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JUNE 2, 2022

At its June 1, 2022 Investor Day, Levi Strauss and Co executives laid out an aggressive strategy to propel the company toward revenues of $9 to $10 billion by 2027, by doubling down on DTC and diversifying beyond denim. “We The company reaffirmed its expectations for fiscal 2022, with revenues expected to reach $6.4 billion this year.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

DoorDash has introduced Package Pickup, allowing consumers across the country to have the service deliver up to five return items per trip to UPS, FedEx or the USPS. Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. trillion sold by U.S.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Nike is pushing forward with its digitally focused direct-to-consumer strategy following a strong Q3, with plans to build “the marketplace of the future” and bring standalone Jordan stores to North America. 28, 2022, led by 15% growth in sales across the company’s owned digital and physical operations, referred to as Nike DIRECT.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

OTB, parent of Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, has reported lower sales for the last fiscal year as a decline in wholesale more than offset growth in the direct-to-consumer (DTC) channel. Meanwhile, the wholesale channel experienced a slump due to the general downturn. billion (US$1.77 billion), down 4.9 billion (US$1.77

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AUGUST 11, 2023

The annual ranking is compiled by global marketing consultancy Kantar and is determined by comparing year-over-year increases in domestic sales (in the case of the 2023 list, this means 2021 versus 2022). While some of the retailers on the list demonstrated remarkable growth, overall growth was markedly lower than in 2022. 21) and H.E.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

As many direct-to-consumer brands are learning, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for growth. As the concurrent shift toward consumer privacy and away from third-party cookies continues, brands are going to have to intelligently leverage data to better understand their consumers and forge more strategic (and unique) paths to growth.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Additionally, consumers can shop on Sephora’s website for same-day delivery powered by DoorDash Drive, the company’s white label fulfillment platform. BJ’s Wholesale Club selected DoorDash as its grocery delivery partner across 226 stores in March 2022. Items from U.S. per order or an annual fee of $49.

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JULY 26, 2024

billion merger, first announced in October 2022 , has been challenged by Colorado’s and eight other state Attorneys General, the United Food and Commercial Workers union as well as the Federal Trade Commission, which voted to block the merger in February 2024. 12 hearing and setting a trial date of Sept. The proposed $24.6

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. The announcements mark the first major management shifts since Alibaba was fined a record-setting $2.75 billion for monopolistic practices earlier this year.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Additionally, Dunn Tire’s investors will retain independent ownership of Exxpress Tire Delivery , a wholesale business operating five distribution centers serving thousands of accounts in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

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MARCH 25, 2022

has filed a lawsuit against BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. The suit was filed on March 22, 2022 by Sam’s West Inc., At the height of the pandemic in November 2020, Capgemini reported that 84% of consumers relied on touchless technology to avoid physical contact in stores. Walmart Inc.

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MARCH 19, 2021

The retail world is experiencing a significant change in how consumers are interacting with their brands. In 2020, the growth in online sales has accelerated to reach levels not expected until 2022 due to the pandemic. Today’s retailers need to enhance their online experience to remain competitive in this new consumer environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Netflix has operated multiple pop-up stores around the world, including a multi-title location in Los Angeles that operated during the 2022 holiday season and a Manhattan location tied to the Bridgerton series. Netflix has not made final decisions on the stores’ locations or exactly what features they will offer.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

.” Rent the Runway has struggled since the pandemic, when homebound consumers opted not to refresh their wardrobes. In September 2022, the company announced a restructuring that included laying off nearly one-quarter of its corporate staff following another round of declines in subscribers in fiscal Q2 2022, which ended July 31, 2022.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

When she joined Homedics in May 2022, she wanted to bring similar processes to her new team that also encouraged deep collaboration and brainstorming. Lesson 5 Owned ecommerce and digital marketing should support wholesale efforts: Homedics has a vast network of wholesale partners, including Amazon, Kohl’s, Target and Walmart.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Several of the nation’s largest retailers, including Target , Macy’s , Gap and BJ’s Wholesale Club , struggled during Q3, with all reporting net sales declines and all but one showing a fall-off in comparable store sales. compared to the same period in 2022, reaching $159.4 compared to the comparable period in 2022, reaching $470.7

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have a unique advantage in that they own the entire customer experience — and perhaps most important, all the data that is generated along with it. You can consume a video on social media, or ask your favorite influencer a question live, and be able to press a button to buy it instantly.”

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MAY 13, 2024

Barbeques Galore has launched a B2B e-commerce site as it looks to grow its wholesale business both in Australia and overseas. trillion in 2022 and is projected to reach US$36.1 Currently, Barbeques Galore’s wholesale business includes 200 independent distributors in Australia and a growing number worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Ten years ago, brands had a fear of upsetting wholesale partnerships. eMarketer estimates that by 2022, just one month away, the number of DTC ecommerce buyers will reach more than 103 million. eMarketer estimates that by 2022, just one month away, the number of DTC ecommerce buyers will reach more than 103 million.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

His experience spans DTC and third-party driven business models, including owned and operated retail, wholesale, franchise and licensing, and ecommerce across the luxury, premium and specialty segments.

