Retail Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Quality Street and John Lewis are making the nation’s sweet dreams come true as they announce the return of in-store pick and mix stations. Quality Street brand manager Cat Mews said: “We know how much people missed our pick and mix stations at John Lewis last year, so we are delighted to announce that they are back for 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“We are laser-focused on improving our profitability, performance, and shareholder returns,” said Olivia Wirth, Myer executive chair. The post Myer’s profit declines amid store closures, underperformance of some brands appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. Its online sales grew 2 per cent to $704.3

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Babies ‘R’ Us will return to brick-and-mortar retail in the U.S. this summer with the opening of its first flagship location since the brand’s 2018 bankruptcy. The store will be located at the American Dream mall in New Jersey, alongside the flagship of sister brand Toys ‘R’ Us , which opened there in December 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2024

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. to buy Rag & Bone.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2023

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.

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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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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

AI image recognition FMCG is a technology that transforms how brands manage shelves, track inventory, and understand their consumer behavior. For example, a study by IHL Group found that retailers lose $1 trillion annually due to overstocks, out-of-stocks, and returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2021

is selling its Heritage Brands portfolio — which includes the Izod , Van Heusen , Arrow and Geoffrey Beene brands — to fellow brand management firm Authentic Brands Group for approximately $220 million. This sale marks the latest in a broader shakeup among the larger brand management firms.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Highly functional, Uber-ized commerce usually involves ordering several options and getting them quickly, but then going through the hassle of returning most of them. It’s much more than that: it’s a creative performance that incorporates interaction and storytelling to increase sales and decrease returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If someone constantly goes into a store that doesn’t carry their size, or is met with styles that aren’t really considered “on-trend” wherever they live, it’s more than likely that they won’t return. A seasoned commercial and brand executive, Shakedd is an entrepreneur with a vision of making Nexite into a successful world-changing business.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Brands are looking at ways to add value to the customer’s journey within their spheres. . What lessons can be learned?

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

That said, EssilorLuxottica has strong distribution capabilities and is good at brand management, so Supreme fits better with them than it did with VF,” he said. Meanwhile, Dixon believes Supreme can still prosper if EssilorLuxottica allows them to operate independently and doesn’t manage it with an FMCG mindset.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

A little less than one year after Toys ‘R’ Us made its return to the world of UK brick-and-mortar via nine shop-in-shops in WHSmith stores, TRU parent company WHP Global has announced plans to expand the partnership and add 30 new locations by this summer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

She recently implemented a solution to unify and organize customer data, including not just online and in-store purchases but also returns and call center activity. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How did your career as an IT executive prepare you to support PacSun as the company’s CIO and lead the brand toward a digital-first approach?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“A key challenge for the new CEO will be bringing the firm back to a more sustainable debt level and delivering higher returns to shareholders,” Ng added. Shares of New World Development surged by as much as 23 per cent after trading resumed following Cheng’s resignation.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

He said that Milkrun had hired back its creative director – who was made redundant as part of the mass layoffs – as a consultant, which indicates that Woolworths wants to maintain Milkrun’s creative brand management. “I Very often, these large companies will carve out these types of businesses.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, it appears that while the luxury goods group was adept at selling its own brands, managing the technology and logistics of an e-commerce platform like Yoox Net-a-Porter was a different matter. Richemont first purchased Net-a-Porter in 2010 for approximately US$550 million, before merging it with Yoox. million. .

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

into a multi-brand fashion retailer by bringing together the Express, Bonobos and UpWest brands , and included plans to expand the monetization of the Express brand through global licensing partnerships. The partnership transformed Express, Inc.

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Earlier this month, Desigual partnered with Melbourne-based brand management firm O’Rourke Showroom to unveil its spring-summer collection, further expanding its retail distribution in Asia Pacific. Inside Retail: What are the reasons behind Desigual’s return to Australia?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Hungry for the next novelty, many will return to that venue only if there is something new to experience. This challenges retailers to evolve and adapt to customers who are always hungry for the latest thing. Data-Enabled Design Fundamentals As the conventional wisdom suggests, the only consistent factor is change.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

Viviology is run as a standalone brand, with its own brand manager. It has its own channels, website and marketing mix, which will be the approach for each private label brand,” she said. Benefits and pitfalls of private label. Viviology is just the beginning of Adore Beauty’s push into private label.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2023

Following some lonely pandemic years, the brand is expecting Mother’s Day to be a big one. “We We have seen a strong shift back to retail as customers look to in-person shopping experiences, and engage with our products and staff in-store,” Koko Black’s senior brand manager Kyle McKnight told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

Technology has revolutionized the way brands manage their excess inventory. Without real-time visibility or existing systems in place to manage excess levels, cross-functional teams wasted valuable time and resources on work that didn’t produce valuable returns on investment.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And to add complexity to the situation, these brands find it difficult to establish a reliable supply chain, as they may not have the same level of relationships or resources as larger brands. Moreover, they find themselves stuck in regulatory and administrative situations.

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Wiser

JUNE 5, 2023

It also includes managing returns from customers who may be unhappy with their purchases or have received damaged items. Visit Wiser.com today for more tips on brand management. The post 5 Ways Small Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Issues appeared first on Wiser Retail Strategies.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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. DL: We hired a new marketing manager, new buying manager, new creative brand manager.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Thousands joined the live karaoke moment celebrating the return of the brand’s much-loved “Holidays Are Coming” advert. Piccadilly Circus was illuminated in festive red on Thursday evening as part of a huge Coca-Cola Christmas sing-along. Holidays are coming!

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 8, 2024

Ted Baker is set to close 15 UK stores and cut some head office roles, as administrators take action to try to save the fashion brand. NODL licenses the brand in the UK and Europe from Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the brand management group which owns Reebok, Forever 21 and David Beckham which bought Ted Baker for £211m just 18 months ago.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

The new business’ stores have been opened within Chemist Warehouse locations, stocking cult beauty brands such as Byredo, Olaplex, Malle, Juliette Has a Gun, and Frederic Male, and range from small store-in-store models, to larger dedicated underground presences such as Ultra Beauty’s Edgecliff store.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2022

Backed by Vestiaire Collective CEO Maximilian Bittner among others, Una Brands is part of the global aggregator boom, which has seen the likes of Thrasio in the US and Rainforest in Singapore scoop up sellers on online marketplaces, and scale them into global businesses.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 19, 2024

NODL licenses the brand in the UK and Europe from Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the brand management group which owns Reebok, Forever 21 and David Beckham which bought Ted Baker for £211m in October 2022. You need innovation and newness in brands like Ted Baker,” says Shuttleworth.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“The positive is that as things open up and the rules continue to be relaxed, we think Hong Kong will come back booming in 2023, with the return of global events such as Art Basel and Rugby 7s,” she said. Mannie Ma, brand manager for Courvoisier reiterated the importance of the Hong Kong market to the cognac brand.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Optimize Marketing Efforts: DSOS can help you measure the effectiveness of your marketing and promotional campaigns, helping you to finetune your strategies for a better return on investment. Take this information and create strategies to resolve negative reviews and improve overall brand perception.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Adopting pop-up stores is ideal to test and experience the brand. What lessons can be learned?

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Following the success of the first ever live karaoke experience on the iconic Piccadilly Lights in 2019, Coca-Cola returned this year to lead revellers in popular Christmas carols and, of course, the much-loved “Holidays Are Coming” song – made famous by Coca-Cola’s legendary Christmas television advertisement.

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