Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Online B2B wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G funding round, its third in the last year. With this latest round, which pushes the company’s total funding to date above $1 billion , Faire is now valued at $12.4

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

We Wear Australian, an initiative created by Showroom X, is activating at New York Fashion Week with an immersive retail activation on 7 February. I think our aesthetic, our way of living, our innate ability to be sort of relaxed but beautiful at the same time has [helped us] find our feet in this international market, she added.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Shopify has taken a stake in the B2B retail marketplace Faire and is establishing Faire as the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of global merchants through a deeper integration between the two platforms. The size of Shopify’s stake in Faire was not disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2022

Bulletin , a wholesale marketplace connecting over 3,000 independent brands with more than 26,000 retailers, has been acquired by Emerald Holding , the owner and organizer of NY NOW , the wholesale market for retail where brands, buyers and designers gather to connect and discover. The NY NOW Summer Market will be hosted Aug.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vaccarella is no stranger to retail — Bogg has wholesale partnerships with Dick’s Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops , among others — and she has mastered a model in which the brand develops exclusive designs tailored to each partner’s shopper base. And when you go to the Jersey Shore, it’s an all-day affair: you pack up at 7 a.m.,

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Abercrombie & Fitch will expand into India via a multi-year franchise partnership with Myntra Jabong India Private , a B2B wholesale entity owned by fashion and lifestyle retailer Myntra.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

We acquired the British heritage brand out of insolvency in 2020 and built a flexible, scalable licensing business and a global ecommerce presence over the last four years, said Tobias Nanda, Head of Brands at Gordon Brothers in a statement.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

The traditional wholesale model is broken – and Covid is not to blame. Consider how a traditional wholesale deal works. One thing the Covid pandemic has done is made consumer demand more erratic than ever before; retailers suffer the risk of building stockpiles of products that cannot be sold at profit.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2025

The company has signed a deal with Good Products & Co for the distribution of its products in the two markets. The brand is now stocked at David Jones, The Iconic, Glue Store and Culture Kings. G-Star said it plans to expand in Australia and New Zealand by boosting wholesale growth and launching new retail stores this year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The company is targeting the opening of more than 25 stores as part of its three-year strategy, which was announced at its annual meeting in Melbourne. The beauty retailer will also grow its owned brand portfolio through retail and direct-to-consumer channels, as well as wholesale partnerships in new geographic regions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. But she believes that successful marketing revolves around one key thing: understanding your customer and creating the value they expect.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

A 45-year-old family-owned luxury business might not be the kind of company one expects to be at the cutting edge of digital commerce, but thanks to President Ken Natori, the company’s second-generation leader, Natori is just that. And earn his stripes he has.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. Success is looking [at those metrics] within a specific mile radius from our store. You want to show them the breadth of products for all these other moments and milestones in life.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Ad Populum affiliate that has emerged as the winning bidder is called New Amscan in a nod to Party Citys former wholesale division Amscan, which was included in the acquisition. Sale of Party City Leases Continues At the same time, Party City Holding Co. is continuing to sell off the retailers 695 store leases.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2024 alone, several high-profile companies, including Dell, AT&T, Ticketmaster and Disney have suffered the consequences of a major breach. From ecommerce, logistics and digital marketing, these sectors are heavily reliant on data for their day-to-day operations. million and $3.48 million, respectively.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Global womenswear and lifestyle brand Club L London announces the appointment of Dan Lorenson as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Dan has been a key figure in the brands evolution since 2018, initially collaborating as the Founder of boutique marketing agency Flying People.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

Exclusive: Google Debuts New Retail Media Solution with Lowes as First Beta Tester (March 18, 2024) Retail media was THE growth story in 2024, fueled by these networks ability to target consumers at key decision points in the shopper journey. Walgreens Agrees to $192.5M Settlement with Shareholders Over Failed Rite Aid Merger (Oct.

