Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Melissa & Doug toys and costumes have been in homes and schools around the world for decades. (If If you are a parent, you likely have at least one Melissa & Doug toy.) But now, Melissa & Doug is taking the reins of the experience and using its first flagship store to fully immerse consumers into its world of play.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

The spring and early summer was an optimistic time for many consumers who finally emerged from lockdowns looking to refresh their wardrobes and find items suited for smaller local outings during the warmer months. Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Spirit Halloween is also known for entering into short-term leases for spaces that were formerly occupied by well-known retailers such as Barnes & Noble , Toys ‘R’Us and Bed Bath & Beyond. Consumers who are dedicated to the brand also eagerly anticipate the annual summer grand opening of the Spirit Halloween flagships.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Consumers are invited to bring in empty hair care, skincare and cosmetic packaging from any brand, purchased anywhere. The innovative collaboration offers consumers the opportunity to divert traditionally non-recyclable beauty waste from landfills in a convenient way.”. A Walmart recycling hub operated by TerraCycle.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

More than 10,000 products from Petco are now available for delivery nationwide via the DoorDash Marketplace, including food, treats, toys, beds, bowls and other supplies. The retailer began offering same-day delivery in partnership with DoorDash in December 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. And just like last year, it looks like consumers will respond by turning to ecommerce. This is causing many Americans to stress this holiday season.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2021

The first, ODP , will operate the 1,100 Office Depot and OfficeMax retail locations along with the retailer’s ecommerce business. The second, NewCo , will inherit Office Depot’s B2B solutions, including its Business Solutions Division contract business, Grand & Toy and the independent regional office supply distribution businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Once the automated direct-to-consumer fulfillment center is fully operational, the retailer said it will employ approximately 2,800 workers and account for 30% of Macy’s digital supply chain for customers nationwide. Macy’s latest element of its growth strategy will be a new $584 million , 1.4 scheduled for completion in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The items, which will have connectivity with the Roku TV Operating system, will be available in nearly 3,500 Walmart stores beginning Oct. At Walmart, we are dedicated to providing our customers with technology to simplify and enhance their lives at everyday low prices,” said Laura Rush, SVP, Electronics, Toys and Seasonal at Walmart U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2024

Consumers responded to steep discounts in key ecommerce categories, including electronics, where discounts peaked at 31% off listed prices (versus 25% in 2022); toys ( 28% versus 34% last year); and apparel ( 24% versus 19% ). November’s sales total of $123.5 billion topped December’s $98.6 22 and 23, when it drove 36.8%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

Long before there was livestreaming, social media or even the internet, there were home shopping networks — and the undisputed leaders of that realm were QVC and HSN , now both operated under the umbrella of Qurate Retail Group. Consumers, especially younger ones, have moved on to places like Netflix , YouTube and TikTok.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The service is available for tens of thousands of products that are in-stock at nearby stores, including books, toys, games and collectibles. As retail and consumer preferences continue to evolve, we’re thrilled to be bringing our customers this added convenience and serve them in new ways.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As product scarcity issues continue to dominate this holiday shopping season, consumers are increasingly turning to resale to get the goods — and platform operators are taking notice. The auction-based website is now available to consumers in Arizona.

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Salsify

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Keeping up with continually shifting retailer requirements is a daunting task, which only seems to amplify when you factor in the industry trends and evolving consumer demands for toy and baby brand manufacturers.

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RetailDive

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Timed around the holidays, the activation celebrates the brand's nine decades in operation and features an e-gift shop selling goods from parent Mattel.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

The new format also gives Party City the opportunity to test new product assortments, especially focused on categories related to kids’ celebrations such as trending toys, favors and more. The customer is at the center of everything,” said Bill Lanza, Head of Stores at Party City in a statement.

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Wiser

JULY 3, 2019

Vtech, an electronic toy retailer, does so with minimum advertised price (MAP) monitoring and Wiser Solutions. You can read the Chain Store Age article, Vertical Electronic Toy Retailer Doesn’t Play Games with Pricing , in full over on their website. ” Head over to Chain Store Age to read the rest! .”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The selection includes essentials ranging from diapers and wipes to bath toys, as well as a variety of Bed Bath & Beyond’s home goods, from brands including Honest, Yumi, Lalo, Little Spoon and Nyssa. Shoppers can search by choosing the “Baby” category or searching with the baby emoji.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This past summer, Toys ‘R’ Us closed its remaining 200 U.S. What issues do retailers like Toys ‘R’ Us continue to face in our current retail environment? . With the ease and accessibility of Amazon for consumers, it is vital that companies constantly work to keep the shopping experience fresh and exciting. . ” .

