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28 June 2011 Over 1,271 photo tours of the stores you should see! Below are some of the Recent Virtual Store Tours Added to RetailNetGroup.com [Subscribers Only]

RNG 3Q11 USA Retail Forecast Update [S] Store Tour: Walmart Express [O] Store Tour:Rossmann's One Stop Shop for Moms [O] Store tour: ASDA Instore Initiatives[O] Store tour: Aldi Redefining the No Frills Experience [O] NEW on RNG.Com - Digital Retail Section[O]

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RNG 3q11 USA Retail Forecast Update [S] RNG's quarterly update of key STEIP Drivers of Retail Growth. The US Market has many challenges but some signs of growth are evident. A comprehensive review of the key drivers and metrics for USA Retail. USA Retail Forecast Store Tour: Walmart Express : First Thoughts [O]

Recent Australia Tours

Big W, Brisbane

With the recent opening of the first US Walmart Express stores, we wanted to bring you our top line thoughts.Initial Thoughts re: Assortment Wide breadth, Narrow Depth Shopping experience: not a bodega, or a discounter, or a supermarket Branding and Messaging Minimal Adjacencies Tough Labor Model still learning more complex than typical discounter. WMT Express
Store Tour: Rossmann: One Stop Shop for Moms [O]

By catering to the personal needs and desires of young women, especially young mothers, Rossmann, A.S. Watsons largest banner, is an interesting and dominant player in the European health and beauty landscape. This article highlights a few of the merchandising and marketing techniques that Rossmann Recent UAE Tours uses to appeal to their target shoppers. Rossmann Hallmark Gold Crown - Dubai Union Cooperative Society - Dubai Store Tour: ASDA: Instore Initiatives [O] Asda Superstores are the companys flagship format, with its 303 stores generating an RNG estimated Choithrams - Dubai Lulu Hypermarket - Dubai 78% of net sales in 2010. Averaging 44,000 square feet, the stores contain a full grocery store and carry general merchandise like George private label apparel, household products and electronics.RNG Geant - Dubai Index Living Mall - Dubai recently visited the Asda Park Royal in the UK. The store is a good showroom of key Asda initiatives Babyshop - Dubai that are being employed across their store portfolio. ASDA Boots - Dubai Emarat - Dubai Carrefour Express - Dubai Toys R Us - Dubai Marks & Spencer - Dubai Hallmark Gold Crown - Dubai Candylicious - Dubai The Toy Store - Dubai Daiso - Dubai Spinneys Supermarket - Dubai Waitrose - Dubai
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Store Tour: ALDI - Redefining the No Frills Experience [O]

Some observers have questioned the discount channels ability to sustain it recession driven growth in an expanding economic environment. Rising to this challenge, discounters are tweaking their store formats and product assortment, among other tactics, in an attempt to retain customers won over during the recession. RNG takes an in depth look at Aldis approach to retailing in this new era of economic recovery. ALDI

Carrefour - Dubai

Digital Microsite New On RetailNet Group.com ! RNG just launched a renovation of our Digital Tab: "A Gateway into the Future of Retail in the Digital Age!" The content on this tab covers Digital Retailing - the impact of Ecommerce and the technologies that will transform retail as we know it. This includes RNG's proprietary forecasts of ecommerce by retailer and banner, Research Reports, Photo Galleries of instore technology, and RNG's unique Innovators and Enablers Section which monitors and analyzes more than 30 key retail tech trends and the innovators driving the change. For more information download the brochure or contact Mark Byrd

Recent Germany Tours

Local Trade

Apotheke - Dusseldorf Rewe Dusseldorf

RNG's Retail Tech Innovation Highlights Taobao, Chinas leading online retailer, has opened a home furnishing showroom in Beijing. The 250,000 square foot building is the companys first brick and mortar operation, although it will be used only as a showroom for the products of Taobaos merchants; all ordering will be done online. With an estimated $60 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2010, Taobao accounts for 3% of retail in China. With the explosive growth of e-commerce in the country (30-40% annually), it is possible that an online retailer will one day be the market leader. Google has unveiled their mobile payments solution, Google Wallet. The much anticipated product will store credit cards, coupons, loyalty cards and gift cards in the customers virtual wallet. With the tap of a smartphone, users will be able to pay with a chosen account, with any relevant coupons and loyalty programs taken into account. While very few phones have the needed NFC technology currently, it is estimated that 50% of smartphones will by 2014. The service will be launching in 120,000 stores in the US, including Macys, Walgreens, and Subway. In a soon to be crowded market, Google has delivered the first viable, large scale mobile payments solution.

