Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

They are holding us to account, and we must set ambitious goals and take meaningful and lasting actions to protect their futures.” Lego plans to continue working with suppliers via its Engage-to-Reduce program, established in 2014, to cut emissions.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

After all, studies show that consumers care more about the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions than ever before. Textile production accounts for approximately 20% of global clean water pollution and 10% of global carbon emissions — a number that is only expected to get worse in the future.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

After taking full control of the business in September 2014, Woolworth bought Politix two years later. Flagship and CBD stores performed particularly well and online sales accounted for 17.2 Woolworth Holdings bought a controlling interest in Country Road in 1998 and acquired Witchery Group in 2007 to create Country Road Group.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Running off-platform strategies, such as paid social and paid search for certain retailers, largely negates the awareness benefits of the direct-to-consumer model. In the new retail landscape, brands can use these specific tactics to drive traffic to where consumers are already shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

When the economy is growing, consumers flock to stores. On the other hand, when a recession is imminent, consumers and their wallets generally stay put and are more conservative. This situation has forced retailers worldwide to adapt to a slew of new consumer demands while juggling a precarious supply chain. Cyber threats.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

In 2014, German sportswear juggernaut Adidas approached the Brazilian company about a collaboration. But what is behind the US consumers love for this Brazilian brand? It all began with Adidas Farm Rio CEO Fabio Barreto told Inside Retail that the idea for international expansion began with a unique brand partnership.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A cyberattack that compromises customer personal information can diminish the trust consumers place in a brand. In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

He is an accomplished designer who studied arts in France 15 years ago before taking a job with a public relations consultancy in China’s capital, Beijing, where he worked on the account of Procter & Gamble, an FMCG company with a raft of hair and skincare products. So, in that case, Documents…is not a big consumer brand in China.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Consumers stuck at home have had the time to thin out their wardrobes and make room in the garage — along with strong financial incentives to turn their possessions into cash. With consumers seeking bargains from home, online secondhand is set to grow 69% between 2019 and 2021, while the broader retail sector is projected to shrink 15%.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

Give Some, Get Some It makes a lot of sense when a brand offers a nominal discount to encourage an email sign-up or account creation. Most consumers are willing to part with personal information in exchange for something they value – and consumers value many things beyond discounts and markdowns.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

A turnaround program was set in motion in 2014, focused on cost-cutting and trendier merchandise that abandoned its logo-centric designs to a certain extent. Most visible, however, was the decision to discontinue its sexualised marketing as consumer preferences had clearly moved on.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Turning Customers into Brand Ambassadors (Source: Pandora) After more than 30 years operating in brick-and-mortar, Pandora began to debut online in markets around the world in 2014. Pandora, needless to say, is opposed to horrible consumer experiences. Pandora, needless to say, is opposed to horrible consumer experiences.

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Jewelry Wholesale Consumer Point of Sale 283

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

They got a lot of attention really quickly, and they got some good accounts. A group called Bleach stepped in and picked up their debt and ran the business until 2014. IR: What are some of the key things General Pants did to revitalise the Ksubi brand after acquiring it in 2014? In 2008, they actually went into administration.

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Wholesale Fashion Location Planning 243

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

More than 83,000 women from over 100 countries have downloaded the app, with the US, Australia, and the UK accounting for 70 per cent of users. Neill’s background is telecommunications but she said the idea for Mys Tyler had been brewing since 2014, when she was living in New York. Solving the $1 trillion ‘fit’ problem.

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Fashion Social Commerce Telecommunications Returns 246

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

. “This case stemmed from Mitre 10 filing a complaint with the NZCC and relates to advertising in the market in 2014 to 2016. Many consumers are strongly motivated by price when making purchasing decisions,” Rawlings said. “In

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The return of the J Crew catalogue was a deliverable that Wadle promised in a LinkedIn post back in 2020 when she first announced that she would be taking the helm of the brand – but there was already wide consumer demand for its return. The theme is obvious, and maybe a surprise to no one, fashion consumers love to see clothes in print.

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Fashion Returns Department Stores Consumer 147

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This growth will be driven not just by an increase in new social commerce buyers but also by an increase in the average spend per user, with Insider Intelligence predicting that more than 114 million consumers will spend an average of nearly $1,000 a year on social purchases by 2025.

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Small Biz Trends

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Since 2014, Mastercard has engaged with over 350 start-ups from more than 40 countries through the Start Path program, with many of them now entering the public market and reaching unicorn status. Small Business Collaboration.

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Payment Services Accounting Management Consumer 137

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

The company upended the mattress industry when it debuted in 2014, with its fresh branding and ecommerce-based approach to a category that had steadfastly resisted digital disruption. It flipped the script and put the power with the consumer, and that changed the entire category. This category is still very anti-consumer at its core.

