Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

The pandemic’s disruption of the retail industry has driven a lot of change over the past 15 months, from an increase in online shopping to the rapid adoption of omnichannel fulfillment options. Because for consumers, omnichannel shopping is insanely convenient. There’s no quick fix to transform your enterprise for the omnichannel 2.0

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

So what are the customer experience and commerce trends that will continue, or become more fully realized, in 2021? Omnichannel shopping. In 2021, omnichannel excellence will continue to become an essential point of differentiation, particularly for those retailers that don’t own their category.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2021

The 2021 class of impressive leaders is comprised of founders, CEOs, creative directors, design managers, marketing executives, ecommerce gurus, VPs and many more changemakers rewriting the rules of retail in unique and exciting ways. Katie Keil , SVP of Omnichannel Marketing , Madison Reed.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Dillon highlighted Foot Locker’s omnichannel presence , loyalty program and overall digital marketing strategies as the main areas of focus. Omnichannel was called out as the area that could generate a particularly large payoff. “One Our current omnichannel customers in the U.S. Our current omnichannel customers in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

OSF Digital’s Digital Strategy team (formerly known as FitForCommerce) developed the 2022 Omnichannel Retail Index (ORI) to establish a benchmark for current practices and, most importantly, provide a set of actions and recommendations for the future. Loyalty programs. These key investments and opportunities include: Mobile experience.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 12, 2021

^CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL SCREEN^ The channel software stack comprises a group of technologies that help companies develop, design, and execute plans to find, recruit, onboard, develop, enable, incent, co-sell with, manage, measure, and report on partners.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

digital sales to grow 10% , while shifting shopper habits will create a variety of new opportunities for omnichannel retailers. The holiday 2020 surge in ecommerce caused digital headaches as shoppers contended with slow or unresponsive web sites, and retailers can’t afford a repeat in 2021. Salesforce expects U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

But the retailers that invested in omnichannel capabilities were able to adapt and survive. Together, these services helped Build-A-Bear truly bolster its omnichannel business, create a better customer experience, improve fulfillment efficiencies and even reduce transit costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

It’s all part of Sephora’s larger omnichannel strategy, which also includes the debut this week of a buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) offering that will be available at all freestanding stores by April 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

This phenomenon helped large, digitally savvy retailers like Target , Home Depot and Walmart thrive and earned them spots among the top 10 retailers in CI&T ’s Connected Retail Report , which was presented during Chapter 1 of the 2021 NRF Big Show. and narrowed it down to 28 and then 12 outstanding omnichannel companies.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Ralph Lauren also opened its second Emblematic concept store, which emphasizes omnichannel operations, in Shanghai during Q2. An emphasis on retail operations also would build on the subscription rental service the brand launched earlier in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Culled from this agile, iterative survey data, here are six things we learned consumers want from retailers heading into 2021: 1. In the face of pandemic restrictions, store-based retailers hurriedly explored different routes to the consumer, as the strength of their omnichannel retail strategies was tested.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 21, 2021

Last year ended up being a tale of two cities for the channel. On one hand, customers and governments recognized partners as an essential service and central to their ability to rapidly respond to a worsening pandemic early in the year. With catlike reflexes, the IT channel emptied the laptop supply chain and became […].

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

In July 2022, Best Buy introduced a small-format, digital-first store concept that builds on a pilot that started in 2021. The first location, a 5,000-square-foot shop in Monroe, N.C.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

Below, Shokrian shared his take on issues including: How COVID-19 impacted brand positioning and growth ; Why MeUndies is integrating social responsibility into its broader community-building efforts; Which omnichannel investments are top priorities in 2021; and His leadership lessons from 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

Launched by Don Kotula in 1981 as a mail-order business that offered a patented log splitter design, Northern Tool & Equipment moved into brick-and-mortar retail later that year, expanded online in the 2000s and is now a leading omnichannel retailer for tradespeople, DIY enthusiasts and hobbyists. Engagement Across All Channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

As MINISO sets its sights on omnichannel growth, the company is leaning into other key differentiators: a strong supply chain, original designs, and licensing partnerships with some of the world’s most renowned brands, including Disney, Universal and the NBA. Liu: 2021 was marked by the accelerated development of ecommerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

