Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

So what are these faux handbags doing in a RealReal retail store located on NYC’s Canal Street, a notorious knockoff hub? Rival resale platform Ebay spotlighted the difference between real and fake with its own Canal Street store in November 2023 , stocking the location with authenticated sneakers and streetwear.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A notable gap is apparent, though, between values and actions, as many still shop frequently on fast-fashion platforms like Shein. Monitor emerging platforms to stay ahead of shifts in consumer behaviour. Engage in meaningful dialogues with consumers to foster loyalty and trust.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2025

Goodwill has 154 community-based, autonomous organizations in North America, and its global presence is growing, with locations in Brazil, Finland and South Korea. Within Canada there are five locations, including Alberta, Montreal and Ontario.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

Consumers are becoming increasingly mindful about sustainability when it comes to shopping habits, and luxury retail is responding by investing in sustainable initiatives that will protect the environment while still allowing them to continue delivering luxurious items.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. The consumer is changing, the way that they purchase is going to change,” he said. “We In the retailX keynote session on Wednesday, Aug.

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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. As a company, we place a huge premium on creativity.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fast-fashion retailer H& M announced plans to close approximately 250 stores next year as it seeks to step up the pace of its transformation via digital investments, store portfolio optimization and increasingly integrated channels. H&M has not yet identified which stores will be shuttered.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The annual Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW), hosted by The City Of Melbourne, is back and celebrating its 30th anniversary. “It It is quite the milestone, it does mean we’ve officially taken the designer crown of being the longest-running consumer fashion event in Australia,” Matthew Flinn, MFW senior manager, told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2024

The retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June and was unable to secure the necessary financing to keep its 21 brick-and-mortar locations open; all will be closed. Others have been forced to significantly reduce their number of locations or restructure to stay afloat. The official date of closure was July 14, 2024.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Inflationary pressure on consumer discretionary spending, supply chain disruptions and elevated inventory levels, which tie up a retailers’ net working capital, are set to create the perfect storm for retailers that do not have a strategy in place to ensure they are well positioned for the choppy market conditions ahead.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

Recommerce, the sale of secondhand merchandise, is a hot topic as consumers become more enthused about recycling goods rather than contributing to enormous mountains of landfill waste. While secondhand marketplaces are steadily growing, they barely make a dent in the billions of items today’s consumers generate. Take the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2020

Brands have closed their brick-and-mortar locations, with some also temporarily stopping e-Commerce due to concern about the safety of their employees, or other challenges. For omnichannel retailers, in-store sales can represent anything between 50% to 95% of their revenues — this is a scary and uncertain time. to +91% YoY, respectively).

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s been 30 years since Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione opened their vintage boutique, What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA) during the 1990s emergence of consumer appreciation for preloved garments. Now the owners of three locations — two in Manhattan, including the original SoHo shop on West Broadway, and one in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2022

Launching in 2021, Alder & Green is re-establishing what a modern menswear brand should be, by developing responsible men’s shirts and accessories to encourage consumers to buy less and buy better. Fashion brands have altered our attitudes through fast fashion, prioritising profit margins over ethical production.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

UK-based fast fashion brand Boohoo recently announced that it had tapped US celebrity and influencer Kourtney Kardashian as its “sustainability ambassador” and launched a “sustainability journey” campaign that included a capsule collection and mini-series. Consumer backlash.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2021

Spanish fast fashion giant Zara made headlines for all the wrong reasons last month when Mexico’s Ministry of Culture accused it of using embroidery patterns distinctive to the Mixteca community of Oaxaca in its garments without credit or benefit to the Indigneous community.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

and Europe and that it has enough inventory on hand to meet consumer demand during the holiday season. The fast-fashion retailer is expected to open five stores in the New York area and another in Tyson’s Corner, VA this year. The chain currently operates 13 locations in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2024

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that outlet shopping has seen steady growth over the past few years, as an increasing number of consumers seek value-driven shopping experiences, driven by economic factors such as the rising cost of living.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Toni Viñals, CEO at nsign.tv, says: “The retail sector is facing a stage of reinvestment in its business models in physical establishments with the desire to achieve a return to normality by offering consumers better shopping experiences that are both safer and more interactive so that the customer’s journey is as attractive as possible.”.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. Platform, Los Angeles: Where culture, community and creativity meet Located in a trendy neighbourhood of Culver City, California, Platform is a curated showcase of local indie brands, pop-ups, sleek bars and Michelin-star restaurants. Major department store, tick. Supermarket giant, tick.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

