Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2021

Stitch Fix Founder and CEO Katrina Lake will step down from the helm of the apparel subscription service on August 1, 2021, and current President Elizabeth Spaulding will move into the top role. Lake will transition to the role of Executive Chairperson of the Board, focusing on Stitch Fix’s social impact efforts.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Luxury fashion retailer Oroton Group says its profit more than tripled on the back of higher sales and stricter cost and inventory management in FY23. The company booked a net profit of $8.2 million in the 12 months ended July 30, up 3.5 times from last year.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 20, 2025

Understanding how your shops perform in terms of inventory and ROI is essential to the success of any multi-store operation. What if we told you that you could successfully manage all of your stores’ inventory and ROI with one intuitive inventory management system?

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Retail Dive

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The apparel company will build a forecasting model using Blue Yonder’s supply chain planning solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. Amazon’s done this before… just not for apparel. The goal is an Everything Apparel Store IRL. The King of Ecommerce is no stranger to brick-and-mortar — far from it.

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Shopify

JUNE 19, 2024

Learn how an apparel inventory management system can streamline your clothing business. Reduce stockouts, lower carrying costs, and meet customer demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That includes a large percentage of Nordstrom’s merchandise, such as apparel, accessories, home and gift products, baby gear, shoes and some cosmetics. Products that do not yet require RFID are mostly cosmetics, along with some household products and jewelry. .”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Paper Store promises top-notch customer service in its 100+ brick-and-mortar stores, with associates helping shoppers choose from its widely varied assortment of apparel, accessories, jewelry, water bottles and even packaged food from Stonewall Kitchen (along with paper, pens and school supplies, of course).

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2023

In this article, we'll explore the fundamentals of apparel inventory management. The post Mastering Apparel Inventory Management in 2023 appeared first on Retalon. We'll discuss the pitfalls of old-school approaches and see how predictive analytics helps retailers sail smoothly into the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

Apparel is a bit tougher — it’s a lot harder to virtually fit a body than it is a face or a room — but that tech is coming along quickly. What’s more, while most users today still see AR as a “toy,” the study found that 76% of consumers want AR tools they can use in their everyday lives. Enter retail. Walmart acquired Zeekit in May 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Adobe found that multiple categories saw significantly deeper discounts in 2022 than the previous year, including: Toys : 34% vs. 19% ; Electronics : 25% vs. 8% ; Apparel : 19% vs. 13% ; and. The top discount categories for the season as a whole included beauty, skincare and makeup with an average discount of 29%. Sporting Goods : 10% vs. 6%.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

In this way, RFID technology can allow retailers to manage their inventory better and ensure that resources are only being used for products that sell. Sourcing Solutions International is a unique supplier that manufactures both hangers and packaging for the apparel retail industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

However, it’s not just apparel purchases that benefit. Inventory optimization. Another way AI can assist is with inventory management solutions, with it recommending the most efficient way to manage a return. Think about buying furniture as AR and mixed reality become more commonplace.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

Early use cases for AI in retail include inventory management, dynamic pricing, customer service chatbots, loss prevention and personalized marketing. It’s critical in seasonal apparel, too – think about swimwear, fall and winter accessories and the many other items that have an end to their selling seasons.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Shoppers across demographics now routinely order their groceries online just as they already did their books, electronics, and apparel. Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retailers are now investing significant resources into logistics, deploying the latest inventory management systems, automating warehouses and hiring hundreds of hardworking staff in an effort to pick, pack and ship online orders as quickly as possible. The rise of e-commerce has had a major impact on retail supply chains.

