Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Department stores saw a 2.9% decline, furniture and home furnishings stores reported a 2.6% increase in sales, while health and personal care stores saw a 0.7% The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Appriss Retail projected that the 2022 returns rate will remain at 16.5%, nearly even with the 16.6%

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

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. Oz Hair & Beauty: Dispatch time faster than average for beauty segment Oz Hair & Beauty has a dispatch time of 1.3

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion. Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception.

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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. The post Country Road brands to return to Myer after David Jones separation appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2021

Lord & Taylor will return from bankruptcy as a digital-first retailer in April under its new owner Saadia Group, according to multiple sources. Known as the oldest department store in the U.S., In the meantime, Saadia Group has subleased 41,000 square feet of office space at 275 Madison Avenue in New York City.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2021

The fight for board control of department store Myer will be decided in the next few months, with the firm’s AGM likely to run in late October, but Solomon Lew’s major stake in the business could well be diluted by the time to vote. Department store sales up this year. million, up 5.5 per cent to $539 million.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2025

In his first earnings cycle at the helm , Kohls new CEO Ashley Buchanan laid out his plan to turn around the embattled company, which has struggled for years to return to a position of strength while fending off activist investors. Sales were down at the department store in both Q4 2024 and for the full year, both of which ended Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

It’s not a mirage; Barneys is returning to NYC, but only temporarily. It’s a symmetrical turnaround: the Hourglass brand debuted at the famed department store two decades ago. The 1,500-square-foot pop-up will take up residence at 14 Prince Street from Sept.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It isnt just the chocolate itself thats at risk: the cost of the packing materials where the sweet stuff reposes is through the roof as well. Department stores, which have traditionally been one of the favourite retail go-to places for high-end chocolates, have had to think a little bit out of the box (or out of the square if you prefer).

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Pictured, botanical artist Carly Rogers at Selfridges, London, UK.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

A year after the French luxury department store originally announced it would be launching its first US location, Printemps is officially opening a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of New York Citys financial district on March 21. Department stores havent had the best reputation the last few years.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In particular, the index showed strong rises in spending at department stores, electronic stores, hardware, family clothing, pet shops, household appliances and florists, and showed signs that many people are preparing for holiday events such as Christmas parties with an increase in spending intentions for clothing rentals and tailors.

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

The long-anticipated deal between Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus could create the ultimate department store behemoth at a time when legacy players are facing increased competition from luxury e-commerce companies and a new generation of high-end brands blending premium products with immersive experiences. billion deal.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Department stores globally are adjusting their product offer to reflect rapid changes in the menswear category as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the category wears off. But last year menswear rebounded to its pre-pandemic levels, reaching on average 14 per cent of total department-store sales.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Isetan-Mitsukoshi is a storied department store chain with 15 units in Japan, including five in the Tokyo metropolitan area. One of them, the Isetan flagship in Shinjuku, boasts the highest sales of any department store in Japan. Sales at Isetan-Mitsukoshi’s Tokyo metro stores are up 33.3 per cent in 2020.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2023

Myer’s CEO and MD John King has announced he will retire in the second half of the 2024 calendar year and return to the US. In an ASX announcement, the department store’s board thanked King for his “extraordinary contribution” and added that his decision to leave is based on “being with his family as their health circumstances demand.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Iconic British department store Harrods has partnered with the Global-e international ecommerce platform to improve its online operations in more than 200 markets worldwide and offer customers elevated, localized shopping experiences.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Living in a building of historic importance gives one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury department store companies that extra little bit of cache — the trick now is to find ways of being a retailer of future importance, a stiff hurdle upon which so many department store companies are stumbling. Footfall was up 6.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has released a limited-edition collection featuring the Barneys brand.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The biggest swing occurred in department store spending, which saw a 14.3 Especially in department stores, where the consumer appetite to spend appears to have fallen so dramatically between November and December? I think we’ll start to see a return to normality,” Mortimer told Inside Retail. “I

