ESW

MARCH 5, 2024

In the last few years, omnichannel logistics and delivery have become more than a nice-to-have. Omnichannel logistics and delivery are a must-have. Brands and retailers that have not yet adopted omnichannel strategies may be missing out on opportunities to grow business – especially in global markets.

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UpSellIt

JULY 13, 2023

In today’s competitive landscape, embracing an omnichannel retail strategy has become essential for businesses to thrive. By seamlessly integrating multiple channels, retailers can provide a cohesive and personalized shopping experience for their customers. What is Omnichannel Retailing?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

As consumers have turned to more sources to shop, retailers have diversified their commerce and marketing strategies. In fact, Retail TouchPoints has seen the number of channels used to conduct business grow year after year in its annual Omnichannel and Fulfillment Benchmark Survey.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Editor’s note: As retail interfaces and systems continue to evolve, the way we design retail experiences to user needs and behaviors is also transforming. For the past decade or so, big-name retailers have turned to designers and experiential agencies to create multisensory atmospheres in stores. 74% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2021

Like many others, retail is currently in its most testing period, yet buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) is currently revolutionizing the modern-day retail experience. BOPIS helps retailers provide a more accurate stock inventory and better visibility of the stock, keeping supply chains running smoothly. However, BOPIS 2.0

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Wayfair has launched the Digital Design Studio, a patent-pending technology that aims to bring the best of online and in-store shopping together. The technology will debut at the Dedham, Mass. ” The technology could help Wayfair on its path to profitability, though the retailer still has some work to do.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

The fundamental shift in retail toward blended digital commerce has created several hurdles for retailers still clinging to traditional blueprints. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value. Distributed Order Management Technology for a Unified Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Best Buy is planning to evolve its operating model with a greater emphasis on smaller stores as the retailer plans to close 20 to 30 large-format stores, implement eight experiential store remodels and open approximately 10 additional outlet stores over the coming year. Comparable sales fell 9.3% as overall revenue dropped to $14.7

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chico’s will leverage fabric’s technology, including omnichannel order management and inventory systems, to power its commerce offerings across the entire company. In return, fabric will tap Chico’s expertise as an omnichannel boutique retailer to drive its own development and innovations. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Macy’s is expanding its partnership with FIT:MATCH to include the company’s body-scanning bra fitting experience in 10 retail locations. The process also will provide data analytics to the retailer and the brands, allowing them to better serve customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Flexibility and timeliness are absolutely key when it comes to responding to fast-moving buying trends, as retailers must balance longer-term buying choices with customers’ shorter-term impulse decisions. There is, however, a huge opportunity for retailers that have the right offer, on the right product, at the right time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

My daughter lives in technology. We’ve done a lot of brand studies and our brand image with Gen Z is very, very strong, so we don’t have an issue with brand image,” said Hawkins in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “We So for us it’s really about getting the right products to her at the right time.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

omnichannel growth strategy over the next three years — the largest investment the retailer has made in nearly four decades of operating in the country. Ikea will invest more than $2.2 billion in its U.S. More than ever before, we want to increase the density of our presence in the U.S., The new facilities build on the other U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 21, 2022

Amanda Martin has been named SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Vijay Karthik has been named SVP, Chief Technology Officer. She also will oversee the retailer’s photo studio and customer care divisions. He will report to Bob Kupbens, Chief Product and Technology Officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

Retailers that prioritize ecommerce recognize that the end-to-end user experience is more important than ever. As a result, more brands need to look for ways to incorporate 3D and AR tech into their omnichannel strategy. These early adopters are already reaping the benefits of using 3D and AR tech as part of their omnichannel strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2020

IKEA has partnered with Google Cloud to improve it technological capabilities, including the implementation of AI and machine learning tools, upgrading omnichannel capabilities and exploring new customer service offerings. We want to create an experience unlike any other, with the uniqueness of IKEA at the core.”.

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Salsify

MAY 2, 2023

Technology has created a cultural shift in how consumers shop. Consumers increasingly expect retailers to be omnichannel so they can have a seamless shopping experience regardless of whether they’re in a store or online.