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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. That is the thinking behind the dawn of a new era at Dusk. Our numbers continue to get better and better when technically the market remains challenging.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

A runner waits at the ready to collect each customers selections from the stock room ensuring fresh garments await their try-on in the change room. This is also the reason why the brand doesnt sell its products on a wholesale basis. She identified a gap in the market, as well as the problem of overconsumption.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2025

Meanwhile, wholesale sales are taking longer to recover, as wholesale accounts remain cautious on pre-season commitments in a challenging market. per cent at Rip Curl, up 3 per cent at Kathmandu and down 6.3 per cent at Oboz. Net debt at the end of the period was $69.3 Sales were up 0.1

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

Two of the nations major employers, with a combined workforce of 320,000 staff and about a 66 per cent share of the grocery market, Woolworths and Coles endured a 2024 they would no doubt rather forget. and a low point of $15.24, albeit edging close to the higher mark at years end. In comparison, Coles posted a $1.11

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2024

Achieving this level of personalization and marketing effectiveness is difficult given the range of Fender’s channels and customer touch points. Even if consumers buy their new guitars at a retail partner, they can go online and register their instruments on the Fender site.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Joe Megibow may be new to the CEO role at Casper , but he’s very much a known entity in the retail industry. This was on full display during an impromptu stroll across the Mandalay Bay resort at Shoptalk in Las Vegas last month, during which he was stopped repeatedly. That right there is the thread across every company I’ve worked at.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In fact, marketing agency Empower said its seen a 90% increase in consumer interest in the advent calendar category since 2020. calendar is selling 10X better than any other product on the brands site at the moment. So, yeah, it’s hard to ship, but honestly that keeps the competition at bay, because nobody wants to deal with it.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

A recurring theme at Day two of NRF’s Retail’s Big Show Asia in Singapore on Wednesday was clearly the understanding among retailers of the need to deliver a great customer experience to succeed. The current food and liquor market is very much dominated by wholesale but it is evolving and changing,” he shared. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Beauty brand Glossier has expanded its all-women leadership team with three C-suite appointments, including the promotions of Marie Suter to Chief Creative Director and Kleo Mack to Chief Marketing Officer, as well as the hiring of former Chanel executive Chitra Balireddi as Chief Commercial Officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

BJ’s Wholesale Club has become the latest retailer to launch a media network, offering brands a comprehensive advertising solution to connect with its members. The new program, called BJ’s Media Edge , is being launched in partnership with Microsoft’s PromoteIQ solution. “We Access real-time analytics and data on their campaigns.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

In February, the business announced it had experienced 225 per cent year-on-year sales growth, primarily driven by its strategy in the US market. The US fashion market has a history of making or breaking Australian fashion labels and Leo Lins move into the US saw the brand double its revenue in just two years.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This disparity between expectations and reality will continue to drive businesses to invest in B2B commerce and related technologies, said Ram Chandel, Global Commerce Practice Leader at Deloitte Digital in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Want to learn more?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

Wolverine Worldwide has acquired Sweaty Betty in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $410 million. The retailer reported “ triple-digit digital growth” for the year alongside 60% overall revenue growth as customers stocked up on apparel for their at-home exercise routines, according to The Evening Standard.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Wholesale net sales climbed 8.6 per cent, followed by Church’s at 11.4 “Despite the challenging backdrop, we are confident in our ability to navigate the industry complexities and remain committed to our ambition to deliver solid, sustainable and above-market growth.” per cent and Europe at 18.1

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

A $68 T-shirt might seem like a tough sell, but eight years on, Molnar’s brand Goodlife C l othing has a host of top-tier wholesale partners, a booming DTC business and, most importantly, a cult following of customers that keep coming back. Customers can try products for seven days and return what they don’t like at no charge.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2022

Primark is partnering with the Vintage Wholesale Company, an independent vintage clothing business, to open two new concessions in its flagship Birmingham and Manchester stores, under the brand WornWell by the Vintage Wholesale Company. . Jermaine Lapwood, Head of Innovation and Future Trends at Primark said : .

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Adidas will sell off its remaining Yeezy inventory at cost rather than write it off at a loss, the company announced alongside its preliminary results for 2023. Products in those two releases were sold at a profit, but a “significant amount” of the proceeds were slated to be donated to organizations that fight discrimination and hate.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

OTB, parent of Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, has reported lower sales for the last fiscal year as a decline in wholesale more than offset growth in the direct-to-consumer (DTC) channel. per cent (at constant exchange rates) thanks to strong performance in existing stores and the addition of 61 new locations. billion (US$1.77

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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.

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