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With Sights on Global Growth, Draper James Sells Majority Stake

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Consortium Brand Partners (CBP), a consumer-focused investment manager, has acquired a majority ownership stake in Draper James , the fashion and lifestyle retail brand founded by actress Reese Witherspoon. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Graf Lantz Seeks Growth Without Sacrificing Product Quality or Sustainability

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Our founders are not consumers in context of the ‘consumerist culture,’” Gopinath explained. The company’s goal isn’t to get consumers to buy the same products over again, but to sell those products to more consumers while also providing shoppers with things that work in other parts of their lives.

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How Donating Masks Created A New Product Category For WestPoint Home

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Growth can be a challenge, particularly when there’s new leadership at a company with brands that date back as far as two centuries as well as wide distribution across mass, department and specialty store and e-Commerce channels. We put a lot more content into our direct-to-consumer sites. Regan Iglesia.

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How British brand Papier is driving growth in the global stationery market

Inside Retail

The rise of the stationery market Research and Markets attributes the rise of this seemingly old-fashioned consumer product category to a few factors, including consumers’ preference for a tactile writing experience, the power of influencer marketing and the growth of e-commerce.

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Why it’s good to be a mall operator in the Philippines right now

Inside Retail

The booming retail business Aside from the retail properties, SM Investments also has a separate retail arm consisting of about 3850 department stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets and specialty stores. Same-store sales have been increasing at a rate above 6 per cent and twice that at its 74 department stores.

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Why Filipino mall giant SM Prime remains committed to regional expansion

Inside Retail

The symbiotic retail relationship SM Retail, the retail arm of SM Investments, operates a portfolio of more than 4200 stores across a whole plethora of retail categories that includes department stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets and specialty stores. The CPI has come down significantly throughout the year, to 1.9

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How Korea’s big 3 department stores are killing it right now

Inside Retail

The Consumer Price Index was up 4.8 Prices for clothing and footwear – both staples of department stores – have been quite stable though, partly because it is much harder for retailers to pass on price increases in those categories and because of contracts locked in earlier at lower prices. per cent above the first quarter of 2019.