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As Gen Z Enters Prime Spending Years, Brands Sharpen Their Pitch

Retail TouchPoints

They’ve been shaped/scarred by not one but two global economic traumas — the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID pandemic — and they’ve grown up with social media playing an increasingly large (and loud) role in shaping culture, including how these consumers shop, research and purchase products and services.

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From Niche Product to Viral Sensation: How Bogg Bag Ventured into 1,800 Target Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Vaccarella is no stranger to retail — Bogg has wholesale partnerships with Dick’s Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops , among others — and she has mastered a model in which the brand develops exclusive designs tailored to each partner’s shopper base. I visit them, and we text about what’s hot in the market, what new colorways they’re seeing.

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No longer a “hot new thing”: Why AR shopping is here to stay

Inside Retail

. “When it comes to makeup, I always say, ‘use without caution,’ and now you can shop without caution, too.” ” There are real benefits to being able to virtually try on products online, as Stephanie Horton, senior director of commerce marketing at Google, pointed out in an official statement about the launch.

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Report: Forever 21 Will Reestablish  Physical Presence in China With a New Store

Retail TouchPoints

The store is slated for the Jingjiang Impression City shopping center in Taizhou, a city located near Shanghai. Forever 21 then opened a store on Alibaba ’s Tmall and has begun advertising its offerings for the 618 mid-year shopping festival. Forever 21 first entered China in 2008 but left the country a year later.

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As Inflation Weakens Shopper Loyalty, Retailers Can Win Them Back With Data and Personalization

Retail TouchPoints

As a result, retailers need to rethink how they attract and retain customers by looking at data not just from recent months but also from the last time shoppers felt this much economic pressure — the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Targeted marketing. That’s really where the market is heading. How did we come out of it?

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Three trends shaping the luxury retails sector in 2025

Inside Retail

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to a 2024 report released by global management consulting firm Bain & Company, this market dropped two per cent from an all-time high of US$387 billion to US$381 billion.

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More Australians lose trust in supermarket pricing, ACCC says

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) interim report for supermarkets inquiry revealed that almost 50 per cent of consumers now ‘often’ or ‘always’ compare prices before shopping, a significant increase from 17 per cent found by the watchdog’s 2008 Grocery Inquiry.