Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

These retailers are using the Cloud to unlock digital potential across their business — both online and in stores — and Carrie Tharp, Google Cloud’s VP of Retail and Consumer, is helping them do it. Retail TouchPoints: What are Google Cloud’s biggest differentiators among the other big names in the space?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In 1978, LEGO introduced a brand new line of construction sets branded LEGO Space. Winning toy of the year in Germany and the UK in 1979, LEGO Space helped drive a 50% increase in sales for LEGO that year. It is useful for optimizing store layout, staffing and marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

These days, it seems like every major retailer has its own channel for serving ads, and advertisers are seizing this opportunity eagerly, to the tune of $114.4 Having a unified view of your customer matters because retail buying journeys don’t take place on one channel. billion in digital spending in 2022 alone.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Deliveries from more than 2,000 Rite Aid stores in 16 states will be powered by the Grubhub Marketplace , making thousands of the retailer’s OTC, wellness products and snacks more accessible to consumers. In August 2022 Office Depot partnered with Uber Eats to deliver office supplies from more than 900 of its stores.

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ESW

APRIL 5, 2023

While every brand with a DTC channel dreams of a sudden surge in website traffic, too much of a good thing can do irreparable damage to even the most established online retailer. Preparing a DTC channel for peak season is a must for growing revenue and preserving brand reputation. Sourcing and manufacturing.

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Steve Dennis

AUGUST 4, 2020

Despite the relentlessly bleak news of sales declines, store closings and retail bankruptcies , Tractor Supply Company not only reported strong quarterly sales but announced plans to open 75 to 80 new brick-and-mortar locations. The current economic situation is not likely to meaningfully change this.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Seeking to support expansion into what it terms “strategic growth categories,” The Container Store has launched its “Uncontained” campaign, focusing on direct-to-consumer (DTC) products in categories including dining, entertaining, home décor and textiles.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Expanded assortments, as in the case of Nordstrom partnering with an increasing number of brands, or new “couples” such as Petco Health and Wellness and Lowe’s partnering to open in-store pet shops at 15 locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2020

COVID has pushed retail supply chains to their limits, from the initial stock-up period at the start of the pandemic to the unprecedented ecommerce rush of the holiday season. I think we have a responsive supply chain, it’s just going to be interesting to see what consumer behaviors stick and what are just temporary coping mechanisms.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

The news of Rempell’s departure comes at the same time AEO announced that it expects Q2 2023 revenue to be flat year over year, but ahead of previous guidance.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JANUARY 30, 2020

Today I’m thrilled to have Nate Lipton on the show because he runs numerous ecommerce businesses in the cannabis space. For example, GrowersHouse.com is an 8 figure ecommerce store selling growing supplies and he recently launched a line of CBD products over at TruPotency.com. Nate’s primary sales channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But in the midst of today’s current supply chain issues, inflation and fluctuating consumer demand, many retailers are finding themselves in the opposite scenario, with an excess of stock. First, it can cost a lot to store this extra supply, particularly as warehouse space tightens. . Excess Inventory Eats into Profits.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and delivery offerings became survival tactics for so many retailers. For example, in 2022, 21% of respondents said improved supply chain efficiency was a valuable benefit, but that percentage increased to 34% in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

By eliminating supply chain complexities and “cutting out the middlemen,” Brooklinen was able to streamline the product development journey and fully immerse consumers in the ethos and values of the brand. Amazon net revenue has grown 29% year-over-year, and the company has used the marketplace as a key customer acquisition channel.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JANUARY 30, 2020

Today I’m thrilled to have Nate Lipton on the show because he runs numerous ecommerce businesses in the cannabis space. For example, GrowersHouse.com is an 8 figure ecommerce store selling growing supplies and he recently launched a line of CBD products over at TruPotency.com. Nate’s primary sales channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

For brands, recommerce expands the lifecycle of existing products and supply chains. Recommerce has taken off in the clothing space in particular, driven by changes in shopper habits during the pandemic. stores with the goal of “actively working to create a healthier future,” according to CEO Calvin McDonald.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Or a customer receives immediate, personalized product promotions and recommendations the moment they walk in a store, creating a truly customized experience. Part of the reason we expect high retail adoption is that consumers are looking for a different and enhanced in-store experience. 5G can Drive Consumer Engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Twenty years ago, retailers aiming to launch new store brands to fend off the negative associations created by the “generics era” would say to their design agencies, “Get this as close to the national brand target as you possibly can.” Look closely at the latest crop of newly launched store brands in grocery and retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2020