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APRIL 26, 2024

billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 The Bark product portfolio now includes toys, food, treats, dental kits and dental chews, and the brand is forging deep relationships with retailers like Target and PetSmart to bring this growing assortment to consumers. Consumers want what is best for their dog; it’s personal.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

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. Currently the brand is offsetting its carbon and plastic footprints while taking steps to eliminate 80% of plastics from its shipping and supply chain by 2022.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Instacart will expand its delivery capabilities beyond the consumer space with the launch of Instacart Business, a B2B service aimed at helping small businesses. Current retail partners include Costco Business Center , Staples , Restaurant Depot and BJ’s Wholesale Club. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Brooklinen was a direct-to-consumer darling that promised consumers high-quality sheets at great prices. By eliminating supply chain complexities and “cutting out the middlemen,” Brooklinen was able to streamline the product development journey and fully immerse consumers in the ethos and values of the brand.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

history — anticompetitive and harmful to both consumers and workers. The merger, announced in October 2022 , has faced challenges not just from government agencies but also from labor unions fearful that the combined company would result in net job losses. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has formally challenged the proposed $24.6

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JUNE 25, 2024

However, the merger plan faces a likely regulatory hurdle after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated a number of competition concerns. Indeed the merger proposal faces a much more rigorous assessment than the Wesfarmers acquisition of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries in April 2022.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail (CRC for short) has launched full-on into the wholesale business under the name Go Wholesale, and is planning to give CP Axtra — parent company of retailer Lotus’s and wholesaler Makro — a run for its money. It operates 164 wholesale units, of which all but 10 are in Thailand itself.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Thanks to a growing partnership with OSM Worldwide , Dr. Squatch has successfully evolved its fulfillment strategy so it can not only deliver packages faster but cheaper for consumers and the business. Overall time in transit was 22% faster in 2022 over 2021 — and 42% faster than in 2020. and internationally.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The company delivered a revenue increase of 16 per cent to $172 million during the period spanning pre-Covid year 2019 to 2022 and expects flat-to-modest revenue growth for 2023, in the face of constrained consumer spending and wholesaler buying caution.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the 2022 Singles Day period , according to figures released by Alibaba, 62 influencer and merchant-run livestreaming channels surpassed CN¥100 million ($20.86 In Australia, the battle lines between marketplace and direct-to-consumer (DTC) were drawn, and now, the battle has been won. million) in gross revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Earlier in December, the retailer reportedly reached out to its creditors seeking liquidity help , and in November 2022, the retailer hired Peter Smith as its new COO to spearhead a planned $30 million in annualized cost reductions beginning in fiscal 2023. During Q3 2022, Party City achieved net sales of $502.2 million , a 1.6%

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MARCH 13, 2023

Allbirds is planning to overhaul its strategy after a weak Q4 2022 that resulted in the retailer’s first-ever quarterly revenue drop. The retailer still achieved 7% revenue growth for 2022 as a whole, but a poor holiday season resulted in a 13% revenue drop during Q4.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

“Brand elevation is core to the Ralph Lauren strategy,” said Patrice Louvet, CEO of Ralph Lauren during a fireside chat at the NRF’s 2022 Big Show , held in New York Jan. The consumer is looking for aspirational product stories and we have a unique opportunity to serve them in this space.”. But we’ve seen that isn’t sustainable.”

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Both domestic and international sales of 2nd Street stores showed robust growth, particularly in luxury secondhand merchandise, amid rising consumer inflation and expansion of the resale market. per cent of Japans total secondhand industry in 2022. billion yen (US$5.4 billion) and accounted for 28.2 million impressions.

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APRIL 10, 2023

As an organization, we’ve grown through the wholesale side,” said Van Dijk. Now we have a lot more owned-and-operated stores, and when you build a system to target mostly wholesale, that’s a whole different level of transactions than if you have your own stores.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

The brand was approached to create a banana-flavoured drink for the premiere of the 2022 film, Minions: The Rise of Gru , inspired by the tiny, yellow characters’ adoration of the fruit. The Olipop team produced a three-month supply of the soda and were happily surprised by the SKU selling out in three weeks.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Net revenues for the year were flat compared to FY 2022, at $6.2 billion , while the year’s adjusted net income of $441 million was down from $604 million in FY 2022. In Q4 2023, net revenues increased 2% on a constant-currency basis compared to Q4 2022, rising to $1.6 and Asia was offset by a decline in Europe. “We

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