Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s not easy to be a mid-market retailer in Australia right now. There is increased competition from e-commerce players, the local market and major international brands. Our numbers continue to get better and better when technically the market remains challenging. We’re a mid-market Aussie retailer.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Instead of relying on international retailers and wholesalers to come to Australian shores to discover local talent, We Wear Australian is bringing 12 emerging and established designers to the global stage.

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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. What that meant was that we were anti-customer; we were optimized around internal channel accounting and not what was in the best interest of the customer.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2024

The bad news was that company CFO Mat Friend admitted that Nike fell short of its plan, telling investors on its June 27 conference call: “We experienced meaningful shifts in consumer traffic in key markets – particularly in Greater China, where brick-and-mortar traffic declined as much as double-digits versus prior year.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Affiliate marketing has become a multi-billion dollar industry globally – but in Australia, the concept remains shrouded in suspicion, largely misunderstood by consumers. Its share of the broader e-commerce market is just a fraction of that in China or the US. Around a quarter of affiliate marketers are working in the fashion sector.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

In many cases, winners helped bring new solutions, market categories and concepts to market, elevating the standards for success in the retail industry. Nominees were assessed for their business impact as well as their overall contributions to the retail industry.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

. “Rip Curl and Oboz are recycling record sales last financial year and while revenues from the direct-to-consumer channel for these brands are showing single-digit declines, the wholesale channel has been more challenging as wholesale accounts reduce inventory holdings,” said KMD Brands CEO and MD Michael Daly.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

The brand’s overall digital sales also increased 19% globally, while wholesale revenues were down by 1%. A big piece of Nike’s direct offensive has been a shift away from wholesale and toward DTC. Wholesale Will Still Play a ‘Very Important Role’. Revenues were up 5% YoY in the company’s fiscal Q3, which ended Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The mass store closures prompted by COVID-19 in spring 2020 could have spelled disaster for equestrian specialty brand Kerrits , which had operated as a wholesale-only business for over 25 years. Once the pandemic hit, our wholesalers had to close their stores, and we had to rethink our entire email plan,” said Florin.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

. “Rip Curl and Oboz are recycling record sales last financial year and while revenues from the direct-to-consumer channel for these brands are showing single-digit declines, the wholesale channel has been more challenging as wholesale accounts reduce inventory holdings,” said KMD Brands CEO and MD Michael Daly.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether shipping directly to customers’ homes, enabling curbside pickup or restocking store shelves, consistently improving speed, accuracy and adaptability is crucial for meeting shopper expectations and maintaining market share. The American Staffing Association forecasted warehouse and transportation job openings of 1.7

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To say everyone is worn out is probably an understatement, and by all accounts marketers in particular are feeling the pressure — a staggering 70% of marketing executives said the pandemic has left them “completely exhausted,” according to a new report from Accenture Interactive. Forget About Personalization, Focus on Relevancy.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

They will also introduce a new vertical integration model, presenting a major structural change to the pharmacy market. Together they will account for an estimated 16 per cent of the 6000 pharmacy stores in Australia, an estimated 40 per cent of which are independently owned. Meanwhile, Chemist Warehouse owns 550.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Retailers that have tried to prevent these behaviors have begun implementing strategies to account for frequent and fraudulent returns. Georgia Leybourne is Chief Marketing Officer at Linnworks. Shes dedicated to creating frictionless consumer journeys, enhancing revenue for retail, B2B wholesale and DTC operations.

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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. Last September, Asos sold a 75% stake in Topshop and Topman to Danish holding company Heartland for 135m, creating a joint venture.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. The new funding is a major vote of confidence in the potential of digital commerce in India, still a relatively nascent market.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The scope of management includes the physical store, website, company social media, inventory, personnel and marketing. This approach improves retail workflow management, streamlines operations, promotes accountability and helps avoid duplication or redundancy. This will improve the customer experience and increase sales.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

million due to a decline in the wholesale channel, reflecting subdued market conditions and a material decrease in a small number of retail accounts. The group’s revenue soared 16.1 per cent to $183.5 million with Universal Store’s sales rising 17.2 per cent to $156.1 per cent to $12.6 per cent to $22.2

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

billion in retail sales annually through more than 500 owned retail stores, 7,000 wholesale accounts and ecommerce in 35 countries. “As With Boardriders’ proven retail playbook, we also see tremendous opportunities to accelerate the expansion of its shop-in-shops, branded retail stores, wholesale and ecommerce worldwide.”

