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The Race to Displace: How Temu and Shein are Redefining Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Both Shein and Temu offer cheap Chinese wholesale goods, but they didn’t only win on competitive pricing. While Amazon might offer a discount to all customers, Shein and Temu treat sales and coupons as gated assets, with discounts typically only available for shoppers who open an account.

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From moto to marathons: What’s next for performance apparel brand Sa1nt

Inside Retail

These days it’s not just performance, but also sustainability, so this search always includes yarns that are recycled, or materials that are robust and help to reduce the fast fashion cycle. Are there plans for stand-alone stores, a wholesale presence and so on? IR: How do you see the business scaling and growing moving forward?

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Boohoo and the cries of celebrity-driven “eco-conscious” campaigns

Inside Retail

UK-based fast fashion brand Boohoo recently announced that it had tapped US celebrity and influencer Kourtney Kardashian as its “sustainability ambassador” and launched a “sustainability journey” campaign that included a capsule collection and mini-series. “A spoiler alert for everyone: you can’t.

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Candles to cleaning: Diptyque finds beauty “where no beauty is expected”

Inside Retail

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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8 retailers slashing jobs and cutting costs in 2024

Retail Gazette

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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10 Ways Technology Improves Your Retail Business

Retail Next

Fast fashion and affordable products are cool. The quality is acceptable for the price, and they always get to look fashionable. Target customers can use their app to scan a code on an endcap; then, the account code is shown at the checkout and they get their discounts. . How Technology Improves Your Retail Business.

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Spring Fair looks ahead to 2025 following a buzzing show

A1 Retail

I’ve seen some fabulous new products, and some new accounts opened.” Richard Keel, Managing Director of Keel Toys said, “The footfall and orders across Sunday and Monday have been really good, we have opened a high number of new accounts. Sue Waterhouse, Mia James Interiors said, “The show is beautiful.

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