Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2024

Goodwill Keystone Area has partnered with Reworld to offer no-cost electronics recycling at its 42 stores and donation center sites located across 22 central and southeastern Pennsylvania counties. Eligible devices — including TVs, computers, mobile devices, gaming systems, toasters and vacuum cleaners — will be repaired and resold; items at the end of their life will be responsibly recycled by Reworld, which has recycled more than 135 million pounds of e-waste to date.

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Retail Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its lineup of generative AI advertising products.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

Australian retailers are set to benefit from a surge in spending on Mother’s Day despite the current cost-of-living crunch, according to research conducted by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with market research company Roy Morgan. The study predicts that Australians will spend $995 million on Mother’s Day this year, which is $70 million or 7.5 per cent more than last year.

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Retail Focus

MAY 8, 2024

Herbolario Navarro, one of Spain’s largest retail chains for organic products, has taken a significant step towards sustainability – with TRILUX as its lighting partner. The retail giant installed E-LINE NEXT LED in over 50 stores nationwide. The continuous lighting system sets energy efficiency standards and significantly reduces carbon footprint.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 7, 2024

Boohoo losses swelled to almost £160m as it encountered “difficult market conditions” caused by high levels of inflation and weakened consumer demand. Sales were down 17% to £1.46bn in the year to February 29, which it said reflected its increased focus on profitability alongside the challenging market conditions. It added that its sales were also impacted by the growth of its marketplace with its commission-only revenue model.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2024

Dan Murphy’s parent Endeavour Group saw retail sales increase 2.4 per cent year over year to $2.41 billion during the first quarter. Despite both of its retail chains – BWS and Dan Murphy’s – falling flat on a comparable store basis, the MyDan’s membership program added more than 175,000 new members and achieved a record peak scan rate of 84 per cent from its 5.4 million active members.

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Retail Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management have sent a letter to the Paramount Global board showing their interest in buying the company for around $26 billion.

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Management 278

Retail Focus

MAY 8, 2024

True Fit , the AI-driven platform that decodes size and fit for shoppers and fashion retailers, has announced that, following its launch in Shopify at the end of 2023, it is now driving a 14% average GMV growth for fashion brands on the platform, giving rise to the next generation of scaling fashion retailers. Having formerly only served the largest apparel retailers and brands in the world, True Fit has democratised its Fashion Genome to bring the benefit of AI size and fit to the full market.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 8, 2024

Frasers Group is closing in on a deal to become the new British partner of struggling fashion chain Ted Baker. According to Sky News , the retail giant is set to be named the preferred partner for the retailer’s UK business following the collapse of its existing licensing partner No Ordinary Designer Label (NODL). Industry sources said that Frasers and NODL’s administrators hoped to reach a deal in the coming days.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2024

Social media is now the world’s largest channel for advertising investment, with Western platforms growing the fastest driven by Chinese brands targeting US and European audiences. WARC Media said that social media has overtaken paid search in advertising investment and is forecasted to reach $247.3 billion this year, up 14.3 per cent from a year ago.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2024

Following its acquisition of Zulily and the revival of Overstock.com , Beyond, Inc. is shoring up its executive team with a slate of eight high-level appointments across its business. “The most important part of building a long-term, profitable, growing business is putting the right players on the field,” said Marcus Lemonis, newly appointed Executive Chairman of Beyond, Inc. in a statement.

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Retail Wire

MAY 5, 2024

Apple's Vision Pro headset, a mixed-reality spatial computing device, has found its way into the arsenals of more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, with over 50% investing in at least one unit. This revelation came during Apple's first quarter 2024 earnings call, where CEO Tim Cook highlighted the enthusiastic reception of their products within the corporate sector.

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Retail Dive

MAY 6, 2024

In addition to education and funding, “The Workshop at Macy’s” provides various opportunities to sell via the department store.

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Department Stores ATS 116

Retail Gazette

MAY 4, 2024

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH has launched a raft of legal claims against Visa and Mastercard amid a long-standing dispute over credit card fees. More than a dozen brands that form part of LVMH, including Tiffany & Co, Christian Dior and Bulgari, have issued lawsuits against the US payment giants in the High Court, according to The Telegraph. Details of the LVMH case have not been made public but are thought to be linked to the long-running battle over interchange fees, which are paid by retailer

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

In the wake of the tragic Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack on April 13, Australian retailers have been revisiting their emergency response plans to ensure they are fully prepared for every contingency. Whilst many businesses have had emergency response plans in place for many years, recent events have highlighted the importance of proactive and continuous training, support and effective lines of communication between frontline retail staff and corporate teams to ensure they are prepared

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2024

NBCUniversal and Instacart are expanding their existing partnership to include a new retail media workstream that will enable Instacart’s CPG advertisers to connect with consumers via NBCU’s streaming and linear television content. In late 2023, the companies teamed up to include access to NBCU’s streaming platform Peacock as part of the Instacart+ membership package.

