Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Originally developed by Google in 2015, accelerated mobile pages (AMP) is open source technology designed specifically to boost how fast pages load on smartphones and tablets. AMP for email allows marketers to send surveys and collect data, too. Consumers appreciate engaging with email directly and not having to click on a link.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2024

A focus on market profitability in every market, creating a critical and sustainable model for every investor and shareholder. We invested in project Joy last year, now it is about rolling that out across our primary and secondary markets over the next 12-18 months,” Antonius said. New market identification.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Lindy Rawlinson, formerly EVP of Ecommerce and Digital Marketing has been promoted to Chief Digital Officer; and Jennifer Pape formerly of VP of Stores has been elevated to SVP of Stores. Pape joined The Container Store in 2015 and has held several leadership positions within the company, managing store operations and customer experience.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2022

India’s beauty and personal care market is projected to reach US$21 billion in 2025, and the rising adoption of online shopping and greater product penetration in secondary cities are also contributing to the market’s enlargement. Consumers are at the heart of all we do.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2023

Started by Adrian Cheong in 2015, Malaysian fragrance brand Analogue Apotik has carved out a niche in the APAC market with its solid colognes for men. “I These were the few countries that were very open in terms of their markets, it was very easy to get into. According to him, the price point is critical.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Market Performance Group announces the passing of Rhonda Johnson after a brief battle with metastatic melanoma. Rhonda joined MPG in 2015 as Executive Vice President and Client Lead, and ultimately went on to lead Business Development. Region, of Merck Consumer Care, a division of Merck & Co., PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. –

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department store chain Myer delivered its highest full-year sales since 2005 this year but remains cautious as consumer spending declines due to unfavourable economic conditions. “Our online offer is a scale business that returned to growth in the second half and has continued to increase market share throughout FY23.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

athleisure market as a whole is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% through 2028. Since its launch in 2015, Vuori has grown to serve customers across 18 countries through a growing network of brick-and-mortar locations and a robust ecosystem of distributors.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2022

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Pinduoduo has made its most aggressive move yet into non-Chinese markets with the Sept. Founded in 2015 , Pinduoduo has focused on lower-income customers and the agricultural sector. Both of Pinduoduo’s larger rivals already have several channels for tapping global markets.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The Retail Food Group (RFG) will pay $5 million to some franchisees of Michel Patisserie stores as part of a court-enforceable undertaking that settles the unconscionable conduct proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The Retail Food Group (RFG) will pay $5 million to some franchisees of Michel Patisserie stores as part of a court-enforceable undertaking that settles the unconscionable conduct proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

Blonder brings 20 years’ experience in omnichannel DTC and digital marketing, most recently as President of Global Ecommerce at Wolverine Worldwide. With performance luxury strongly resonating with EMEA consumers, Streichenberger’s focus will include expanding the brand’s ecommerce and store footprint.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

16, 2015 and Nov. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Founder and then-CEO Kevin Plank knowingly or recklessly misrepresented facts regarding consumer demand for Under Armour’s products as well as the company’s financial and operating results, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Subscriptions can be tricky business, not least because most consumers at one time or another have had a bad experience with a subscription service. That has not stopped consumers from subscribing though, especially with the rise of new takes on the model (box services, auto shipping and streaming TV, to name just a few).

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Miller led the home goods retailer as President and CEO from September 2015 to August 2021, when Holt took over. Miller has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2015 and will continue to serve as a member of the Board during his latest turn at the helm.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

Surges in online shopping during the pandemic helped fuel the growth of point-of-sale loans — a market that is forecast to grow at an annualized 9.8% Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

in 2015, when revenue hit US$3.9 This year, however, as of September 11, shares of Under Armour have fallen 23 per cent over the past year and are down 87 per cent from their high in 2015, erasing US$18 billion of the company’s market value. The US-based brand launched in 1996 and its stock price peaked at US$52.05

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Founded by Heela Yang along with Marc Capra and Camila Pierotti in 2015, Sol de Janeiro, the body care brand known for its skin-firming Bum Bum Cream, is now one of L’Occitane Group’s biggest success stories. The marketing director said the airport environment naturally attracts high footfall and impulse purchasing. “We

