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Apple has released job listings in India for stores that it plans to open in various parts of the region. The job listings contain openings for 12 full-time and part-time retail positions, including store leaders, senior managers, Genius Bar workers, and more. Five Indian citizens have reported the news of their hiring by the tech giant via LinkedIn.

 

It has been reported that Apple is developing a store ranging between 10,000 - 12,000 square-foot in New Dehli, among many others. Apple, however, has not announced when it plans to officially launch these store openings.

Apple has Initiated Job Offerings for its Soon-to-Open Retail Stores in India


Meta is continuing to grow its VR market and the company’s most recent move in this domain is the launch of its first ever retail and experience store, in Burlingame, California. The store will showcase Meta’s wide range of product displays along with interactive demonstrations.


 

The main attraction of the store is its large Quest 2 ‘display wall’ where people can experience a range of Meta’s VR games and apps. Alongside, a big, wall-to-wall curved LED screen displays the content that a user sees in their headset. If that isn’t interesting enough, people can also access a 30-second mixed reality clip of their demo experience, which they can later share with others.

Meta Announces Launch of First Retail and Experience Store, Mainly Focused on VR Experience

 


Facebook is expanding Facebook Pay across platforms other than the company’s own, starting in August. The company’s payment system is currently available on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.

 

The social media giant is including several retailers in line for this expansion, starting off with Shopify retailers. Sign up is open for all merchants who may be interested to add Facebook’s payment system on their sites.

 

This expansion will make the transaction process easier for retailers, as customers who use cards stored in their Facebook profiles can use them for online transactions. Moreover, it will impact Facebook’s data collection as well, the details of which the company has explained itself.

Facebook to Expand Facebook Pay to Online Retailers

32 Products and Services With the Highest Markup

How does a company make a profit? The easiest and most direct answer to this is by selling a product or service for more than it cost the company. The percentage over the cost they charge the customer is known as the markup. There are many factors a company needs to consider when determining a products markup price. First is the cost of production. How much does it cost the company to make or acquire the goods sold? Second is the market demand. How well is the product going to sell to your target audience? And the third would be what type of markup works for your business? Is there a standard markup for your industry? Depending on your type of small business you could benefit from different markup percentages. For example, service firms, wholesalers, retailers and contractors are all going to have a different industry markup percentage.

32 Products and Services With the Highest Markup #Infographic

Why are retailers reliant in the Holiday quarter?

Christmas is the most beloved festival in the USA, and this is the time when people go out of the way to celebrate it with their loved ones. According to conventional wisdom, the Holiday quarter is the most important one for all the retailers around the USA, and they are looking forward to it with very high hopes. Since people of America love celebrating Christmas more than we can imagine, even Covid-19 won’t be an excuse for them to not celebrate it this year.

Although there won’t be as larger gatherings as they used to be but in terms of shopping, National Retail Federation says that the nation is expected to spend around $755 to $767 billion in the months of November and December. Despite the pandemic, Americans will not stop distributing gifts on the holy festival. As per the studies, the average expenditure on gifts and other holiday stuff per consumer amounts to $998.

Why are retailers reliant in the Holiday quarter? #infographic

Are Supplements You Buy Online Really Safe?

As it turns out, the short answer is not really. Sure, there are plenty of sellers out there who want to sell high-quality, proven products. But there are also a lot of sellers out there who just want to make a buck, and they have found a safe haven on the largest online retailer in history: 

Are Supplements You Buy Online Really Safe? #Infographic

 

The Rising Costs of Consumer Goods during COVID-19

If you’ve noticed higher costs at the grocery store since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March of this year, you are certainly not alone. People across the world are paying more for everyday items like toilet paper, paper towels, meat, eggs, poultry, milk, and many more household goods. Prices for grocery have been up since mid-March and have no sign of going down in the near future. 


To learn how Americans are adapting both their grocery budgets, their eating habits, and their general shopping habits during COVID-19, C+R Research surveyed over 2,000 Americans. Let’s dive a bit into their analysis to see what they found. 


Consumers complain of higher prices during the pandemic 


One of the biggest takeaways from the study from C+R Research is that most American consumers (85%) have reported an increase in spending on groceries during COVID-19. They have also reported paying more for many common household and grocery items. Not only are Americans paying more for groceries, but they are also paying more for common household goods like toilet paper, paper towels, and cleaning supplies. Consumers have also reported seeing food shortages for many items that they would regularly buy. 83% of American consumers complain they still have difficulty buying everything they’d like to while grocery shopping. 


The Rising Costs of Consumer Goods during COVID-19 #Infographic

Apple now has a new retail location known as Apple Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. What is unique about the company's new retail store is that it floats on water. 

The store is Apple's third one in Singapore, after the first one named Orchard Road that opened in 2017, and the second one named Apple Jewel Changi Airport located in Singapore's world-famous retail sector of the country's transportation hub. Globally, Apple Marina Bay Sands is the company's 512th retail shop. 

The Marina Bay Sands store exhibits the eccentric look of some kind of a spacecraft or a futuristic theater in the day time. The skyline is reflected in the glass panels of the store in the day light. At night time, the store comes alive in all its glory as it glows in a warm tone in front of the iconic skyline.