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Retail Wire

MAY 2, 2024

In acknowledgment of the tireless contributions of healthcare workers, Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced a notable gesture of appreciation: the distribution of 100,000 free burrito e-cards.

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Retail Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The company said it would credit the fees for a few more weeks, and added some exceptions as it considered ways to incentivize optimal product supply.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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Retail Gazette

MAY 2, 2024

Russell & Bromley has launched the first of its new concept “neighbourhood stores in Hampstead, London, in collaboration with its design partner, Shed. The concept store is designed to “fit seamlessly into the local village aesthetic”, according to the footwear retailer. Originally comprising two separate shopfronts, the stores have been merged into one, while maintaining the historic feel of the building.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Australia’s leading supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, delivered their third-quarter results to shareholders this week along with new consumer insights. Both retailers reported that the current economic environment has challenged consumers’ discretionary spending and that households have evolved their buying habits to seek out value. This includes cross-shopping, where consumers actively purchase their groceries from multiple stores.

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Consumer Shopping Supermarket Promotions 255

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2024

The Save Mart Companies is building on its partnership with Instacart by implementing several in-store solutions in nearly all 200 Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Lucky locations. The California-based grocer will roll out Caper Carts, Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts, and FoodStorm, an order management system designed to power the retailer’s food service and catering experiences.

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Retail Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Snapchat has introduced a range of new augmented reality (AR) and machine learning (ML) tools created to assist brands and advertisers in engaging with users on the social platform through interactivity.

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Advertiser: FourKites

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Cisco Retail

MAY 8, 2024

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Retail Gazette

MAY 3, 2024

Asda has pushed its debt burdens into the next decade after refinancing more than £3.2bn of debt. The supermarket said the deal has postponed the majority of its maturities past 2030 and included the biggest sterling high-yield bond this year. It noted that it was also the second-largest sterling bond in the European leveraged finance market – only behind its original £2.25bn sterling bond tranches in 2021.

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Supermarket Finance Marketing ATS 113

Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2024

Brooks Running booked record revenue in the first quarter, representing a 9 per cent year-on-year increase and the highest quarterly result yet. The company’s e-commerce business soared 22 per cent with a remarkable 38 per cent growth in March alone. Australian revenue rose 38 per cent while China revenue surged 180 per cent. The company’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa e-commerce business grew by 10 per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2024

Loyalty programs are a common (and undeniably effective) tool for retailers to gather data and build customer lifetime value, but perhaps they’ve become a little too common. Companies often have a hard time differentiating their programs and communicating their unique benefits to members, particularly with primarily transactional, points-based programs.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

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Retail Wire

MAY 4, 2024

In the realm of spirits, innovation is often the key to standing out amidst a sea of familiar flavors. Enter Shooting Star Vodka, a groundbreaking concoction that defies convention with its infusion of a truly extraterrestrial ingredient: a meteorite discovered in 1977. This celestial addition has transformed the humble vodka into a cosmic elixir, promising drinkers a taste experience unlike any other.

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Wiser

MAY 8, 2024

In today’s competitive retail landscape, the ability to effectively manage trade spend is critical for brands aiming to drive profitable growth and enhance consumer engagement. Trade spend, which typically amounts to 15 percent to 20 percent of gross revenue in the retail industry, represents a significant portion of a company’s budget. Yet, despite its importance, many businesses struggle to measure trade promotion effectiveness.

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Accounting Promotions Returns Management 78

Retail Gazette

MAY 2, 2024

An additional 91 Matches Fashion staff members have been made redundant following Frasers Group’s intellectual property (IP) deal. On Monday, the Sports Direct and Flannels owner said it had snapped up Matches’ IP for an undisclosed amount, however the deal did not include the company’s remaining workers or £83m of stock, Drapers reported.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Retailers’ ability to understand and connect with Gen Z will be critical to their success in the coming years. But many brands are simply copying and pasting their millennial marketing playbook for the next generation, according to Ypulse senior content marketing manager Anastasia Pelot. So it’s no wonder that 50 per cent of Gen Z say that brands “don’t get them”, she said.

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