Dept. Apparel

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2022 Holiday Shopping Off to Slow Start

Sign up for free to explore holiday consumer spending data in Earnest Dash. Powered by Earnest’s Vela spend dataset. Key takeaways: Consumers spending slowed since September across most major categories Online share of sales remains elevated vs pre-pandemic, in-line with 2021 levels Nike, Lululemon, Ulta, Shein, The RealReal, and Walmart are outperforming in the early […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Retail Media is Here in a Big Way: Should Search be Worried?

By John Spiropoulos Media is filled with evolutionary step-change transitions which permanently alter the marketplace. Each evolutionary event, seen in terms of advertiser outlays – the media mix – is driven by incremental change during economic uncertainty. This is particularly true – and trackable – in modern times. Some of these events were covered in […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

U.S. SMI Core Release Note – October 2022

SMI Core data captures the actual spend data from the SMI Pool partners of major holding companies and large independent agencies, representing up to 95% of all US national brand ad spending, to provide a complete monthly view of the SMI Pool market size, investment share and category performance. Core Data delivers detailed ad intelligence across all media […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

From Immersive Commerce to Walmart and Targets Q3 Earnings, Here Are This Month’s Insights From Our Top Retail Influencers

On November 18th, RETHINK Retail hosted their November Small Groups Mixer, a monthly virtual event catered to all of 2022’s Top Retail Influencers (TRI). This month attendees discussed a range of topics including Immersive Commerce, Technology Innovation in Retail Leadership, Restaurant Transformation, and Automation, and Takeaways from Walmart and Target’s Q3 Earnings Report. Here, we’ll […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

How Consumers Are Tackling the 2022 Holiday Shopping Season

Consumers and retailers alike are prepping for the holiday season. And this holiday season, retailers need to stay nimble and adjust to shoppers’ evolving preferences, especially as concerns around inflation continue. Whether it’s hunting more for deals, doing more of their shopping from the convenience of their phone, or focusing on gifts for themselves, consumers’ […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Securing Retail Facings for Your Products as Competition for Space Heats Up

A couple of years ago, retail store shelves were mostly empty. Today, as manufacturers, we face a much different problem: shelf space for household consumables is shrinking. To make their brick-and-mortar locations more appealing, retail outlets continue to expand the footprint of prepared foods, fresh offerings, and other ancillary offerings designed to deliver convenience, value […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

A Thank You Note from the Content Guy

I just want to thank all the MNB readers who sent me congratulatory emails on Friday as MorningNewsBeat celebrated its 21st birthday.  As I said in my FaceTime video, I couldn’t do it without you. Nobody has any right to expect the kind of approbation that I get every day from the MNB community, and […]
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  1. Partnerships & Alt Profit

Passenger partners with Brightpearl to enhance ecommerce operation

Adventure-inspired clothing retailer Passenger is partnering with omnichannel platform Brightpearl to streamline, simplify and automate its retail operations. Passenger is using Brightpearl’s scalable Retail Operating System (ROS) – which includes… The post Passenger partners with Brightpearl to enhance ecommerce operation appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged.
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Counterintuitive Marketing Magic Behind True Classic’s DTC Success

Being a DTC brand is a bit of a slog lately — just ask Peloton, Wayfair or Allbirds. But as these brands and many others look to new channels, such as stores and wholesale, to combat flagging sales and elusive profitability, True Classic is doubling down on digital.  Founded in Los Angeles in 2019, the […]
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  1. Holiday & Events

NRF: 166.3 Million People Expected to Shop on Thanksgiving Weekend, Setting New Record

An estimated 166.3 million people plan to shop between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday in 2022, representing 69% of all holiday shoppers, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Analytics. This would be nearly 8 million more people than in 2021 and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

How Not to Feel the Pinch From the Digital Grinch This Holiday Season

Just like that, the holiday season is upon us. For brands everywhere, it’s time to promote your gifting offering. This season will pose new challenges with rising media costs, shifting consumer sentiment, and declining digital measurement capabilities post Apple ATT. However, this year also presents new opportunities with consumers looking to celebrate a true post-pandemic […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