Retail results for Q1 2021 have been promising so far, showing that the economy may finally be emerging from a long, slow year. Large retailers like Target and Walmart continued to thrive in Q1 2021 on the back of their large store footprints and strong omnichannel presence.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Macy’s has announced a series of changes to its senior leadership team, including the elimination of the Chief Operations Officer role, as it moves forward with its “Polaris” omnichannel transformation strategy. In her new position as CIO, Miller will work to improvement Macy’s omnichannel experience and modernize the retailer’s platforms.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Above all, a best-in-class omnichannel experience is paramount to obtaining and retaining customers ,” said Kelly Hallinan, SVP of Emerging Channels for Brooklinen in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “ We want to meet our customers everywhere that they are, which means investing in our DTC website and also various other channels.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Following better-than-expected Q4 and full-year 2021 results, the Macy’s, Inc. Activist investor Jana Partners took a stake in Macy’s in October 2021 and pushed the company to separate its ecommerce business from its brick-and-mortar operations. I am proud that Macy’s, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

31, 2021, reached $2.3 However, while Alber acknowledged the role ecommerce played in making up for slow brick-and-mortar sales, she still expects the store to be a key component of the retailer’s 2021 success. Revenue in Q4 2020, which ended Jan. billion , up 25.7% year-over-year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2020

There is much for retail organizations to do to make themselves resilient to the incoming challenges, but enhancing omnichannel capabilities and building powerful ecommerce experiences will be crucial. These are our predictions for retail in 2021. Omnichannel Approaches are the Way Forward. New Technologies Will Drive Success.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

Retailers pulled off a successful 2021 holiday season despite the challenges posed by the omicron variant and ongoing supply chain issues. 24, 2021, according to data from Mastercard. 21, 2021, through Jan. Overall sales were up 8.5% year-over-year during the period from Nov. 1 through Dec. drop in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

That’s why Founder and CEO Ariel Kay has spent the last year building out her executive leadership team, with one of her key appointments being Drew Sheriff , who took the helm as Chief Commercial Officer in November 2021. Parachute’s product categories are a natural fit for omnichannel behaviors.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. With consumers’ rapid shift to ecommerce channels, DTC players had to navigate surges in demand and effectively compete against a broader landscape that included their startup peers but also omnichannel behemoths. Jackson: The metaverse is the wild west, to be sure.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In another sign that Black Friday, and to some extent the entire extended Thanksgiving weekend, has ceded its position as a truly peak shopping period, Black Friday 2021 was a mixed bag for retailers. higher than 2020’s, although it was not yet back up to 2019 levels (Black Friday 2021 was down 28.3% Store traffic was 47.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2021

E-commerce University 2021. The Four Pillars of Omnichannel Success. The pandemic has made omnichannel a business imperative for merchants of all sizes. Starting in June 2021, Google will prioritize the end user experience by ranking websites according to a series of indicators known as Core Web Vitals. Access Now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Opening day of the 2021 virtual Retail Innovation Conference , which continues today, Nov. Consumers Want Retailers to Catch Up With Their Omnichannel Shopping Behaviors. Livestreaming is a rapidly growing practice to help omnichannel brands create a deeper connection with consumers in online ecosystems. Look at their lifestyle.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The latest data from the Adobe Digital Economy Index revealed that out-of-stock messages rose a whopping 325% in October 2021 compared to the same month in pre-pandemic times (way back in 2019), and in the last month alone consumers have been hit with more than 2 billion out-of-stock messages online.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Gerstberger will drive the company’s omnichannel strategy through the use of the Honest Omni-Analytics insight platform, helping the brand improve its digital capabilities. Kelly Kennedy, who held the CFO role at both Sur La Table and organic food brand Annie’s, came onboard as CFO in February 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This marks the second time Kohl’s has come under pressure from its investors in 2021. In October 2021, Jana Partners took a stake in Macy’s in a push for the retailer to divide its digital and physical offerings. Notably, Saks Fifth Avenue and SFA still work in tandem to support a full omnichannel experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

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. Albert 2 will be available for retailers nationwide starting in February 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For that reason, market research provider Euromonitor International has identified resilience and adaptability as the two driving forces of consumer behavior in the coming months in its recent report, Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2021. Here are five key takeaways: The 2021 Consumer is Craving Convenience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

She will leverage her experience to help advance the omnichannel fashion retailer’s plans for growth and developing a best-in-class customer experience. Intermix is owned by private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners, which acquired the retailer from Gap in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

In this article, we take a look at the key risks that may be faced by retail businesses in 2021 but also through the next decade. While the pandemic has shed light on the resilience of the retail industry, there are still looming risks for the next decade. The lingering impact of COVID-19. It is safe to state that the world has changed.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Linnartz was appointed President of Marriott in 2021 and currently is leading the hospitality brand’s multi-billion dollar technology transformation, designed to improve customer experience, drive topline revenue and increase operational efficiency. Linnartz will officially join the athletic performance brand on Feb. ” .

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