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Small Business, Big Ideas: Inside the Luxury Advent Calendar Boom with DTC Brand Cheese Brothers

Retail TouchPoints

calendar is selling 10X better than any other product on the brands site at the moment. While many of these versions fall within the more typical price range of $15 to $50 , there are enough variations on the trend for just about any kind of shopper, at any price point. In fact, the Cheese Bros.

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Ames Department Stores will be back in 2023

Retail Wire

The Ames Department Stores discount chain, founded in Massachusetts in 1958, ran over 700 stores in 20 states at its peak but after a couple of bankruptcy filings went out of business in 2002. Recently, however, a notice appeared on amesstores.com announcing that new Ames stores will open in 2023.

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Australian companies face more climate-focused resolutions than ever before

Inside Retail

The resolution, advanced at Woodside Petroleum’s annual general meeting, called for the company to establish hard targets to bring its own emissions and the emissions caused by the use of its products globally in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below two degrees. Shareholder ESG Resolutions per year.

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New Balance opens its first ‘Grey Store’ in Asia Pacific

Inside Retail

Sports footwear and apparel manufacturer New Balance has opened its first Grey Store in the Southern Hemisphere – at Sydney’s The Galeries shopping centre. The Boston-based company has also launched a limited-edition fragrance range Distilled to commemorate the opening of its Galeries Grey Store.

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True Religion Aims to Triple Online Revenues with the Help of New Ecommerce SVP

Retail TouchPoints

An ecommerce veteran with 25 years of experience McCabe has held leadership roles at Banana Republic, GAP , Macy’s , and Tailored Brands. In 2002, True Religion launched as a premium-denim brand and over the course of its history the label has expanded to include sportswear and accessories.

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Kendra Scott on Putting Philanthropy First — and How She Will Continue to Empower Women

Retail TouchPoints

Kendra Scott has had philanthropy as part of its corporate DNA since the company launched in 2002, powered by the commitment to making the world a better place of Founder, Designer, and Executive Chairwoman Kendra Scott herself. At the start of my business in 2002, I walked into many meetings and was often the only woman in the room.

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Summer pop-up for Heidi Klein at Bicester Village

Retail Focus

Heidi Klein was established in 2002 by Heidi Gosman and Penny Klein. The post Summer pop-up for Heidi Klein at Bicester Village appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design. rpa: group has helped deliver a pop-up for iconic swim and resort wear brand, Heidi Klein, in time to offer summer luxury to women for the holiday season.

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