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May E-Commerce Sales Up 81%, But Total 2020 Retail Sales Still Expected To Drop 10.5%

Retail TouchPoints

However, the return to normalcy will not be enough to offset the losses retail already has suffered during the pandemic, particularly with a shaky economy on the horizon. decline experienced in 2009, and eMarketer believes it will bring total 2020 retail sales to just shy of $5 trillion. — the lowest level since 2016. . —

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

Retail TouchPoints

It’s an important secondary market for returned goods, helping retailers reduce waste and recover cost, especially as returns increase in step with ecommerce growth. Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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eMarketer: COVID-19 Retail Recovery Will Take Longer Than ‘Great Recession’ Rebound

Retail TouchPoints

Before the pandemic prompted closures of retail stores around the globe, eMarketer had forecast that 2020 worldwide retail sales would reach $26.46 After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it took the majority of affected markets approximately one year for retail sales to return to pre-crisis levels. for the year.

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B. 2020, $27.4B. 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B. 2019, $ 20.7B.

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B. 2020, $27.4B. 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B. 2019, $ 20.7B.

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Our last interview with Australian fashion icon, Carla Zampatti

Inside Retail

In October last year, I spoke with Carla for the first time at a Sydney event for Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, when it was announced that the show would make a return as a physical event in 2021. In fact, we had to close our stores for a month in March [in 2020] and I just decided I was going to treat it like a holiday.

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High street casualities: 8 of UK retail’s biggest administrations

Retail Gazette

Arcadia Back in November 2020, Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia Group entered administration , in a huge blow to high streets across the UK. Woolworths Over a decade ago, the 100-year-old high-street staple Woolworths collapsed, resulting in the loss of 807 stores and 27,000 jobs between December 2008 and January 2009.