Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Brands like Banker Wire have successfully integrated architectural wire mesh patterns into luxury shopping destinations, adding a touch of sophistication to back display walls, doors and counters. manufacturers. Luxxbox has become a major manufacturer exporting his designs throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For brand manufacturers, retail monitoring is a critical aspect of maintaining and enhancing market presence. Monitoring these multiple aspects allows manufacturers to modify and optimize their strategies in real-time, improving product visibility and customer relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A strong direct-to-consumer channel creates a fast feedback loop for emerging brands. Retailers may not have the optimal distribution networks, store designs, labor pools or technology solutions ready to tackle holiday demand spikes. Organizations purchase solutions through building or leasing physical spaces. Reduce cost.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In manufacturing, product substitution can be a valuable tool for optimizing inventory management. Market conditions are dynamic, and consumer preferences change — retailers and manufacturers need to adapt to these factors quickly. Saxena’s previous product experience is in building retail planning solutions at Blue Yonder.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Mattress retail conglomerate Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) — the owner of brands including Serta , Simmons , Beautyrest and Tuft & Needle — is working to transform its supply chain planning capabilities through a new partnership with Blue Yonder.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sourcing operations always have been subject to the whims of the weather, especially for food and beverage manufacturers that depend on vulnerable harvests. Leveraging a Multi-Enterprise Platform Brands and retailers that outsource most of their manufacturing need technology in place to facilitate better planning far earlier in the process.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2023

Shinola and Filson will modernize their in-store experiences with mobile POS, order management and store inventory solutions from NewStore. Both retail brands are owned by Bedrock Manufacturing ; Filson is known for high-end outdoor clothing and accessories, and Shinola offers products including timepieces, leather goods, jewelry and audio.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

The Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) has introduced the $250 million Fashion Climate Fund , which will be used to identify, fund, scale and measure verified impact solutions to decarbonize and modernize notoriously wasteful fashion industry supply chains.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Bjorn Bengtsson, Chief Product and Supply Chain Officer at DTC men’s fashion brand Untuckit , underlined how this ESG focus is being driven by consumer demand: “In fashion, it’s obvious to a lot of us that the younger generation is intensely focused on sustainability strategies ,” he said during a session.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Consumers are also pushing for brands to step away from “fast fashion” trends and promote sustainability in both product development and manufacturing, making efforts to reduce or offset their carbon footprints. These days, countless brands are experimenting with different fibers and fabrics. Take a forward-thinking approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

Inflation is greatly pressuring manufacturers’ margins due to rising gas prices, costly transportation and expensive raw materials. Past economic downturns have illustrated that reducing or pausing media has a negative long-term impact on brand performance. The first step is establishing the connection with consumers.

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Supplies Consumer Improvements Management 267

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hormel plans to use the platform to share and leverage historical and real-time data insights from retailers in Google Cloud in order to help the brand improve business performance for its retail customers. Crisp will enable Hormel Foods to access and share real-time delivery, retail, supply chain, manufacturing and inventory data.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Wiser Solutions’ Digital Shelf Intelligence (DSI) serves as a powerful tool for brand manufacturers navigating the dynamic landscape of eCommerce. With DSI, brands gain near real-time visibility into competitor pricing strategies. Competitive pricing is a crucial element for anyone in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2023

Tempur Sealy International will acquire Mattress Firm Group in a $4 billion cash and stock transaction, creating a company with a global footprint of approximately 3,000 stores, 30 ecommerce platforms, 71 manufacturing facilities and four R&D facilities, serving customers in more than 100 countries. billion in cash and $1.3

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Wiser

APRIL 30, 2024

For any brand, especially those operating across a broad retail network, ensuring merchandising compliance is a daunting task. Tapping Into Innovative Solutions Enter Wiser’s role as a game-changer in in-store data collection. To learn more about the Commerce Execution Suite, contact us at intel@wiser.com or visit www.wiser.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Japanese DTC fashion startup yutori has selected Centric Software ’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. yutori operates a vintage fashion community and several direct-to-consumer brands targeting consumers in their teens and twenties.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2021

Since on-demand manufacturing emerged about a decade ago, it has been gradually picking up steam. Driven by the explosive growth of ecommerce and shifting consumer preferences, on-demand, also known as cloud manufacturing, is now poised to revolutionize the supply chain industry. 4 Ways On-Demand Manufacturing can Benefit Your Brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Many brands were out of stock and out of luck during the 2020 holiday season. Warehouses, particularly those outside major port cities like Los Angeles, are running out of space, further impeding brands that just want to deliver their products to consumers — and generate revenues — in time for the holidays. The Bullwhip Effect.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. The business case is clear, but the looming question for apparel brands and retailers is: How do we make inclusivity a tangible — and profitable — business strategy? Challenge 1: Sizing Accuracy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2022

We’re excited to partner with this world-class team on their mission to help brands take back control of their supply chain,” said tennis superstar Serena Williams, who also founded the fashion brand S By Serena in a statement. “I A I-powere d smart supply chain management platform Calico has received $2.1

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Develop a Pricing Foundation The foundation of any strategy is base pricing — the initial price of an item, typically based on rules such as margin goals, size of the item, brand type and even manufacturing parameters, e.g. if the product is organic, local or sustainable. Other times, they’re influenced by seasonal trends and dynamics.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Digital signage looks vastly different today from my early days working for a niche hardware manufacturer developing simplistic solutions for groceries and customer-facing retail applications. These solutions didn’t incorporate interactive touch — because most solutions ran solely on a USB stick with a media or DVD player.

