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Casper CEO’s Roadmap to Profitability: Control Costs, Expand Wholesale and Cater to Customers

Retail TouchPoints

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. What that meant was that we were anti-customer; we were optimized around internal channel accounting and not what was in the best interest of the customer.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises $3.6B to Fund Next Stage of Growth in India

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The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. Brick-and-mortar dominates the retail scene, with ecommerce projected to account for just 7% of sales this year, up from 3% in 2017.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

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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. She has her Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation and holds a Master’s in Business Administration with an emphasis on Strategic Management from St.

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“It’s the right time to open some stores”: Ksubi CEO Craig King

Inside Retail

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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How Data and Tech Power Jewelry Brand Pandora’s Mission to ‘Give a Voice to People’s Loves’

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As an organization, we’ve grown through the wholesale side,” said Van Dijk. Now we have a lot more owned-and-operated stores, and when you build a system to target mostly wholesale, that’s a whole different level of transactions than if you have your own stores.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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Why Costco isn’t worried about cannibalisation of sales

Inside Retail

The average Costco store generated slightly more than US$250 million in net sales last year, but stores that were opened before 2014 averaged nearly US$270 million. Thailand’s Central Retail is expanding its Go Wholesale fleet after launching in the last quarter of 2023 with stores in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Pattaya.