Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Swedish outdoor apparel and gear retailer Fjällräven has launched Fjällräven Pre-Loved, a peer-to-peer resale marketplace powered by Archive that is designed to give a second life to products and reinforce the brand’s mission to reduce waste and promote circularity.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2020

REI and West Elm have introduced the co-branded REI x West Elm collection of outdoor lifestyle products, which will be merchandised in the stores of both retailers and on their respective e-Commerce sites at REI.com/westelm and Westelm.com/REI. The partnership marks the first time that REI Co-op is selling gear through another retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2021

The disruption caused by COVID-19 has led to a re-appreciation of relatively compact, walkable neighborhoods, with a mix of uses and opportunities to interact with people outdoors. We also want to keep our open streets and outdoor seating and continue to ride our bikes and exercise outdoors. Bloomberg , 2020).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The carts are designed to enable efficiency and cost savings through a safer, easier and quicker order fulfillment process. The carts can be filled with orders, then stationed at the pickup point to wait for customer retrieval, where shoppers can use a grocer’s fulfillment app to unlock the cart and access their items.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

The state-of-the-art facility’s automated systems, implemented in partnership with Vanderlande Industries , will allow it to ship 485,000 units per day, providing next-day ecommerce fulfillment for consumers in California, Nevada, Arizona and southern Utah. ” Recruitment for fulfillment center jobs took place through early 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

Academy Sports + Outdoors will open up to 17 new stores during its 2024 fiscal year, which began Feb. The retailer carries apparel, footwear, sports and camping equipment from brand names including Nike , Carhartt and L.L.Bean , as well as private label brands such as Magellan Outdoors, Freely, H2OX and Mosaic.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

The acquisition of Bob’s, an apparel, footwear and workwear retailer, and outdoor apparel brand EMS, means GoDigital will add 900 employees, 42 stores and a warehouse fulfillment center to its organization. Frasers Group has sold its U.S. Carlos Cruz, GoDigital’s Brands SVP, leads the company’s commerce team.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

How does this impact shopping malls and outdoor centers specifically, especially as we get into the holiday season? Welker: I think people have become very accustomed to the outdoor element of retail. There’s a great outdoor retail center in Long Beach, Calif. They like being able to have that kind of dual-purpose space.

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Retail Technology Review

JULY 22, 2020

American outdoor clothing brand Woolrich has chosen Fluent Commerce, the global distributed?order order management platform to boost its capability in Europe to fulfil itsecommerce orders in the most convenient way for the customer and most efficient for Woolrich.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2023

Mondelez International Ben Bridge Jeweler Marketplace Strategies & Technologies DRINKS Staples, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Customers can explore our wide selection of outdoor gear, camping equipment and RV essentials on Instacart and have them delivered right to their doorstep.” Customers can visit the Camping World page on Instacart to begin shopping for gear such as solar-powered portable grills and high-tech weather-resistant tents.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Target’s Store-Based Fulfillment Model Drives Convenience. The secret to Target’s success is the retailer’s expertise at utilizing its stores for fulfillment, whether as a staging ground for last mile delivery or an efficient curbside pickup hub. Target’s physical comparable sales grew 8.9% Foot Locker managed solid 6.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Image courtesy REI) This Earth Month, outdoor retailer REI Co-op is showcasing its ongoing recycling partnership with decking manufacturer Trex , at its Signature Camp near Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. REI Campsite Outfitted with Recycled Trex Decking An REI Signature Camp featured recycled Trex decking.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

She noted that the concept of “partial de-malling,” which could include integration of outdoor spaces for walkable plazas and eating areas, food carts/trucks, skating rinks, miniature golf courses and the like, all will contribute to the experiential and entertainment value of a trip to the mall.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

UX Case Study: Modern Ecommerce Design with Exxel Outdoors. Selling sports and outdoors goods online isn’t easy – especially with a small team competing against the likes of the goliaths in the vertical. Fulfillment, Operations & Customer Service Track. Cory Barnes, Digital Marketing Manager, Kelty. Too Fast?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Building these experiences requires unified customer, inventory and fulfillment data used with a flat user interface (UI); natural interfaces like haptic, gesture, speech and sound interactions; and extended reality (ER) like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

Package Concierge , a provider of automated locker solutions, offers outdoor lockers designed for contactless, 24/7 pickup for buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) orders. The lockers can streamline BOPIS fulfillment with store process automation to deliver a more convenient customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

