Inside Retail

JANUARY 7, 2025

Since entering the retail scene, Fishwife has become one of the most well-known brands in the snack category, let alone in the $3.4 Inside Retail connected with Millstein to discuss the brands plans to tap into channel expansion and merchandising opportunities and how the founder plans to turn Fishwife into a household name.

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Jewelry Specialty Retailers Consumer Planning 130

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

Mattress Firm has publicly filed for an IPO that will return the furniture retailer to the public markets six years after South Africa’s Steinhoff International took the company private. Today, the retailer operates 2,353 locations and said in its filing that “we are nearly twice the size of our next largest competitor (based on U.S.

Specialty Retailers 278

Specialty Retailers Accounting Location Returns 278

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2021

PacSun has named Alfred Chang and Mike Relich as its new Co-CEOs, and promoted PacSun Chief Brand Officer Brieane Olson to President of the specialty retailer. Chang will set and drive PacSun’s brand strategy, including design, merchandising, marketing, retail and ecommerce. Both will serve on the company’s Board of Directors.

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Specialty Retailers Finance Promotions Marketing 264

Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2023

King has more than 30 years of experience in retail across department stores, specialty retailing and premium global brands in the US and UK. King established the ‘customer first plan’ which helped the department store navigate the pandemic and return to being a profitable and stronger business.

Department Stores 264

Department Stores Specialty Retailers Returns Planning 264

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

and one of five the specialty retailer plans to launch in its fiscal 2023, which ends March 30, 2024. Beyond its 12,500 square feet of selling space, the store touts a full Custom Spaces Studio featuring its Preston, Avera and Elfa lines, a curated assortment of complementary general merchandise and in-home services.

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Location Specialty Retailers Promotions Planning 246

Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2025

For an all too brief period, the Alceon investment house achieved its ambition to be the largest womens fashion specialty retailer in Australia. The only problem was the nine retail brands trading from around 1350 stores were a house of cards with a flawed investment play without retail smarts.

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Fashion Net Profit Specialty Retailers Planning 147

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The funds will provide “additional liquidity and financial flexibility” for the specialty retailer to meet its obligations to vendors and execute its business plan, the company said in a release. Term loan lenders holding 97.8% Term loan lenders holding 97.8% Bankruptcy Code.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Planning Specialty Retailers Store Operations 130

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Specialty retailer rue21 plans to open 15 stores in 2021, following the recent openings of three new brick-and-mortar stores. The retailer, which operates nearly 700 locations in 45 states, also has refinanced its existing term loan, increased available liquidity and lowered its cost of capital. .

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Specialty Retailers Finance Customer Experience Location 179

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

The final shopping lists that are created and shared by teachers will present “information that could reflect schools’ reopening plans and affect how much consumers actually spend,” the NRF reported in a press release. For many parents, this uncertainty is creating stress. New Realities Influencing Back-To-School Activity.

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Merchant Services Advertising Apparel Consumer 316

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Department stores, specialty retailers and luxury brands alike embrace these spaces to create wondrous experiences and inspire shoppers, and it is the design and creative teams that help bring these experiences to life.

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Returns Specialty Retailers Department Stores Planning 182

Retail Dive

AUGUST 4, 2023

Dave Kimbell comes in with deep specialty retail experience. Meanwhile, the pet retailer has already released a collection for the upcoming holiday.

Specialty Retailers 98

Specialty Retailers Planning 98

Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

Australian specialty retailer 99 Bikes has announced its B Corp certification as the business continues to backpedal from its $12.4 This year, the group has closed three stores in New Zealand and in the highly competitive UK market, two closures are planned. million loss in FY23 after a $23.7 million profit the year prior.

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Returns Planning Specialty Retailers Customer Experience 130

Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

In retail, some of the promising applications include demand planning and forecasting, as well as store layout optimisation, all of which drive growth. While we’re still in the early days of GenAI, we’re already starting to see companies experiment with sandboxes to better understand its potential and limitations.

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Inventory Management Fulfillment Store Layout Shipping 260

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Retailers that succeed use quality analytics and business intelligence to understand where their business did well and where they could have improved during peak season, and use that information as a basis for the next year’s planning. Ultimately, planning for holiday season 2021 begins with the recap of holiday season 2020.

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Payment Services Returns Specialty Retailers Promotions 232

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Work World was acquired by Gart Capital Partners in early 2020 and currently operates 23 retail locations across California and Nevada along with an ecommerce site, as well as distributing through partnerships with other businesses. ”

Specialty Retailers 147

Specialty Retailers Location Marketing Planning 147

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The winter holiday season is a critical time for retail. November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. Emarketer anticipates that holiday retail sales will grow 4.5%

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Shopping Consumer Specialty Retailers Department Stores 278

Retalon

JULY 9, 2021

Business Specific Analytics and AI for Specialty Retail. The word “retail” gets used interchangeably as if all retailers are all the same. That’s why specialty retail analytics software needs to be flexible and powerful enough to work with unique business cases and considerations. Not that much.

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Specialty Retailers Accounting Sporting Goods Location 41

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

Only 24% planned to increase their online grocery orders in June, while 12% are starting to decrease their online grocery usage. of consumers say they will feel most comfortable shopping at standalone specialty retail stores. However, these retailers still have ways to draw customers back.

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Returns Apparel Store Layout Specialty Retailers 306

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

A whopping 81% of first-time thrifters said they plan to spend the same amount or more on secondhand in the next five years. At the same time, the rental and fast fashion sectors are expected to remain relatively flat, and department stores, value chains and mid-priced specialty retail will lose ground.

