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Retail Innovation Conference & Expo 2024: The Latest News on Sessions, Speakers & Experiences

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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. Collins argues that true cultural engagement is the most powerful vehicle for influencing consumer behavior.

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Starbucks Hires Chipotle Alum as New Global Chief Brand Officer

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Tressie Lieberman worked alongside Niccol from 2018 to 2023, driving digital marketing and off-premise. 4, 2024, Lieberman will serve as Starbucks’ EVP and Global Chief Brand Officer to help improve the company’s positioning after an increasingly lukewarm reception among consumers. Brands. Starting Nov. Starting Nov.

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Target Rips Up Paper Checks as Payment Method

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Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. annually between 2018 and 2021, with a total of 11.2 billion that year.

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Hilco, TPG Form Joint Venture to Acquire Struggling Brands, Beginning with Bebe and Brookstone

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Financial services company Hilco Global and asset management firm TPG Angelo Gordon have formed a new joint venture (JV), with the goal of acquiring and financing consumer brands and IP in partnership with brand management firm Bluestar Alliance. and managed by Bluestar since 2018. Both brands have been owned by Bebe Stores, Inc.

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Leading Civil Rights Groups Call on Fortune 1000 Businesses to Embrace DEI

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Tractor Supply said it would eliminate DEI roles, withdraw carbon emission reduction goals and stop support for “nonbusiness” LGBTQ+ and voter registration causes in July 2024 , and immediately faced backlash from groups including the National Black Farmers Association. John Deere followed Tractor Supply’s lead a few weeks later.

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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

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Circuit City also will support the partnerships with its customer service, private label products and white-glove consumer electronics experience. The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024.

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Starbucks CEO Steps Down Less Than Two Years Later

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Bringing nearly 30 years of experience from consumer goods, retail, grocery, restaurant and ecommerce industries, Narasimhan initially conducted a five-month “immersion experience” in which he traveled to work with Starbucks employees in more than 30 stores, manufacturing plants and in support centers around the world.

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