Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Living in a building of historic importance gives one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury department store companies that extra little bit of cache — the trick now is to find ways of being a retailer of future importance, a stiff hurdle upon which so many department store companies are stumbling. Footfall was up 6.4%

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VMS

JANUARY 2, 2023

More than 20 years after the Ames department store chain closed all of its stores, the retailer is mounting a comeback. That’s according to an announcement on a website purporting to represent the long-defunct discount retailer, which says Ames is “returning in spring 2023.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Macy’s Q4 and full-year 2020 results show signs of a turnaround for the department store, hard hit, like many of its counterparts, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Net income for the 13 weeks ended Jan.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2023

Department store Myer says sales and profit are continuing to grow despite the challenging economic environment, with its online business continuing to strengthen. In a trading update issued today based on unaudited accounts, the company said it expects to report a 12.5 Online sales accounted for 20.5

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

million and now account for 21.3 Myer currently operates 56 department stores across Australia, as well as its online business and in-house brands including Sass and Bide, Marcs and David Lawrence. “Our per cent, compared to the first half of the last financial year. The report revealed that online sales were $390.1

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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. I’m not an accountant, but stores are on the asset side of the balance sheet for a reason, and they need to be leveraged as much as possible to squeeze as much out of them as you can.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

What does this look like in terms of design, and how does this differ from the traditional department store? Retail store design is a multi-year investment in capital, and therefore it is easier to adapt to unprecedented changes through brand communication and customer service models.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Common examples of ORC include when merchandise is stolen and returned for profit or sold through online auctions or in-person sales. Typically, ORC is reliant on a single entity, like an address, credit card or store account that connects a complex crime ring across retail stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2020

Nordstrom, like many other department stores, had a much weaker quarter: overall sales fell 40% , with full-price locations dropping 36% and the off-price division declining 45%. The declines were attributed to store closures, though the retailer has reopened about 40%.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 20, 2024

Harvey Nichols’ support team faces impending redundancies as the business works on returning to profitability. The layoffs are set to hit 60 staff – amounting to less than 5% of the luxury department store retailer’s overall employee base. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. The NRF reported that 122 million people visited retail stores over Thanksgiving weekend last year, a 17% YoY increase during this five-day period.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Department store David Jones has clawed its way back into the black, according to a report in The Australian , after posting its first net profit since 2018. Accounts lodged with ASIC by David Jones’ holding firm Osiris Holdings tell of a healthy net profit of $83.4 million for the same period a year prior. . $70

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

For example, by specifically retargeting those customers who had added to their online carts over the previous 30 days, and spotlighting the specific items they had browsed or put into their carts, Natori achieved a Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) of 943% in Q3 2023. We also get end-to-end accountability in the supply chain.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. Returning to its roots. The future of department stores. ” .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This has been good news for retail spending that is linked to social settings, such as clothing and shoes and department stores. Taking all this and the end of the reopening boom into account, consumer spending is set to grow by less than 2 per cent in 2023, down from over 6.5 Domestic travel has fully rebounded, with 27.7

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

This category includes department stores, specialty and softline brands. According to the NRF , the total rate of returns in 2021 was just over 16% — up 6 percentage points from 2020 — and the online portion accounted for almost 21% , or about $218 billion. Fashion apparel. Digital Pure Play.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 19, 2023

Impulse spending accounts for a sizable chunk of retail revenue. In our research, consumers reported that between 13% and 22% of their total bill in stores was made up of impulse items, depending on the type of retailer shopped. Prime members impulse purchase 30% more at department stores than non-Prime members, our study showed.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The strategy behind the catalogue relaunch is not a hail mary to return J Crew to its former glory – the company’s sales are close to US$3 billion this year, according to its CEO Libby Wadle – but rather to evoke a sense of nostalgia amongst customers and reposition itself as the pioneer of all-American style.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

