Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2021

rejected the opportunity to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store ( RWDSU ) union. In a surprisingly lopsided outcome, workers at BHM1, the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., million people worldwide with more than 950,000 workers in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

The attraction of a vertical integration business model to Chemist Warehouse is in red flag territory for the ACCC primarily because of the impact on wholesale competition, pricing and support services for Sigma banner groups and community pharmacies.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Nike has reportedly closed its accounts with DSW , Urban Outfitters , Shoe Show , Dunham’s Sports , Olympia Sports and Big 5 Sporting Goods as the retailer pulls out of specialty retailers and department stores, according to Forbes and other media outlets. These aren’t the first retailers to lose Nike as a supplier.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2022

First quarter results for calendar year 2022 are in for the three biggest Korean department store retailers, and the numbers are encouraging. Shinsegae, Lotte, and Hyundai account for the top nine department stores in the country (coming in at number 10 is Galleria’s high-end flagship in Seoul). trillion KRW ($2.1

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The deal includes a pro-rata payment to Nordstrom to buy out its minority interest in the brands , which the department store acquired as part of a previous joint venture with Asos back in July 2021. Analysts have noted that the deal has the potential to open the Topshop and Topman brands to additional wholesale arrangements.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2025

Founded by Rebecca Vallance Gasan in London in 2011, the fashion brand is now available in boutiques and premium department stores in Europe, the US, and Australia. Concurrent with the new CEO position, Halkett will serve as an advisor to Cate Burton, founder of beeswax candle shop Queen B.

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Retail Wire

MAY 15, 2023

Workers at the McNally Jackson, Goods for the Study, Greenlight Bookstore and Book Culture Booksellers at Rutgers University voted unanimously to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

department store chain and British online retailer aim to “redefine the traditional retail/wholesale model.”. are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with them to reimagine the wholesale/retail?partnership,” ASOS acquired the Topshop brand portfolio from Arcadia Group in February 2021. . ”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

The associates at a Patagonia store in Reno, Nev. have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 711 , marking the first successful unionization effort at a Patagonia store. with the RWDSU and five Vertical Endeavors climbing gyms in Minnesota.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2022

The company will also run some 250 wholesale accounts both locally and internationally. Morris said the company’s Designworks division supplies products to department stores and discount department stores, while Shoes & Sox is the leading children’s footwear retailer in Australia, dominating the children’s footwear category in Myer.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Designworks is the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, which recently merged with Pas Group to form a $600 million business in April. And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W. And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 10, 2024

White Stuff is launching stores across the US this summer, as it ramps up its international expansion plans through its growing wholesale business. “Our wholesale business has helped us learn and adapt to new markets like Canada, New Zealand and the Czech Republic in the past few years and has significant potential in the US.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2024

Barbeques Galore has launched a B2B e-commerce site as it looks to grow its wholesale business both in Australia and overseas. Currently, Barbeques Galore’s wholesale business includes 200 independent distributors in Australia and a growing number worldwide. The global B2B e-commerce market was valued at US$7.4

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

Assessing wholesale partnerships: As with many brands, wholesale partnerships play an important role in Ralph Lauren’s growth strategy. Wherever we show up in stores, we want to make sure it’s portrayed in a way that’s consistent,” he said. But we’ve seen that isn’t sustainable.” and globally.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It will also offer new-season boots, apparel, and accessories, a Marine Blue Comfort Craftsman exclusive to the store, and the brand’s largest women’s offering in the UK. ” Aside from the physical stores, RM Williams also sells its products through 90 wholesale partners in the UK. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Now, we’re moving further up the supply chain, with manufacturers and suppliers doing the same, shunning wholesale distribution in favour of a different model. Why fashion loves dropshipping This is the digital version of department stores that decades ago moved to concessions taking a percentage of sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unions Accuse REI of Unfair Labor Practices Another Seattle-based company, REI , is being targeted by two strong unions: the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) with a total of 80 charges of unfair labor practices.

