Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With record-setting online sales looming on the horizon for the holiday season, retailers also are bracing for an onslaught of online returns. Those retailers selling primarily or exclusively online are expecting a corresponding hike in the volume of returns, but not much difference in the return rates they have become accustomed to.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

Items are returned to Amazon for many reasons – sometimes a product is just not what a customer is looking for, or perhaps there’s a cosmetic defect or the packaging is damaged,” said Amazon Australia country manager Matt Furlong. The post Amazon launches resale platform in Australia appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Returned children’s goods retailer Toys ‘R’ Us Australia has signed a long-term exclusive licence agreement to facilitate the return of the Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us brands to the United Kingdom. The post Toys ‘R’ Us Australia to head up UK revival appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

in 2019 to 14.9% Add the increasing CPC costs at all sorts of paid advertisement channels and harsher competition to that, and you get a not-so-rosy outlook for the market altogether. Email marketing. “Email marketing for ecommerce businesses is, without a doubt the most cost-effective way to advertise. Advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2021

Getting the returns experience right is one of the most critical parts of that cycle — 95% of shoppers say that how returns are handled affects their decision of whether to purchase again. Purchase Frequency Before Return Versus Purchase Frequency After Return. Return Rate and Negative Reviews.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In addition, as the popularity of online ordering and delivery continues to skyrocket, marketers need to rethink how they communicate with and market to consumers. In order to do this, retailers need to leverage valuable consumer data to create a more targeted marketing strategy. The global loyalty management market stood at $2.47

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

After a four -year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show will make its return on Sept. But after years of criticism due to the event’s perceived objectification of women and lack of body diversity, the brand paused the show in 2019, and it’s been on hiatus since. Earlier this year , executives hinted at a return.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The size of the global influencer marketing market has more than doubled since 2019, to $16.4 The effects are massive for the retail industry at large, especially when you consider that $761 billion in merchandise will be returned this year [approximately 16.6% billion in 2022, according to Statista. of all U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It was our best month online since December 2019. IR: Speaking of those ups and downs, do you attribute that to Covid, or more to the previous rebrand in 2019 not really turning out as planned? As a brand that leads largely with swim, we have to be pretty prominent in two markets. That was our last big sale initiative.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

After liquidation and the sale of its trademarks and intellectual property in August 2019, the Charming Charlie brand has returned with the opening of its first physical store at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

The new stores are expected to consist of 400 Dollar Tree stores and 200 Family Dollar stores; the latter group will be comprised of H2 and Combination Store formats, based upon market locations. The company opened its first Combination Store in late 2019, followed by two additional test stores in early 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. retailers on average between March 2023 and February 2024, an increase of 23% over the 2019-20 period. of total digital ad spend in 2024.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2021

Bain now sees a 30 per cent probability that sales of high-end handbags, clothes and jewellery will return to or exceed their 2019 level of US$340 billion this year, depending on how quickly vaccines are rolled out and tourism picks up. The US market has been the unexpected bright spot,” Bain said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

The Scars of the 2018-2019 U.S.-China China trade war of 2018-2019 offers a cautionary tale about the far-reaching consequences of tariffs. In the long term, companies should look to diversify supply chains by shifting sourcing to alternative markets like Vietnam, India and Mexico. During this period, the U.S.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Since 2019 Ikea has opened shops in major cities such as Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris and New York to grow its presence on busy high streets. This property offers great potential for retail space, and we firmly believe in the long-term value of the real estate market in London.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by NIQUE (@niqueclothing) Founded in Melbourne, the label boasted eight bricks-and-mortar outlets across its hometown and Sydney in 2019. Beyond its traditional men’s and women’s lines, Nique has championed specifically gender-neutral designs since 2019 through its Genderu capsule collection.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2020

Additionally, the retailer saw strong market share gains across all five of its core merchandise categories. All in all, Q2 performance results in significant improvement to Target’s credit profile, both over Q1 2020 and Q2 2019, and we expect favorable results to continue for the balance of 2020,” he added. Walmart U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Here’s how he’s doing it. ” The solution, according to Agha, is definitely not marketing or influencers: “By definition, every brand thinks their product is the best, so when you’re comparing five products [everything you see tells you] they’re all the best,” said Agha. We did scale it, but it wasn’t a good experience.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

First introduced in 2004, the annual fashion show was put on hiatus in 2019 after the show reported its lowest-ever ratings in 2018. But what exactly does the return of this fashion show indicate for the brand and its attempts at a comeback? However, the impact of these marketing shifts remains to be seen.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

True Classic ’s use of the ParcelLab post-purchase experience and returns management solution has helped the T-shirt and activewear brand boost its email click-through rate (CTR) and open rate by 1.87% and 6.55% respectively compared to the brand’s previous provider.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

” Australian retail expert and QUT professor of marketing Gary Mortimer believes that while local stores have shown promise throughout the pandemic, location is critical to success. The challenge is CBDs will not return to pre-COVID levels for many years. But Australia isn’t the first market to welcome smaller format Aldi stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

in the next five years and also has its sights set on international expansion, with plans to launch omnichannel operations in key markets in Western Europe and Asia Pacific next year as well as an innovation center in Taiwan. The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S. Listen to the full episode here.].

