Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Marketplaces are required to collect and verify information — government IDs, contact details, bank accounts and tax identification numbers — of any seller that conducts more than 200 transactions and grosses a minimum of $5,000 in a 12-month period. When fraudsters’ identities are hidden, they are free of accountability.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

billion, accounting for a record 18.9% Even worse, more than 87% of customers confirm they have been locked out of an online account due to too many failed login attempts. Industry studies report nearly 90% of consumers are less likely to return to a website after a poor user experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

However, other retailers proved they could fight back in paid search, where the retail giant’s beauty impressions fell by 20% between the start of 2018 and the end of 2019. The more focused grab for traffic had a significant impact on spend: the average Google Shopping ad budget rose 24% in 2018, but rose only 7% in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The company launched its DTC site on Shopify , and then Florin joined in late 2018. Additionally, 23% of Kerrits’ email sales now come from automated messages, despite the fact that they only account for 4% of the brand’s email sends. We have a really healthy returning customer rate that’s increasing.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When Hannon Comazzetto started Australian re-commerce platform AirRobe in 2018, resale was still quite niche locally – pursued by a small but passionate group. Back then, Hannon found that brands were interested and willing to learn more about re-commerce, but they weren’t all that convinced it would work for them.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Between August 2018 and January 2023, second hand luxury watches from major brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet saw their average prices soar by 20 per cent annually. Pre-owned watch sales reached US$22 billion in 2021, accounting for nearly one-third of the overall US$75 billion luxury watch market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Do they invest in emerging business models such as buying online and picking up in-store, or doorstep delivery, or expedited return programs? And, according to KPMG’s 2018 Retail Trends Report , they account for up to 14% of the retailer’s overall cost of doing business. What about enhanced health and safety measures?

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2022

In 2018, luxury watch makers Franck Muller and Hublot began offering exclusive timepieces that could be purchased only with Bitcoin. Any refunds and returns would be offered with store credit; however, Gucci has announced that its customers would be able to process returns in cryptocurrency. Beyond payment. With Web 2.0,

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2020

However, Amazon still has a firm stranglehold on the ecommerce market, accounting for roughly 50% of all ecommerce sales in the U.S. Earlier, I mentioned that Walmart’s leverage rests in its huge network of stores which it can now leverage for BOPIS, a market set to account for an estimated 13.9%

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Department store David Jones has clawed its way back into the black, according to a report in The Australian , after posting its first net profit since 2018. Accounts lodged with ASIC by David Jones’ holding firm Osiris Holdings tell of a healthy net profit of $83.4 million for the same period a year prior.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2025

The sector has been under the political, regulatory and media spotlight since 2018, when the Federal Parliament established an inquiry into the franchise sector after damaging scandals involving 7-Eleven, Retail Food Group and Pizza Hut. In the two years between 2022 and 2024, the FCA had five CEOs and a loss of A$1.35

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Maintaining and further enhancing the brand’s industry-leading customer experience through existing feedback channels that offer free returns, quick delivery, and bi-weekly product drops will be integral to amplifying online retail. The LSKD leadership team emphasises the importance of this and will continue to echo it in hiring decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

There’s plenty of opportunity for many types of retailers: Juniper Research predicts that physical goods will account of 45% of global subscription revenue this year , as opposed to 39% for digital services like music and video streaming. Indeed, consumers are signing up for subscriptions in record numbers — a whopping 85% of U.S.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 19, 2023

Pret A Manger has returned to profitability for the first time since 2018 driven by the success of its subscription service. in the previous year, according to its latest annual accounts. recorded in 2018. recorded in 2018. in the year to December 2022, up from a loss of £225.9m

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. followed by former #1 Shein , now bumped down to the #2 position. (It

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2023

He is also a non-executive director at Somnomed Australia and Pacific Smiles Group, and from 2006 to 2018, he held the position of co-CEO at Accent Group. Wentworth previously led Medco’s employer and key accounts organisations for nearly 14 years and served as president and CEO of Accredo, Medco’s specialty pharmacy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

They invest time as advocates of your brand, and in return they expect you to reward them with unique experiences that justify their commitment. Back in 2018, the fast food chain cheekily escalated the burger wars to the next level with creative use of technology to make the headlines.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

Chinese students being sent abroad for academic study became exposed to previously unheard-of foreign labels, and returned home both knowledgeable and trained in the most coveted amongst them – making international brands a status symbol. Even L’Oreal reportedly showed interest in acquiring the C-beauty brand in late 2018.