Pop-ups and Outdoor Dining Lasting Beyond the Pandemic. In response to the necessity for outdoor dining spaces during the pandemic, we imagined “Chicago Winter Fe(a)st”— an annual winter culinary festival where soft-sided trailers would roll into town, like the headliner band buses coming to Lollapalooza.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Automotive retailers saw the highest average order value ($235.10) , followed by retailers within the Sports & Outdoors ($143.50) and Home & Garden ($103.60) categories. Sports & Outdoors. Sports & outdoors merchants on BigCommerce made 22.42% more in 2017 than 2016 during Cyber Week. iPhone users spent 7.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

By supporting the scale-up of next-gen materials, Patagonia is not only contributing to the preservation of ancient and endangered forests, it is leading the outdoor apparel sector toward a more sustainable future.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2023

Both retail brands are owned by Bedrock Manufacturing ; Filson is known for high-end outdoor clothing and accessories, and Shinola offers products including timepieces, leather goods, jewelry and audio. Shinola and Filson will modernize their in-store experiences with mobile POS, order management and store inventory solutions from NewStore.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

For instance, the retailer fulfilled 25% to 30% of orders through contactless curbside pickup, and the infrastructure put in place to accomplish this will remain valuable through the holidays. AT&T quickly adapted to these operating challenges, and the same lessons learned will apply during the holidays.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But amidst the calm, there’s a flurry of activity as one group makes its way across the paved pathways of the outdoor shopping center. Deliver fast, reliable fulfillment to Chinese customers. At the end of the day, we want our customers to be able to purchase online and decide how they want that order fulfilled.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

Games, puzzles, action figures and outdoor toys were especially popular. In this model, the physical sites would accommodate in-store fulfilment for goods purchased online and could feature location-specific deals and events that would re-engage customers and drive footfall. Profits at Barbie and Hot Wheels firm Mattel were $126.6

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The service will cover thousands of DICK’S Sporting Goods products including sporting and athletic equipment, outdoor recreation gear and apparel, footwear and accessories. “We’re Options include one-hour rush delivery or scheduled deliveries with windows later in the day.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2021

Five Below is expanding the partnership in time for the summer season to provide shoppers access to fast delivery on items including pool floats, beach towels, outdoor games and sports equipment. The expansion builds on a pilot the companies launched in December 2020 that initially served Baltimore, Buffalo, N.Y.,

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

The platform is commission-based and most orders are fulfilled via drop shipping, although BOPIS options are a growing offering. SPO also has access to RGG warehouses as part of the Simon partnership, so the platform is now also doing some managed fulfillment for brands and shipping on their behalf. SPO isn’t Stingy with its Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Legacy Overstock also sold outdoor and indoor furniture as well as area rugs — essentially it was a much bigger and better “beyond.” Additionally, Overstock had carried bed, bath and kitchen products, similar to the legacy BB&B, and the new BB&B will sell all those things — we’ve been signing up more and more suppliers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

AWS is doing this at Amazon Fulfillment Centers with its Private 5G offering, providing reliable network services “across millions of square feet of outdoor space ,” said Gurney, which is enabling Amazon to move tractor trailers around these immense areas more efficiently, safely and accurately.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. Now imagine people coming to this lounge and they do not have access to the Internet. Someday, with 5G, they may have virtual coaches do that too.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The partnership will cover thousands of grocery products and household essentials as well as a broad selection of general merchandise, across categories including home décor, toys and crafts, garden, sports and outdoor, office and electronics. Instacart personal shoppers will pick and deliver items from the nearest Meijer store.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Virtual reality functions and applications are emerging as innovative solutions to fulfill customers’ demands, playing a crucial role when facing the industry’s most pressing challenges. As for the colors, neutral, earthy tones will take center stage, as these are hues that evoke nature and bring the outdoors in to create calmer environments.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Think pool tables, fitness equipment like Peloton, the latest video game consoles, specialized software, kitchen appliances and cooking tools, homebrewing kits, musical instruments, boats and other outdoor items. However, these higher-priced items come with a few ‘gotchas’ for businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

In some cases, they’re even returning to the channels of yester-year to shake things up. In fact, the use of traditional media — such as TV, radio, direct mail and outdoor advertising — as a customer acquisition tool rose from 29% in 2021 to 51% in 2022, second only to email outreach (68%).

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The pandemic’s impact on shopping habits isn’t abating: 66% of respondents will prefer home delivery over other fulfillment methods, according to a survey by Oracle. Delivery Delay Woes Can be Handled with Transparency and Honesty. Retailers should already be preparing for these significant traffic upticks, according to Sheldon.

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RetailWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of 2021, will give the retailer ownership of eight fulfillment centers in six cities that use robots and humans to fulfill orders for companies including Mack Weldon, Outdoor Voices and Peloton.

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RIS News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op has started fulfillment from its new DC in Lebanon, TN. Learn how the facility's design and operations prioritize the employee experience while setting a new standard to fight the climate crisis.

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