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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

The company’s wholesale business is still thriving, but now it’s only part of an omnichannel strategy that includes ecommerce , social commerce and marketplaces. Loyalty to those stores used to be 100% — a top customer would go to Neiman Marcus for everything and not go anywhere else. Introducing DTC Without Damaging Wholesale.

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Reports: Nike Cutting Ties With Six Retailers, Including DSW and Urban Outfitters

Retail TouchPoints

Nike has reportedly closed its accounts with DSW , Urban Outfitters , Shoe Show , Dunham’s Sports , Olympia Sports and Big 5 Sporting Goods as the retailer pulls out of specialty retailers and department stores, according to Forbes and other media outlets. billion , accounting for 35% of gross sales, according to Forbes.

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PAS Group, Brand Collective to merge into $600m retail powerhouse

Inside Retail

The company will also run some 250 wholesale accounts both locally and internationally. Brand Collective plans to expand the Shoe Warehouse network. “We The deal, effective April 26, will aggregate 26 brands and 15 character licences, operate in 300 retail locations across Australia and New Zealand and employ 3000 staff.

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Here are some of the reasons why Lew might be looking to break up Premier

Inside Retail

There is also a view that the breakup strategy could fund further acquisitions, including the Myer department store chain in which he has already built a substantial shareholding. The timing tends to infer that Murray was not keen on the breakup plan or didn’t see a suitable role for himself in the future.

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Q2 2021 Roundup: How Target, Macy’s and Foot Locker Harnessed Consumer Optimism

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I’m not an accountant, but stores are on the asset side of the balance sheet for a reason, and they need to be leveraged as much as possible to squeeze as much out of them as you can.”. However, the department store still has work to do when it comes to its merchandising efforts. Foot Locker managed solid 6.9%

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What Next? Wolfson outlines the retailer’s new formula for success

Retail Gazette

Licensing accounted for £66.4m To counteract this, Next is looking to franchise and wholesale relationships in these territories. Following a “very encouraging trial” it is working with US department store Nordstrom. Further afield in the Far East, the Americas and Australasia, sales have struggled.

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Candles to cleaning: Diptyque finds beauty “where no beauty is expected”

Inside Retail

In a crowded market like the home fragrance category, where everyone from fast fashion and beauty brands to discount department stores and pharmacists are selling candles, it’s near impossible to create and retain cut-through, much less develop an iconic brand synonymous with luxury and quality like 60-year-old Parisian brand Diptyque.