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This has allowed them to undercut other brands and get more margin – a strategy that is paying off as consumers become more stretched, allowing Coles to increase home brand sales 9.4 Cadbury briefly introduced Vegemite chocolate in 2015, but then said it hadn’t been serious. per cent and Woolworths 7.8 per cent over the past year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2024

While beauty enthusiasts have known Jung Saem Mool as an iconic makeup artist who has collaborated with Korean celebrities such as Lee Hyori and Song Hye Kyo, the brand is relatively new to the Southeast Asian market. The immersive retail experience has quickly captured beauty fans in Singapore.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 26, 2022

And social media marketing has become an indispensable tool for leveraging products and services. With the advent of influencer marketing driven by the advent of social media personalities, brands and businesses are more than ever looking for influencers to help them connect with customers. What are Influencer Marketing Agencies?

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 27, 2022

million for harm suffered by consumers. million to settle charges that it failed to properly notify consumers of late shipments and give them the chance to cancel their orders, and that it illegally used gift cards to compensate consumers for unshipped merchandise instead of providing refunds. In 2020, the company paid $9.3

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

I got a view of everything around Sephora; I got to see what it was like to do digital marketing, the ecommerce business, the forecasting and planning business,” Turley said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “I We’ve also made sure our site and in-store inventory are real-time, and that convenience is part of all our marketing stories.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

Vuori is a California-based brand that has taken the athleisure market by storm. The direct-to-consumer brand was founded by Joe Kudla in 2014. After raising US$2 million from friends and family, Kudla launched the brand with a pair of moisture-wicking men’s shorts in 2015.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

PayPal acquired Venmo in 2013 and then was spun off from Ebay into its own company in 2015, so today’s announcement represents a real full-circle moment for the marketplace. It’s worth noting that PayPal started as an offshoot of Ebay, to facilitate easier payments on what was, 20 years ago, one of the first digital marketplaces.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2023

H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, reported on Thursday a surprise operating profit for the December-February period, despite weak demand as consumers curtailed spending amid soaring inflation. crowns in Stockholm on Wednesday, just one third of its 2015 all-time high of 368.5 per cent gain of Inditex.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By 2015 that number was halved, and this year it has gone to less than 20 per cent. Apparel and accessories is another segment where independents have been squeezed out: from 45 per cent of sales in the mid-90’s to 25 per cent in 2015 and now 21 per cent. These are colossal declines and they don’t seem to be slowing down much.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

Given unprecedented levels of ASONTV spend in 2020, there will be a significant pent-up consumer demand for these extensively advertised products. Consumers quarantined in their homes have been watching more television than ever before. The more the ASONTV marketer spends, the higher the eventual retail sales should be.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015. The growth was credited to a slight increase in customer traffic and accelerated growth in the retailer’s market share of “highly consumable product sales.” From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum!

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2024

“Much like Farfetch, YNAP struggled to turn a profit in China, even during the Covid years when the luxury market was booming,” Jacques Roizen, MD at consultancy company Digital Luxury Group, told Inside Retail. Alibaba provided the joint venture with technology infrastructure, marketing, payments, logistics, and other technology support.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 3, 2023

Nike’s strategy for success is based on taking risks, crazy ideas that turn into bestselling products and a level of marketing genius that perhaps only Apple can match. Nike put nearly all of its marketing dollars behind Michael Jordan with that contract. In 2018 Nike took another risk during its 30th anniversary marketing campaign.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But an online presence is necessary, as consumers typically research and review before purchasing. It is critical to provide consumers the right offer at the right time in the right location. With products like dApply, Synchrony allows consumers to quickly apply for a financing product with a QR code and get approved within minutes. .

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

Vivian Weng: I’ve spent the last decade of my career in the beauty industry, specifically within colour cosmetics, and focused on the digital sales and marketing space. Prior to that, I was a consultant at McKinsey, where I served clients in the consumer and retail sectors across a variety of strategic and operational areas.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2024

Papier is a British online stationery brand founded in 2015 that has since taken the world by storm. It has raised over US$65 million in funding and has an omnichannel presence in the UK, US and Australian markets. TA: Our ambition is to redefine the stationery category by making it relevant to the modern consumer.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Akeroyd, who took over in April, will present his strategy alongside first-half results that will show the lingering impact of lockdown restrictions in China, Burberry’s biggest market. He has already made his key appointment in choosing Daniel Lee to replace Riccardo Tisci as chief designer at the 166-year-old label.

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