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Afends opens two stores in Sydney, including CBD flagship

Inside Retail

. “Afends has a big customer base from Sydney especially in the city, we wanted to give our consumers creative cool stores that they can visit and experience the brand and see it in action,” said founders Jonathan Salfield and Declan Wise. It is planning to launch in the US. . Afends at The Galleries.

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Five Pandemic-Driven Trends Reshaping Retail CX Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

With spur-of-the-moment “I’ll just run in to grab something” shopping trips becoming less frequent and online ordering on the rise, shoppers are making plans and orienting their schedules based on order delivery timelines to a degree that seemed unthinkable a year ago. Adjust to Return Reluctance.

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Inside Spanish fashion brand Mango’s “very ambitious” US expansion plan

Inside Retail

By 2026, Mango plans to open 500 stores in key markets such as Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. Stephen Grenley: Mango has been present in the United States since 2006. We began the expansion plan in 2022 with the opening of the Mango flagship store located at 711 Fifth Avenue in New York.

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Amazon is Moving Beyond its Own Walls Like Never Before…What Will it Mean for Retail?

Retail TouchPoints

Namely, the initial decision to open its website to third-party sellers, and the 2006 decision to offer its fulfillment facilities and capabilities (and through that the Prime service promise) to sellers. Our relationship [with sellers] has evolved over the years, and it’s not been without controversy.

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Macy’s vs. HBC: Two Different Takes on the Ecommerce Spinoff

Retail TouchPoints

There are multiple investment areas — customer experience, customer data, fulfillment spend — that tend to get prioritized more highly in digital-only businesses,” said Hilding Anderson, Head of Strategy for Retail, North America at Publicis Sapient in an interview with Retail TouchPoints at the time of the Saks deal.

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The rise of Sheike: From Sydney market stall to style authority

Inside Retail

Inside Retail : I understand Sheike is planning to expand to South Australia. Sandra Kennedy: We’re planning on opening the store in the middle of this year, and we’re very excited because it’s actually our first SA store in the portfolio, and it will also be our first strip store, so our first store outside of a centre.

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Exclusive: Honey Birdette founder goes from panties to pups and powersuits

Inside Retail

The brand was first launched by Monaghan and co-founder Janelle Barboza in 2006, which has since grown into 60 stores in Australia, the US and the UK. Sgt Puppa will also be designed as a social club, where customers are invited to join to gain access to exclusive in-store events.