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Uniqlo owner sees big profit drop in China due to Covid restrictions

Inside Retail

China is Fast Retailing’s biggest foreign market, with 863 stores on the mainland and almost 90 outlets in Shanghai, where stringent lockdown measures, introduced in late March, remain in place to contain the country’s worst outbreak of the pandemic. Fast Retailing has more Uniqlo stores in China than in its home market of Japan.

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

But that need not be the case with careful planning and the deployment of the right technology. “Up Merchants need to anticipate their customers’ expectations – offering options for pickup, drop off, boxless labeless returns – and identify ways to consolidate and reduce costs.”

Returns 147
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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

But that need not be the case with careful planning and the deployment of the right technology. “Up Merchants need to anticipate their customers’ expectations – offering options for pickup, drop off, boxless labeless returns – and identify ways to consolidate and reduce costs.”

Returns 147
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Shein, Temu in fierce fight over US market for $10 dresses

Inside Retail

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and its newer rival Temu are in a race to win shoppers’ attention for their inexpensive China-made goods. Shein, originally founded in China, relies on drop-shipping directly from its extensive network of China-based suppliers.

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‘More is more’: Q&A with Camilla CEO, Jane McNally

Inside Retail

In this edited podcast interview with Australian Retailers Association CEO Paul Zahra, Camilla CEO Jane McNally discusses what makes the brand so unique, its online and digital growth, and its plans to expand internationally. . First and foremost, we’re not a fast-fashion brand. And we’ve hosted remote VIP evenings.

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Three roadblocks to making circular fashion work – and how to navigate them

Inside Retail

This plan aims to deliver on the commitments of the European Green Deal , the new circular economy action plan and the industrial strategy. Recently, The RealReal laid off hundreds of staff, and closed stores, consignment drop-off spaces and corporate offices , in an attempt at swift profitability.

Fashion 130
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Jason & Scot Show Episode 264 – Retailer Q1 Earnings and E-Commerce data

Retail Geek

5:04] To dictate what garments they make and what styles they leaned into and how they apportion, dollars to inventory so that’s that’s where the kind of real-time fashion comes in that they’re sort of a data-driven fashion. Um and shop for apparel. [3:41] As you’ve predicted pretty frequently. [26:30]

Apparel 86