Retail Gazette

MAY 24, 2024

Retail sales have fallen once again as poor weather paired with a cost-of-living squeeze continues to dampen spending. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show sales volumes fell by 2.3% in April, after a 0.2% drop in March, as poor weather led to a reduction in footfall across most retailers. However, on a three-month basis, volumes edged up 0.7% to the end of April when compared with the previous three months.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2024

While established fashion brands are attempting to find solid ground in the current economic downturn, a new guard of Australian designers are trying to get their foot in the door. Fashion is an industry that worships breakthrough talent but gaining access to the necessary resources to innovate and disrupt is half the battle. Australian Fashion Week’s Next Gen runway spotlighted emerging brands Emily Watson, Potirakis, House of Campbell and Amy Lawrence as the industry’s next frontier.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

Up to 60% of merchants say reducing friction between in-store and online is a top priority. To create a competitive experience, the back end of a merchant’s in-store and online business needs to be unified, ultimately creating a front-end experience that is consistent and cohesive. Shopify provides a unified commerce platform designed to enable seamless customer experiences across all channels while centralizing data and operations for multi-location retail businesses.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and stories of deceased people. Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the links between clothing, adornment and wellbeing. “ Enclothed cognition ” considers the psychology of clothing, and designers are exploring how to create garments to heal the wearer.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Guardant received support in a 7-to-2 vote.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an interpretive rule confirming that buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders are in essence credit card providers, meaning they will be required to provide consumers with legal protections and rights, including in cases of disputed charges and issuing refunds. BNPL is “often used as a close substitute for conventional credit cards,” according to a CFPB press release.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Image courtesy Wayfair Wayfair opened the doors of its first large-format store on Thursday in Wilmette, Ill., just outside of Chicago, marking a brick-and-mortar milestone for t

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

In a strategic move poised to shake up the Indian e-commerce landscape, Alphabet's Google is set to acquire a minority stake in Flipkart, the Walmart-backed retail giant.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

Walmart+ has added a new membership benefit designed to appeal to the more than 75% of its members who are pet owners: 24/7 veterinary telehealth services offered in partnership with Pawp. The retailer piloted the offering last year and it became the loyalty program’s most successful limited-time offer of 2023. Key features of Pawp for Walmart+ members include: Free pet telehealth service, saving members $99 annually on the cost of a standalone Pawp membership; Expert support from a team includi

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

The Coca-Cola Company will complete the campus in three years.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

The acquisition of the Texas stores appear to support Ollie's plans to expand its brick and mortar footprint.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

While Netflix continues to produce popular content, the success of its hits varies widely, according to the latest engagement report.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2024

Last week, the preppy US-based lifestyle and apparel brand Rowing Blazers appointed Laura Willensky as its new chief executive officer. Before her appointment at Rowing Blazers, Willensky held key leadership positions at J.Crew, Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Talbots, and Away. In the early stages of her career, Willensky helped lead Madewell and children’s brand Janie & Jack from inception and brand launch to profitability and national recognition.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Passengers can find flights for the popular airline on the Google Flights search aggregator.

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Generative AI is poised to redefine B2B, but scaling AI success in this space isn’t without obstacles. From fragmented data sources and complex buyer journeys to operational inefficiencies, the road to AI-powered growth can be challenging. To achieve a competitive edge, understanding your organization’s AI-readiness is essential. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model provides a quick, actionable way to assess your starting point.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2024

Deckers Brands saw net sales surge to a new record last fiscal year as consumers embraced the company’s leading Hoka and Ugg brands. Net sales soared 18.2 per cent to $4.29 billion with direct-to-consumer sales up 26.5 per cent to $1.86 billion and wholesale sales jumping 12.6 per cent to $2.43 billion. Hoka’s sales increased 27.9 per cent to $1.81 billion while Ugg’s climbed 16.1 per cent to $2.24 billion.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, gas prices are dipping slightly, offering some relief to millions of travelers.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 24, 2024

Morrisons has warned of disruptions as nearly 1,000 warehouse workers walk out for the next three days in a dispute over pensions. Employees at the supermarket’s Gadbrook in Cheshire and Wakefield in West Yorkshire distribution centres, who have begun the first of two strikes, claim the cut in company contributions to their pensions is worth up to £10m a year.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

In a significant milestone for labor relations in the Deep South, workers at Georgia-based school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corp. have ratified their first union contract.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

In an attempt to draw in budget-sensitive shoppers, product prices start at $1 and more than half of the assortment is less than $15.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

It's the battle of the fast-food giants as both companies launch low-cost deals.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

Declining performance of the Vans brand continued to weigh on the apparel and footwear conglomerate’s Q4 earnings despite various transformation programs.

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LS Retail

MAY 24, 2024

©iStock/CHALLA The chiefs of Korea’s largest business groups gathered with President Yoon Suk Yeol to garner support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their overseas expansion efforts in an annual meeting on Thursday. President Yoon presided over this year’s conference of SMEs held on the front lawn of the presidential office in central Seoul, joined by Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan.

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Generative AI is reshaping retail, but achieving true AI success isn’t simple. Many brands face hurdles—underdeveloped data strategies, limited AI-ready infrastructure, or lack of seamless integration across systems. As you explore how AI can boost efficiency and transform customer experiences, understanding your business’s readiness is key. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model offers a clear starting point.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

As part of the deal, the sporting goods brand will partner with the athlete on a signature basketball line celebrating her legacy.

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Retail Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Canva has introduced its latest offering, an enterprise version designed specifically to meet the requirements of large organizations.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

The sustainable shoe brand is adding its signature products to the online retailer as it looks to broaden its reach.

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Cisco Retail

MAY 24, 2024

Meraki APIs allow businesses to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, and configure and deploy networks quickly at a scale. Developrs can leverage API operations to retrieve performance metrics, monitor network health, analyze traffic data and create custom reports to gain insights into the network usage.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

The cosmetics brand increased sales 77% year over year, while the DTC furniture company debuted a store in Wilmette, Illinois.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 24, 2024

Aldi has reduces prices on over 45 fruit and vegetable products as it continues its commitment to ensuring “shoppers make significant savings every time they shop” From today (24 May) customers at the German dscounter will see lower prices on items including berries, oranges, tomatoes and its fresh salad range. Produce such as avocados and peppers are also included in the latest price reductions, with prices dropping by an average of around 11%.

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Retail Dive

MAY 24, 2024

The partnership now includes on-demand delivery from the beauty retailer across all 50 states.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) fell by 2.3% in April 2024, following a fall of 0.2% in March 2024 (revised from 0.0%), the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal. Sales volumes fell across most sectors, with clothing retailers, sports equipment, games and toys stores, and furniture stores doing badly as poor […]

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