Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Kroger and Albertsons will sell 413 stores across 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with eight distribution centers, two offices and five private label brands, to C&S Wholesale Grocers for approximately $1.9 billion during the same period in 2022. compared to Q2 2022. billion in cash. The retailer generated $33.9

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Starbucks Workers United , the union trying to organize Starbucks workers across the country, is planning a “Red Cup Rebellion” on Nov. Labor efforts started slowly at REI: the August 2022 unionization of a Berkeley, Calif. 16, the retailer’s “Red Cup Day” — traditionally one of Starbucks’ busiest days of the season.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

wholesale accounts, along with 10 independent specialty retailers in the southeastern U.S. We’re grateful to be in a position to expand our retail presence and build new wholesale relationships in order to serve more customers.” This omnichannel expansion comes on the heels of a strong fiscal 2022, with the retailer reporting $1.8

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Inside Retail

APRIL 8, 2021

Dutch fashion retailer Scotch & Soda is accelerating its global expansion plans with a total of 15 new brick-and-mortar stores and 12 shop-in-shops opening worldwide over the next six months. IR: How are you planning to grow the brand in Asia Pacific?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

billion in Q2 2022 due to double-digit sales growth in all regions. Success for the brand’s own retail operations may be leading Ralph Lauren to shift some of its attention away from its wholesale business. Revenue grew 26% to $1.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

Digital Brands Group (DBG) — the parent company of a collection of digital-first lifestyle brands including Bailey 44 , Harper & Jones and Sundry — will open its first physical store in March 2024 and plans to have 50 locations within the next several years. million in annual revenue and annual cash flow of over $500,000 a year.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Metrics and KPIs The key to LSKD’s rapid growth – the business had a turnover of $100 million in 2022-23 – is its pivot to becoming an e-commerce-led platform in 2018.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2023

The rebranding is part of a $370 million, three-year transformation plan for the company which will see older stores revamped and an upgraded customer loyalty program. The post Woolworths plans $370 million rebrand, upgrade of its NZ store network appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

B2B brand discovery platform Product Guru is bringing its online service — which connects brands and retailers — to the real world, with plans for a series of temporary concept stores in London. 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 26, 2024

A Denver District Court judge has stopped the Kroger-Albertsons merger in its tracks, cancelling a planned Aug. I am pleased that Kroger and Albertsons agreed to halt their plans to merge until the court rules on the state’s lawsuit to permanently block the grocery merger,” said Phil Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado in a statement.

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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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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

A merger with Sigma Pharmaceuticals remains the preferred option for restructuring Chemist Warehouse but if that plan is quashed by regulators or Sigma shareholders there is a plan B. A straightforward initial public offering is a live option for Chemist Warehouse following extensive planning over six years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

The planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons has faced pushback from federal regulators, state Attorneys General and labor unions practically from the moment it was first announced in October 2022. Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.

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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. The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S.

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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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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. Average store size is a little over 5,300 square meters.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

He also led the expansion of apparel wholesaler Bella+Canvas into the retail space, offering customers direct access to product both online and in stores. Prior to that, Blakeslee held several senior position at Broder Brothers (now Alphabroder), a wholesale distributor of branded products and services. in a statement. in a statement.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

New concept stores, wholesale distribution and an online shopping site are set to roll out early next year. . These include Review, Yarra Trail, Marco Polo, Black Pepper, Breakaway, Everlast, Lonsdale and Bluey, which are sold through own stores and wholesale partners, such as Kmart, Rebel and David Jones. “It 550 million company.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The company also plans to roll out an exclusive selection of new merchandise from its Design Collective, which features collaborations with top designers for limited-edition collections informed by Rent the Runway’s proprietary customer data and insights, that will only be available through Amazon Fashion and RentTheRunway.com.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 4, 2024

Gymshark has officially opened a permanent space in Selfridges London which sees the luxury retailer become the activewear giant’s first-ever wholesale partner. Customers will be be able to shop the brand in Selfridges London (Womenswear Body Studio, Level 3 and Menswear Designer Street Room, Level 1), Trafford & online.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And then how do I build a media plan that’s well thought out and strategic that follows where our customer is spending their time online?’” Lesson 2 Transparency and alignment are key to agile marketing operations: Marketing strategies and investments need to change at the speed of the customer.

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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 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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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

AUGUST 11, 2021

Party City is scaling up its Halloween operations with plans for 80 to 100 seasonal Halloween stores in 2021, compared to just 25 in 2020. The retailer also is remodeling stores to create a new concept with better curated assortments, lower shelf heights and better signage, with plans to reach 98 locations by the end of the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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 history — anticompetitive and harmful to both consumers and workers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2023

Supplied Local and international growth According to Kinsella, Skechers had a milestone year in 2022. per cent increase in wholesale turnover, and a 10.8 We plan to continue this growth and open more stores both locally and internationally,” he said. The brand achieved record sales of over $7.4

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Tim O’Rourke: Desigual has been available in Australia for more than a decade and is sold in a wide range of wholesale accounts. Growing our existing wholesale partners is the main goal and the genesis of the push for further brand presence in the market. BK: We stepped onto a completely new path in 2022 indeed.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Allbirds announced plans to further streamline operations by reducing the size of its workforce. The downsizing is expected to deliver approximately $7 million in annualized selling, general, and administrative expense (SG&A) savings compared to 2022 costs, with the full year impact being felt in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Photo credit: Calpak From Pop-Up to Permanent Calpak initially realized the power of retail when it started forging partnerships with Nordstrom and other wholesale partners, according to Shin. Calpak undoubtedly tapped into the learnings from its pop-up to better plan for the LA store’s opening.

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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 TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One aspect of this expanded growth story is Brooklinen’s growing store count: the company has nine to date, with plans to “thoughtfully grow” its fleet by the end of 2024. A new sub-brand and wholesale partnership with Walmart: With Marlow, Brooklinen is officially in the pillow business.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

Kizik has generated over US$100 million in sales after experiencing over 250 per cent growth year-over-year in 2022, thanks to online sales growth and increased exposure through its wholesale partnerships with Nordstrom, Scheels, and Von Maur.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

4, 2022, or that they test negative for the virus at least once a week. The mandate would require that companies employing 100 or more people must ensure their workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 4, 2022

Best Bulk Notebooks and Legal Pads in 2022. To make sure you and your employees always have them on hand, check out our suggestions for bulk and wholesale notebooks you can get on Amazon: Top Pick: Simply Genius A5 Hardcover Notebooks. You get 36 ruled A5 size journals in this pack of wholesale notebooks by Coopay.

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Retail TouchPoints

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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Small Biz Trends

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Handmade Crafts Industry in 2022. The handmade business industry is booming in 2022, with consumers looking for unique products and online marketplaces making them easily accessible. Create a Formal Business Plan. Your craft business plan should detail everything from what you will sell to how you’ll reach customers.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Costco Wholesale Corporation plans to invest $4 billion in capital expenditures this fiscal year, up 10 percent from 2021 and 42 percent more than 2020. The warehouse club retailer, which opened 20 new locations last year, plans to open 28 in 2022.

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