How I Built My Brand on Instagram and You Can Too

I’m someone who after a night out with friends is likely to fall asleep with my makeup on. And I know I’m not alone. That’s why I wanted to create makeup that acted like skincare and would improve my skin over time. After working to develop samples (and testing them myself by having me and […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Blondery – a Cloud Kitchen That Went from Home Baking to a DTC Empire in a Week

Auzerais went from baking for friends to building a DTC bakery empire in a week. Yes, you read that right. This exponential growth has been documented by multiple publications. Currently, Blondery ships over 75,000 shipments per week nationwide.  So how did this huge success happen, and how does Auzerais handle it all? We sat with […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

NRF: Big Thanksgiving weekend crowds expected

WASHINGTON – An estimated 166.3 million people are planning to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. This figure is almost 8 million more people than last year and is the highest estimate since NRF began […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

TJX CEO is ‘very pleased’ with discounter’s quarterly results

TJX, the parent company of HomeGoods, Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, reported sales and earnings that exceeded the retailer’s expectations. President and CEO Ernie Herman said that the company’s “overall pretax margins, merchandise margins and earnings per share were strong” during the most recent quarter and that he was “particularly pleased about our apparel business.”
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Why E-Commerce Needs Brick-and-Mortar Retail

As e-commerce has exploded in popularity, the question of how brick-and-mortar retailers would fare in the future has been widely debated. The notion of a “retail apocalypse” reached a crescendo during the pandemic as year-over-year e-commerce grew two to five times faster in 2020. So, where do retailers go from here? When it comes to […]
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  1. Retail Operations

Research reveals Zara as worst fashion site for customer experience

New research from Unified Customer Intelligence startup Chattermill has found that Zara comes bottom when it comes to customer experience. Chattermill analysed feedback from 152,000 fashion shoppers’ TrustPilot reviews from… The post Research reveals Zara as worst fashion site for customer experience appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged.
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon: Increasing concern around holiday sales, Fresh 2023 B&M store halt, layoffs, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

From CRC LiveCast: brands anticipating negative holiday sales Y-Y:In our latest LiveCast webinar, we polled the audience and found that a net 6% of brands expect 2022 holiday season sales to be negative compared to last year. This dampening of expectations has materialized over the past couple of weeks where previously in our 3Q22 Amazon […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Nike Launches a Virtual Marketplace Experience, .SWOOSH

On Monday, Nike launched .SWOOSH, its new digital community and experience, the brand announced. The platform is a home for Nike virtual creations and uses blockchain-powered technology — or what many call “Web3” — to offer an inclusive, equitable place for athletes, creators, collectors and consumers to design and own the future of sport. Currently […]
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Retail Media is Here in a Big Way: Should Search be Worried?

By John Spiropoulos Media is filled with evolutionary step-change transitions which permanently alter the marketplace. Each evolutionary event, seen in terms of advertiser outlays – the media mix – is driven by incremental change during economic uncertainty. This is particularly true – and trackable – in modern times. Some of these events were covered in […]
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U.S. SMI Core Release Note – October 2022

SMI Core data captures the actual spend data from the SMI Pool partners of major holding companies and large independent agencies, representing up to 95% of all US national brand ad spending, to provide a complete monthly view of the SMI Pool market size, investment share and category performance. Core Data delivers detailed ad intelligence across all media […]
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Kroger Health Center marks first anniversary

CINCINNATI — The Kroger Health Center for Advanced Community Care, a joint project of Kroger Health and the University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. The Center employs pharmacists, technicians, nurse practitioners, and dietitians to provide an interprofessional model of care. It also provides practical experiences for students […]
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Dollar Tree sales up 8.1% in third quarter

CHESAPEAKE, Va.— Dollar Tree executives said the retailer’s new pricing strategy lifted operating income nearly 23% to $381 million in the third quarter ended October 29. Top-line sales rose 8.1% to $6.94 billion. Comparable-store sales at its Dollar Tree stores increased 8.6% from a year earlier, while comps at its Family Dollar stores were up […]
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