Inside Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

Walking the margin With consumer sentiment falling to new lows in 2024, the challenge on top of mind for many retail CFOs was preserving margin amidst conflicting business needs. That wasnt helped by shrink in-store, particularly consumables, reaching an all-time high.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 4, 2021

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

But as consumers, businesses and markets settle into something like a new routine, what changes will commerce experience in the year ahead? The past two years have shown us that assuming things will change is a safe bet. We’re also closely watching what happens with the metaverse.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A strong store-based fulfillment program requires a “single source of inventory truth, which is very challenging,” said Marie Driscoll, Managing Director, Luxury & Fashion at Coresight Research in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. For curbside, retailers should work with the shopping centers for a central pickup/drop-off spot.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

During that time, she helped to launch AJIO.com , serving as COO of what is now one of India’s largest fashion ecommerce sites. “It The second opportunity that resonated with me personally was the evolution of consumers looking for more sustainable consumption opportunities. and Canada), the UK, Australia and the U.A.E.,

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2023

Achieving circularity in fashion is similar to the 10-year overnight success story. Yet, the need for a sustainable and ethical future in fashion is necessary, due to the industry’s social and environmental impact, which has already caused substantial damage. We’ve heard and said this before in some form or another.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Among them were unpredictable shipment of supplies and waning consumer demand that left many with excess inventory. Further, excess inventory can lead to lost revenue because products that are not sold quickly can become obsolete or go out of fashion. The past year presented a plethora of challenges for retailers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2024

You don’t need to know anything about fashion, design, or technology to grasp that this is a place where creativity is nurtured and fed – as regularly as the batch of indigo dye the team keeps on hand, more for symbolic than practical purposes. You need tinkerers, you need problem-solvers.”

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She said that the new store’s vibe straddles the line between being very racy, as well as daggy and old-fashioned, and will enable customers to experience what is showcased online, and touch and feel the products prior to purchase. Its packaging and shipping is biodegradable, and its online orders are carbon-offset.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

Consumers expect convenient, interactive shopping experiences, from online to in-store and everything in between. As with all next-gen tech, there have been some early adopters, especially in the realm of fashion, footwear and accessories, that are already employing 3D and AR to enhance the ecommerce experience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As the resale market continues to grow, leading fashion and sneaker reseller StockX is taking steps to improve the process of buying and selling authenticated, pre-owned products online. Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

We share a lot of the data and we move consumers into their full-price environment ,” explained Grover. “I’ve And because we’re marketing to a different consumer, we open up our customers to their brands. It’s a very symbiotic relationship that no other marketplace does today, not a single one.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

M.M.LaFleur has garnered a loyal following for its elevated essentials and fashionable workwear. Due to its success thus far, M.M.LaFleur recently brought Second Act into its stores, creating an easier way for consumers to upcycle items and repurchase from the brand.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

Up to 30 per cent of your sales may end in a return, and up to 50 per cent of an item’s original value makes up the return cost, including shipping, warehousing, and labour costs,” explains Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns. For example, a summer dress can quickly go out of style in a couple of months.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

Up to 30 per cent of your sales may end in a return, and up to 50 per cent of an item’s original value makes up the return cost, including shipping, warehousing, and labour costs,” explains Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns. For example, a summer dress can quickly go out of style in a couple of months.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

CouriersPlease will ship the orders, which can be collected Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6 pm. Our collaboration with The Iconic and CouriersPlease allows us to offer a truly exceptional service that caters to the evolving needs of modern consumers.” They can also try on outfits and return orders at the venue.

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Retail Minded

APRIL 2, 2025

You must also assess how many items you are shipping. An assembly packaging partner with experience in your industry, whether its retail, food, or fashion, knows the tricks of the trade. Drop the box, stack it, and see if it holds up. Some companies tack on charges for shipping or setup that surprise you later.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has launched a circular initiative in partnership with resale-as-a-service company, Reflaunt. Customers can join the circular program by dropping off their pre-loved Balenciaga items to participating Balenciaga stores or request collection through Reflaunt. Good for business.

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Consolidated shipping is a method of shipping where a consolidator combines individual less than container load (LCL) shipments from various shippers into one full container shipment. What is Consolidated Shipping? Participating in consolidated shipping earns the shipper preferred rates. According to C.H. LCL vs. FCL.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

We will implement the same processes as we have done previously, with our Ship From Store functionality pointing to these stores as a priority,” Antony Hampson, general manager of ANZ for Superdry, told Inside Retail. Not St Frock, an online women’s fashion brand based in Sydney: “Facebook is at the centre of our strategy.” .

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Platforms like Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Farfetch, Matches Fashion and Mytheresa have created a brand identity of their own. Third-party online retailers have proven that consumers prioritise the acquisition of the product over the in-store purchase experience.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 9, 2023

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and its newer rival Temu are in a race to win shoppers’ attention for their inexpensive China-made goods. The legal skirmish is important for US consumers and rival retailers because it shows how online retailers with vendors in China need to navigate US intellectual property protections.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Driven by the explosive growth of ecommerce and shifting consumer preferences, the global cloud manufacturing market is expected to reach about $112 billion by 2024 , growing at an astounding 20 percent annually. With POD, as well, once the item(s) are produced, they are drop-shipped globally to the end consumer.”.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 9, 2023

Combining the two in one place for a multi- or omni-channel retail strategy could create an entirely new experience for consumers – and, with rapid developments in modern technology, it opens the door to a multitude of opportunities in the future. over the previous two years.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

We are one of the last remaining global fashion brands that is also 100 per cent in-house manufacturing – a point of pride. Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a drop in online sales of 8.7 It’s like: you know you’ll get good weather, you know you’ll get bad weather, but when you sit in the ship, you’re gonna have a very clear destination in mind,” Senvirtne said. “We per cent in November and 6.1 Shop Happy”.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 5, 2022

Businesses send products to Amazon fulfillment centers, and when a customer makes a purchase, Amazon handles all of the receiving, packing, shipping, customer service, and returns for those orders. The post Wholesale Central Introduces New Amazon FBA Suppliers Category appeared first on Independent Retailer.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 4, 2021

InPost, an out-of-home and eCommerce delivery company, has announced a new partnership with sustainable fashion trailblazer, Yellow Octopus Group , which aims to offer consumers a more convenient and greener way of donating and recycling clothes.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Some of these retailers have gotten into trouble because they foresaw the challenges of the supply chain – the shortage of containers and container ships – and they overspeculated on their inventory, which is just a gamble. Laura Inman, non-executive director at Super Retail Group and chair of Melbourne Fashion Festival. Launa Inman.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 5, 2021

Reflaunt’s mission is to build a world of positive consumption by bridging luxury fashion brands with leading second-hand marketplaces, encouraging consumers to extend the life of their pre-loved items through resale. Harvey Nichols has announced the launch of an innovative new luxury resale service in partnership with Reflaunt.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Much of this growth is now being fuelled by the implementation of new technology on a massive scale, including live streaming, LED and holographic display technology, autonomous vehicle technologies, augmented reality and the integration of the social ranking system into the algorithms that influence consumer behaviour. personal care. ?

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ex-John Lewis senior premium beauty buyer Rebecca Saunders, now director of consumer and retail at Alvarez and Marsal, says: “There’s something really exciting about the discovery of having lots of brands within the product.” Consumers are also drawn to the value for money they represent. But what makes them so popular?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Bagged a pre-loved bargain, supported circular fashion and didn’t even set foot in a store. Single Mum school drop off duties for my Gen Z daughter before hitting the desk for work. That’s my dopamine ‘shopper’s high’ for the day. Definitely pre-Covid. Time to get up.

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