article thumbnail

Toys ‘R’ Us Plans Brick-and-Mortar Rollout Beginning in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

Retail Group. The iconic brand also will expand to cruise ship and airport venues, with its first airport store scheduled to debut at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in November 2023 via a partnership with Duty Free Americas. WHP Global will roll out flagship-style Toys ‘R’ Us stores throughout the U.S.

Toys 277
article thumbnail

Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Specialty Retail (2021)

Retalon

Business Specific Analytics and AI for Specialty Retail. The word “retail” gets used interchangeably as if all retailers are all the same. That’s why specialty retail analytics software needs to be flexible and powerful enough to work with unique business cases and considerations. Not that much.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How To Ship Alcohol: Some Tips For Shipping Alcoholic Beverages Across All The 50 States

Korona

Shipping alcoholic beverages from one state to another or within the same state can be a major challenge for liquor and wine stores. In the United States, each state has its own rules regarding the marketing, distribution, and shipping of alcohol. Some even prohibit the shipping of alcohol altogether. How to ship alcohol FedEx?

article thumbnail

ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

Retail TouchPoints

The company also continues to grow its resale-as-a-service offering, with specialty retailer Francesca’s tapping ThredUP to power its new resale offering. ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond.

Fashion 247
article thumbnail

How to Launch a Marketplace to be the Disruptor, not the Disrupted

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers large and small have transformed their businesses with the marketplace business model and technology. Walmart, Target, Home Depot and most big box retailers run their own successful marketplaces. Level 2 — Dropship: Drop shipping adds third-party products without the need to physically or financially carry the products.

article thumbnail

Will Wayfair’s Move Into Brick-And-Mortar Overcome Its Challenges?

RTP blog

Given Wayfair’s competition in the home furnishings market (from specialty retailers like West Elm. as well as from big-box retailers like Target. Additionally, consumers increasingly expect free or low-cost shipping, which can easily eat into profit margins when delivering heavy, fragile products.

article thumbnail

The Top 5 E-Commerce Fulfillment Predictions For 2018

RTP blog

Amazon will continue to refine its futuristic predictive shipping capabilities and will be joined in 2018 by at least two other companies. Massive retailers like Walmart or Target? Or highly-focused specialty retailers with a deep knowledge of their customers, supported by advanced analytics? Who will they be?

eCommerce 170