Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2024

Now, starting June 6, ShopShops’ dedicated Century 21 NYC hosts also will share livestreams on Century 21’s TikTok account. While the company had anticipated the return of its ecommerce operation last year as well, a full-blown ecommerce website has not yet been launched. “As

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Pretty Little Thing founder Umar Kamani has revealed a host of changes to its website, after returning to the brand earlier this month. ” Kamani returned to Pretty Little Thing earlier this month, vowing to make “exciting changes” and make the brand special again. .

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

So far this year, department store sales have accounted for less than 1% of retail sales, according to estimates from Customer Growth Partners. David Malka, Chief Sales Officer of logistics company goTRG , said that the format also could help the ecommerce behemoth mitigate one of the largest downsides of selling digitally — higher returns.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

PrettyLittleThing founder Umar Kamani is returning to the fast fashion retailer as he vows to make the brand special again. One of Kamani’s first actions will see the reintroduction of free returns to customers part of PrettyLittleThing’s loyalty programme just three months after the retailer scrapped the perk.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

As bricks and mortar retailing returns to pre-pandemic rates, business owners are left to question whether the traditional in-store experience suffices in this new, convenience-driven consumer world. While reducing both the economic and environmental cost of returns. The leading reason for return being wrong sizing.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

As bricks and mortar retailing returns to pre-pandemic rates, business owners are left to question whether the traditional in-store experience suffices in this new, convenience-driven consumer world. While reducing both the economic and environmental cost of returns. The leading reason for return being wrong sizing.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. The sourcing of raw materials, factory working conditions and the environmental impact of goods distribution matters — and it appears business leaders in fashion and retail are taking note. A Starting Point. Greater demand forecasting.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

Philpott spoke to Inside Retail ahead of travelling to Miami Swim Week about the nomadic beginnings of his career in fashion retail. SP: The freedom of what I had experienced in Hawaii and my drive to make things happen led me to make a big decision and get into the fashion Industry. I decided to try and be a fashion sales rep.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2021

A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s no question the global crisis has disrupted just about everything in the fashion world, from how we dress, to how we shop, to how the industry itself operates. Luxury fashion it-girls dress up for Prada’s ready-to-wear debut. If you’re ready for re-openings, so is Prada.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Digital accounted for 44% of net sales in Q4 2020, and the retailer also highlighted the fact that 25% of its digital sales were fulfilled from its brick-and-mortar stores via curbside pickup and same-day delivery. “The Additionally, the cost controls we committed to in February were key in helping us weather the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2024

Bangladesh’s ongoing political unrest has placed the country’s textile and garment industry in a uniquely difficult position and poses significant challenges to global fashion retailers, many of which are already seeking to diversify their sourcing. The country exported US$38.4

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2021

H&M Group CEO Helena Helmersson believes business leaders need to work together to reduce the fashion industry’s impact on the environment. If the fashion industry really wants to reduce its environmental footprint, Roger Lee, CEO of garment manufacturing firm TAL Apparel, said it needs to have a system in place. “We, Lee said. .

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 9, 2023

Returns present a complex challenge for retailers of all sizes, not only contributing to their carbon footprint, but also eroding their profit due to the cost of managing and paying for reverse logistics and, in some cases, leading to fraud. Meanwhile, the use of returns by customers continues to grow in popularity.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Some of the accounts we once had, we might have lost touch with because we had a team transition throughout that administration as well. The post The return of Tigerlily: An in-depth interview with the new CEO appeared first on Inside Retail. So that’s what we’re looking at doing now.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Fast forward to October 2021, and Australia’s largest online fashion retailer The Iconic is leading the way on resale, partnering with AirRobe on the Circular Wardrobe, an initiative that allows customers to resell, rent, or recycle their preloved items with one click. They’ll fall behind the competition if they do.”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

Last November, international fashion resale platform Vestiare Collective shocked the apparel industry by banning the trade of ‘fast-fashion’ labels. Wone, who joined Vestiaire Collective in March 2020, said the ban underlines Vestiaire Collective’s founding mission – to drive collective change towards a circular fashion economy.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fresh off its biggest capital raise to date, peer-to-peer fashion rental platform Designerex is gearing up for a period of rapid growth that will see it launch one-hour delivery in Australia, enter the UK and Europe and start working more closely with brands to reach new customers. Someone is making two grand from a $400 dress,” Kore said.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2021

Much of the growth in resale, also referred to as “recommerce,” is driven by fashion at the moment, although other categories such as electronics , homewares and furniture also are making huge gains. Coresight expects fashion resale to grow at twice the rate of the total U.S. fashion market this year alone. REI , for example.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 27, 2022

