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Eddie Bauer Aims to ‘Eliminate Barriers to the Outdoors’ with New Rental Program

Retail TouchPoints

Eddie Bauer is following the lead of other top retailers and getting into the rental business with the launch of a new program that will allow customers to rent its technical apparel and gear at “a fraction of the full retail price.”.

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Price, not volume, driving Australian retail sales growth

Inside Retail

Retail prices increased 4.8 per cent through the year to the June quarter with the largest price rises seen in food and household goods. “On On a quarterly basis, overall retail price growth has already exceeded sales volume growth in both the March and June quarters,” says Rumbens. “On Labour crunch.

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French Contemporary Fashion Brand Brings Rental Service to U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

When daily rental fees add up to the retail price, the customer will own the item with no penalty. “As Despite the uncertainty, traditional retailers also have been entering the rental market: in March 2021 Ralph Lauren debuted a subscription rental service, and Eddie Bauer entered the rental market in July 2021.

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Reports: PayPal in Talks to Acquire Pinterest for $45 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

for $4 billion in November 2019. Honey is a discovery tool that helps shoppers track retailer prices when searching for items online, which could pair well with Pinterest-inspired purchases. The deal also could create synergies with some of PayPal’s earlier acquisitions.

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Goat Group: 7 Things You Need to Know About its Strategy & Growth

Indigo 9 Digital

The size and growth of the market has attracted many investors including Foot Locker which invested $100 million in GOAT Group in 2019. While you may have paid ten times the retail price for a rare pair of Jordans, not everything sold on Goat is at large markup to the retail price. Nike continues to be popular.

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BREAKING: JD Sports broke competition law with Leicester City price fixing

Retail Gazette

In August 2018, JD Sports agreed to stop selling Leicester City-branded clothing online for the 2018/19 season and in January 2019, agreed that it would not undercut the football club online by making the club’s merchandise exempt from its free online delivery for all orders over £70 offer. It was handed a near £1.5m

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How Korea’s big 3 department stores are killing it right now

Inside Retail

Total retail sales in the country were up 7.7 More significantly, sales in January-March were well above the level of early 2019 (+15.1 The caveat on these numbers is that some of the increased revenues are being driven by prices sneaking up, particularly in food and household goods. per cent from the first quarter in 2019.