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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

So, in this blog, we’ve covered a comprehensive holiday schedule in the form of information on shipping deadlines and peak season surcharges for the 2024 season. Key Holiday Shipping Deadlines in 2024 Getting your customers to spend with you is just halfway to the finish line. You can register for the session here.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence dominated headlines and water cooler conversations in 2023, and 2024 is looking to be no different (if the conversations and showcases at CES and NRF’s Big Show are any indication).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We now have over 1,400 stores and ecommerce sites across 31 countries, and as we head into 2024, we are excited to bring Toys ‘R’ Us to consumers everywhere.” “Since acquiring Toys ‘R’ Us we have increased our global retail footprint by more than 50% with openings in the U.S., UK, India, Dubai and Mexico. Retail Group in a statement.

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APRIL 12, 2023

As a result of changing consumer behaviors and spending patterns, many retailers are focused on right-sizing their store footprints, especially in shopping malls. For their part, more mall operators are looking to diversify their tenant mix and incorporate additional brands that resonate with younger audiences.

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

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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 13, 2024

Brick-and-mortar stores teamed up with brands to determine the optimal placement and positioning of products to entice consumers and their wallets. These days, however, consumers are the ones driving product placement, and owning the digital shelf has everything to do with the technology behind the scenes.

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Groove

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Santiago, with a rich background in consumer goods and digital sectors, dives into Cutter & Buck's transition from a golf-centric brand to a premium lifestyle label with long-lasting, consumer-favorite products.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Dollar General is planning approximately 2,385 real estate projects for fiscal year 2024, including about 800 new store openings (including approximately 30 pOpshelf openings and 15 new stores in Mexico ), along with 1,500 store renovations and 85 store relocations. Vasos called the slowdown “prudent in this environment.”

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Walmart will work with Solar Landscape to support 74 commercial rooftop solar projects that are expected to come online in 2024 and 2025 and create nearly 43 megawatts of solar capacity for communities in Maryland and Illinois.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Nike has faced headwinds in recent years, and in January 2024 the brand laid out a plan to cut up to $2 billion in costs over the coming three years, in part by simplifying its product assortment and increasing its use of automation. For its fiscal year 2024, which ended May 31, 2024, Nike boosted revenues by just 1% , rising from $51.2

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

29, 2024, a few months prior to Bergh’s departure, which is scheduled for April 26, 2024. Bergh has been elected as Executive Vice Chair of the Levi’s board until his retirement date, after which he will transition to the role of senior advisor until the end of the company’s 2024 fiscal year. board of directors in a statement.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Despite Tightening Wallets, Select Brands Flourish As spend growth softened in the second half of 2023 across discretionary categories and companies geared toward more price-conscious consumers flourished, opportunities presented themselves for brands that kept an open mind. However, not all customers behave the same.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

It might involve a time-consuming trip across town, navigating traffic and juggling work or family schedules. This service aligns with the modern consumer’s desire for convenience and efficiency, transforming returns from a burdensome task into a seamless part of the online shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Three more supermarket chains will connect their electronic shelf label (ESL) hardware to the Carrot Tags pick-to-light functionality from Instacart , making it easier for Instacart pickers — and eventually for consumers themselves — to find the products on their shopping list. locations in August 2024.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

that will feature unique Hispanic product assortments — part of the store’s mission of testing how new products and shoppers could strengthen shopper loyalty among this consumer set. The store will operate as a test-and-learn facility, designed to generate insights to facilitate strategies for serving Hispanic customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As 2024 advances, the importance and reach of paid social media advertising will only continue to grow. Source: Statista This forecast highlights the tremendous potential and increasing influence of social media platforms as key drivers of consumer purchasing behavior. trillion by 2026, more than doubling its current value.

