Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2021

The department store retailer took a similar route by dividing Saks Fifth Avenue into distinct ecommerce and brick-and-mortar companies — a move that could become a trend among apparel and specialty retailers. Accelerated by COVID, many apparel and specialty retailers are asking, ‘What is the purpose of the physical store?’

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

Why Retailers are Interested in DTC Brands Corporate retail businesses often find DTC businesses to be attractive targets because of their relatively strong product margins, ability to extend their consumer outreach and online marketing disciplines. For others, it is necessary for survival.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Specialty retailer rue21 plans to open 15 stores in 2021, following the recent openings of three new brick-and-mortar stores. The retailer, which operates nearly 700 locations in 45 states, also has refinanced its existing term loan, increased available liquidity and lowered its cost of capital. . million members. ”

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RTP blog

MARCH 12, 2018

By Jonathan Marek, APT, a Mastercard company It is no secret that retailers are facing headwinds due to increasing online competition and shifting consumer preferences, among other factors. Based on experience working with leading retailers globally, here are four retail trends to watch.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

billion , according to research from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Retail, Wholesale and Distribution leader in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Consumers’ desire for fast, efficient shopping is giving big-box retailers an advantage.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

“I think that that people are sort of leaning into the fact that we’re not going to get things to be the way that we want them as soon as we’d like,” said Ericka Podesta McCoy, CMO at Resonate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Not all apparel retailers will be affected equally, however. Take the big players, like Adidas.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

it was a groundbreaking retail concept, in many ways heralding a new era of personal computing and electronics. But that same wave of electronic innovation that gave rise to Batteries Plus also put a drain on the retailer’s business as ecommerce began to take hold. When the first Batteries Plus opened in 1988 in Green Bay, Wis.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2023

“Our founders, Holger Graf and Daniel Lantz, wanted to feel good about what they were doing and putting out into the world — that is a driving part of our vision,” Gopinath said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Our growth and the loyalty we’ve gotten is largely from specialty stores,” Gopinath revealed.

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RTP blog

MAY 16, 2018

The rebranding comes after the retailer completed a significant turnaround, having bolstered its stock price more than 500% since Dec. The RTP team shares their thoughts on the Best Buy rebranding and whether other retailers should take similar approaches as the industry continues to evolve.

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Steve Dennis

JANUARY 9, 2018

2017 was one of the most transformative years for the retail industry that I can remember. Physical retail isn’t dead. Boring retail is. By this time next year roughly 90% of all retail will still be done in physical stores, so please can we shut up already about the “retail apocalypse.”

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Dynamic Action

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

21, 2017— DynamicAction , provider of the most advanced data analytics solution specifically designed for retailers, today announced that Destination XL Group, Inc. at Tech Talk Stage 4, for Tech Talk Startup Of The Year: Radical Retail Reboot: Actions at The Speed of Amazon. SILICON VALLEY­: Sept. 27 at 1 p.m.

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RetailMinded

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

2021 was unlike any other year in commerce history, pushing digitalization full speed ahead thanks to the pandemic forcing retailers to adapt to changes in consumption, channel shifts, supply chain, customer expectations and more. . Traditionally, retailers operated with batch driven processes in their warehouses. Among them?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2023

The specialty retailer for Gen Z has selected Manhattan Active Point of Sale to enhance its omnichannel sales strategy and deliver seamless shopping experiences across all channels. The retailer already uses Manhattan Active Omni Order Management, including store inventory and fulfillment capabilities. .

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

Robling is offering COVID-19 store reopening analytics for both essential and specialty retailers. The tools are designed to help retailers navigate operations during the pandemic with the environment’s special considerations in mind. Specialty retailers can use the dashboard to keep an eye on operations and inventory.

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BigCommerce

JULY 2, 2018

We started by attending over 20 retail shows a year to get in front of people. Use an omnichannel approach. Partnering with retailers like Petco, PetSmart and Pet Food Express has been the most successful. We have distribution in over 90% of pet specialty retail doors now. Don’t miss a post.

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RTP blog

MARCH 8, 2019

By Ed King, HighStreet Collective Since we started our consultancy, HighStreet, in mid-2017, it’s become painfully clear that legacy retailers have had a difficult time with their “omnichannel” and in-store innovation efforts. The retail bar has been re-set, and there are new table stakes. No preference-based recommendations.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

This new dynamic requires a reimaging of the standard customer relationship management (CRM) software that retailers have typically used to offer customers a basic level of personalization. The Road Ahead for Retail. Customers don’t want to be managed anymore; they want to be delighted.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Brands and retailers can make effective use of POP marketing and advertising through digital channels as well. Let’s look at a few examples of how brands and retailers are presenting POP displays. Best Buy opened up a new revenue stream and Samsung could establish a physical retail presence without having to do so from scratch.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At the beginning of 2020, Hudson kicked off its deployment of the Flooid platform to provide a new backbone for all transactions across its 1,010 travel convenience stores and specialty retail, which includes proprietary book and tech stores, duty-free shops and food and beverage concessions.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 8, 2019

Retailers worldwide are seemingly excited about the prospects of this revolutionary approach. As a result, modern point of sale counters basically have PCs and mobile devices running cloud-based programs, which are then connected to local retail hardware like card readers and bar code scanners. ?? billion in 2018 to $3.73

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