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2024

Drawing on his family background in footwear, and his own experience in the industry, having started working in Chinese footwear manufacturing in 2011, he launched Alias Mae as a wholesale business. IR: You started as the customer service and wholesale manager, how have you witnessed the brand’s evolution in your time at the company?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Before joining Under Armour in 2020 as SVP of Americas Wholesale, Baxter served as President and CEO of LIDS Sports Group from 2016 to 2019. “With deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise we look forward to their proven leadership qualities helping to architect our next growth chapter.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

DTC is still very much alive and well, but digital-first companies are having to adapt to a new normal where competition is fiercer, financial pressure is ever-present and the marketing tactics that used to work so well are no longer cost-efficient. What that does is it allows you to put that money back into marketing and grow the business.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Attractive market Geo Holding, the parent company of secondhand clothing retailer 2nd Street, reported strong sales performance in its latest financial statement. billion) and accounted for 28.2 Earlier this year, luxury resale wholesaler LePrix, which sources inventory directly from brands, opened its first Japanese office in April.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 20, 2025

Footasylum has reported another year of record sales and profits for the financial year ending 25 January 2025, driven by significant growth across both wholesale and retail channels. The retailer said the growth was driven by a 101% rise in wholesale sales and a 4.3% The footwear and sportswear retailer posted a 9.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Ten years ago, brands had a fear of upsetting wholesale partnerships. Also, because of the proliferation of mobile and social, it’s incredibly simple for brands to have 1:1 conversations with consumers, meaning — in theory — less can be spent on marketing. However, all that has changed.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

At the same time Adidas reported currency-neutral sales growth of 1% in Q4 2020, following declines across markets earlier in the year as a result of the pandemic. Nonetheless, Adidas is optimistic, citing the recovery seen in Q4 2020, its strong market position and attractive growth prospects for the sporting goods industry as a whole.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2022

The company underwent several rounds of jobs cuts and a $200 million dollar restructuring in 2018, followed by an SEC investigation into its accounting practices in 2019. Frisk’s remit when he joined was to reengineer Under Armour’s structure, systems and go-to-market process. Browne has held the role of COO since 2020.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Too often, independent retailers miss opportunities to increase their profits and streamline their operations because they are not taking a close enough look at accounting. . However, once a business moves to B2C, then something like Zoho will help management better monitor channels and leverage accounting data.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

Launched in 2017, wholesale platform Foodbomb connects restaurants and cafes with a marketplace of around 160 suppliers, simplifying the ordering process. But, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the business opened its doors to direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales to buoy the market through periods of empty supermarket shelves.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2024

The group’s sales decline is largely attributed to poor performance at Gucci , which accounts for almost half of its sales and two-thirds of its profits. Retail sales rose 7 per cent; however, its wholesale revenue was down 19 per cent. billion in the half-year financial results.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

The brand previously relied on disparate tools and software to support distinct functions, and there was little connection between its core accounting software and additional data created by operations, marketing and other teams. We can see how geo-localized marketing initiatives boost sales in specific geographies within the U.S.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The retail and wholesale industry was the fifth-most targeted industry, accounting for 8.7% Being proactive According to him, for retailers and wholesalers, the speed of their response time to a cyberattack can mean the difference between minimal impact on their supply chain and significant disruption.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

The annual ranking is compiled by global marketing consultancy Kantar and is determined by comparing year-over-year increases in domestic sales (in the case of the 2023 list, this means 2021 versus 2022). expansion ), BJ’s Wholesale and Costco. By contrast, Grocery Outlet (No. 13), Publix (No. 18), Schnucks (No. 21) and H.E.

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Inside Retail spoke to Balázs Krizsanyik, GM of Desigual Asia Pacific, and Tim O’Rourke, national sales and managing director at O’Rourke Showroom, to learn more about the brand’s local strategy for the Australian market and its expansion strategy globally. IR: Could you elaborate more on the expansion strategies in this market?

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

When you first start your wholesale business, it can be tricky to find the right price to sell your merchandise. Wholesale Price vs. Retail Price. In order to establish the right prices for your products, it is important to understand the difference between wholesale and retail pricing. What is the wholesale price?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By focusing on eco-friendly materials and production processes, we not only contribute to a better planet but also cater to a growing market of environmentally conscious consumers.” Transparency builds trust and keeps us accountable,” Peters explained.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 11, 2022

The best performing food and beverage wholesalers know that growing revenue only through new customer acquisition is not an efficient way to scale. With the shift to digital channels, food and beverage wholesalers and distributors now have unique opportunities to reclaim lost opportunities and revenue with the right proactive measures.

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