Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
Country Road Group is set to restructure its fashion retail business, which is expected to result in massive staff layoffs, The Australian has reported. The company, currently facing sexual harassment and workplace bullying allegations , has been struggling to generate sales, according to the report. Inside Retail has reached out to Country Road Group for comment.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
Conn’s Home Plus , which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of Texas on July 23 according to multiple media reports, will close 71 of its 170 stores. The 134-year-old furniture and electronics retailer, which operates primarily in the South and Southwest U.S., will close 18 stores in Florida, nine in Texas and seven in Arizona.
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Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
Italian luxury fashion retailer Moncler Group has posted growths in both sales and profit for the six months ended June 30 despite a “complex operating environment”. The company’s consolidated revenues rose 11 per cent year on year to EUR1.23 billion (US$1.3 billion), with sales up 15 per cent for the Moncler brand and down 5 per cent for the Stone Island label.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
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Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
Elevating the customer experience, going global and tapping into marketplaces were the common threads connecting the keynotes on day one of Online Retailer, Australia’s largest e-commerce conference and expo in Sydney. Over two days from July 24-25, the retail community has congregated to hear from some of the world’s leading retailers and retail suppliers – from online fashion retailer Revolve to Shopify.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
Southwest Airlines is partnering with creators in various subcultures of TikTok to both highlight travel inspiration and offer an easy way to book flights on its airline. Ten different creators based in key Southwest Airlines markets, including Hawaii, Orlando, Fla., Chicago, San Diego, Las Vegas and Austin, Texas, will be highlighting travel-related content from now through Oct. 13.
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Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
Walmart will lease clinical space for senior-focused primary care centers at 23 Walmart Supercenter stores in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas. Health care services company CenterWell will operate the clinics under its Senior Primary Care and Conviva Care Centers brands. While Walmart still offers pharmacy and optical services in many of its stores, the retailer recently exited the primary care business by closing all 51 Walmart Health centers, calling the business model unsustainable.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
Alphabet Inc. has reported its financial results for Q2 2024, sharing high and positive performance across all of its divisions.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
The rise in digital purchases has created both opportunities and challenges for retailers. Today, nearly two-thirds of adult consumers globally use digital payments, and by 2027, digital revenue is predicted to exceed $14.9 trillion. But this growth also has made retailers’ digital payment processes a target for credit card fraud, online payment fraud, identity theft and account takeovers.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
Electronics retailer Best Buy announced Tuesday that it is revamping its branding with a new tagline, changes to its look, and an advertising “spokeshologram.
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Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
Bulk essentials retailer Boxed.com has been relaunched by online wholesale retailer MSG Distributors , which acquired the brand out of bankruptcy in 2023. Underpinning the relaunch will be ecommerce platform Spresso , which had been a part of Boxed until the brand’s bankruptcy, at which point the technology division was spun off as a separate entity.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
AT&T outstripped Wall Street’s expectations for second-quarter wireless subscriber growth and had fewer customers canceling.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 24, 2024
Gen Alpha is forecast to become the largest generation in history, reaching more than 2 billion worldwide by 2025, according to GWI research. And this cohort’s spending power is only going to grow, which is why brands and retailers are focused on creating spaces designed to meet their distinct needs, behaviors and passions. In most households, there typically is a Chief Buying Officer or Chief Family Officer — someone who oversees most (if not all) purchase decisions and manages all shopping tri
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
A federal judge signed off on the order against Walmart.
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Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
The Lanvin Group-owned luxury shoe brand Sergio Rossi, has named Paul Andrew its new creative director. Andrew, who previously worked with Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Narciso Rodriguez, and the late Alexander McQueen, launched his women’s footwear collection in 2013, later expanding the line to include men’s footwear, and becoming the first shoe designer and youngest brand to win the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2014.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
Partially due to increased competition, Tesla's Q2 profits dropped by 40% year-over-year.
Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
Japanese eyewear brand Owndays has unveiled its new brand identity, introducing its latest retail store concept as part of the campaign. The rebranding initiative, which was the first since 2008, includes a new logo and tagline, encouraging consumers to “Own ‘your’ Days”. “This brand refresh marks the next phase of our growth, aimed at inspiring and propelling the brand further on the global stage,” Umiyama Takeshi, Group CEO at Owndays, told Inside Retail.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
Firehouse Subs has announced a new meal deal amidst increasing closures.
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Inside Retail
JULY 24, 2024
Few events get the American retail industry buzzing quite like Amazon’s Prime Day, an annual shopping event with deals exclusively for Prime members. Amazon’s first Prime Day was held on July 14, 2015, and was created to celebrate Amazon’s 20th anniversary. The event was originally marketed as a “one-day only event filled with more deals than Black Friday”, but thanks to increasing popularity over the years, it has since shifted to be a two-day extravaganza.
Tokinomo
JULY 24, 2024
Sensory marketing is a powerful tool that can greatly impact shopper engagement. It taps into the various senses of consumers to create a memorable and immersive experience. Understanding how sensory marketing works and its psychological effects on consumers can provide valuable insights for businesses looking to enhance their marketing strategies. In this article, we will explore the different aspects of sensory marketing and its role in influencing buying decisions and customer loyalty.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently launched an investigation into what they call "surveillance pricing," which is a practice where companies use artificial intelligence to "charge different customers, different prices.
Tokinomo
JULY 24, 2024
Understanding consumer decision-making is crucial for businesses seeking to capture the attention and loyalty of their target audience. While rationality and logic play an important role in the decision-making process, emotions are equally influential and can often sway purchasing decisions. This article explores the interplay between emotions and consumer decision-making, shedding light on their impact and significance.
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Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
Indie game developer company Humble Games has just announced it will be needing to restructure and perform layoffs of its staff.
Retail Gazette
JULY 24, 2024
Iceland managing director Richard Walker has claimed Aldi and Lidl are “preventing competition on retail parks” using “legal tricks” involving restrictive covenants in property deals. While restrictive covenants, which are clauses that stop rivals opening shops near their competitors, have been subject to a Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) review of grocer land deals, the discounters are not required to meet the rules, according to The Grocer.
Retail Wire
JULY 24, 2024
The Wendy's $1 Honey Buddy sandwich is only available for a limited time.
Retail Gazette
JULY 24, 2024
Asda and Morrisons’ market share has continued to fall, with discounter Aldi’s good run also faltering, as shoppers sought to splash out on groceries amid this season’s “summer of sport” According to latest NIQ Total Till data, Asda’s market share dropped from 13.1% last year to 12% in the 12 weeks to 13 July, while Morrisons slipped from 8.5% to 8.4%.
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Retail Dive
JULY 24, 2024
The video rental chain’s last-standing franchise location in Bend, Oregon, has both loyal customers and nostalgic fans.
Retail Gazette
JULY 24, 2024
Waitrose has restructured its head office team as it makes changes to improve service standards and availability levels across its stores. The upmarket grocer is understood to have renamed its Bracknell head office internally as ‘Retail Support Centre’, which includes a retail service and standards team that will work with its store teams nationwide, The Grocer reported.
Retail Times
JULY 24, 2024
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Aptos, a leader in unified commerce solutions, announced today that Brown Thomas Arnotts, Ireland’s leading luxury retailer, will upgrade to the latest versions of Aptos’ Sales Audit and CRM solutions. Once deployed, Brown Thomas Arnotts will benefit from new capabilities that unlock greater levels of customer engagement and loyalty whilst promoting omni
Retail Gazette
JULY 24, 2024
Patrick Lewis, the great-grandson of John Spedan Lewis, founder of the department store chain, has joined Oak Furnitureland as its new finance boss. Lewis was chief financial officer of the John Lewis Partnership for six years before stepping down from the role and exiting in December 2020. He spent over 26 years at the retail giant in various senior leadership roles, including three years as managing director of partnership services and four years as supply chain director.
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