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

More specifically, MINISO has spent the last year-plus bolstering its brick-and-mortar footprint in North America to amplify its proprietary $10 N’ Under concept, which has become beloved among Gen Z consumers. We are thus able to eliminate intermediaries and transfer the benefits to consumers.

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RTP blog

MARCH 19, 2018

Well, you don’t need to care, but Charles Darwin would argue you should: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, it’s the one that most adapts to change.” Technology is changing the way we live, the way consumers shop and the way retailers need to operate.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2020

The retail giant also solidified its position in its home country of China, adding 16 million annual active consumers in Q2 for a total of 742 million. Benefiting from the digital surge accelerated by COVID-19, Alibaba Group saw a 34% increase in year-over-year revenue, reaching $21.762 billion (U.S.). Tmall Global Pitch Fest Helps U.S.

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RetailDive

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The toy giant took a 31% hit to operating profit in its consumer products segment while price-wary consumers pulled back on purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Macy’s currently operates Backstage shops in nearly 300 stores nationwide, as well as two freestanding Backstage stores in Dallas and three Market by Macy’s sites in Dallas and Atlanta.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Shopping center owners and operators have faced rapid shifts in the retail landscape over the last few years due, in part, to an increase in online shopping and the buy online, pick up in-store response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brick-and-mortar retailers are increasingly implementing tech solutions in an effort to gather similar insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The top five categories for gift-giving consumers are clothing at 55% , followed by gift cards at 45% , toys at 37% , books/music/movies/video games at 33% and food/candy at 31%. Consumers are most likely to purchase a restaurant ( 27% ), department store ( 26% ) or bank-issued gift card ( 25% ). billion , compared with $28.1

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. Analysis-ready models eliminate the need for manual data engineering, science and analysis, all of which can be time-consuming and prone to error.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It appears the ecommerce giant is using these brick-and-mortar locations primarily for consumer and market testing purposes, but Amazon has released little data about plans or timetables for additional openings. Currently, Amazon operates a few dozen convenience stores and bookstores in the UK. beginning three years ago.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

While cannabis may not jump out as a key holiday category as much as toys or electronics, the surge in sales still makes it an important time of the year. Are your budtenders adequately promoting products that are relevant to consumers? From a marketing perspective, why would you ignore the activity happening?”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2023

We went through the exercise of understanding them and the communities that we operate in. The store director reacted very quickly to do what was best for the team and his guests by letting them find shelter in the building,” as well as providing food, bedding, and toys and activities for the children, she noted. What’s our rally call?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

They offered a breadth of inventory that included fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. These items included many children’s toys as well as smaller consumer or commodity items such as batteries, film and videocassettes. No shade, IKEA is the bedrock of everyone’s twentysomething apartments and beyond.)

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The United Kingdom has recently experienced a surge in the “cute culture,” with the Kawaii trend — characterized by its adorable characters and sweet designs — becoming an integral part of consumers’ lifestyles.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

With the scale of the of the operation — $4 to $5 billion a year, mostly store-based — it feels like the giant has woken up and is now looking to take its rightful place. Goodwill operates under a federated store model , essentially the nonprofit equivalent of a franchise system. A Familiar Name in a New Space. Nonprofit Meets Resale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

That assumption seems to be confirmed by research published by Cotton Incorporated via their Consumer Response Surveys. This same survey also showed that since the pandemic began, 55% of consumers placed a buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) order, with 25% doing so for the first time. The world has changed, on that we can agree.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Chinese Consumers Flex Their Wallet Muscles. Some of this luxury market growth could be attributed to coronavirus travel restrictions, which have prevented wealthy Chinese consumers from buying items in person at high-end shops in New York City, Paris, Rome, etc. The enhanced buying power of Chinese consumers should encourage U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2020

Through years of observing customers in stores and online — my own journey includes senior executive roles at Best Buy, Toys ‘R’ Us, and Staples — I’ve witnessed what positive retail experiences look like and feel like, and what goes into creating and consistently refining them. Space To Experience.

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