 

Apple's New Retail Store in Singapore Floats on Water

The Fastest Growing and Declining Retail Brands

 Globally, the retail industry was having a great start at the beginning of 2020. The revenues were going great and all was well until COVID-19 took over the world and the situation was turned around. The revenue and financial position of many brands were affected, but this is not the same for every retail business. Many retail brands have also flourished, despite all the restrictions and downfalls.

The Fastest Growing and Declining Retail Businesses #Infographic

The Fastest Growing and Declining E-Commerce Categories
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on every aspect of life, including how people shop for their necessities and their not-so-necessities.

With online retail sales estimated to reach an eye-watering $6.5 trillion by 2023, the eCommerce sector was already booming. But since the outbreak, online shopping has been catapulted into complete overdrive. Even the largest retailers on the planet are struggling to keep up with the unprecedented consumer demand—but what exactly are people buying?

What are Shoppers Buying Online During COVID-19? #Infographic

Spring Forward With Fresh Retail Insights
As the winter months wane, shoppers turn their attention to warmer temperatures and start stocking up on spring essentials. From lawn and garden equipment and spring cleaning supplies to a one-of-a-kind prom dresses and the perfect gift for Mom, it seems as though everyone is on a mission to get ahead of spring's most-anticipated events. Based on insights from Bazaarvoice's network of 5700+ brand and retailer websites, here are the trends and shopping habits to watch to drive growth this spring season.

Spring Forward With Fresh Retail Insights #Infographic

How 100 Top Retailer Engage Shoppers in the First 45 Days And Beyond
How do retailers engage email subscribers in the first 45 days? Do people who have purchased from brands receive a different frequency of messages compared with email subscribers who have not purchased?

To find out, Coherent Path examined the emails sent to new customers by 100 major retailers, such as CVS, Home Depot, and Ralph Lauren. Retailers send 1.09 emails, on average, to new subscribers in the first 45 days, the analysis found.

How 100 Top Retailer Engage Shoppers in the First 45 Days And Beyond #Infographic

The Biggest Retail Takeovers and Mergers
Here’s the biggest recent retail takeovers, visualized as Pac-Men. Massive companies snap up other companies faster than you can say “waka waka!” This infographic from CouponFollow shows us a brief, simpler view of what’s been going on in retail. With Walmart and Amazon aggressively taking over much of the retail world, the options for where one can shop both in person and online has been exponentially shrinking. Especially in the past ten years, a handful of big companies have been anxious about successful e-commerce sites.

For some big retail chains, their strategy has been to ignore the problem, by and large. Those companies aren’t doing so well. For others like Walmart and The Home Depot, it’s been about snapping up each successful retail website in their niche space. And some, like Alibaba and Amazon, grew out of smaller online startups, and are now gobbling up other websites for their tech, branding, and expertise. What will happen in a few years? Will these giant Pac-Men turn to eat eachother?

The Biggest Retail Takeovers and Mergers #infographic

2018 The Year Of Intelligent Retail
Today's innovations in technology are opening new doors for retailers. The ability to infuse data and intelligence in all areas of a business has the potential to completely reinvent retail. Here's a look at the top technologies we see enabling this transformation in 2018 and beyond, and where they'll have the greatest impact.

2018 The Year Of Intelligent Retail #Infographic

Are We Creating a Secure Enterprise Internet Of Things?
The Enterprise Internet of Things allows retailers to explore new avenues of customer communication and sales increases, by connecting existing systems and devices that already exist online and offline, in the in-store environment. It's a concept that leading retailers are beginning to embrace and utilize, but there remains some EIoT issues,especially security, that need to be resolved before EIoT becomes more mainstream.

Are We Creating a Secure Enterprise Internet Of Things? #Infographic

Importance of Multivendor Marketplace for Retail Industries
In today's competitive market, it all depends on how a consumer experiences your brand and those brands that can perceive, expect or can meet consumer expectations, actively engage shoppers online and via mobile, will stand out to be the big winners in 2018.

Importance of Multivendor Marketplace for Retail Industries #Infographic

Retail’s Not Dead
The following infographic charts some of the most interesting findings about the evolving retail industry. Have a look below!

Retail’s Not Dead #Infographic

5 Questions Every Retailer Must Ask To Create An Effective Store Layout
Arranging your store can be a daunting task. You need to factor in a host of components, including your floor plan, your fixtures, and even your staff. To make this job easier, we’ve put together an infographic talking about five important questions you should ask when improving the layout of your store.

Check out the graphic below.

5 Questions Every Retailer Must Ask To Create An Effective Store Layout #Infographic

Customer Returns
Customer returns are an inevitability in retail. People buy things, take them home and for various reasons, they will then decide to return them to the store they purchased them. While retailers likely hate dealing with returns, they need to have a policy in place that all staff understand in order to ensure it’s a streamlined process. If the returns process is not easy for the customer, you could be dealing with a bigger issue in the long term if they decide to vent their dissatisfaction at your levels of customer service to a wider audience. Check the full details out below.

Customer Returns #Infographic

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