Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale made the most dramatic moves up the rankings over the last three years, climbing from 27th place to 10th place in 2022. In fact, club stores are gaining momentum across the board, with three of the top 10 spots now occupied by these retailers: Costco (#2), Sam’s Club (#5) and BJ’s Wholesale (#10).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. But as many brands have learned, the major growth unlock for Calpak’s next phase was physical retail — especially given the highly visual and tactile nature of its category. “If

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Before joining Under Armour in 2020 as SVP of Americas Wholesale, Baxter served as President and CEO of LIDS Sports Group from 2016 to 2019. “With deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise we look forward to their proven leadership qualities helping to architect our next growth chapter.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company has been profitable since 2017. Launched in 2016 as a DTC business, Vuori has since expanded to brick-and-mortar via wholesale at retailers including Nordstrom and REI , as well as with 10 standalone stores. The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2024

Drawing on his family background in footwear, and his own experience in the industry, having started working in Chinese footwear manufacturing in 2011, he launched Alias Mae as a wholesale business. IR: You started as the customer service and wholesale manager, how have you witnessed the brand’s evolution in your time at the company?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the case of Chemist Warehouse, the acquisition would position it as a superpower in the Australian pharmaceutical market, dominating the wholesale and retail markets through vertical acquisitions across the value chain. They sold Australis in September 1991 to the Smorgon Family.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

Launched in 2017, wholesale platform Foodbomb connects restaurants and cafes with a marketplace of around 160 suppliers, simplifying the ordering process. But, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the business opened its doors to direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales to buoy the market through periods of empty supermarket shelves.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Before taking the reins of Propel Group, the company behind some of Australia’s best-loved workwear brands, Caroline Elliott was the COO who restructured the local operation of French fashion label Kookai and orchestrated the local franchisee Magi Enterprises’ acquisition of the global licensing rights in 2017.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

Founded by Michael Pratt in 2017, the digitally native brand is known for its patented design, which allows the wearer to slip the shoes on and off hands-free. What makes Kizik stand out in an oversaturated footwear market Recent years have seen several disruptors in the footwear market, such as Hoka, Allbirds, and On. “At

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Renowned Australian footwear business Munro Footwear Group (MFG) recently acquired the popular but beleaguered New Zealand kids’ footwear brand Bobux, as part of a plan to consolidate its presence in the children’s market. However, Bobux – which targets a younger audience – provided a point of difference, and a year-round offering.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Village Medical clinics will open in more than 30 markets, with more than half in medically underserved communities. VillageMD currently operates more than 230 practices across 15 markets, with plans to expand nationally in the future. The company’s revenue has grown from $217 million in 2017 to an expected $1.3

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

Brothers Omar and Zane Sabré (l to r) started the accessories label in 2017. Since launching in 2017, Maison de Sabré has grown into a multi-million dollar global accessories business with dedicated e-commerce sites in Australia and New Zealand, Japan and the US, and an international site that ships to customers around the world.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

For them, the market disruption is ongoing, especially when it comes to mattresses and pillows. They call this the “wholesale” shopping experience. MACH allows retailers to change and connect disparate systems to enhance customer experiences and quickly adapt to changing market conditions and customer demands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 28, 2024

Grenade said the brand develops specific products for the Asian market to adapt to the culture by offering different cuts. “We We are also launching capsules dedicated to this market, such as for the Chinese New Year, and this year we will be launching a luxury range only available in Asia,” he added. per cent in digital, 68.9

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Wiser

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Direct-to-consumer strategies have transformed retail, both in the way consumers shop and how brands and retailers manufacture, market, and sell. ” This is contrary to the traditional strategy of wholesale, when brands partner with retailers to distribute products in bulk for sale by those retailers. Why Is D2C Popular?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

We also opened stand-alone stores in Los Angeles and New York in 2016 and 2017. With our wholesale business, because we went to the best retailers, we got paid on time. IR: You recently announced plans to open a number of new stores in the US, UK, and Australia, marking your return to the Australian market as a stand-alone retailer.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to Grand View Research, the global cannabidiol (CBD) market size was valued at US$2.8 Demand for cannabidiol for health and wellness purposes is driving market growth in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic as consumers seek out goods with natural healing properties. Petcare market. per cent from 2021 to 2028.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

In a world where technology, from smartphones to AI, is being integrated into almost every aspect of daily life, it may surprise some people to learn that the stationery market is thriving. In 2017, Papier raised approximately US$4 million in a Series A funding round. per cent during the forecast period between 2024 to 2029.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Blakeslee has broad experience in the apparel retail and wholesale industries, having served as president of sister companies Alo Yoga and Bella+Canvas since 2017 and held senior positions at Alphabroder. Apparel company Gap has appointed Chris Blakeslee as president and CEO of its US$1.5 billion in FY22.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Daniel, the founder and CEO, sought out business mentors in late 2017 after the business had been idling around $3 million in annual revenue for five years.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 22, 2024