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Independent Retailer

MARCH 24, 2022

The Rapid Slicer works so well that it was a finalist at the 2018 Global Innovation Awards. Simply go to rapidslicer.faire.com/user/sign-up to create a wholesale account. This product allows users to slice 20 – 24 tomatoes at one time, and it can also be used to cut a variety of other foods.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Books Ever After opened in Bowral in 2018, Fiction and Friction in South Australias Murray Bridge in 2020, A Thousand Lives in Victorias Yarra Valley in 2023, and the online bookstore Tales and Tomes , also in 2023. The overseas scene The return of the romance-focused bookstore began with the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, Los Angeles in 2016.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

billion at today’s exchange rates, accounting for close to a quarter of the revenue from the company’s department store business. This year, Isetan-Mitsukoshi projects sales to return to pre-pandemic levels and even beat the record set in 2018. In 2019, it brought in 233.5 billion yen, or about $2.5 per cent in 2020.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

In 2000, only 3 per cent of the Chinese population was middle class and by 2018, this number had climbed to over half of the population – more than 700 million people. Moreover, a return to work post-pandemic (hybrid or full-time) necessitates new clothes. And its luxury spending has largely remained on the mainland, Hainan and Asia.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Geekplus robots are now in use at all three of Happy Returns’ Hubs. Image courtesy Happy Returns) Inside a large warehouse in Pennsylvania, dozens of black robots dart and swirl across a polished concrete floor. Were inside one of the three Happy Returns Hubs across the U.S. The rate of goods returned in the U.S.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

According to Adthena, Google Shopping ads accounted for 76.4 retail search ad spend in Q1 2018. percent of all clicks across Adwords or Google Shopping campaigns in the first two months of 2018. . Google Shopping ads accounted for 76.4 The two biggest, naturally, are: Greater return on ad spend .

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

billion in 2018-19 – gained a foothold in the sector by snapping up rival retail groups including 23 Fivimart supermarkets, 87 Shop&Go convenience stores and the smaller Queenland convenience-store chain, rationalising and rebranding the network under the VinMart banner. FamilyMart is hoping to reach 150 by the same date.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Revo Sunglasses return to independence Revo Sunglasses was founded by Nasa astrophysicist and optical engineer Dr Mitch Ruda who asked himself the question, what if we used the coatings that protect satellites to shield our eyes from the sun? Robinson Optical Inc, a family-run eyewear company that has been running since 1926, in 2018.

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Mike Anthony

JULY 28, 2021

Laetitia Blot , Global Account Manager for Discounters at Danone, tells me that the channel is their 2 nd fastest growing channel globally and contributing to almost half of Danone’s total Dairy & Plant-Based business growth since 2018 (and think of how many countries don’t yet have a fully-fledged discounter channel yet?).

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When KFC ran into chicken shortages in 2018, they fronted up by taking out ads that twisted the name of the outfit to make light of the situation. People are returning to locally made products for emotional, ecological, ethical, economical and health reasons. She was visibly upset that she couldn’t give audiences what they wanted.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

Late last year brought a symbolic event in the athletic footwear business in China: it was the return of the Shanghai Marathon, scratched in 2021, which attracted a record 18,000 runners and was won, both in the men’s and women’s divisions, by Chinese athletes. The Chinese market is hugely important to the company. In 2019, Nike sold US$6.2

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2022

Best of all though, as far as Vincom Retail is concerned, the locals are returning to stores: footfall is up by more than a third compared with a year ago. The Vincom Plaza format accounts for 50 per cent of company floorspace. The portfolio is still struggling with vacancy problems: occupancy is a modest 82.5

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Mass Relators

JULY 20, 2021

. “Rob’s experience will be invaluable as we continue to share our strategy for delivering strong and sustainable total shareholder returns with our investment community.” ” Quast joined Kroger in 2013 as a financial manager in the corporate accounting department.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“We have more price points than we’ve ever had because of our different type of formats, and we need to hold ourselves to account on that.” Pret returned to profitability for the first time since 2018 this year thanks to the success of its subscription service.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2023

I was an account executive with them, and my job was to advise brands on how to advertise and market their product, but ultimately, I had the desire to actually market something myself. They bought a share, and then ultimately, in December 2018, we sold to them. All I’m asking is for you to offer that to me in return.”

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Wiser

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Below is our ultimate guide that covers all of the considerations brands need to take into account when considering expanding their online business. While a brand might offer a generous return window, the hassle of having to ship an expensive product back to the warehouse is not one any consumer wants to deal with.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The letter highlighted the group’s track record of returning £800m to shareholders over the last five years and detailed how Ashley and Lennon would “push for total transparency” at Boohoo. The letter stated: “For too long, the current board has failed to disclose to the market and to shareholders what is really happening at Boohoo.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

point lift from December and was the first early January lift in five years – back in January 2018, the Consumer Confidence Index was 122 points, having lifted 5.5 Taking all that into account, we would expect consumer spending to be down in the short term. On 8 January, it was only 87.4 It’s worth saying, however, that this was a 4.9-point

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