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The Body Shop: What went wrong for the pioneering beauty chain?

Retail Gazette

The Body Shop owner Aurelius called in administrators for the retailer’s UK operations on Tuesday, just weeks after snapping up the business. They lost that feeling one got when buying a Body Shop product – that you were helping to change the world.” Portas told The BBC: “L’Oreal knows how to use brands.

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How T-Shirt Brand Goodlife is Using CPG Tactics to Conquer High-End Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

A $68 T-shirt might seem like a tough sell, but eight years on, Molnar’s brand Goodlife C l othing has a host of top-tier wholesale partners, a booming DTC business and, most importantly, a cult following of customers that keep coming back. Customers can try products for seven days and return what they don’t like at no charge.

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How Advanced Email Analytics Helped Kerrits Boost its DTC Business 150%

Retail TouchPoints

The mass store closures prompted by COVID-19 in spring 2020 could have spelled disaster for equestrian specialty brand Kerrits , which had operated as a wholesale-only business for over 25 years. Once the pandemic hit, our wholesalers had to close their stores, and we had to rethink our entire email plan,” said Florin.

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What is Direct-to-Consumer and How to Balance D2C with Wholesale

Wiser

Direct-to-consumer strategies have transformed retail, both in the way consumers shop and how brands and retailers manufacture, market, and sell. ” This is contrary to the traditional strategy of wholesale, when brands partner with retailers to distribute products in bulk for sale by those retailers.

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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. As an omnichannel retailer, making it easier to shop the brand is the main priority, Shaughnessy told Inside Retail. “A

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The Body Shop’s Path to Revival Amid High Street Hurdles

365 Retail

The Body Shop, once a pioneering force on the British high street, has encountered numerous challenges over the past decades. million, marked a contentious chapter in The Body Shop’s history. However, the journey has not been without its hurdles. The acquisition by L’Oréal in 2006, for £652.3

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Online or Offline Sales? Why not Both?

Retail TouchPoints

Emma sees the mattress and pillow shopping experience spanning both spectrums. Consumers can visit a store to physically check out a mattress and then return home to make the purchase online and schedule delivery. They call this the “wholesaleshopping experience.