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 2019, 85% of consumers went to stores for their grocery shopping, according to research from ShareThis. However, even as conditions improved, shoppers haven’t completely returned to their old ways, with just 62% returning to stores so far this year. That dropped to 46% in 2020, driven by lockdowns and safety concerns.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

billion compared to roughly $3 billion in 2019, according to data from IWSR. At Vroom, unit sales increased 82% YoY in fiscal year 2020 , and revenue was up $916 million from 2019. FastGrowingTrees is overcoming that hurdle through extensive national marketing. were up 80% last year, approaching $5.6

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

Under Armour revealed in November 2019 that it had been the subject of a federal investigation into its accounting practices since 2017, with the Wall Street Journal reporting at the time that both the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission were looking at the retailer’s financial reporting. 16, 2015 and Nov.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

The last time Aje hit the runway was in 2019, when it opened up for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at picturesque Campbell Cove by Sydney Harbour. Now Aje is planning to finally enter the Perth market, with the launch of a permanent store at Karrinyup Shopping Centre. IR: Tell me about the Perth store opening.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2023

Luxury spending by Chinese nationals had dipped from 33 per cent of the global personal luxury goods market in 2019 to as little as 17 per cent last year, according to estimates from consultancy Bain. Richemont missed market estimates after sales in China plunged by a quarter. Many stores reduced hours or closed temporarily.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

per cent higher than the same period in 2019. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work. And we’re beginning to see customers not only returning to shopping centres but shopping at supermarkets within shopping centres. While a significant drop from Coles’ record 13.1

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

David’s Bridal has launched its first-ever exclusive junior collection, Jules & Cleo, as the retailer prepares for large gatherings like proms, graduations and homecomings to make their return in 2022. David’s Bridal has been steadily expanding its options and experiences since it emerged from bankruptcy in late 2019.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2022

“We’re finding more customers in the millennial age group are interested in secondhand clothing, rather than brand new, so we’re evolving our business model to actually resell the returns that we’re getting,” Sam Wood, Azura Fashion Group’s CEO, told Inside Retail. Luxury’s discount problem. Rising opportunity in resale .

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

in 2019 to 2.9% Leaving and changing jobs is a sign of a healthy, well-functioning labour market. Of course, it is possible Australia’s labour market will change direction and ape the US labour market. Monthly US quit rates in 2019 were little different to rates 20 years earlier. That’s not unusual.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by NIQUE (@niqueclothing) Founded in Melbourne, the label boasted eight bricks-and-mortar outlets across its hometown and Sydney in 2019. Beyond its traditional men’s and women’s lines, Nique has championed specifically gender-neutral designs since 2019 through its Genderu capsule collection.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated. compared to Q2 2019. Digital sales fell 6% from 2020 levels as digital penetration fell to 32% of net sales, but online sales were still up 45% compared to Q2 2019. year-over-year and 5.8% Foot Locker managed solid 6.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

Mattress Firm has publicly filed for an IPO that will return the furniture retailer to the public markets six years after South Africa’s Steinhoff International took the company private. Since the beginning of fiscal 2019, we have fundamentally transformed our business across all functions,” the company wrote in the S-1. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Beck’s planned departure was first announced in September 2019, at the time when fellow Co-founder and COO Barry Beck left the company. Macy’s updated its “Polaris” growth strategy in late February 2021 as it announced better-than-expected Q4 2020 results, marking a return to profitability for the department store chain.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2023

Target US is making shopping easier for customers with the option to make product returns right from their cars at no extra cost. The new returns service is already available at over 500 stores across the US and is expected to reach all 2000 Target locations in the next few months. she questioned.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As the company recovers from the impact of a tarnished image and DTC competitors, such as digitally native ThirdLove , who have gained market share within the $16 billion intimates business during the retailer’s rebrand, it is trying to overcome what it has termed “execution missteps” that saw sales drop from $7.5 billion in 2019 to $6.6

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