Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fashion and leather goods fell 5 per cent to €9.15 Gucci, which accounts for half of the group’s annual sales and two-thirds of its profit, was down 25 per cent in the quarter. The odd one out Last week, LVMH reported a 3 per cent fall in sales for the third quarter, which the company attributed to China’s weak consumer confidence.

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Clienteling Finance Consumer Accounting 246

Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

Woolworth Holdings’ sale of the David Jones department-store business has cleared the way for the brands of its Country Road Group division to return to the shelves of Myer. Flagship and CBD stores performed particularly well and online sales accounted for 17.2 per cent of turnover, compared with 28.1 per cent for the prior period.

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Returns Department Stores Accounting Consumer 246

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Currently, those retailers that understand their customer base, launch gen AI products that fit their audience and implement them using a phased approach are satisfied with their progress but this only accounts for 1% of McKinseys retail respondents. The same can be said for furniture.

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Accessories Promotions Returns Consumer 179

Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

French fashion designer, Manfred Thierry Mugler, who was behind designs worn by Beyonce and Lady Gaga, has passed away, aged 73. . “We May his soul Rest In Peace,” said a statement on Mugler’s official social media accounts. . The designer retired from the brand in 2002 before returning in 2013 as the creative adviser.

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ATS Fashion Accounting Returns 244

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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Shopping Returns Fashion Accounting 278

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Iconic has launched a new branding campaign over a month after the online fashion retailer found itself in defence mode due to fraudulent transactions made via customers’ accounts. ” In January, The Iconic committed to refunding customers after fraudulent orders were made on their accounts. .

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Accounting Fashion Returns Shopping 246

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Topshop is gearing up for the relaunch of its website, with three teaser videos posted on its Instagram account and the cryptic message “watch this space” to hint at the developments ahead.

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Wholesale Fashion Accounting Returns 107

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

J Crew’s catalogue has long been a coveted fashion reference to timeless style and now the brand is ready to capitalise on its own lore. An Instagram account called “lostjcrew” has amassed nearly 82,000 followers posting photos exclusively from J Crew catalogues produced between 1983 and 1997.

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Fashion Returns Department Stores Consumer 147

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

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Research from E-marketer shows that global marketplaces accounted for 62 per cent of online retail sales last year up four points from 2022. We also look after Shein, now the world’s number one fashion marketplace, and Temu, the fastest-growing app in 17 countries, including Australia, last year.

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Returns Marketing Shopping Accounting 130

Retail Gazette

MARCH 20, 2025

UK-based fast fashion retailer In The Style is understood to have been bought out of administration. Accounting firm FTS Recovery was taken on as administrator of the struggling fashion brand on 10 March. However, the fashion retailer has struggled in recent years.

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Fast Fashion Fashion Accounting Returns 71

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

. “By definition, when you increase the cost per click, the return on your marketing investment decreases. ” Paid search ads can drive anywhere from 15 per cent to 30 per cent or more of a retailer’s online sales, and account for as much as half of the marketing budget, Lautier said.

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Marketing Fast Fashion Advertising Marketing Spend 130

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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Department Stores Returns Apparel Accounting 290

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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Returns Accounting Fashion Customer Experience 111

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Its customer-centric approach is highlighted by a 60-day, no-questions-asked return policy. Untapped opportunity While online retail has experienced robust growth, the offline market in Vietnam still accounts for more than 80 per cent of the overall market share. According to Statista, Vietnam’s fashion market is projected to reach $2.82

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Apparel Fashion Marketing Accounting 130

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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Returns Fast Fashion Fashion Accounting 111

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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Fashion Returns Consumer Accounting 130

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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Fashion Returns Consumer Accounting 130

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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Fashion Finance Accounting Returns 264

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Sometimes, though, the world changes, consumer opinions shift and brand values need to be modified to account for those evolutions. This was the case at ModCloth, which was one of the first fashion brands to sell plus-size options alongside its other sizes.

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Consumer Fashion Shopping Marketing 162

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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Fashion Marketing Returns Outdoor 147

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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Department Stores Returns Jewelry Apparel 211

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covers the entire website experience through checkout, delivery and even returns, evaluating eight key criteria based on up to 200 data points. Useful filters add to the smooth online shopping experience, with the option to adjust imagery size contributing to the ease of use.

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Payment Services Checkout Drop-Shipping Advertising 130

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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Fashion Apparel Accounting Returns 130

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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Returns Customer Retention Accounting Fashion 130

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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Apparel Fashion Accounting Consumer 246

Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

The fashion industry is a critical turning point. Consumers are demanding more accountability, governments are introducing tighter regulations, and the environmental impact of the current model is impossible to ignore. Brands intentionally designing garments to fall apart to ensure customers have to return and buy again is so wrong.

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Fashion Accounting Boutique Returns 130

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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Jewelry Accounting Returns Fashion 286

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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Advertising Returns Marketing Accounting 264

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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Payment Services Fashion Accessories Checkout 246

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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Fast Fashion Fashion Promotions Apparel 130

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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Fashion Checkout Fast Fashion Consumer 130

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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Consumer Fashion Apparel Returns 351

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covers the entire website experience through checkout, delivery and even returns, evaluating eight key criteria based on up to 200 data points. Useful filters add to the smooth online shopping experience, with the option to adjust imagery size contributing to the ease of use.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Checkout Drop-Shipping Advertising 130

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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Fashion Returns Marketing Shipping 130

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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Planning Returns Apparel Accounting 246