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The collapse and rebirth of UK fashion giant Missguided

Inside Retail

Missguided, founded by Nitin Passi in 2009, shocked the retail industry after declaring that it had fallen more than £80 million ($136 million) in debt. After the company experienced a loss in 2018, Passi had managed to get a hold on spending and Missguided returned to the black with an EBITDA of £3.5 million in 2020.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Customers across the country are making a concerted effort to effort to return to their local bookstores , but when they can’t, they shop on Bookshop.org. Since it debuted in 2020, Bookshop.org (which is run as a nonprofit) has raised more than $28 million on behalf of independent book sellers in the U.S.,

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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon 2020 is the year when the eCommerce narrative shifted in a major way. Walmart’s US eCommerce sales were up 79% in 2020 and were up 11.0% In the third quarter of 2020 Target’s Drive Up sales were up 500%, home delivery sales were up 280% and in-store order pickup was up 50%. Take a look at Target.

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Combatting Waste in the CPG Industry

Rangeme

Since 2009, Waitrose has reduced its own-brand packaging by almost 45%. For its seafood, GIANT has transitioned to shipping products from suppliers in reusable plastic crates. Once the product is unpacked, the store folds and stacks the crates to return and reuse. “We They] replaced the foam cases used in the past. In the U.S.,

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More recessions lessons from Greenlit Brands, Camilla, Super Retail

Inside Retail

Advice: Any CEO is measured by the profit margin they generate from the turnover of their inventory, so it’s critical to always measure your return on working capital. In all our “risk ratio” matrices, a global pandemic was almost non-existent until February 2020. That extraordinary pressure brought clarity, vision and focus.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 277 – Holiday 2021 Preview

Retail Geek

That helps somewhat but the biggest cargo ships can’t even fit in these ports right so I Long Beach the one of the most advanced Sports we have certainly the most advanced on the West Coast, um. [37:27] Space on these boats that are coming over because of some of the rest of the supply chain that will talk about so. [27:46]