Recent Mexico Tours

Bodega Aurrera - Mexico City Bodega Aurrera Express - Mexico City

Square also recently made headlines with their revamped mobile payments platform. With Square Register, their new iPad app, the company is providing merchants with a highly functional POS, not just a credit card reader. The app will provide businesses with analytical data on purchase history, demographics, etc. On the consumer-facing side, Square is launching Square Card Case. When a purchase is made, a stores card will be added to the customers Square app, providing them with location details, contact information, purchase history, receipts, and more. Most interestingly, customers will be able to start a tab with a particular store, and pay simply giving their name upon future visits. While Google Wallet will likely be transformational on a larger scale, Square has introduced a killer solution for small businesses. Gilt Groupe has launched Gilt Taste, an online marketplace for high end food and beverage sold at full price, unlike Gilts original closeout model. The company claims that many of the products and ingredients on the new site were previously only available to professional chefs. The move is a sign that the appetite for online grocery has changed, and Gilt Taste could prove popular with wealthy so-called foodies looking for discovery and experimentation. Walmart has bought a minority stake in Chinas leading online grocery, Yihaodian, meaning Number One Store. The move comes ahead of Walmarts launch of e-commerce in China and Japan. The move should help Walmart gain a deeper knowledge of online retailing in the developing market and of course also opens them up to purchasing Yihaodian outright. According to Paypal, mobile commerce takes more sales out of stores than e-commerce. This goes against the conventional wisdom of many, but is actually fairly intuitive. Many shoppers find items they want to purchase in-store, but when they find a cheaper price by doing a price comparison on their smartphone will purchase from Amazon or another online retailer. Additionally, ordering by phone and picking up in-store has proved very popular, further cannibalizing stores sales. Tesco is trialing an in-store navigation Android app at a store in London. The app will help shoppers locate products within the store and provide them with the shortest route to pick up

Recent USA Tours

Whole Foods Market - Fairfield CT Duane Reade - NYC, NY Unleashed by Petco - NYC, NY Trader Joe's -NYC, NY BevMo! - Los Angeles, CA Family Dollar - Fayetteville, AR Pharmaca - Los Angeles,CA Walmart Supercenter - Fayetteville, AR Aldi - Fayetteville, AR Walmart Express - Gentry, AR Lowes - Troutman Apple Stores - NYC, NY

Recent China Tours

Super Brand Mall - Shanghai Carrefour - Shanghai Toys R Us - Shanghai Dia - Shanghai

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multiple items. Instead of working with GPS, which has indoor limitations, the navigation will be guided by Wi-Fi triangulation. There are, however, barriers to accurate navigation with this method as well, and due to the significant infrastructure changes needed, it is unknown whether or not the service will be rolled out.

Recent UK Tours

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Tesco Extra - London Iceland - London Lush Cosmetics - London

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Recent France Tours

Fnac, Orleans Darty, Orleans Simply Market, Orleans Aldi, Orelans Lidl - Fleury-les-Aubrais

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Recent Brazil Tours

Walmart Supercenter - Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Mall - Sao Paulo Ricoy Supermercados - Sao Paulo Ponto Frio - Sao Paulo Lojas Americanas - Sao Paulo Drogasil - Sao Paulo Pernambucanas - Sao Paulo Po de Acar - Sao Paulo Extra - Sao Paulo Assai - Sao Paulo, Casas Bahia - Sao Paulo

Recent South Africa Tours

Superspar - Johannesburg Game - Johannesburg Trenery in Woolworths - Johannesburg Pick 'n Pay - Victory Park Makro - Johannesburg

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Recent Canada Tours

Shoppers Drug, Toronto ON

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