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Why Uncommon Corporate Partnerships are a Must in 2024 (and How to Make Them a Reality)

Retail TouchPoints

The trend of a cautious yet resilient consumer has continued into the early stages of 2024, with high-ticket luxury and department store industries underperforming sectors that sell necessities — online retail, discount/club, automotive and grocery. Full-service restaurants are trailing their limited-service peers.

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Nordstrom Takes Stake in Topshop Brands, Launches Joint Venture with ASOS

Retail TouchPoints

department store chain and British online retailer aim to “redefine the traditional retail/wholesale model.”. since 2012 when it became the first retailer to bring the brand to the U.S. The new joint venture will set the stage for a wider strategic partnership in which the U.S.

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The Future of Retail is 3D

Retail TouchPoints

In the coming years, this booming online retail industry is set to be revolutionised by high-performance technology that’s more commonly associated with video games than digital shopping: implementing high render 3D graphics is one of the driving forces. Opportunity is coming — and you don’t want to be left behind.

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Saks.com Spin-Out: Genius Move or Opportunistic Folly?

Steve Dennis

If we have learned anything from the past two decades of retail disruption, it’s that notions of separate physical and digital shopping behavior are increasingly distinctions without a difference. The Bay has long suffered from the woes of unremarkable department stores. The lines are blurring.

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How to Meet and Exceed Amazon-Driven Customer Expectations 

ESW

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect.

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Research reveals the Black Friday brands in demand

365 Retail

Catalogue Retailer. Department Store. Online Retailer. Health and beauty retailer Boots, and department store John Lewis, take joint second place this year with 22,200 searches a month each! Online Retailer. Department store. Department store.

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What Are Product Recommendations?

Kibo

a department store), or it may have a small number of product categories but lots of variety within feature sets of product offerings (e.g. an eyeglass retailer). Product Recommendations are essential to meeting the aggressive performance goals of online retailers and are a proven method for driving profitability.