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I Vend

APRIL 2, 2025

Beyond POS: Enhancing Customer Experience and Efficiency True retail management software extends beyond pure POS – it includes functionality that will help you to enhance customer experiences and operational efficiency. The three most important additional features to consider loyalty, promotions and inventory management.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

While the latter may be true, excess inventory also has a silver lining of hidden pathways to optimizing excess inventory that lead straight to your bottom line through distribution in the off-price retail market. Viewing Off-Price As A Partner. The emergence of off-price retail has changed the industry landscape.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JUNE 3, 2024

Yet, many apparel retailers find themselves grappling with a myriad of challenges that hinder their growth and efficiency. From inventory management woes to order processing bottlenecks, the complexities of running a fashion business can often feel overwhelming.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

A $275 billion dollar windfall In the next three to five years, generative AI could add $150 billion, conservatively, and up to $275 billion to the apparel, fashion, and luxury sectors’ operating profits, according to McKinsey & Co research. It has so far had little experience with generative AI – but that could soon change.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Inventory management Predictive analytics: This helps optimise your stock levels, preventing overstocking and stockouts. Shopper engagement Chatbots and in-store kiosks: These provide instant assistance to your shoppers seeking information, especially when it comes to those common, easy-to-answer questions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Additionally, visual UGC, particularly with apparel sales, is vital. So there’s better forecasting, better predictions, better ability to handle specific customer issues, and certainly better planning around the inventory management aspects.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For example, an apparel store specializing in athletic shoes may use RFID/NFC sensors to engage with a customer interacting with the product. Actionable data can also help retailers with inventory management across all locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With Salesforce’s 2023 holiday predictions forecasting that BOPIS (buying items online for in-store or curbside pickup) will influence $28 billion in incremental sales during the holiday season, retailers seeking to capitalize on this revenue opportunity need to ensure their store operations and inventory management practices are up to par.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

4) Think Big: Improve supply chain and inventory management. Act small: Add a feature to your website allowing customers to search inventory availability in local store locations. retail consulting practice at dunnhumby, where she was on the leadership team managing the Macy’s account.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2024

Kontoor Brands, parent of apparel labels Wrangler and Lee, has again raised its full-year guidance after reporting “better-than-expected” results for the second quarter. The company’s revenue outlook remains in the range of US$2.57

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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2024

But for an apparel company, where the cheapest product might be a $3 pair of socks, the most expensive a $200 jacket, the benefits of using RFID tags now justify the cost. Fast Retailing began embedding RFID tags in apparel back in 2017. By 2018, that cost had dropped to between 3c and 8c and today, in volume, as little as 4c.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

To fulfill its mission of providing “Fun for All,” the retailer has implemented a localized merchandising strategy that spans a portfolio of leading national and private label brands across outdoor, apparel, footwear, and sports and recreation categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

Additionally, because the weather can affect consumers’ purchasing psychology, particularly in terms of apparel, retailers can use AI- and machine learning-powered tools to incorporate weather forecasts into inventory and merchandise allocation planning. Want to Expand Back-to-School Shopping Baskets?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2024

This collaboration results in an enriched suite of logistics and supply chain services, encompassing not just warehousing and inventory management, but also comprehensive transportation and last-mile delivery solutions,” he added. Focusing on beauty and apparel Initially, the partnership will focus on the beauty and apparel segments.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

billion apparel industry in Australia. Despite a slight dip in 2020, the global apparel market is set to grow to about US$2 trillion by 2028, from US$1.79 Locally, women’s apparel represents the largest segment with an estimated market volume of US$11.86 billion; the men’s apparel market is about half of that, worth US$6.35

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

IR : How is the growing popularity of brands like On and Soar shaping your approach to product curation and inventory management? However, the divisional mix such as footwear vs. apparel vs. accessories may differ, including the brand percentage mix, as this would have to support the relevant brand demand value in each market.

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Wiser

APRIL 7, 2020

Inventory management will rarely be the only thing that makes a retailer successful, but it can absolutely be the something that breaks you. Knowing what your customers like is one thing, but understanding how much of each item you need on shelves and how to price them is where inventory management can go awry.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As far back as 2016, we have been working with clients like Munro Footwear Group – one of Australia’s largest footwear distributors – to deliver omnichannel inventory management. We continue to work with numerous partners like Retail Apparel Group to analyse and implement last-mile fulfilment using stores and warehouses.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Pre-pandemic, there were some companies that were further on than others — especially in our sector, retail and apparel — but was [transparency] really integral to the way that they needed to operate for all the right reasons?” said Sarah Clarke, EVP of PVH Supply, North America at PVH during the webinar.

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