Local village stores have raised concerns, alleging that Tesco is employing tactics like limiting their access to groceries to force them out of business via its wholesale division, Booker. Independent retailers have aired their grievances to The Guardian , highlighting recent changes implemented by Booker.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Soon after Britain’s Tesco abandoned its retail business in Thailand and Malaysia in early 2021, its buyer, Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, merged it with its Siam Makro wholesale arm. The retail and wholesale businesses accounted for a roughly even split of the company’s 219.6 billion baht ($9.4 Harnessing the synergies.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2023

Sportswear retailer LSKD has been expanding rapidly throughout Australia in recent years, and has now set its sights on a bigger market: the US. Australia and New Zealand are still our largest markets, but the US is really growing and it will take over – it just takes time. In 2017, I started trying to find our “why”.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Body Shop has been snapped up by private equity investor Aurelius Group for £207m, just a fifth of the price that Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura paid for it in 2017. The sale, which is expected to complete next month, is far below the £500m price tag that Natura was understood to be targetting.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 23, 2024

The ecommerce giant’s trading director Sam Brocklebank, wholesale and product operations directo Marie Laskowski, and product director Claire Asher, are believed to have left the business, Drapers reported. Boohoo revealed today thats Christmas trading was in line with market expectations over the key Christmas period.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Still, for many new brands hitting the market today, disruption of legacy norms, and brands, is the goal, And whether he likes it or not, Dubitsky is very good at it. Then in 2017, both brands were acquired by S. If [the answer to that question is] there was a hole in the market, I made the quadrant chart and found this white space.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

They also have the capital to do marketing , which is increasingly important on Amazon Marketplace for growth.”. Gnesin launched his rollup, Elevate Brands , in 2017, but didn’t acquire his first brand until two years later. It’s also a big reason why they’re able to generate those staggering multiples.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is where acute marketing tactics come into play. How the Stanley tumbler went from dead to widespread When Stanley was originally launched in 1913, the company’s beverage and food containers were primarily marketed toward “rough and tumble” male consumers for arduous expeditions like hikes or long travel journeys.

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365 Retail

JUNE 11, 2024

Mango , one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, has announced the appointment of a new Director of Mango Home to strengthen its homeware line and further bolster its market presence. Nuria Font, previously the Director of Mango’s Wholesale Department, will assume her new role in June.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Mawuse Ziegbe: Camper has been in the Australian market for over 20 years. Our iconic styles are silhouettes that are unique in the market, from Pelotas, which features a cushioning system of mini balls on the outsole, to Peu Cami, which is shaped like a foot and has an elastic lacing system.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2023

Ishpal and Serina Bajaj started Kind Kones, a plant-based ice cream company, in a no-frills family home kitchen back in 2017 in Malaysia. Ishpal and Serina Bajaj The story so far “When we started the brand back in 2017 in Malaysia, we realised that there was a huge gap in the market as there were no plant-based options available.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 15, 2022

The purpose of lead generation is to find potential customers and convert them into sales, but unfortunately, more than half of marketers do not succeed. A HubSpot study found that 61 percent of marketers struggle to generate leads. Content Marketing. Visual Content Marketing. Written Content Marketing.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 20, 2021

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. Bob’s leadership, strategic vision and deep knowledge of the business have been pivotal in driving BJ’s Wholesale Club’s transformation and record growth across all key metrics,” BJ’s executive chairman Christopher Baldwin said. WESTBOROUGH, Mass. These changes are effective immediately.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The business, along with its other units – LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare, LloydsDirect, Lloyds Online Doctor and a wholesale arm AHH – were sold by Celesio to American healthcare company McKesson in 2014.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

Blakeslee has broad experience in the apparel retail and wholesale industries, having served as president of sister companies Alo Yoga and Bella+Canvas since 2017 and held senior positions at Alphabroder. His responsibilities will be assigned to the new functions of marketing and e-commerce and omnichannel.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 7, 2022

The answer is simple: create a strong marketing campaign. Even though there is an easy solution to having competition, implementing a robust marketing campaign can actually be quite difficult and hurt your brand if done incorrectly. This can help you identify what you are best at and use it to your advantage for the marketing campaign.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Founder and creative director of Who is Elijah, Raquel Bouris speaks to how the vegan, fragrance brand plans to further disrupt the niche luxury fragrance market after a successful Black Friday campaign and launch of its new scent Ocean Eyes. It was a big moment for our brand recognition. Our biggest order to date was a $1.7

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