Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

A Tailored Retail Experience In the era of mass production and fast fashion, personalization has become a key element in attracting and retaining visitors. Major department stores are leaning toward repurposing and reskinning existing fixtures, saving costs and minimizing environmental impact.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

While Urban Outfitters ’ assortment is designed for consumers in their teens and early 20s, Anthropologie provides a destination for consumers’ “next generation of life,” when they’re starting careers and families, according to Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Preis.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Australian retailers generally fared well over the last 18 months during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite temporary store closures as part of government-imposed lockdowns, although headwinds may be on the horizon. A look at consumer sentiment and spending . Consumer sentiment fell by 3 per cent to 81.2 Retail sales increased by 1.3

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2021

It has also successfully created a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) among some consumers. Ikea would also go head-to-head in the high-low competitive landscape [with] pure online, specialty and department stores,” Miranda added.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2021

Australian online clothing rental company GlamCorner is adapting its offering as more brands look to launch their own branded rental service amidst major changes in consumer behaviour. This resonates with younger consumers in particular. Overall, 57 per cent agree that buying too many fashion items is bad for the environment.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. Some of the brands have a history with Robinsons, while others are new to the department store. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said there were 210 department stores in Japan at the end of 2019 but attrition in the ensuing three years reduced that number to just 192 by the end of 2022. Both the Takashimaya and Tokyu stores were luxury-focused, and had been a fixture of their neighbourhoods for decades.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

per cent increase in the number of consumers that purchased from brands powered by Shopify, with Australians ranking fourth globally in total spend. He expected that customers were eager to experience Chadstone’s in-store experience. Australian merchants using the e-commerce platform saw a 22.7 Average spend increased from $155.73

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Major department store, tick. Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. As consumers’ shopping habits and needs continue to evolve at a rapid pace, so too does their desire to be inspired and feel a sense of connection to the places they inhabit. Supermarket giant, tick. Cinema, tick.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The space is the upper level of a three-level empty box, the two levels below having been left by upscale department store Bloomingdales , which closed in March 2021. These were underperforming stores that Covid gave a final push. Still, Bloomingdales as a chain of department stores hangs on.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

We started doing this through a small store in West London, and eventually grew the business into the global marketplace we are today. GG: We increasingly see consumers looking to be more conscious in how they shop. Meanwhile, we are also seeing a rise in ultra-fast fashion and its increasingly negative impact on people and the planet.

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Wiser

AUGUST 10, 2017

One noteworthy observation is the early adoption of the trend by large department stores, including Macy’s, Nordstrom, Kohl’s, and Target, while fast fashion retailers such as Forever 21 and Revolve Clothing arrive relatively later to the game. One interesting detail is the slight decline during this season.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Rising prices put a squeeze on consumer spending throughout the year, and although inflation has finally started to ease, shoppers sill remain cautious with Accenture research revealing 64% of UK adults plan to reduce their spending over Christmas. Shein is also understood to be mulling listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Harvard consumer researcher Professor Susan Fournier would say that our brands are akin to our best friends, acquaintances, lovers, and dalliances. I’m being increasingly guided by socials, following influencers, and I am also being influenced by other consumers online, whom I perceive to be ‘just like me’. We like familiarity.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

Australian omnichannel direct-to-consumer retailer Institchu has been offering made-to-measure suits since it launched 10 years ago, but now it’s on a growth trajectory, with the launch of its software-as-a-service product, Taper, and entry into new product categories. They think, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to a department store.’

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

With lockdowns forcing many shops to shut their doors and trade exclusively online, retailers were forced to get creative with how they engaged and communicated with consumers. High street retailers and fast fashion brands originally dominated the influencer partnership space. Retailers and influencers – the relationship.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

An old TopShop store in north London’s Brent Cross shopping centre has been revived after two years of sitting empty since the fast fashion brand closed down. It’s now a vibrant pop-up department store selling pre-loved clothing organised collaboratively by 10 charities.

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Retail Dive

JULY 15, 2025

Dive Brief: Shein is facing a class action lawsuit that claims the fast fashion giant sent marketing text messages to those on the national Do-Not-Call Registry, according to court documents. Ben Montgomery via Getty Images First published on Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Registered in England and Wales.

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Retail Insider

MARCH 25, 2021

Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry. From fur farms to fast fashion, excess packaging to plastic coat-hangers – this is where the real action is. Three people sitting in France aren’t going to define this industry.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In this broad ranging interview, we cover his distinguished career, his opinion about the recent direct to consumer trends, and much more. He turned down Steve Jobs first request to serve on the Apple Board of Directors, and how he later helped Steve and Ron design the Apple retail store. His cameo on Breaking Bad.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

But you, the ultimate consumer and gesture and recool charter of all the data, do you agree that I got this one? 43:12] I actually think that we’re going to see more Chinese companies focusing on Western consumers. Scot: [35:36] Yeah, I will.

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Inside Retail

MAY 4, 2023

The progress made by 25 retailers has been tracked and monitored by World Baptist Aid – via its Ethical Fashion Report and in accordance with its guidelines – with factors relating to supply chain governance, including workplace conditions and wages, being accessed. The conscious consumer segment is growing quickly.”

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