Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Mosaic Brands will “wind down” five of its brands to focus on its other five businesses as it struggles to remain afloat due to operational issues. The brands to be wound down are Rockmans, Autograph, Crossroads, W Lane and BeMe, as part of what Mosaic Brands CEO Erica Berchtold calls a Focus on Core plan. This will allow the company to capitalise and invest in Millers, Noni B, Rivers, Katies, and its standalone online Mosaic marketplace. “Each of those core brands will have a

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) is in urgent negotiations with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) to prevent a strike that could disrupt U.S. cargo movement.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Lagardere AWPL has secured the domestic travel essentials retail contract from Sydney Airport, covering 2500sqm across 14 locations. The contract will add pharmacy and technology, Lego stores, and a new concept for Relay to the existing traditional news, books, and convenience models. As part of the offering, Sydney Airport will have an over 650sqm megastore at T2 Domestic, one of the largest travel essential stores in Australia. “The new offerings will also showcase our commitment to sust

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is quickly becoming one the nation’s fastest growing fast food restaurant chains. According to their official.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Founded by Heela Yang along with Marc Capra and Camila Pierotti in 2015, Sol de Janeiro, the body care brand known for its skin-firming Bum Bum Cream, is now one of L’Occitane Group’s biggest success stories. “It’s now our second largest brand and one of the fastest-growing skincare brands globally,” Mona L’Hostis, marketing director of global travel retail, L’Occitane Group, told Inside Retail.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The "Shark Tank" star is the founder of KIND Snacks & the Builders Movement.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This roundup of Starbucks explains what Starbucks did for National Starbucks Day, National Coffee Day, and the CEO's new plans.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Cath Kidston is set to return to the high street after collapsing into administration in 2020. The British homeware retailer, which was snapped up by Next under an £8.5m deal in 2023, is due to open its first new shop on 18 October at London’s Westfield White City, according to The Sun. Posting a teaser video on Instagram earlier this week, the retailer wrote: “Why yes.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Norwegian Cruise Line has an all-new ship in its fleet.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Dreams annual sales and profits have nudged up following record store, tech and supply chain investments. The bed specialist saw annual turnover rise 2.2% to £395m for the 52 weeks ending December 2023 while underlying EBITDA before currency movement rose from £58m to £59m. Dreams invested a “record-breaking amount” in store expansion and refits, including upgrades to its technology systems, supply chain and machinery.

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Retail Times

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! The Perfume Shop, the UK’s largest fragrance retailer is thrilled to reveal the recipients of its yearly Love Perfume Awards, an event honouring fragrances chosen by employees and the public throughout the UK to unveil their top scents of 2024.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Asda is “back to square one” in its search for a new CEO, as headhunters struggle to encourage retail bosses to take over the position. Since tasking search firm Spencer Stuart to lead its search for a new boss, insiders have said the supermarket has approached “a whole conveyor belt of people who have turned it down,” The Telegraph reported.

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Cross Cap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Boohoo bosses are considering splitting up the company following shareholder pressure to turnaround its fortunes. The Times reported that various shareholders have urged the board to spin off some of its top performing brands as it seeks to boost its share price, which has dropped more than 85% over the last five years. Insiders believe there is potential value in offloading or spinning off Karen Millen and Debenhams and selling young, fast fashion retailers such as PrettyLittleThing, Boohoo and

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Lookfantastic has opened the doors to its first-ever permanent store in Altrincham in Greater Manchester. The THG-owned online beauty retailer is building on the success of its popular events and pop-up shops with the permanent shop, which seeks to educate customers about the brands and products it sells. It stocks over 90 beauty brands including a number of exclusives such as Dermatologist-founded brand, Dr Loretta, Espa, Perricone MD, Jo Malone and Dr.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

AllSaints has opened its first standalone store in Egypt at Cairo’s Mall of Arabia, one of the country’s largest shopping centres. The fashion retailer’s new 2,368 sq ft store, which is also its first in Africa, houses a broad range of AllSaints clothing, handbags, footwear and accessories, across both women’s and men’s ranges. The store has also been fitted out in line with AllSaints’ new store design concept, which first launched in Los Angeles last year and has been “very well rec

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