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Watch titans unite: Rolex acquires Bucherer and aims at pre-owned market

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While Rolex is an internationally recognised brand, Bucherer isn’t as well known outside of Europe and the US, and operates in a highly homogenised luxury and jewellery retail market. “I It’s driving customers into a dark secondary market, where they risk buying a lemon, or, worse, a fake,” he stressed.

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Returns and Fraud are on the Rise — Happy Returns Wants to Help

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has nearly doubled over the last six years, now accounting for roughly 17% of all merchandise sold, according to Timothy Fehr, COO of Happy Returns, citing research conducted in partnership with the National Retail Federation. It’s a big market, said Fehr. The rate of goods returned in the U.S. military spending last year.

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Japan’s luxury secondhand sector gains popularity as tourism booms

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Attractive market Geo Holding, the parent company of secondhand clothing retailer 2nd Street, reported strong sales performance in its latest financial statement. billion) and accounted for 28.2 Ogasawara added: Contemporary products tend to be popular across luxury secondhand markets. billion yen (US$5.4

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Walmart Sues Capital One to End Branded Credit Card Partnership

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Walmart has accused Capital One of falling short on customer care practices, including delivering replacement cards to customers within five days and promptly posting transaction and payment information to customers’ accounts.

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Under Armour Names New Americas President, Chief Legal Officer

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“With deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise we look forward to their proven leadership qualities helping to architect our next growth chapter.”. The company underwent several rounds of jobs cuts and a $200 million dollar restructuring in 2018, followed by an SEC investigation into its accounting practices in 2019.

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Australians’ use of loyalty programs tested during pandemic

Inside Retail

According to the most recent For Love or Money 2021 report, published by The Point of Loyalty, while 88 per cent of Australians are a part of at least one loyalty program, only 43 per cent actively used them (at least once) in 2021 – a far cry from the 53 per cent recorded in 2018.

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

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In 2018, Walmart beat out Amazon for a majority interest in the company, spending $16 billion for a 77% stake. The new funding is a major vote of confidence in the potential of digital commerce in India, still a relatively nascent market.

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