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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

Retail TouchPoints

Thematic visual merchandising : Let Chinese shoppers know you know how important this week is and create some visual merchandising to display throughout the period – just as you would for Christmas. Harnessing the Year of the Dragon: Strategies for Retailers So how do you harness the year of the dragon?

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Showfields Files for Bankruptcy Protection as it Seeks to Reorganize

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The retailer, which debuted in 2019, has lined up financing from existing investors for a restructuring effort, according to WWD. million , is owed to debt financing firm Pipe Technologies. Stores in the Washington, D.C. Georgetown district and in Brooklyn remain open. The largest debt, $1.4

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Dusk Group appoints Vlad Yakubson as new CEO and MD

Inside Retail

He has also held various senior leadership roles in visual merchandising, retail operations, finance, marketing and property. Yakubson has more than 25 years of experience in specialty retail and is currently the GM of the men’s fashion brand, YD.

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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

But moving forward, Nicholas believes that store fulfillment will only get more attention from finance teams, which means stores need to think about how they can drive layout and labor changes to support moments of engagement.

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Primark President: ‘Our Business is Set Up for People to Grow Into’

Retail TouchPoints

It’s a business built on people having a long career, potentially moving into finance or buying or [multiple other functions]. Store workers] might be interested in human resources, visual merchandising or health and safety issues. It’s there and it’s available within Primark, and it has been for more than 55 years.

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Tiffany, Costco Settle 8-Year Lawsuit Over Counterfeit Rings

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and Costco have settled a long-running dispute in which the fine jewelry maker sued the warehouse chain and accused it of selling generic diamond engagement rings bearing the “Tiffany” name, Yahoo Finance reports. Read more at Yahoo Finance. Tiffany & Co. Settlement terms were not disclosed.

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Former Neiman Marcus CFO Joins Tailored Brands

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She joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in finance, business transformation, strategic planning and execution, capital allocation, investor relations, process improvement and technical accounting. The post Former Neiman Marcus CFO Joins Tailored Brands appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.