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B2B Marketplace Faire Accelerates the Digitization of an Underserved Market: Wholesale

Retail TouchPoints

But one area of commerce has stubbornly resisted this move toward digitization — wholesale. People basically just ignored the third leg of that triangle though, the wholesale leg.” billion and was valued at $12.59 Since its launch in 2017, the platform has raised more than $1.29 billion after its last funding round in May 2022.

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Reports: Nike Cutting Ties With Six Retailers, Including DSW and Urban Outfitters

Retail TouchPoints

Macy’s will no longer receive products directly, but the Finish Line at Macy’s business will still carry Nike items. The shoe retailer reportedly closed its wholesale accounts with Fred Meyer , Zappos , Dillard’s , City Blue , VIM , EbLens , Belk , Bob’s Stores and Boscov’s in August 2020.

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Claire’s Hires Children’s Place, Zara Vet as Chief Merchandising Officer

Retail TouchPoints

Her most recent job was as SVP of Global Merchandising and Strategic Partnerships at The Children’s Place , where she was responsible for creating and delivering product strategies for all brands across multiple channels of distribution, as well as leading operations for the wholesale and international franchise businesses from 2014 to 2023.

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From Saks to self-care: Barrière co-founder Cleo Davis-Urman’s career in retail

Inside Retail

Before starting the wellness brand Barrire , Cleo Davis-Urman worked her way up the corporate ladder at companies such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Moda Operandi. My focus changed at the beginning of the pandemic when, like most people, I became obsessed with self-protection. I always saw fashion as the art of self-expression.

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Is it Time for RFID to Shine?

Retail TouchPoints

“The biggest advantage that comes with [supply chain visibility] is knowing where you have stability in your supply chain,” said Balika Sonthalia, Senior Partner and Head of the Strategic Operations Practice for the Americas at Kearney in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. As a result, IDTechEx expects 39.3

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‘Everybody’s got a Levi’s story’: Chip Bergh reflects on his legacy

Inside Retail

Chip Bergh is sitting at the head of a small table in a sunny corner of his seventh-floor office at Levi’s Plaza, the corporate headquarters of Levi Strauss & Co, in San Francisco. I remembered that story when I was being recruited for this job in 2011, and I thought, ‘We’ve got to get it back to what it was like then.’”

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How Aussie footwear brand Alias Mae stays on trend in a fast-moving market

Inside Retail

Tom Kirkhope founded the Australian fashion footwear brand Alias Mae in 2011. Drawing on his family background in footwear, and his own experience in the industry, having started working in Chinese footwear manufacturing in 2011, he launched Alias Mae as a wholesale business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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