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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. Now the key challenge is capacity. I think that there’s plenty of inventory — it’s just a different mechanism to get it there. ”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This concept of starting with a deep understanding of the customer (at times more deeply even than they understand themselves) and building from that point is also the basic premise of retail’s latest technological and philosophical movement — unified commerce. They just want what they want when they want it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Within the larger global market, McKinsey estimates that the retail and CPG sectors have the most to gain from AI , with potential to harness the tech and drive huge improvements in operational efficiency as well as the customer and employee experience.

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RIS News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Refreshed stores, a generative AI shopping assistant, its first multi-banner omnichannel fulfillment DC, electronic shelf labels. the list of technology Canadian Tire has been investing goes on.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2021

No part of retail ever truly stops changing, but some aspects are seeing larger, faster shifts than others, particularly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The IDC FutureScape 2021 webinar took a close look at some of the biggest, most impactful developments retailers can expect in the coming years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Walmart ’s burgeoning slate of white-label retail tech will be made more widely available via a new partnership with Salesforce. Retailers will now be able to plug into Walmart Commerce Technologies’ Store Assist local fulfillment services and the Walmart GoLocal delivery solution through the Salesforce AppExchange.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

That is why Leslie Hand, Group Vice President of IDC Retail and Financial Insights believes that we, as consumers, go through all of our buying decisions asking a series of questions, including: Does this company have the product I want? Leslie Hand: The flip switched [even before] COVID to now, and retailers understand they need to invest.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Generative AI has put the retail industry at yet another inflection point. 2023 was a period of experimentation for retailers, and many thoroughly assessed where this new technology could have the biggest impact. But for many retailers the question remains, “Where can this new technology best help my organization now?”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data. The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

. — took the stage at The Lead Summit in Manhattan in July 2023 to talk about how they are adapting their strategies to meet the new realities of DTC retail. There’s operations, technology and merchandising, and in each of these groups there’s a lot of opportunity to overspend and underdeliver.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Aetrex Worldwide has launched Albert 2, the next generation of the company’s 3D foot scanning technology. The omnichannel device is designed to be a fully integrated foot scanning system that can help shoppers find correctly fitting footwear and orthotics and provide an enhanced customer experience at retail.

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Omnisend

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The landscape of retail and ecommerce changes at the blink of an eye—and if the last two years have taught us anything, it’s that those who aren’t ready for change will be left behind. While many preached omnichannel in retail and ecommerce, few walked the walk. Omnichannel Retailing: Risks, Rewards, and Mistakes.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Productsup works with more than 900 global brands, retailers, marketplaces and service providers to help online sellers gain control over their omnichannel presence. This latest funding round was led by European technology growth capital firm Bregal Milestone with participation from Productsup’s existing investor Nordwind Capital.

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365 Retail

MARCH 12, 2024

EuroCIS 2024, held from 27 to 29 February in Düsseldorf, Germany, reaffirmed its status as a pivotal event for retail technology innovation, drawing 475 exhibitors from 41 countries and over 13,500 trade visitors from 95 countries. The emphasis was on creating efficient, competitive retail environments through innovative technology​​.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Stitch Fix has hired a new Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead the struggling online personal styling service’s technology, product, data science, security and IT teams. Tony Bacos will begin today and report directly to CEO Matt Baer. Bacos’ emphasis on growth connects to Baer’s priorities as a still-new CEO.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

The Retail TouchPoints team is reporting on all the news breaking before, during and after the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo , taking place June 4-6, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Are you ready to explore the evolved customer journey?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

The early-season surge can be attributed to shoppers’ awareness of potential shipping delays , which also made omnichannel fulfillment a winning solution during that final rush: stores with curbside or in-store pickup options captured 62% of global sales during the Dec. 18-31 window. “In BNPL and Social Commerce Were Holiday Standouts.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

has fortified its omnichannel functionalities with same-day BOPIS, ship-from-store and pre-order offerings, deploying a new order management system (OMS) from HotWax Commerce. We are thrilled to be working with the Steve Madden team on their omnichannel journey,” said Anil Patel, CEO of HotWax Commerce in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

Commerce media company Criteo has acquired Brandcrush , a platform that enables the buying and selling of retail media activations, including those in offline channels like stores. The Brandcrush platform is available globally and is currently undergoing integration with Criteo’s retail media solutions.

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