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Turning Retail Losses into Profits

Retail TouchPoints

Since 2012, the median EBITDA for publicly traded retailers was 9.8%, according to Deloitte. The costs tied to ecommerce – from technology and app development to fast, free shipping and returns – can be daunting and may be exacerbating profitability challenges. In 2019, it declined to 6.7% and modestly rebounded to 8.6%

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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

Inside Retail

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Omnichannel approach The business will continue to leverage its existing software technology to drive growth and efficiency in its retail operations. “We

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Retail’s New Normal: Here’s What Retailers Should Focus On As The Country Continues To Reopen

Retail TouchPoints

To quickly adapt to this change, retailers can deploy different strategies, such as drop-shipping to get their items direct-to-consumer and take back control over delivery timeframes, ensure transparency throughout the process and still deliver a great customer experience.

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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

Inside Retail

Hartley founded Bluethumb with his brother George in 2012 after seeing how many artists struggled to get distribution through galleries and other traditional means to sell their artwork. “In 2020, we grew two-and-a-half times in two months. April and May were a tipping point, and from there we really haven’t looked back.”.

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Single Mum school drop off duties for my Gen Z daughter before hitting the desk for work. They are young, born between 1997 and 2012, and they have serious earning potential, as they are starting their first jobs and getting their first paychecks. Definitely pre-Covid.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 285 – 2021 Full Year and Holiday Data Deep Dive

Retail Geek

Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 285 being recorded on Thursday January 20th 2022 that’s a heck of a lot of 2012’s. Episode 285 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday Jan 20th, 2022. Transcript.

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