The UK-based online platform for independent and ethical brands Wolf & Badger opened its first bricks-and-mortar location in London in 2010, before adding stores in New York in 2017 and Los Angeles in 2022. GG: We increasingly see consumers looking to be more conscious in how they shop. Today, the US is its largest market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

In the past, repurposing it required a meticulous approach that was equal parts complicated and time-consuming. Enterprise software solutions simplify excess inventory management workflows through a centralized system of record that consolidates data into one location for collaborative analysis.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

When consumers visit our stores, I hope its not just about buying clothes. Founded in 2006 with the launch of Urban Revivo in Guangzhou, FMG has grown into a major player in Asia’s fashion landscape, going toe-to-toe with established fast fashion brands like Zara and H&M.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Meanwhile, NRFs vice president of industry and consumer insights Katherine Cullen, PwCs global retail leader Kelly Pedersen, Happy Returns chief operating officer Timothy Fehr and Pinterests director of consumer product marketing Rachel Hardy discussed emerging consumer trends in 2025.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Over the past year and a half, the platform has witnessed its transaction numbers multiply by seven times, a trend driven by a shift in consumer behaviour. Increasingly, individuals are turning away from fast fashion, opting for more eco-friendly choices and seeking additional sources of income. It boasts that 36.7

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2024

Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labour at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage criticisms of its low-cost business model ahead of a planned flotation. million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, the report showed.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2022

Co-founder and co-CEO Kirsten Kore says the business is in the “right place at the right time” to capitalise on consumers’ growing interest in sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, such as rental. According to FMI, global online clothing rental sales are expected to grow 11 per cent CAGR between 2021 and 2031.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2022

Unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company based in Hong Kong and San Francisco that builds custom jeans for each consumer on demand. That said though, we get pulled into Europe a lot, given how progressive and conscious the consumers are,” noted Lam. Lam acknowledges that ‘actual sustainable fashion is a very lofty bar’.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2023

The reasons for the attrition have been well documented: the rise of global fast fashion retailers (exemplified by Japan’s own Fast Retailing), casualisation, greater budget-consciousness, the shift to e-commerce, the ageing of the traditional department store customer base, and the redevelopment of railway stations connected to department stores.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2022

The next retailer that looks to be in trouble is fast-fashion titan H&M. As a result, H&M shuttered more than 20 physical locations last year. Shifting consumer preferences among younger Chinese shoppers indicate a stronger appetite for domestic brands.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Despite its fantastic location just 10 minutes from the Pacific Ocean front and Santa Monica Pier, Macerich still has a job on its hands: the Bloomingdales two levels accounted for another approximately 9300sqm that remains to be filled. Are we expecting too much of experiential retail?

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It’s now seven years on and we’ve just moved to a new location in south-west London and have a team of 22 employees. Every item comes through our warehouse and is examined, photographed, and sold by us which means consumers are getting quality vintage products from a trustworthy retailer. What does sustainability mean to True Vintage?

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Wiser

AUGUST 28, 2023

Here are some valuable insights and practical steps on how to enhance your retail assortment, ensuring it resonates with evolving consumer trends and stands out in a competitive marketplace. The retail landscape is constantly changing due to evolving consumer behavior, technological advancements, and market dynamics.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

While this has always been true, today, assortment planning is complicated further by three key influences: rapid shifts in consumer behavior, heightened competition from e-commerce giants, and ongoing supply chain disruptions. Assortment planning in retail is a careful balance between inventory and demand influenced by external factors.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Bodice founder Ruchika Sachdeva has designed the pared-back interiors of the womenswear brand's store in New Delhi to counter the "more, new and now" culture of fast fashion. Bodice 's flagship is located in New Delhi's affluent Vasant Kunj neighbourhood, occupying a building on the same site as the brand's design studio.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Australian brand has been steadily capturing the hearts of consumers down under over the past 20 years, with a thriving online presence and six bricks-and-mortar stores. What inspired the bricks-and-mortar expansion into the US market and why was New York chosen as the first US location? What have been some of the highlights?

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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. People spend a bit more on the product and keep it for longer.

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