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Apparel Fast Fashion Fashion Consumer 321

Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

The merger proposal could potentially bolster Myer’s loyalty programs, generate sales growth with possible international opportunities online, if not in bricks-and-mortar, and add expertise in specialty retailing.

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Department Stores Apparel Specialty Retailers Fashion 147

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

But many luxury retailers are actually considering larger spaces, and in combination with the greater frequency of luxury retail renovations, high-end brands and retailers need to take a data-driven, more agile approach to store design and experience.

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Specialty Retailers Department Stores Consumer Advertising 278

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

Similarly, customers of specialty retailer Claire’s not only earn rewards points for every purchase, but also for social engagement on particular platforms and for downloading the Claire’s app. Imagine how effective your marketing spend is if you’re confident in the channels your customers are using?

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Customer Experience Specialty Retailers Marketing Spend Management 165

Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

Pavilion KL achieves this by hosting unique events such as Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week, which has a planned digital presence and builds into the shopping mall, transforming into a giant fashion runway with breathtaking decorations. It encompasses research, referrals, price points, variety, environment and budgets.

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Department Stores Merchant Services Outdoor Shopping 246

Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

The fall in retail vacancy levels from late 2022 and March of this year, after the Covid lockdowns were lifted, are likely to creep up again in the prevailing economic conditions, and vacancy rates in CBD retail precincts continue to be impacted by low office occupancy.

Shopping 130

Shopping Specialty Retailers Supermarket Management 130

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At the beginning of 2020, Hudson kicked off its deployment of the Flooid platform to provide a new backbone for all transactions across its 1,010 travel convenience stores and specialty retail, which includes proprietary book and tech stores, duty-free shops and food and beverage concessions. and Canada.

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Payment Services Point of Sale Specialty Retailers Customer Experience 214

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The retailer previously announced plans to close 140 stores and renegotiate a number of leases at other locations. The company will continue operating during the process by utilizing a $25 million debtor-in-possession loan from Tiger Finance. As of the filing, Francesca’s still operated 558 locations.

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Boutique Finance Accessories Apparel 200

VMS

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Our Place, which describes itself as a mission-driven kitchenware brand, has opened its first-ever retail store in the brand’s hometown of Los Angeles. The specialty retailer also said it plans to open a second locale in the city by year-end but did not disclose specifics on its timing or location.

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Specialty Retailers Location Planning 99

Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2022

With these appointments, the company looks forward to a continuation of this journey as Australia’s leading specialty retailer of BBQs and outdoor products.”. Eco-friendly lifestyle online retailer Flora and Fauna has just hired Nadia Lotter as general manager. Flora and Fauna welcomes on board new GM.

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Specialty Retailers Outdoor Management Marketing 130

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In addition to beauty specialty retailers, we are focused on meeting the customer where they already shop for home devices. So big-box retailers are top of mind for us,” Eric Neher, Canopy’s chief marketing officer, told Inside Retail. They now include Amazon, The Container Store, Bluemercury, Nordstrom and Sephora.

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Beauty and Health Specialty Retailers Marketing Consumer 130

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The company plans to get there by: Completely reimagining the path to purchase for all its varied consumer sets; Broadening marketing efforts to increase consumer awareness of what Batteries Plus does; and Doubling down on the advantage of its store footprint by finding new ways leverage its “secret sauce” — data.

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Consumer Marketing Specialty Retailers Shipping 237

Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

Marie Driscoll, a chartered financial analyst and a professor at Parsons, The New School and the Fashion Institute of Technology, told Inside Retail that the deal was inevitable considering the current state of US department stores. “The

Department Stores 130

Department Stores Specialty Retailers Wholesale Shopping 130

Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2019, Baby Bunting relaunched its e-commerce site on a new platform that was intended to give the specialty retailer more digital features and functionality. The retailer ended up writing off the entire cost of the $3.2 But it was plagued with problems, and the business had to revert to its old website.

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Specialty Retailers Shopping Management Planning 182

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The website enables customers to shop by product category, by room, by retailer, or by a curated design board – by integrating the existing online store of different specialty retailers. To create an experience for customers that they’ll keep coming back to, and to create another outlet for retailers to [reach customers].

Specialty Retailers 130

Specialty Retailers Shopping Advertising Consumer 130

Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2023

Located in the rapidly growing Moreton Bay region, MKT Square’s stage two master-planned multi-million-dollar transformation is nearing completion, offering retail and hospitality operators far and wide the opportunity to be part of the growing market.

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Specialty Store Supermarket Specialty Retailers Shopping 100

Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

According to a report , small specialty retail stores have a market size of $33.4bn in the US. Want to know more about small specialty retail store businesses in the country? image: Retail Dive. Thanks to cheap data plans, more and more smartphone users are using Google Search before buying in-store.

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Specialty Store Specialty Retailers Social Commerce Advertising 138

I Vend

APRIL 2, 2025

With iVend, you dont have that headache you simply have a full function retail management software system. ERP integrations If, alongside your retail management software, you also run an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, then you definitely need to know that iVend has out of the box integrations for every ERP on the market.

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Management Point of Sale Payment Services Inventory Management 52

Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The Raffles team plans to complete the mall rejuvenation program by the end of the year, with the plan to execute more unique, experiential events and activities to engage shoppers. This program will cover around 111,000 sq ft of retail space across levels one to three.

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Clienteling Supermarket Shopping Specialty Retailers 130