Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But as these brands and many others look to new channels, such as stores and wholesale, to combat flagging sales and elusive profitability, True Classic is doubling down on digital. . Now, like many of its counterparts, True Classic is moving into brick-and-mortar and considering wholesale, although Amazon isn’t the cards, at least not yet.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2025

The suit also accused the retailer of engaging in a secret and misguided campaign, together with C&S Wholesale Grocers , the divestiture buyer, to purse its own regulatory strategy, which ultimately undermined Krogers efforts, according to a Kroger company statement. The merger had originally been announced in October 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

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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Inside Retail

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. These offset the slowdown in the Chinese market.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

But after a lackluster IPO in 2020 , the company retreated from the public market just two years later when it was acquired by private equity firm Durational Capital Management in 2022. RTP: Casper has its roots in DTC, but you’ve since expanded with your own stores and through wholesale. How do you view those channels?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale made the most dramatic moves up the rankings over the last three years, climbing from 27th place to 10th place in 2022. In fact, club stores are gaining momentum across the board, with three of the top 10 spots now occupied by these retailers: Costco (#2), Sam’s Club (#5) and BJ’s Wholesale (#10).

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2023

Farfetch and Reebok have commercially launched their European partnership, which follows a deal announced by Reebok parent company Authentic Brands Group in 2022. Following its acquisition of Reebok from Adidas in 2022, Authentic tapped Farfetch subsidiary New Guards Group (NGG) as its operating partner for the Reebok brand in Europe.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Tally robots from Simbe will roam the aisles of five Price Chopper/Market 32 and five Tops Friendly Markets stores through January 2025, when Northeast Grocery will evaluate the pilot results to determine next steps that could include expanding the robots’ deployment to other supermarkets.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

billion in Q2 2022 due to double-digit sales growth in all regions. The brand is working to “make sure we are in tune with local markets and the operating dynamics that we’re working with today,” according to CFO Jane Nielsen. Revenue grew 26% to $1.5

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Retail TouchPoints

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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

Nordstrom will work with The Folklore Group to better identify and engage with fashion and lifestyle brands founded by Black, Latinx, Asian and other people of color as well as those located in emerging markets. The Folklore Connect platform, launched in 2022, has more than 100 brands, including Ashya , Nalebe and Vavvoune.

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Retail TouchPoints

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 markets will always have ups and downs, but Alibaba has ambitious long-term goals. billion for monopolistic practices earlier this year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Metcash chief executive Jeff Adams will retire early next year, and will be replaced by Doug Jones, current CEO and senior vice president of South African-based Massmart Wholesale. Jones will join Metcash on February 1, 2022, and will work with Adams on facilitating a smooth transition.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

3, 2022 and will be introduced in stores in December. New Concepts@Nordstrom’s Concept 019: Burberry will be featured in 11 stores in key markets, including Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego and Vancouver, British Columbia. Concept 019: Burberry launched online on Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2022

After all, there are so many channels and touch points available that can help brands acquire new customers, test new markets and expand their reach. But just because they had a great idea to start doesn’t make them the de facto target market. As they attract an audience, they need to make sure they track who is engaging with them.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The money raised will be used primarily to secure a new warehouse, venture into wholesale, scale marketing efforts, and introduce new products – including developing a ready-to-drink range. million last year, and online sales growth of 60 per cent yearly from 2019 to 2022. The company reported a revenue of $1.3

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

28, 2022, led by 15% growth in sales across the company’s owned digital and physical operations, referred to as Nike DIRECT. The brand’s overall digital sales also increased 19% globally, while wholesale revenues were down by 1%. A big piece of Nike’s direct offensive has been a shift away from wholesale and toward DTC.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

Amidst historic turmoil in the labor market, a number of retailers have made the list of Best Places to Work, put out annually by Glassdoor. Retailers are responding, with 83% of retailers saying they are investing more heavily in recruiting and retention, according to Deloitte’s 2022 Retail Industry Outlook.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

A prospective backdoor listing and a marriage of convenience have enlivened end of financial year stock market prognostications. 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

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. The global B2B e-commerce market was valued at US$7.4 trillion in 2022 and is projected to reach US$36.1 And now, it’s looking to ramp up these brands in new markets. “We’ve

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

The new POP tech-powered concept stores aim to put emerging brands in front of key players in the UK retail industry with a series of events taking place in September 2022. Each concept store will be centered on a particular category, including health and beauty, home and gifting, and food and drink categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

CHEF’STOREs trade in restaurant-quality products at wholesale prices, including meat, produce, dairy, deli items and frozen seafood, as well as non-food items such as cookware, beverages, catering essentials, janitorial supplies and other restaurant essentials. In February 2021, the company rebranded to the CHEF’STORE banner.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2022

Patrik Frisk will step down as President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Under Armour , effective June 1, 2022. 1, 2022 to help with the leadership transition. Frisk’s remit when he joined was to reengineer Under Armour’s structure, systems and go-to-market process. Browne has held the role of COO since 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

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. million in Q3 2022. Revenue for the quarter was up 31% YoY, from $59 million in Q3 2021 to $77.4

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Retail TouchPoints

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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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 This has already started unfolding in the Australian market, which has historically been much more supportive of specialty retailers. million) in gross revenue.

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Independent Retailer

JANUARY 27, 2022

Atlanta Market was the epicenter of the nation’s gift and home décor buying with brands and sales agencies reporting record sales at the close of the winter 2022 edition, January 11-18, at AmericasMart Atlanta. We were looking to do business with new vendors and lines and Atlanta Market always has the ‘new.’”. “We

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Attractive market Geo Holding, the parent company of secondhand clothing retailer 2nd Street, reported strong sales performance in its latest financial statement. per cent of Japans total secondhand industry in 2022. Ogasawara added: Contemporary products tend to be popular across luxury secondhand markets. billion yen (US$5.4

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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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Retail TouchPoints

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The sports brand has been in a bind since ending its relationship with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) in 2022 following a series of antisemitic remarks made by the rapper. billion the partnership garnered in 2022 when it was still active. billion the partnership garnered in 2022 when it was still active.

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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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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 23, 2025

Sales in these markets rose by 39% to 172m (148.6m) in 2024. The brand is also growing its digital and wholesale operations, with a focus on travel retail. Rituals international footprint has expanded rapidly since entering Asia in 2022, with new stores in Hong Kong and Japan contributing to 46 locations across the continent in 2024.

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Inside Retail

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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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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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

For DBG, which already has ecommerce and wholesale distribution for all of its brands, stores represent the missing piece of the puzzle. We believe the best performing retail brands will have three legs to their growth story: wholesale , ecommerce and retail stores. ” DBG forecasts that each store will generate over $1.5

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

by International Market Centers. Atlanta Apparel’s first 2022 market broke records for the largest-ever number of exhibitors and largest retailer attendance at a February apparel market since 2016. The market was fantastic and probably our best to date.

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