The viability of the two iconic department store chains, Myer and David Jones, has been seriously analysed and debated since a merger proposal by Myer was revealed in 2014. The financial collapse of traditional US and UK department stores and the impact of the pandemic has increased industry scrutiny on Myer and David Jones.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“I suspect, as we move into 2022/23, we will see those growth numbers stabilise, much like what we are seeing in physical store sales. Once you have set up your online account, linked your credit card, and constructed your grocery shopping list, online food and grocery shopping becomes a relatively habitual activity.”.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Selfridges narrowed its losses last year thanks to a rebound in sales returning to near pre-pandemic levels. The department store retailer posted an operating profit of £38.9m loss the year before, according to accounts filed on Companies House. for the 12 months to January 2023, down from a £38.1m

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

He expected that customers were eager to experience Chadstone’s in-store experience. This was upheld by comments from National Retail Association deputy CEO Lindsay Carroll, who said that consumers were returning to bricks-and-mortar stores now that lockdowns were a thing of the past. Rapid consumption exceeding benefits.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

With occupancy rates under pressure, shopping-centre landlords have already reviewed property valuations to account for tighter rent market conditions and financial concessions required to retain key retail brands. Myer online sales increased by 28 per cent, to $540 million, in FY21, accounting for 20 per cent of total group sales.

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VMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

Retailers expect more than $761 billion in merchandise sold last year to be returned by consumers, according to a report released today by the National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail. This accounts for an average of 16.6 The 2021 total rate of returns (16.6 to return fraud. percent of total U.S. billion (10.6

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 19, 2024

Savvy Marketing CEO Catherine Shuttleworth says there are a few factors behind this, citing the “softening” of consumer spending on clothing, the shift towards casual attire amid remote working, and the demise of the department store. But the brand’s problems predate Debenhams’ demise in 2020.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

In a crowded market like the home fragrance category, where everyone from fast fashion and beauty brands to discount department stores and pharmacists are selling candles, it’s near impossible to create and retain cut-through, much less develop an iconic brand synonymous with luxury and quality like 60-year-old Parisian brand Diptyque.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Some small outlets stocked paperback romances, as well as department stores like Big W in Australia and Walmart in the United States. The overseas scene The return of the romance-focused bookstore began with the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, Los Angeles in 2016.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

CBA Chief Economist Stephen Halmarick said the CommBank HSI Index in January had returned to levels that resemble September 2021 (during the Delta lockdowns). This article has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. per-cent weaker on average in January.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

Minimum (or ‘base’) rents account for about 80 per cent of Simon’s rental income. He also anticipates that a number of the departing rue21 tenancies will return under the retailer’s new ownership. Macy’s alone has 97 stores in Simon malls, JCPenney has 53 stores and Dillards has 35. billion, a healthy 4.8

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It shows that a return to the first ‘normal’ summer break since the pandemic supported general spending in December, with the Index rising moderately as the year ended. However, in January, the typical post-Christmas decline in retail spending was one factor pushing the Index 6.9 per cent lower for the month.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Digital Luxury Group, and a survey conducted by Tencent Marketing Insight and Boston Consulting Group found that the middle class accounts for 90 per cent of China’s luxury shoppers, but only 60 per cent of China’s luxury spending last year. Moreover, a return to work post-pandemic (hybrid or full-time) necessitates new clothes.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 8, 2024

Ted Baker is set to close 15 UK stores and cut some head office roles, as administrators take action to try to save the fashion brand. She notes that through department store concessions shoppers would have had easy access to Ted Baker in places like Debenhams, which have now disappeared.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Surprisingly, new launches accounted for only a small percentage of the sales. Launching a new product during the pandemic did present a challenge for brands, due to the lack of foot traffic in department stores and the difficulties navigating contactless testers. The post Forget the lipstick effect.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Notably, echoing the experience of the large department store companies, Aeon has also benefited from a sharp increase in duty-free sales at malls near airports and tourist attractions as inbound international tourist numbers grow. Aeon promoted its malls as cool oases and promoted activities like mall walking. per cent.

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