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Apparel business Hard Rock admits to resale price maintenance practice

Inside Retail

Apparel business Hard Rock has been caught engaging in resale price maintenance as well as making misleading representations about consumers rights. It also warned about adjusting pricing or ceasing to supply products if the resellers did not agree.

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Retail Pricing is a Science – Not an Art

Retail TouchPoints

Any new pricing strategy and architecture should be viewed through the short- and long-term lens, determining what needs to be done to address immediate needs — i.e. moving through a backlog of inventory before the holidays — and what is truly best for the brand.

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AI’s Fashion Impact: From Product Design to On-Demand Manufacturing and Beyond

Retail TouchPoints

Even in an industry accustomed to a rapid pace of change like fashion manufacturing and retailing, AI is racing by like the Road Runner speeding past a desert mesa. Every day were finding different and faster things, to do with the technology, she said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Sustainability Update: eBay to Sell ‘Imperfect’ Apparel in UK, Adore Me Launches Sustainable Fashion Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

Items are available at up 60% off retail prices. They may be ex-display products or feature small defects like scuffs, a loose thread or missing buttons that disqualify them from being sold at full price. Sample of an ‘Imperfects’ listing on eBay UK — Gucci bag with a scuff available for 50% off.

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Eddie Bauer Aims to ‘Eliminate Barriers to the Outdoors’ with New Rental Program

Retail TouchPoints

Eddie Bauer is following the lead of other top retailers and getting into the rental business with the launch of a new program that will allow customers to rent its technical apparel and gear at “a fraction of the full retail price.”.

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Price, not volume, driving Australian retail sales growth

Inside Retail

Retail prices increased 4.8 per cent through the year to the June quarter with the largest price rises seen in food and household goods. “On On a quarterly basis, overall retail price growth has already exceeded sales volume growth in both the March and June quarters,” says Rumbens. “On per cent price growth.”.

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Athleta Moves Further into Resale, Off-Price

Retail TouchPoints

The program will be piloted with a randomly selected group of customers, who can now shop the new Preloved section on the Athleta website for gently used products at up to 90% off the original retail price.