Data & Analytics

Advance Auto Parts exec rejoins JLL
Companies of all sizes, and increasingly retailers, are implementing integrated portfolio management solutions to make smarter real estate decisions and solve their business challenges.

To better support retailers with their real estate portfolios, JLL announced that it has welcomed back Geno Coradini to the firm as executive VP, retail integrated portfolio services lead. He will be responsible for working with our retail tenant representative brokers nationally to support JLL’s retailer client base.
Zumiez turns stores into mini-fulfillment centers
Teen retailer Zumiez has enhanced its omnichannel strategy by using its stores as local fulfillment centers for online purchases.

The Lynwood, Washington-based retailer of board-sports apparel and gear wants to ensure customers can seamlessly shop among its 600-plus brick-and-mortar and digital channels. To that end, it has partnered with supply chain management software provider SalesWarp to aid in the performance of distributed order management, customer service, warehouse management, and in-store fulfillment.

Study: Millenials driving revolution in in-store shopping experiences

Brick-and-mortar retailers are on notice – shifting customer demographics will require far-reaching redesign of the physical store by 2025.

According to a new study from technology market intelligence firm ABI Research, millennials are driving a revolution in how stores use technology to provide a shopping experience.
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Target tests recipe for food growth

Target Corp.’s partnership with MIT Media Lab and global design firm IDEO is bearing fruit — literally.
Millennials to require omnichannel store reconfiguration

Brick-and-mortar retailers are on notice – shifting customer demographics will require far-reaching redesign of the physical store by 2025.

According to a new study from technology market intelligence firm ABI Research, millennials are driving a revolution in how stores use technology to provide a shopping experience.
Ross Dress for Less expands in Keystone state

Ross Dress for Less opened a new store in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, on March 5.

The 26,000-sq.-ft. store is located in the Noble Town Center, 15 miles north of downtown Philadelphia, at the northeast corner of Old York Road and The Fairway.

The opening is part of the retailer’s 2016 expansion program, totaling about 70 new locations during the year.
Mattress Firm names company veteran CEO

The integration of a major acquisition and the accelerated closure of non-performing stores top the list of priorities awaiting Ken Murphy as he assumes leadership of the nation’s largest bedding retailer.
Exclusive Preview: Cheesecake Factory adds mobile payment to menu

The Cheesecake Factory is known for offering a wide variety of food items, and now is also expanding its range of payment options.

Starting in April, The Cheesecake Factory will roll out a new mobile payment app called CakePay. To use CakePay, guests will check in and receive a four-digit code they give to the server at the time their order is taken. The server will then enter the order and the code into the POS system.
Wayfair pins hopes on social offering

Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair Inc. is having success with a proprietary feature that may have been inspired by one of the hottest emerging social platforms.

According to Wayfair, its Idea Boards feature is growing rapidly in popularity, especially among users of the retailer’s mobile app. Idea Boards is an online tool that enables customers to save and organize their favorite Wayfair products in one location.
Target looks to disrupt food category

Target Corp.’s partnership with MIT Media Lab and global design firm IDEO is bearing fruit — literally.

In January, Target announced the launch of the Food + Future coLab, a multi-year collaboration with MIT and IDEO to explore the future of food. Although it’s only been a couple of months, Target is already testing two ideas from the coli.
Urban Outfitters goes geek to stay cool

Urban Outfitters Inc. offers what can appear to be a random and eclectic variety of products on its shelves, but careful planning goes into the specialty chain’s store assortment.