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Retail Sporting Goods Gifts Management 246

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

While some companies are actively investing in internal, verticalized operations, others are shifting to third-party manufacturing and nearshoring to effectively (and profitably) respond to demand. This team uses intelligence from the supply market to guide these decisions, which is key to maximizing availability. .

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Supplies Shipping Costs Customer Loyalty Technology 306

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

B2B brands should invest in AI-driven CRM (customer relationship management) systems to analyze customer data, offering insights for personalized marketing and sales strategies. Unlike the traditional multichannel approach, social commerce is about creating strong communities and affinities around specific brands and verticals.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

An intentional focus on sustainability is one of the biggest changes to our design development process,” said Angela Gearhart, VP of Connected Brand Experience at Sleep Number in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Eco-characteristics in the store design include: Flooring manufactured in U.S.-based

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Wiser

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Store audits play a pivotal role in ensuring the retail experience is consistently high quality, and that your brand is represented the way you intend. By integrating crowdsourcing into your auditing strategy, you can gain an unparalleled view of your brand’s retail presence across multiple locations.

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Operations Games Customer Experience Information 148

Wiser

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In a recent panel discussion hosted by Wiser Solutions, senior leaders at brand manufacturers and retailers shed light on the delicate interplay between direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels and traditional retail partnerships.

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Marketing Customer Multi-channel Channel 78

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

A headless ecommerce platform has the front end (or “head”), often a template or theme, separated from the backend mechanics of running an effective ecommerce solution. Why break the neatly integrated solution in which the front end and back end are seamlessly built together? Free your brand team from design constraints!

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eCommerce Mobile Technology Improvements 290

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 7, 2021

Workwear brand Dickies has partnered with 3DLOOK to offer its customers in China a personalized fitting experience on the Tmall Global marketplace. VF Corporation plans to use the Dickies Tmall pilot to gauge customer reaction and gather insights, with an eye toward eventually expanding the solution to other brands in its portfolio. “A

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Wiser

APRIL 4, 2024

Wiser Solutions and Biotopia announce a collaboration in the field of price monitoring. This partnership represents a unique opportunity to meet the changing needs of brands and to support the sustainable growth of the organic industry.” About Wiser: Wiser Solutions® is the global leader in Commerce Execution SaaS products.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

A few examples of these differences include: Asian-American consumers tend to be more conscious of social status than other American consumers and are therefore more likely to choose brand name items that signal their status, according to a study cited in the University of Illinois report.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2023

These individuals prioritize brands that not only provide high-quality products and services but also resonate with their values. Organizations have already begun embedding sustainability goals across enterprise operations, including in manufacturing (84%), supply chain operations (80%) and brand strategy (80%), just to name a few.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Forbes Todd Automotive Group has introduced an AI computer vision solution at its Audi Dallas location as it seeks to offer customers a more immersive environment with a touchless approach to merchandising. When customers place their hands above a product, in this case an Audi A4, information and inside views are projected on the hood.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

“We see a range of executions, from making better material decisions to strategies that look at the longevity of a building,” said Jamie Cornelius, Creative Director at retail brand experience agency ChangeUp. “A A common question we get from clients is how do we flex our stores for the future?”

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Beauty and Health Document Consumer Operations 306

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether it’s influencing them with a homepage banner (think about a sign right as you walk into your local grocery store) or getting to a sponsored search ad (a placement you only pay for when a consumer actually clicks), there are a lot of onsite opportunities for manufacturers to leverage. So, what’s not to love – right?

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Retail Multi-channel Technology Article 328

Pivotree Blog

MAY 2, 2024

TSXV: PVT) (“Pivotree” or the “Company”), a leading provider of frictionless commerce solutions and services, today announced its participation in two prominent events: AutoCare Connect Week 2024 from May 5-8 and B2B Online 2024 from May 6-8 in Chicago. said Derek Corrick, General Manager at Pivotree.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

This solution was exactly what we were hoping for — celebrating our amazing customers while also driving more brand loyalty and affinity in a unique way,” said Todd Velazquez, Director of Retail Customer Experience at Road Runner in a statement. .” The retailer plans to continue rolling out the program to all U.S.

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