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Extended Back-to-School Season Spotlights Need for Tactical Markdowns

Retail TouchPoints

“With so many things happening over the last two years — the pandemic, political pressures, social justice protests, geopolitical and supply chain challenges — everyone stayed at a perfect moderate level of anxiety,” said Ericka McCoy, Chief Marketing Officer at analyst firm Resonate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Meet the new online outlet mall targeting Gen Z and millennial consumers

Inside Retail

Another differentiator between TheDOM.com and existing discount platforms is the fact that it aims to consolidate all off-price activity in one location. From tactical promotions, to markdowns, to engineered lines – similar to what you might see in an outlet mall, for example – all the way through to clearance,” Seskin said. “If

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Dollar General Revises 2023 Outlook Amid Financial Shortfalls  

Retail TouchPoints

In addition, the retailer is revising its planned same-store sales growth of 1.0% Gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 31.1% in Q2 2023, down from 32.3% in Q2 2022. to 5.0%, but is now predicting a more conservative growth rate of 1.3% to a range of -1.0% to 1.0%.

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7 Price Planning Tips to Maximize Retail Profits (2020)

Retalon

A discount store for bargain hunters? Depending on your brand messaging and your target market, your approach to pricing can be enormously different. Therefore, it’s vital to create your own pricing rules and thresholds (discounts limited to certain product classes, maximum clearance markdowns, etc.)