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Backcountry Dives Deeper into Consumer Insights via Experience Management Platform

Retail TouchPoints

As ecommerce sales continue to surge for recreation products, outdoor gear and clothing retailer Backcountry is elevating its digital game by mining customer data to deliver a better experience and offering. The solution also includes a proprietary value-tracking capability.

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Beyond Inc. Brings in Slate of Retail Heavyweights for C-Suite

Retail TouchPoints

She has 25+ years of prior merchandising experience running multi-billion-dollar businesses for Target ; Steph Whitacrehas been promoted to SVP and General Manager of Zulily from her previous role as VP, Merchandising.

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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.

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Unlocking Retail Growth: The Power of Network Analytics for Strategic Insights

Retail TouchPoints

Consider a hypothetical case study of a mid-sized retail store specializing in home goods. By analyzing network data, the management identified that despite being a high-margin category, the kitchenware section was receiving significantly less foot traffic than expected.

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Sun & Ski Sports Shares Region- and Season-Specific Video Content to Stores via Cloud Solution

Retail TouchPoints

In its 32 locations across 12 states, outdoor specialty retailer Sun & Ski Sports can easily share customer-facing content that’s specific to the season and its stores’ individual regions, via a partnership with Carousel Digital Signage.

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Designer Brands Expands into Premium Athletic Footwear Category with Topo Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

Post also worked with Vibram USA for 11 years , becoming the company’s President and CEO, managing the U.S. “They understand our brand mission, they support our strategy and focus around specialty retail, and they’re excited about our growing global footprint. . sole business and launching Vibram Five Fingers.

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HBC Splits Saks OFF 5TH Into Online and In-Store Businesses — a Path Other Brands May Follow

Retail TouchPoints

The department store retailer took a similar route by dividing Saks Fifth Avenue into distinct ecommerce and brick-and-mortar companies — a move that could become a trend among apparel and specialty retailers. Accelerated by COVID, many apparel and specialty retailers are asking, ‘What is the purpose of the physical store?’

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