Stitch Fix, Warby Parker and others became beacons for established brands, including Coca-Cola, to invest in DTC sales channels. The bubble has burst for non-profitable DTC brands largely due to relying on cheap capital and efficient supply chains coming out of China. What DTC Brands Can Do Now To Improve Outlook.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

took place in brick-and-mortar stores. In the retail-CPG industry, we went from a very big chunk of the population that pretty much had no choice but to go to brick-and-mortar stores to acquire consumer goods, to now having lots and lots of other choices. And each one of those “stores” is different from each other.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

Delivery expenses and costs for in-store picking and other operations can be very high if not optimized correctly for scale and profitability. With that in mind, here is a look at five strategies that can help grocers optimize online integration of their grocery store. Improve efficiency of store associates.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

We expect RMNs to expand beyond grocery into apparel and specialty and convenience stores. Retailers are finally starting to embrace AI in their core business operations — to boost efficiency by optimizing stock levels, for example, or combining supply chain availability with customer lifetime value to prioritize marketing offers.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group , shares top tips about how retailers can prepare their supply chains for a Black Friday and Christmas sales surge. Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group. 1) Don’t play the waiting game. 2) Create contingencies.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. With consumers’ rapid shift to ecommerce channels, DTC players had to navigate surges in demand and effectively compete against a broader landscape that included their startup peers but also omnichannel behemoths. Why do you think this is?

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

They aim to encourage these entities to stock more of the product, allocate more shelf space, or promote it more vigorously to customers. These activities can be targeted at channel partners with incentives to encourage stocking and promotion of products, or they can be aimed directly at the consumer. What is Trade Promotion?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

That said, a common concern in the retail and hospitality space is how to efficiently maintain operations in the face of a severe weather event. It’s essential that store owners understand the biggest threats in order to prioritize them — and assess how they can be minimized. The frequency and intensity with which the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

COVID-19 undoubtedly convinced a large number of ecommerce “virgins” to make their very first online purchase, but it’s likely much of the dramatic growth seen over the past year came from infrequent ecommerce users — those that had used online channels for less than 25% of their purchases prior to the pandemic.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

To attract a new generation of shoppers, retailers are looking to redefine go-to-market strategies and reimagine the customer experience inside their physical store locations. Increasingly, consumers want to browse and buy with the ease of click, or find products faster using in-store location technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2021

However, companies that engage in experiential retail can compete in an entirely different space — and b8ta is bringing such experiences into customers’ homes with its Shop Studios and live shopping platform. “I Stores Bring Live Shopping Streams to Life. We literally built broadcast studios into our stores,” said Norby. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kara Trousdale was the woman to know during the pandemic — she managed the consumables supply chain business at Amazon at the height of COVID, meaning she had the keys to the kingdom when it came to paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer and all those humble essentials that were in such short supply.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. The global pandemic not only accelerated the growth in ecommerce, it highlighted the shortcomings of wholesale-only sales channels. Building an Online Presence. to visit your website.

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SellBrite

MAY 17, 2019

Whether you want to sell handcrafted soaps or the latest tech gadgets online, there’s no shortage of sales channels to choose from. There’s only one problem: Some online sales channels offer design templates and fulfillment outsourcing while others offer product auctions and multiple pricing options. Fulfillment options.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Retailers need to prepare for shifts in product demand by allocating inventory in the right stores, warehouses and distribution centers. Kotlyar added that of the numerous “a-ha moments” the back-to-school season will unearth, supply chain operations and margins are the two key ones. ADDITIONAL LISTENING: 2.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we step into 2024, the retail sector is undergoing significant transformations in technology, supply chain dynamics, and consumer behavior. In 2024, successful retailers are those that seamlessly integrate their online and offline channels, providing customers with a unified and cohesive shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

digital advertising channel after paid search and paid social campaigns. Currently, Amazon dominates the space with almost 78% of retail media ad revenue in 2021, trailed by Walmart at a significantly lower rate of 5.4%. Amazon developed its own demand side platform (DSP) and supply side platform (SSP) for serving ads.

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