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Reports: Nike Cutting Ties With Six Retailers, Including DSW and Urban Outfitters

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Nike has reportedly closed its accounts with DSW , Urban Outfitters , Shoe Show , Dunham’s Sports , Olympia Sports and Big 5 Sporting Goods as the retailer pulls out of specialty retailers and department stores, according to Forbes and other media outlets. billion , accounting for 35% of gross sales, according to Forbes.

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Japan’s luxury secondhand sector gains popularity as tourism booms

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billion) and accounted for 28.2 Earlier this year, luxury resale wholesaler LePrix, which sources inventory directly from brands, opened its first Japanese office in April. Entering the US in 2018, 2nd Street had 43 stores in the country at the end of November. billion yen (US$5.4

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

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The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. In 2018, Walmart beat out Amazon for a majority interest in the company, spending $16 billion for a 77% stake.

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Under Armour Names New Americas President, Chief Legal Officer

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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. 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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How Advanced Email Analytics Helped Kerrits Boost its DTC Business 150%

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The mass store closures prompted by COVID-19 in spring 2020 could have spelled disaster for equestrian specialty brand Kerrits , which had operated as a wholesale-only business for over 25 years. Once the pandemic hit, our wholesalers had to close their stores, and we had to rethink our entire email plan,” said Florin.

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Under Armour Begins Search for New CEO as Frisk Steps Down

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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. The last five years have been a turbulent period for the sportswear brand, which saw business begin to slide in 2017 following years of record growth.

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Here is what’s driving Danish retail giant Bestseller’s success Down Under 

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Following the group’s entry, Dahl-Thorup said that it had experienced rapid growth across the Australia and New Zealand region due to its strong partnership with key wholesale partners. Since launching the brand in 2018 in Australia and New Zealand, we’ve seen over 200 per cent increase in sales. [It]

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