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Belles Hot Chicken talks crowdfunding campaign and global growth plans

Inside Retail

Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, Belles Hot Chicken (Belles) has grown to six existing locations, including a new opening in Bondi, Sydney, a few weeks ago, and is now looking to raise between $1 million and $2 million to fund further expansion. Beyond this, Belles has set its sights on international markets.

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Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

Retail TouchPoints

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. The markets will always have ups and downs, but Alibaba has ambitious long-term goals. From 2014 to 2017, she was Alibaba’s Chief Customer Officer.

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B2B, Marketplaces Become Core to Brooklinen’s Blossoming Omnichannel Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

One aspect of this expanded growth story is Brooklinen’s growing store count: the company has nine to date, with plans to “thoughtfully grow” its fleet by the end of 2024. A new sub-brand and wholesale partnership with Walmart: With Marlow, Brooklinen is officially in the pillow business.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information. While the report primarily focuses on how AI can optimize store layouts and marketing strategies, there is an underlying message on data security.

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From Snoop Dogg to DVF: How collabs help drive growth at Skechers

Inside Retail

The collaboration follows a rebuild for DVF following Covid-19 restrictions – where the brand was on the verge of bankruptcy – with the eponymous founder, Diane von Furstenberg, explaining in a recent interview that it had slimmed its operations down from $500 million in retail volume to $130 million, between 2014 and present-day.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises $3.6B to Fund Next Stage of Growth in India

Retail TouchPoints

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. The new funding is a major vote of confidence in the potential of digital commerce in India, still a relatively nascent market.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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