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Revolutionizing Retail: How Ergonomic Robots Enhance Shopping Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Task adaptability: Robots should handle multiple retail tasks, such as restocking shelves and guiding customers, while minimizing disruption to the store layout or workflow. Future retail environments will likely feature robots that seamlessly adapt to customer needs, store layouts and employee workflows.

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Tractor Supply Grows Long-Term Store Goal to 3,200 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

The rural-oriented retailer, which currently operates 2,270 stores in 49 states, also revealed plans to: Enhance localization at individual stores; Explore B2B direct-sales opportunities with larger farms, SMBs and event spaces; Expand capabilities to grow share of wallet with pet and animal customers ( 10 of the new 2025 stores will be Petsense locations); (..)

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What’s driving the transformation of China’s department stores?

Inside Retail

Slower revenue growth, shrinking profit margins, and a dwindling share in the national retail economy have pushed many operators to re-evaluate their strategies. More than 70 per cent of surveyed department-store operators experienced year-on-year sales and net profit declines last year, including Xujiahui Shopping Mall and Inzone Group.

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Juganu Provides Customer Insights and Enhanced Safety Through Smart Lighting

Retail TouchPoints

The Foam connects directly into pre-existing light fixtures at any retail space, including shopping centers, department stores or groceries.

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Inventory Accuracy: The Not-so-Secret Ingredient for Holiday Sales Success

Retail TouchPoints

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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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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How Do You Manage Multiple Retail Stores?

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

If you’re a retail business owner managing multiple retail stores, keeping your eye on the prize might be challenging. Understanding how your shops perform in terms of inventory and ROI is essential to the success of any multi-store operation. Start with: 1.