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Wholesale Consumer Shipping Customer Experience 261

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 15, 2024

Morrisons owner private equity firm Clayton Dublier & Rice (CD&R) has hired former Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis as an operating advisor as it looks to strengthen its consumer and retail team. Lewis, who is currently chair of GSK’ consumer health spinoff Haleon, has spent the majority of his career at consumer goods giant Unilever.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2024

They account for 48.5 In 2014, the companies merged to form Japan Blue Co, which manufactures and sells denim products, as well as design, manufacture, and sell denim and cotton textiles. The Japanese denim label has recently launched a new concept store on Shinmonzen-dori in Kyoto as part of its rebranding.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2022

In 2021, it was projected to generate $363 billion in sales, up 36 per cent, year on year, accounting for 13 per cent of total e-commerce sales. Facebook’s market-leading position is in part due to the sheer volume of traffic it generates, accounting for 65 per cent of all social media traffic to Shopify. million by 2024.

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Social Commerce Beauty and Health Payment Services Accounting 130

Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2021

Richard Murray has been the CEO of Australian electronics giant JB Hi-Fi since 2014, but this week, he has left the electronics company to become CEO at retail business Premier Investments, parent company of Just Group, Smiggle and Peter Alexander. . It’s just this accountability to the organisation around its moral compass.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It said in November that “new businesses” – including its overseas businesses as well as other ventures such as JD property – accounted for just two per cent of its total revenue during the third quarter. In such a scenario, the retailer has decided to work on its supply chain and serve its consumers in its home market, China, better.

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Merchant Services Marketing Accounting Consumer 130

Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2021

In his new role, Wood will lead the newly created strategic partnerships team which will provide account management tailored to the company’s clients’ needs and champion an insight led partnership model. He will report to Nancy Veart, head of Client Partnerships and Sales at Cartology.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The ecommerce giant currently accounts for 78% of all retail media spend in the U.S., according to eMarketer , with Walmart a distant second at 5%. Sponsored display ads were previously only available to brands that sell products on Amazon. The new offering, which is currently in a closed beta period in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2025

The 2018 Senate Committee inquiry led to regulatory changes that came into effect in 2022; however, concerns remained about how fit for purpose the amended 2014 Franchising Code of Conduct was in ensuring fair contracts protecting franchisees and franchisors.

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Payment Services Finance Accounting Returns 130

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With online echo chambers bringing cancel culture to the forefront, retail leaders are being held accountable in more ways than ever. For many brands, such as Abercrombie & Fitch, which was run by CEO Mike Jeffries until 2014, a scandal involving a CEO can result in total financial ruin. Personal branding: for better or worse.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018. The newcomer has been with the US-headquartered PepsiCo for 14 years, during which his roles have spanned field operations, strategic account leadership, and direct-to-consumer sales strategy.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A second centre, Chongqing Bishan, opened in 2014 (NLA 44,706sqm, 94.8 Across the portfolio, no single tenant accounts for more than 5 per cent of revenue and the top 10 tenants collectively contribute less than 17 per cent. Domestic fashion accounts for 34.7 per cent occupied). per cent occupied). per cent of NLA and 19.3

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

The acquisition includes Robinsons’ brands, domain names, products, social media accounts, mobile applications, associated data and historical website. million in 2014, the retailer suffered from years of declining foot traffic and was placed into liquidation at the end of 2020. . “The Despite achieving sales of S$257.3 ” . “The

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In 2014, Weiss launched Glossier with four products: a cleanser, priming moisturiser, lip balm, and a misting spray. Through an Instagram account called ‘Outta The Gloss’, the group detailed their grievances and urged a boycott. Allegations of racism and toxic work culture. As a result, Glossier’s brand value has taken quite the hit.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2022

This was mainly fuelled by Chinese consumers, who accounted for nearly 23 per cent of the growth, followed by the US market at 15 per cent. This is largely credited to China’s new wave of nationalistic pride that has urged consumers to embrace the ‘GuoChao’ phenomenon. On the global scale, research from McKinsey & Co.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2024

For example, according to data collected by management consulting company McKinsey & Company, while 11 per cent of all beauty consumers in the US are Black, Black-owned brands account for only 2.5 For consumers, this lack of diversity can often be seen in the people advertising products through traditional channels.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. She has built up considerable expertise across a number of consumer-facing companies as well as during her time in the UK banking industry.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2022

Recupero, who was previously chief financial officer of Amazon’s North American consumer business, will be replaced by Chief Accounting Officer Diana Saadeh-Jajeh. Founded by Hannah Spilva and Verity Tuck in 2014, LVLY provides gift delivery services in Australia.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Anticipatory design offers a different approach to creating a great consumer experience. Online spending has soared globally throughout the pandemic, e-commerce now accounts for 16.3 One of the early, somewhat clunky, but delightful examples of contextual anticipatory design in retail was Amazon’s Dash button, which launched in 2014.

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