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. It also offers second-hand items in its London flagship store through a partnership with online resale platform Vestiaire Collective.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department store chain Myer delivered its highest full-year sales since 2005 this year but remains cautious as consumer spending declines due to unfavourable economic conditions. per cent of total sales – and a 10 per cent increase in productivity gains at physical stores. Myer’s total sales grew 12.2

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Macy’s Q4 and full-year 2020 results show signs of a turnaround for the department store, hard hit, like many of its counterparts, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparable sales at owned stores in the quarter were down 17% , beating expectations but showcasing the continued dampening effect of COVID-19.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Beloved New York City off-price department store Century 21 has partnered with logistics provider Fillogic ahead of its spring 2023 relaunch. The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

This retail renaissance is not just a return to traditional shopping spaces but also signifies a shift in the shoppers’ culture, expectations and behaviors. At the core of this comeback, malls of today are responding to the evolving expectations of shoppers with sustainability, experience and personalization.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At Myer’s annual general meeting this week, outgoing CEO John King predicted that trading activity on Black Friday would likely surpass Christmas, with the department store preparing stock ahead of time to mitigate any logistical delays related to potential industrial action. per cent increase in total sales to $3.36

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

of the retailer’s stock by Mexican luxury department store Liverpool. The Liverpool stock purchase, valued at $293.8 30, 2022 will have the right to purchase shares of Nordstrom common stock at a 50% discount to the then-current market price. a poison pill, following the purchase earlier this month of 9.9%

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

New John Lewis executive director Peter Ruis has promised customers he will make the department store special again. ” “Returning to the UK’s favourite department store is an extraordinary privilege. ” “Returning to the UK’s favourite department store is an extraordinary privilege.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Luxury goods group LVMH unveiled on Monday the revamped La Samaritaine, a 150-year-old department store designed to help it grab a greater slice of tourist spending once pandemic travel curbs are eased. A view inside the revamped Samaritaine department store ahead of its reopening in Paris, France, June 21, 2021.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

SMB Advisory was appointed liquidator of Harrolds Group and placed its four entities – Harrolds Logistics, JTP Sydney, Harrolds Femme and Nelson River International – into liquidation at the start of October.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Gobbetti is leaving Burberry at the end of 2021 to take the reins at Salvatore Ferragamo. Burberry credited Akeroyd for reorganizing and accelerating growth at Versace by building on the Italian brand’s heritage to elevate product, communications and the customer experience. “I

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Clarins opens new boutique at Great World. French skincare brand Clarins has unveiled a new boutique at Great World, a mixed-use development near popular tourist spot Orchard Road in Singapore. The suite of treatments available at the third Clarins Open Spa are designed to offer pampering and relaxation to time-poor consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Adelaide Central Plaza at Rundle Mall will house Tag Heuer, Tiffany & Co, along with exclusive brands within the David Jones department store, the company said. Louis Vuitton will also open a pop-up store at Adelaide Central Plaza from October 13 to December 28.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

per cent at the end of FY23. Myer currently operates 56 department stores across Australia, as well as its online business and in-house brands including Sass and Bide, Marcs and David Lawrence. The report revealed that online sales were $390.1 million and now account for 21.3 per cent of the retailer’s total sales, up from 20.5

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Beck’s planned departure was first announced in September 2019, at the time when fellow Co-founder and COO Barry Beck left the company. In her previous role as CIO at IHG, Miller managed strategy, delivery, operations and security for more than 5,900 hotels in 100+ countries. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated. The secret to Target’s success is the retailer’s expertise at utilizing its stores for fulfillment, whether as a staging ground for last mile delivery or an efficient curbside pickup hub. Foot Locker managed solid 6.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Mexican luxury department store Liverp o ol has reportedly taken a 9.9% passive stake in Nordstrom in a deal valued at $293.8 Nordstrom reported a 12% sales increase for the quarter ended July 30, 2022 as customers updated their wardrobes and returned to events. million , according to Reuters.

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