the physical retail environment. observes Teaj Sian, Managing Director at Glory Global Solutions (Australia). There will always be space for physical retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Danish furniture franchise BoConcept has opened a new store designed to combine digital and brick-and-mortar retail experiences. Throughout the pandemic, the franchise launched a variety of virtual solutions to engage with customers while showrooms were closed in markets around the world. “We and its fifth worldwide.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

While an increasing number of retailers are investing in omnichannel, not every brand has successfully implemented it. Despite being aware of these expectations, achieving true omnichannel remains a work in progress for the retail industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2022

Disruptions to the supply chain, shifts in customer behavior, and even unexpected weather events are impacting retail sales across ecommerce and brick-and-mortar — changing where, when, how and why customers purchase. A recent study found that 83% of retailers say they cannot leverage customer data to its full potential.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2023

“Omnichannel” has been an aspiration for brands for many years now, but while it used to refer to the merging of a retailer’s brick-and-mortar and ecommerce operations, it now means something very different. Like gamblers, sellers spend an inordinate amount of time studying the game and finding minute ways to eke out an advantage.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2023

The global retail behemoth will launch a Rent the Runway storefront on the marketplace’s website. State of fashion rental In a recent case study produced by Taylor Brydges, Lisa Heinze, Monique Retamal, and Claudia E. Leading clothing rental platform Rent the Runway has secured a major partnership with Amazon Fashion.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The UK’s Crep Protect, founded in 2012 by three brothers, Imran, Nohman and Rizwan Ahmed, has become synonymous with sneaker care and protection , offering innovative solutions that cater to the desires of sneaker enthusiasts worldwide. The eBay culture played a big part in how we got started,” Nohman Ahmed told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2023

Food delivery workers on two wheels are unwilling daredevils, and there is a good case for their online platforms to cop the punishment. The three leading offenders were Zomato (72,000 cases), Bounce (10,338 cases) and Ola (9,469 cases). The unfortunate driver didn’t survive the crash.

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Wiser

JANUARY 12, 2022

Sales in one of your retailers are down year-over-year, but steady or up with your other partners. Let’s look at two case studies from Wiser Solutions customers, as well as a few tips to get ahead of any defective packaging issues before they hurt your brand. Case Study No. The Solution.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2020

The retail reopening process is underway in many parts of the country, and brands and centers alike are trying to figure out how to safely bring shopping back to brick-and-mortar. As part of this effort, my team of consultants have spent endless hours studying shopper trends throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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