Steve Dennis

MARCH 11, 2018

department stores reported earnings recently, a certain level of ebullience took hold. And in the otherworldliness that is the stock market, Nordstrom — the only department store with a truly distinctive value proposition and objectively good results — traded down on its failure to live up to expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Alves will report to CEO Tom Kingsbury and be responsible for Kohl’s enterprise operations, including the retailer’s nearly 1,200 stores, global supply chain and distribution centers, real estate portfolio, purchasing, sustainability, risk management and compliance functions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 22, 2023

He quickly realized that this community paid up, and they would come back and make their small payments that could be $5 or $10 at a time ,” said Ariela Nerubay, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Curacao in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Curacao is planning to open two additional locations, including its second store in San Diego.

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Steve Dennis

MAY 29, 2018

Then Kohl’s followed up with a similarly surprising upside report that led some to conclude that maybe, just maybe, the long-beleaguered department store sector might be seeing a resurgence or—dare we say it out loud?—the Without this shift, same-store sales would have increased only about 1.7% the beginning of a renaissance.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2022

“Customers love our simplified Kohl’s Rewards program that leverages personalized offers and Kohl’s Cash,” said Greg Revelle, Kohl’s Chief Marketing Officer in a statement. “We We partnered closely with store associates and customers to understand how we could make our benefits even more robust.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

The department store retailer has updated its branding in stores and online in addition to offering an anniversary discount of 30% storewide and, for reward members, an additional $10 in bonus rewards for every $50 spent through April 12. Tour that will celebrate the retailer’s milestone as it travels across the U.S.

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RetailDive

JANUARY 9, 2023

The department store managed to maintain its guidance within its previous range, but its warning suggests that it lost market share, analysts say.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

The closures are part of the retailer’s Polaris growth strategy , which aims to stabilize the department store as it pursues a return to growth. The Polaris strategy, which involves a combination of customer, operations and store footprint-based initiatives, has had mixed success.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

has partnered with the global brand management firm WHP Global — which owns the Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us brands as well as a stake in Express — to acquire the New York-based fashion brand Rag & Bone. Rag & Bone currently operates 34 stores in the U.S. Rag & Bone currently operates 34 stores in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2024

Designing the Future of Existing Shopping Malls Repositioning shopping malls to facilitate greater flexibility in usage beyond retail will enable these spaces to adjust to evolving market trends and shifting consumer preferences. Sejal Sonani, AIA is a Principal and Managing Director at HLW.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Q&A with Alec Zaballero, Managing Executive/Studio Director, TPG Architecture. The reality is that the luxury market, especially as it relates to the 1%-10%, is untouched, as people still want the latest and greatest brands have to offer. D:R Currently, Gen Z is the biggest growing market right now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Beloved New York City off-price department store Century 21 has partnered with logistics provider Fillogic ahead of its spring 2023 relaunch. The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

For us, it’s clearly been about innovating in how we engage with the consumer, the products we develop and [how we] go to market.” Wherever we show up in stores, we want to make sure it’s portrayed in a way that’s consistent,” he said. Heritage sometimes isn’t enough ,” Louvet admitted. and globally.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. The winter holiday season is a critical time for retail. Emarketer anticipates that holiday retail sales will grow 4.5% this year to surpass $1.3

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365 Retail

JULY 29, 2021

CBRE Global Investors has today announced the recent appointment of Adam Cummins, as the new Centre Manager at leading London leisure and retail destination, Angel Central. He joins the team at Lambert Smith Hampton, appointed by CBRE Global Investors as the managing agents for the destination.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2022

Poor Q1 results and the departure of two senior executives could further ramp up pressure for the department store retailer to sell itself. The retailer has engaged with more than 25 interested parties and multiple bidders have been invited to meetings with management. Kohl’s reported a 5.2%

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365 Retail

MAY 14, 2024

A combination of bricks and mortar expansion, e-commerce improvements and greater investment in marketing are key priorities this year for UK retailers in efforts to boost sales, according to new research from American Express.