For Leukbook, a new online fashion marketplace founded by Katrina Van De Ven and Catherine Olivier, it’s all about fit. Launching in Australia next month, the one-stop shop for plus-size fashion plans to offer personalised sizing recommendations and a fit guarantee to differentiate itself in the notoriously underserved market. “It

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

Trans-Tasman apparel retailer Mosaic Brands is set to open 130 new stores as customers return to in-store shopping. According to unaudited accounts for the half year to January 1, sales grew 23 per cent driven by strong trading momentum and a higher average transaction value.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

Amid the rise of fast fashion and social media platforms accelerating consumptive behaviour, it appears that many Australians aren’t wearing or re-wearing the clothes they purchase. This was highlighted by the Fashion Resale Report from online retailer Reluv and Monash University. Consumer behaviours will also inevitably change.

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Inside Retail: What are the reasons behind Desigual’s return to Australia? Tim O’Rourke: Desigual has been available in Australia for more than a decade and is sold in a wide range of wholesale accounts. We are excited to continue to work with local ambassadors who speak to our new creative direction.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2022

After a few pandemic-stricken seasons, most designers returned in full force to the physical fashion week calendar. Celebrities from all over the world descended on the fashion capital, where micro skirts, boxing tape, and body armour emerged as key trends on the runway. ’90s angst. The humble tank top. On the defence.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2023

A few of them are attending Seoul Fashion Week inside the plaza but many are just everyday people looking for an opportunity to show off their personal style. Just like New York or Copenhagen, Seoul is a metropolitan hailed for its distinctive fashion. Despite the hiatus, Koreans’ hunger for fashion remains stronger than ever.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2024

But this is only one side of the story; the ecommerce boom also led to a significant increase in return rates, which adds considerable logistical and cost implications, and eats into the bottom line. Marketing is rarely held accountable beyond the initial purchase and many advertisers are still optimising for revenue.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2024

Over half of the biggest online fashion retailers do not offer free postal returns, Which? The consumer choice firm looked at the returns policies of the 20 biggest online fashion retailers, including Asos, Boohoo and Amazon and found that 12 do not offer free postal returns. The returns fees range from £1.99

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2023

With that taken into account, comparable store sales rose by 9.6 The business realised that achieving a return to the pre-Covid era trading and profitability “required taking a leap forward rather than taking a step back”. This $33 million turnaround is not simply a result of customers returning to in-store shopping post the pandemic.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

With 150 tip offs from members of the public, mostly relating to the beauty, lifestyle, parenting and fashion sectors, this form of deceptive advertising appears to be ubiquitous, and there’s demand for it to be reigned in. Influencer marketing has been a widely popular and effective tactic among fashion brands for many years,” she said. “[But],

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

So after months of people dying for a return to some normality (mostly in the form of freshly poured beer), queues started forming as early as 7am on Monday 12 th April as non-essential shops, hairdressers and pubs in the UK finally reopened their doors. The post Analysis: Has Brexit helped the UK return to recovery?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In direct opposition to the more singular body shape represented in most advertising, fashion app Mys Tyler connects users with models and influencers of similar body sizes, allowing them to find styles and clothing that will complement their body shape. 81 per cent of women don’t feel represented by fashion advertising.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

We can’t be a rubber stamp for an industry-brand partnership without real accountability and robust oversight,” Christy Hoffman, UNI Global’s general secretary, said in a statement about the decision earlier this month. . There is a very real risk of more injury and death.”. But factories say this fear is unfounded. What will happen next?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2023

This places sneakers ahead of high-end fashion clothing (69% riskier than average), making these two categories the only ones with an above-average riskiness score (when compared to electronics, jewelry and watches, cosmetics, low- to mid-range fashion, home and other ecommerce goods).

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

However, the company attributed a decline in its gross margin to the targeted discounting implemented in Culture Kings Australia and a higher returns rate. AKA Brands’ net sales fell 9.6 per cent to US$140.8 million while net loss significantly widened to $70.4 million in the three months ended September 30. Gross margin slid to 55.4

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

I had also recently returned from many years working in the UK at luxury houses such as Armani and Prada. I understood what luxury retail fashion should look like and I was determined to ensure that Parlour X would help elevate Sydney onto a global stage. Most importantly, a great buyer must have a keen eye and acute sense for fashion.

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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.”. Foot Locker managed solid 6.9%

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Retail Focus

JUNE 6, 2024

True Fit , the leading AI-driven platform that decodes size and fit for shoppers and fashion retailers, has announced the launch of Fit Hub, its new Generative AI (Gen AI) innovation to help consumers find the perfect fit and solve retailers’ online fit challenges.

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