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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
For more than 150 years, Parisian department store La Samaritaine has overlooked the banks of the Seine, a sweeping expanse of glass and intricately painted iron that proudly proclaimed the store’s position at the center of French commerce, both geographically and ideologically. No One Said Reincarnation Would be Easy.
RetailWire
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The California State Senate has passed a bill that, if also passed by the Assembly, would mandate that department stores in the state with 500 or more employees create gender neutral merchandising sections displaying a “a reasonable selection” of items “regardless of whether they have been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys.”
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Steve Dennis
JANUARY 18, 2021
Earlier this month, as part of a previously disclosed three-year store closure plan, Macy’s announced it would shutter an additional 45 locations this year. Like most of its moderate department store brethren, Macy’s has gone from being a highly productive, traffic-driving mall anchor tenant to a long-suffering, chronic under-performer.
Steve Dennis
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
I’ve been talking about “retail’s great bifurcation” for quite some time, in articles, within my keynote talks, and in my first book. Both flagship and destination stores are being invested in, as are smaller, neighborhood oriented formats, while department stores and commodity-oriented category killers retrench.
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.
RetailWire
MAY 3, 2023
Nordstrom is closing its Nordstrom Rack store in San Francisco on July 1 and its namesake department store by the end of August. “Decisions like this are never easy, and this one has been especially difficult,” said Jamie Nordstrom, the retailer’s chief stores officer.
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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