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Retail Dive

MAY 31, 2022

The DTC brand, which in 2018 was featured in the department store's Pop-In@Nordstrom concept, is quickly adding to its roster of wholesale partners.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Several of the nation’s largest retailers, including Target , Macy’s , Gap and BJ’s Wholesale Club , struggled during Q3, with all reporting net sales declines and all but one showing a fall-off in comparable store sales. billion was down 7% compared to the same period in 2022; comp store sales fell by the same percentage.

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Apparel Department Stores Wholesale Consumer 264

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail (CRC for short) has launched full-on into the wholesale business under the name Go Wholesale, and is planning to give CP Axtra — parent company of retailer Lotus’s and wholesaler Makro — a run for its money. It operates 164 wholesale units, of which all but 10 are in Thailand itself.

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Retail Dive

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The brand will launch a special occasion collection at the department store in time for homecoming, with a prom assortment planned for next year.

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Wholesale Department Stores Planning ATS 115

Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

While the vast majority of the French-headquartered company’s sales are still wholesaled through department stores and travel retailers, Moet Hennessy is starting to open more of its own stores in airports, stores-in-stores and standalone boutiques, typically located in the luxury precincts of major international cities.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

New concept stores, wholesale distribution and an online shopping site are set to roll out early next year. . These include Review, Yarra Trail, Marco Polo, Black Pepper, Breakaway, Everlast, Lonsdale and Bluey, which are sold through own stores and wholesale partners, such as Kmart, Rebel and David Jones. “It

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

According to Aje’s co-founder and chief executive Adrian Norris, the business has been focusing on its wholesale and online business in parts of the US, UK, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, but has found that shoppers are increasingly wanting to touch and feel garments before purchasing.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The brand has grown to have a presence in 80 countries through a distribution network encompassing 1200 points of sale across stand-alone stores, franchises, department stores, multi-brand leather goods stores, travel retail and e-commerce websites.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

Barnes & Noble associates at the retailer’s flagship store at Union Square in New York City have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).

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Independent Retailer

JULY 14, 2022

If you are looking to take the plunge into wholesale, here is everything you need to know in order to find the best merchandise to sell online: What is a Wholesale Business? First, you need to understand what it means to sell wholesale. With wholesale, merchandise is moved in a short period of time.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

I’m not an accountant, but stores are on the asset side of the balance sheet for a reason, and they need to be leveraged as much as possible to squeeze as much out of them as you can.”. However, the department store still has work to do when it comes to its merchandising efforts.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The company currently has stores in New York and Los Angeles and also sells through partnerships with retailers including End, Matchesfashion, Browns Fashion and upscale department stores Selfridges and Harvey Nichols. .

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

And he noted there’s potential to expand Brand Collective’s existing wholesale partnerships with retailers, such as Myer and Target. The reality is in our business, we’ve got a finger in every pie, from brand licencing to wholesale to retail to online to marketplace,” he said. “We’re

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2023

Following the group’s entry, Dahl-Thorup said that it had experienced rapid growth across the Australia and New Zealand region due to its strong partnership with key wholesale partners. It] is regarded as one of the consistently top performing brands amongst our wholesale accounts,” Dahl-Thorup said.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

This year, Central plans to open four new home-improvement stores, 10 supermarkets/food halls and four Go Wholesale warehouses in Thailand, plus two Go! stores in Vietnam. Not content with just giving the store a new look and elevated market position, Central even rechristened it, somewhat Inauthentically, as Store of Bangkok.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, last month Designworks, the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, a leading house of lifestyle brands in Australia, announced that it was relaunching Pavement in the marketplace through the discount department store Big W.

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Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Workers at an Amazon.com warehouse in Bessemer, AL, will vote for a second time inside of a year to determine if they should be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The National Labor Relations Board ordered the vote after finding evidence that Amazon had engaged in acts that violated labor law.

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Department Stores Wholesale ATS 130

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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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Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Amazon.com of removing union literature from break rooms, limiting workers’ access to the warehouse before and after shifts and forcing employees to attend anti-union meetings at a warehouse in Bessemer, AL.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

Earlier in my career] I worked for many specialty brands and department stores where we sort of fought Amazon,” said Stacey Renfro, CEO of the born-on-Amazon home décor brand? business with the majority of our business still on Amazon, but diversified to many other marketplaces and expanding into wholesale as well.”. mDesign. “[The

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