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Babies ‘R’ Us Makes its Return to Brick-and-Mortar, Setting the Stage for National Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

big-box baby chain, BuyBuy Baby , shutters its doors , a familiar name has returned to the retail landscape — Babies ‘R’ Us has opened its first store in the U.S. since the brand’s 2018 bankruptcy. stores, Babies ‘R’ Us and its sister brand Toys ‘R’ Us passed through a number of hands before being acquired by WHP Global in March 2021.

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Bluestar Revives Justice as Online-Only Retailer, Plans to Expand Tween Brand into Tech, Home

Retail TouchPoints

Justice has returned as an online-only retailer with the launch of its new ecommerce site, ShopJustice.com. The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group.

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Saks, Authentic Aim to ‘Redefine the Luxury Experience’ Through New Joint Venture

Retail TouchPoints

Brand management firm Authentic Brands Group and Saks Global have developed a new joint venture called Authentic Luxury Group (ALG) that is aimed at “redefining and expanding the modern luxury experience.” Barneys New York will be ALG’s first focus and will set the tenor for the expansion of other brands in the ALG roster.

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WHP, Simon, Brookfield Unite Under Phoenix Retail Banner to Acquire Express

Retail TouchPoints

The new joint venture between brand management firm WHP Global and mall owners Simon Property Group , Brookfield Properties and Centennial Real Estate — formed for the purpose of buying beleaguered mall brand Express, Inc. — now has a name: Phoenix Retail. for both Express and Bonobos. to buy Rag & Bone.

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Inside Incu’s digital relaunch plans for A.P.C. and Rag & Bone

Inside Retail

If you look at all the barriers to purchase on the sites [in the past], you were paying for shipping, you weren’t able to do click-and-collect – we’re working on that – you couldn’t return locally, nothing was in the local currency. IR: When do you plan to launch the new websites? DL: We just see an opportunity.

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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

“Originally the event has always been based on trade with a consumer event later, and in the last few years we have seen them merging this and not investing in getting overseas buyers to come to Australia,” Phoebes Garland, co-founder of Garland & Garland, a fashion and lifestyle brand management agency, told Inside Retail.

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Amazon and Shopify Bring ‘Buy with Prime’ to Merchants with New App

Retail TouchPoints

Buy with Prime was designed to give Prime members fast, free delivery and easy returns through Amazon’s fulfillment network and ultimately help brands increase shopper conversion by about 25%. Amazon is bringing ‘Buy with Prime’ capabilities to Shopify merchants via a new app integration.