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Target has announced plans to open eight more retail clinics in its existing stores by July 29th, 2012. Four stores in northern Virginia and four stores in North Carolina will become the first to offer the clinic services in those states. “Stumble on a patch of poison ivy? Concerned about sunburn? Battling an allergy attack? [...]
Can the small store really work and is it here to stay? There is no doubt that small stores are a growing trend in the North American retail market. Dollar stores and traditional big box stores alike are rushing to roll out more small footprint stores. While there are some key drivers behind why consumers [...]
A question we at RetailNet Group often get asked is, “What store formats are opening the most stores?” In order to answer this question, we decided to provide a series of articles looking at high growth formats across the globe. We will do this in each of our major geographies: North America, Latin America, Europe, [...]
Meijer is a US company faced with the same challenge that led to the development of the European Drive-through format. First, food and perishables are extremely difficult to deliver cost-effectively and second, some shoppers want the ease and convenience of shopping online paired with the immediacy of picking up the order in as short a [...]
As a result of the domestic consumption growth in China, multinational and local retailers are strategizing their multichannel operations to compete for the country’s 14% of GDP spent on groceries. Although foreign retailers led by Wal-Mart entered China 16 years ago, local players still dominate China’s food retailing space. To the multinationals, the rising middle [...]
RetailNet Group recently updated its Walmart forecasts for the UK, Africa, and Asia. This, of course, is the first year that there is an Africa forecast, as the Massmart acquisition was finalized in June 2011. Asda’s acquisition of 193 Netto stores in the UK also closed in Q2 2011. These acquisitions added nearly $7 billion [...]
Auchan China has recently launched their first drive format prototype store in Suzhou, China. The official website is now open to pre-registration for a text message notification about the grand opening and a RMB25 digital coupon. First opened in France, Auchan was the pioneer in developing the stand-alone pickup format in the past decade. RNG [...]
For store-based retailers, building destination departments where the products, services and in-store experience can not be disinter-mediated by eCommerce is the biggest strategy for combating the strain and drain of consumers buying online. One of the ways that retailers are attempting to do this is by offering additional services in-store, specifically retail clinics. 54% of [...]
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