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Algopix

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The eCommerce landscape has been evolving at a rapid pace over the past few years, driven by advances in technology, changing consumer behaviors, and the global impact of events. Augmented Reality (AR) Shopping Experiences In 2024, Augmented Reality (AR) is set to revolutionize the way consumers shop online.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. It has gone through a rapid period of change from the primary way we shopped, to its death being prematurely called ‘ the showroom problem ,’ to continuing to be a critical piece of consumer brand strategy. More fluid. Less predictable. Highly distributed! They want to know.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

After a little more than a year in his role as EVP and Chief Consumer Officer, Jim Dausch has stepped down from his post at Under Armour , according to an SEC filing from the company. 30, 2024, Liedtke will take over the brand post and report directly to President and CEO Kevin Plank, who returned to Under Armour in April 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Through the remainder of 2024 and into 2025, Kay Jewelers plans to enhance its retail store design and customer experience. Kay, now part of Signet Jewelers , operates more than 1,000 stores. Store redesigns are being crafted to create a more comfortable setting for exploration, assisted by personalization technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In yet another sign of the triumph of streaming, Best Buy will reportedly stop selling physical DVDs in-store and online beginning in 2024, according to CNBC and other media outlets. consumer spending on these items was $753.89 The retailer will continue to sell DVDs and Blu-Ray discs through the 2023 holiday season.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we step into 2024, the retail sector is undergoing significant transformations in technology, supply chain dynamics, and consumer behavior. In 2024, we can see the following trends are poised to reshape the retail landscape, providing insights to keep your business ahead of the curve.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we step into 2024, the retail industry is poised for a transformative year at brick-and-mortar locations, marked by innovative product trends that marry functionality with aesthetics.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

13 to 16, 2024. Spotlights on Supply Chain, Sustainability and RMNs New at the 2024 event is the retailer-only Supply Chain 360 Summit being held on Sunday, Jan. The Foodservice Innovation Zone will reflect the increased roles for technology in a field that’s embracing new formats and venues to satisfy consumers’ hunger and thirst.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Inspired by the Lincoln Road shopping district in nearby Miami Beach, Bal Harbour Shops and the Whitman family — who still own and operate the enterprise — have continuously flown in the face of convention — and found enormous success as a result. The result has been the creation of new enclaves of wealthy consumers in cities across the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Businesses today operate in a fast-moving cyber threat landscape. As digital operations become more complex and cybercriminals launch increasingly sophisticated phishing and malware attacks, data breaches have become common occurrences. For retailers and consumer businesses, a surge in data breaches presents difficult challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nearly three of every 10 purchases by American consumers will be made online as the end of this decade nears, according to projections from Forrester in its U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2024 to 2029. trillion in 2024 to $1.8 trillion in 2024 to $1.8 in 2023 and projected to increase by 4% in 2024.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

“Our partnership with Fabric and expansion into microfulfillment will streamline operations and allow us to offer accessibility to consumers wherever they are at competitive prices,” said Bill Mayo, COO at Save A Lot in a statement. We’re excited to bring this affordable, convenient shopping experience to the New York market.”

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JUNE 28, 2024

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has cut its profit forecast for fiscal 2024 and plans to close “a significant number of underperforming stores,” CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts on a call for the company’s fiscal 2024 Q3 earnings period, which ended May 31, 2024. billion compared to an operating loss of $ 6.4

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This article will explore the history of Black Friday, as well as its positive and negative impacts on shoppers and retailers, and reveal the exact date for 2024. The event was introduced in the UK in 2010, when American-owned Amazon first brought Black Friday deals to British consumers. A study by the consumer group Which?

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JUNE 24, 2024

The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Founder and then-CEO Kevin Plank knowingly or recklessly misrepresented facts regarding consumer demand for Under Armour’s products as well as the company’s financial and operating results, according to the Wall Street Journal. 16, 2015 and Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2024

Manager of Digital Strategy & Innovation, General Mills Jennifer Lambert, SVP of Strategy & Planning, Hy-Vee, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A recent consumer survey by experience agency ChangeUp identified what customers see as the key benefits of in-store shopping: 66% of shoppers feel more in control of their purchases in-store; 51% believe they get better-quality items; and 43% find in-store shopping enjoyable, highlighting the tactile and visual elements of the experience.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This article delves into the origins and development of Cyber Monday, its positive and negative impacts, and ultimately reveals the exact date for 2024. It was designed to extend the Thanksgiving shopping period and cater to consumers who had missed out on Black Friday deals. According to consumer advocacy group Which?,

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APRIL 29, 2024

Starbucks and Workers United agreed on a framework for collective bargaining discussions in February 2024. Additionally, Starbucks will welcome the first cohort of college students for learning opportunities at Hacienda Alsacia in December 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Nexus has agreed to acquire all of the retailer’s assets and ongoing business operations; financial details were not disclosed. Big Lots plans to maintain all store and online operations throughout the process and has secured commitments for $707.5 For Q1 2024, which ended May 4, 2024, Big Lots saw a 9.9%

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