Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2023

For once, department stores are leading a retail sales recovery instead of lagging it. Supermarkets (5,921 stores) gained 1.8 per cent but the big winners were department stores (190 of them) performing well above the average, with a 13.5 METI counted 190 department stores for its first quarter survey.

Department Stores

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

This retail renaissance is not just a return to traditional shopping spaces but also signifies a shift in the shoppers’ culture, expectations and behaviors. The move toward experiential shopping is vital in bringing people back to physical retail spaces, creating an emotional connection that can’t be found while online shopping.

Returns

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

This mantra has allowed Anthropologie to double down on tactics that make its store experience unique, such as its approach to store merchandising, which is more reminiscent of a small boutique than a chain retailer. “We We’re a specialty store with a range of products, so we think about how the consumer experiences the brand.

Visual Merchandising

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

per cent increase in department stores and a 3.3 We predict retailers in the fast-fashion apparel and footwear sectors within consumer discretionary goods could face significant headwinds over the next few months. Overall consumer confidence also remains in deeply negative territory. Retail sales increased by 1.3

Net Profit

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.

Department Stores

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The US-inspired shopping event – which sees retailers across the country offer deals and discounts to tempt customers and boost sales – kicks off the peak period, and is routinely one of the busiest days on the calendar for shops, large and small. Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s south east went all out for the shopping event.

Fast Fashion

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. It sits at the top of Third Street Promenade, a famous shopping, food and entertainment strip. These were underperforming stores that Covid gave a final push.

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365 Retail

MAY 4, 2021

He added that the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a shift in trends towards sustainable fashion and a move away from the fast-fashion culture of the past, as shops were shut. Speaking to the PA news agency, Mr Brick said: “I think the biggest change is going to be from fast fashion to slow fashion.

Fast Fashion

Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2024

“This morning we gathered to honour a legacy that started in 1838 with a visionary named David Jones to open his first store, laying the foundation for what has become a truly exemplary example of Australian retail,” Fyfe said. Earlier this month, the Chinese fast-fashion retailer launched the RISE Student Designer Challenge.

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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.

Fast Fashion

Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

GG: We increasingly see consumers looking to be more conscious in how they shop. We keep building on our foundation as now the world’s leading platform for independent brands and over the coming years our plan remains simple: help more brands connect with even more consumers, and provide them with a new and exciting way to shop responsibly.

Fast Fashion

Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2022

As we celebrate the emergence of more glamorous urban shopping centres with their cast of global retailers, spare a thought for the thousands of small cities across developing Asia where there isn’t quite enough spending power to support a full-sized regional shopping centre, store directory glowing with marquee names.

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Dezeen

APRIL 3, 2021

Called Moniker Fashion Universe , the 1,500-metre-square concept store is located in the heart of Oslo's shopping district, near the newly renovated Valkyrien Square. When the store opened last spring, its two Snøhetta -designed floors housed only womenswear.

Fashion

Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The news came a month after White said that her big five-year plan that she promised would deliver £400m a year in profits at the department store and grocery group would be delayed by two years. The proliferation of dubious American candy stores came to encapsulate the travails of the famous shopping street.

Grocer

Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

A generation that sees shopping as binary: “I want brand X, therefore I need to shop at store Y”. A generation that loves to shop online because it’s fun and convenient – and also because they are juggling work-life (im)balance, kids and life in the ’burbs. Obsessed with showcaser signalling and blinded by status.

Thrift Store

A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The pandemic accelerated the shift to online, as more people relied on online grocery shops, eCommerce, and online services than ever before. 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.

Payment Services

Retail Gazette

JULY 21, 2023

Running until 29 July, The Corner Shop has been given a Barbie Dreamhouse-inspired makeover offering bookable Barbie inspired hair and nail services, photo moments and a host of Barbie and Ken worthy shoppable items. The luxury department store has also used the pop-up to offer items available through its Reselfridges and rental programme.

Accessories

Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

They think, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to a department store.’ Everything’s made-to-order, so there are some major benefits, like it’s anti-fast fashion. There are some shopping destinations that attract more female shoppers. We’ve got a great network of showrooms and a great online experience.

Fast Fashion

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although this is a big move forward for transparency in the fashion industry, it comes at a time where ultra-fast fashion giant Shein continues to soar, despite criticism over its opaque supply chain. However, there are no firm plans to open its own stores overseas yet. to sales over its last financial year.

Fashion

VMS

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Yes, right out of school I was fortunate to work for a designer that had his start as a visual merchandiser for a large department store in Detroit. My first job in the retail design segment was with the DeBartolo Company who at the time was the largest shopping mall developer in the world. How times have changed.

Visual Merchandising

Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Gieves & Hawkes Acquired: November 2022 In November last year, the retail conglomerate snapped up the Gieves & Hawkes brand and five UK stores, including its Savile Row shop. Frasers Group stated that at the time of the acquisition, that the online fast fashion retailer owed £13m to its shareholders.

Fashion

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.

Department Stores

Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2022

I love going shoe shopping, I love going handbag shopping, I love seeing what’s on the street. The women in the street, in the shops, at the hairdresser. Then you look in the department stores in New York…Saks and Bloomies are fabulous stores. The customer is what drives us. It’s cash and grab.

Fashion

Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The pre-loved pop up initiative, which has brought together 55 local and national charities in the UK, said it has booked £3m in sales across the 16 stores it has ran since its launch in January 2023 , The Guardian reported. He added: “It is almost like a battle for hearts and minds.

Fast Fashion

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.

Fashion

Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Because again they weren’t dealing with competitive sales my department store experience was the opposite, if you’re in buying wholesale someone else will put the goods on sale and of course today you know 30 years later plus it’s the standard. [7:35] 7:35] And so I decided when I got to Ann Taylor. [7:39]

Wholesale

Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

I just, I ended up feeling like I wrote a bad, squishy forecast, but there is part of me that wants to say, hey, the spirit of this was people aren’t gonna be shopping for products live on video and it’s not gonna be very meaningful.

Drop-Shipping