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RTP blog

JULY 7, 2017

Department stores and other general merchandise stores, like supercenters and warehouse clubs, have been hit especially hard, shedding 89,000 jobs from November through March, according to the New York Times. With the help of our data team at ZipRecruiter, we identified general skills that are most common among retail workers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. The new 32 -piece unisex Forever 21 x Barneys collection dropped online and in approximately 200 Forever 21 stores on Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

During a time of continued C-suite transition, department store retailer Belk has appointed MaryAnne Morin as its President and Chief Merchandising Officer. Morin will manage Belk’s merchandising, planning and private brands. Morin joined Belk to fill the role vacated in June 2022 by former EVP and CMO Chris Kolbe.

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Optimizely

JUNE 6, 2019

But now that digital marketing and mobile shopping are more popular, these brands had to adapt or die. In order to survive the Retail Apocalypse, they needed to figure out web design, social media, and email marketing. They’ve dominated retail for much longer, back when we solely shopped brick-and-mortar.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2022

And given current health crises across the globe, this technology can help lessen risks and bring the physical store experience to those uncomfortable visiting in person. This approach to shopping can provide more information and a more personalized experience than swiping through product images from a store’s webpage.

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MARCH 2, 2021

In her previous role as CIO at IHG, Miller managed strategy, delivery, operations and security for more than 5,900 hotels in 100+ countries. Macy’s updated its “Polaris” growth strategy in late February 2021 as it announced better-than-expected Q4 2020 results, marking a return to profitability for the department store chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Macy’s off-mall concepts such as Market by Macy’s can further scale the department store’s digital operations by attracting shoppers to stores in additional areas, according to Nikhil Mitter, Group Creative Director at R/GA. However, Macy’s still has to work on its core store experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Sephora is continuing its move away from malls with the announcement of the largest store expansion in its 21-year history in the U.S. More than 260 new stores are slated to open this year, including 60 freestanding locations and 200 shop-in-shops inside Kohl’s department stores.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The holiday season in major cities around the world is typically heralded by seasonal window retail displays put up by department stores and retailers large and small. Store owners and managers used window displays to lure window shoppers into their stores; and over the holidays the display were a lot more colorful and creative.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While Amazon and many big box retailers have announced their seasonal hiring plans, department stores and fashion chains have been notably, but not unexpectedly, quiet. The pandemic has negatively impacted the department stores’ businesses. Relieving Pressure On Stores. For its part, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

at Family Dollar stores, but even discounters are facing cautious consumer spending and employee pay raises that aren’t expected to pay off for some time. at Family Dollar stores, but even discounters are facing cautious consumer spending and employee pay raises that aren’t expected to pay off for some time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Retailers can manage their own gastronomic hubs or sublet them to third-party brands. In one of our most recently opened projects, Edeka Center Weserpark in northern Germany, we created a number of independent brands within the market, run by specialists in their respective fields.

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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. Closer to home, Amazon is reportedly planning to open department stores in the U.S.

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Talkoot

APRIL 6, 2021

If your products are traditionally sold at high margin through specialty shops, your own retail stores, high-end department stores or boutiques and you’re trying to build a strong DTC channel online, Talkoot will likely be the best fit for your needs. The DNA of Akeneo: Product data storage.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

The deal spells the end of almost 20 years of ownership for the luxury department store giant by the Weston family, following months of negotiations with its new buyers. It now has 3,700 shops around the world, from supermarkets to electronics outlets, and department stores in Europe.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, apparel and department stores are elevated. Department stores are normally at 11% , but they are currently near 14%. Even before COVID-19, many shoppers realized that “new” items in physical stores were not always clean, because they could be tried on and put back on a rack immediately.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Most of them, of course, achieved their initial success through the use of creative advertising and storytelling, often in mass-market print and television. Brand managers can write a script, cast their agents and create a performance. However, that’s not the aspect of their brands that consumers are craving today.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2021

“We are excited to have a storytelling platform in the pet category that communicates Purina’s expertise and commitment to providing the leading products that keep pets safe, happy and healthy,” said Kenneth Endermuhle, Manager of Category Experience Design at Purina in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

One department store rendered 40,000 products in 3D and increased its conversion rate on shoes and bags by almost 40% , showing the power of this emerging technology to drive sales and boost profits. The groundwork for a revolution is already underway.

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Steve Dennis

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

My original observation centered on how success (financial performance, store openings, relative market share) was increasingly being found at either end of the value spectrum, while brands in the unremarkable middle were experiencing every worsening fortunes and, in some cases, complete extinction. “A”

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