Stores Weekly

First Edition

A small retail chain is selling naturally fragranced bath and beauty products in an innovative new way: interactively. Lured by fresh smells and colorful packaging, customers enter Basin and Basin White stores to discover sinks with running water at which they are encouraged to wash their hands using the company’s exfoliating bath scrub.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/01/14/hands-on-selling/?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=STORES%20Jan%20&utm_content=C2W%20Basin to view the full article online.

Small retailers see big results with AI and machine learning

When Soleil Guerrero launched ecommerce site Bebonia in March, she didn’t realize how much time was needed to respond to customer inquiries. A similar customer service problem was happening at Sonja by Sonja Morgan. Both companies found the help they needed with a service provider that uses artificial intelligence to answer emails and provide online chat to help ecommerce customers.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/01/15/as-simple-as-that/?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=STORES%20Jan%20&utm_content=SMB%20AI to view the full article online.

Untuckit, once online only, is now at 51 bricks-and-mortar stores and counting

One day in 2010, Chris Riccobono looked at himself in the mirror and realized something was wrong. He was wearing a dress shirt, and he wanted to leave the shirttail hanging out rather than tucking it in, but it wasn’t giving the effect he wanted. The shirttail was too long, and it was the wrong shape, somehow. There’s a line between stylishly casual and sloppy, and this ensemble was on the wrong side of it.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/01/15/shirttails-out-storefronts-in/?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=STORES%20Jan%20&utm_content=Untuckit to view the full article online.

How Push-to-Talk Apps Grow Retail Sales

Gone are the days of searching for coworkers, taking trips to the stockroom, and removing salespeople from the sales floor. Instead, retailers like Restoration Hardware are cutting costs and leading their industry in sales with high quality, live voice messaging apps. Push-to-talk applications empower retail teams to communicate using their personal mobile devices--no hardware required.

Learn more about push-to-talk >>

NRF is proud to provide our members with the online Retail Buying Guide to search for trusted vendors, products and services in the retail industry. Our guide is a user-friendly forum designed to bring suppliers and purchasers together. You can search by keyword, location, company name or category. Available whenever you need it, the Retail Buying Guide makes it easy to locate products and professional services geared to the retail industry. Click here to visit the online Retail Buying Guide! To advertise, please contact Sarah Allen for more information.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/nrf-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=540638&issueID=64437 to view the full article online.

Trends

Dove helps self-esteem soar

Kids grow, and the Dove Self-Esteem Project keeps growing right along with them. In a stellar example of a brand that sticks with a message for the long term, Dove has a goal of reaching 40 million young people with the tools and encouragement to develop a positive self-image by 2020. Dove says the project, founded in 2004, is the world’s largest provider of self-esteem education, and it already exists in 140 countries.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/01/16/dove-helps-self-esteem-soar/ to view the full article online.

The digital edition of STORES includes must-read pieces, including the articles featured here. Read the current issue and browse the archives for issues you may have missed.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/nrf-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=540639&issueID=64437 to view the full article online.

NRF News

Levi CEO seeks ‘profits through principle’

Reinventing an American icon is no easy task. On NRF’s Retail Gets Real podcast, Levi Strauss & Co. President and CEO Chip Bergh — winner of NRF’s “The Visionary” award — offers insights into strategically seizing opportunities for growth, pursuing “profits through principles” and championing innovation.

Visit https://nrf.com/blog/levi-strauss-cos-chip-bergh-reviving-brand-stands-something?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=Retail%20Gets%20Real&utm_content=Ep%2099%20Chip%20Bergh to view the full article online.

Consumer View: Online shoppers expect free, fast delivery

Consumers increasingly expect free delivery of items they buy online and are also embracing new options like picking up their online purchases at a local store, according to the latest issue of the quarterly Consumer View report released by NRF. The report found that 75 percent of consumers surveyed expect delivery to be free even on orders under $50, up from 68 percent a year ago.

Visit https://nrf.com/research/consumer-view-winter-2019?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=Consumer%20View&utm_content=Winter%202019%20edition to view the full article online.

Headlines from NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show

The world’s largest retail conference and expo, NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show, ended Tuesday. This year’s event saw more than 38,000 attendees come together to discuss the latest in retail tech, strategy, leadership, the economy and much more. Retail’s transformation was the focus of the show — check out a recap of each day.

Visit https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/recap?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=NRF2019&utm_content=Recap%20Day%203 to view the full article online.

Smarter solutions for global multichannel retailers

Island Pacific has over 40 years of experience providing software solutions to over 600 global multichannel retailers. Island Pacific SmartSuite is available as a comprehensive, integrated system, or as feature-rich, stand-alone modules. From the creation of initial plans, inventory management, business intelligence, Unified commerce, mobile and fixed counter POS. All modules interact seamlessly, ensuring data integrity and a single view of information driving business growth and consistent Return on investment

Read our latest case studies

Webcast: IoT cold chain solutions

The need for secure, IoT-enabled cold chain solutions are being driven from multiple industries including regulations in pharmaceuticals and food safety, increased consumer demands on quality and visibility. In this webcast, Arm, BOSCH and Exosite explain how to develop next-generation cold chain solutions to meet compliance on demanding industry standards.

Watch Webcast

National Retail Federation