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How Parachute’s consistent marketing and quality designs won over millennials

Inside Retail

When you think about the types of businesses millennials and Gen Z consumers frequent, apparel or beauty brands may come to mind first, but what about home goods? Research shows that millennials make up an increasingly large part of the consumer base for home goods and furnishings, which includes products ranging from bedspreads to furniture.

Marketing 244
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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.

Wholesale 278
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Data: 2024 store closures hit second-lowest level in a decade

Retail Gazette

Net shop closures across the UK stabilised in 2024 as openings across retail parks accelerated and the rate of closures across high streets and shopping centres slowed. Convenience and coffee shops were the primary drivers of store openings during the year, registering a net uplift of 171 and 105 respectively.

Finance 85
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Affirm Expands into Post-Purchase with $300M Acquisition of Returnly

Retail TouchPoints

The company reports that its model — offering consumers an instant merchant credit at the time a return is initiated — helps retailers drive higher return-to-repurchase rates. Since it was founded in 2014, Returnly has processed more than $1 billion in returns and been used by 8 million shoppers.

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Breaking: Founder, CEO Julie Mathers to leave online retailer Flora & Fauna

Inside Retail

Flora & Fauna (F&F) founder and CEO Julie Mathers has resigned from the eco-friendly online retail business she started in 2014 and sold to beauty and wellness business BWX less than a year ago. Mathers started Flora & Fauna in 2014 to help people make better choices for the planet. A model for purpose-driven leadership.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Flipkart plans to use the new funding to make investments across people, technology, supply chain and infrastructure to address the requirements of the rapidly growing consumer base in India. Myntra, which the group acquired in 2014, is among the leaders in the fashion category in India. Flipkart currently works with more than 1.6

Wholesale 309
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How Resale is Driving the Reinvention of Luxury Retail

Retail TouchPoints

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. The consumer is changing, the way that they purchase is going to change,” he said. “We In the retailX keynote session on Wednesday, Aug.

Consumer 306