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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

Some stats support the gloomy outlook: according to Kearney , 40% of consumers feel they have too many subscriptions, and subscription ecommerce is predicted to have its slowest growth year on record in 2023 ( Insider Intelligence ). Today, brands are competing for consumers’ share of wallet. The reality though is less stark.

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Serious Counterfeiting Requires a Serious, Intelligence-Led Response

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In 2019, GhostData found that 56,000 Instagram accounts were associated with the counterfeit of luxury brands, representing a 171% increase since 2016. These accounts generated 64 million posts to promote imitation products, up more than 300% from 2016. So how to go about tackling this problem?

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TWG parent V3 Group to launch Hong Kong IPO

Inside Retail

Greater China, V3 group’s biggest market, accounts for 55.7 The growth reflects the surge in consumer demand for lifestyle and wellness products despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2016, Sim privatised the company, delisting from the exchange. During the nine months to September 30, the company recorded 32.8 times, reaching S$72.7

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Torrid Appoints Retail Veteran as New CEO

Retail TouchPoints

Chinwe Abaelu, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Principal Financial Officer until Torrid appoints a new CFO. Incoming CEO Harper has previously served as CEO of the plus-size retailer, from March 2011 until July 2016. More recently, Harper was CEO of Belk from 2016 through 2021 and then served as Executive Chairperson.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance Exec Appointments: Shakeups Reaffirm Focus on Healthcare

Retail TouchPoints

He initially joined WBA in 2016, serving as SVP, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and took over as interim global CFO in July 2023 to support WBA in its cost-cutting measures. Healthcare business in a senior advisory role. Another headline appointment is Manmohan Mahajan, who is WBA’s new EVP and permanent CFO.

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Study: Resale to Hit $47B by 2025, Giving Fast Fashion a Run for its Money

Retail TouchPoints

Resale — the segment of the secondhand market that ThredUP defines as offerings with more curated assortments — is expected to account for more than half of that total, $47 billion , by 2025. Clark isn’t exaggerating: 33 million consumers bought secondhand apparel for the first time in 2020, according to the report. In 2020, 36.2

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‘A Reckoning for the Advertising Industry’: The Death of Third-Party Tracking Opens New Opportunities for Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

Driven by growing consumer concern over how their personal data is being collected and used, governments are enacting legislation, and tech companies are implementing platform changes, that will forever alter the relationship between consumers and advertisers. “A A new era of advertising is taking shape.