Retail Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2024

In-N-Out Burger isn't very popular in a Woodland Hills community.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

More than two-thirds ( 67% ) of American adults with an income of $100,000 or more are parents, representing a lot of spending power. And now, as a whole new demographic ( Gen Z ) ventures further into parenthood, brands and retailers need to adapt their strategies to reflect this cohorts behaviors, priorities and even beliefs. That is why Carters, the baby and childrens retailer behind Carters, OshKosh BGosh, Little Planet and Skip Hop , recently implemented a fresh direction and approach that

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Prada and Miu Miu’s new partnership with Snapchat’s Bitmoji platform, allows customers to deck-out in designer threads for a fraction of the price. High-profile fashion collaborations are nothing new, but does making luxury accessible and marketing it to a younger audience come at a cost? Bitmoji, is a platform subsidiary of social media platform Snapchat, and there are over 2.7 billion Bitmoji avatars globally.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. Over the past seven years, the brand’s VP of Marketing, Jeannie Shin, has witnessed and supported this evolution, especially as the brand built its direct-to-consumer (DTC) business online. But as many brands have learned, the major growth unlock for Calpak’s next phase was physical retail — especially given the highly visual and tactile natu

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s official – long gone are the days of the standalone Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts. Now, securing sought after products at the best price is becoming increasingly chaotic for consumers, with prices fluctuating during a number of weeks across the Golden Quarter. Forget deal or no deal, it’s more like deal or disappointment for consumers, leaving much to be desired in terms of results for retailers.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tesco and Waitrose are among the supermarkets facing backlash after a BBC investigation alleged their ‘Italian’ tomato purée may contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour. A BBC Eye investigation found that Britain’s largest supermarket is one of several supermarkets marketing its own-brand tomato purée as ‘Italian’, but claimed contains tomatoes grown in both Italy and China.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI's future is quickly becoming the present.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Norwegian family-owned watchmaker Urmaker Bjerke has opened Europe’s largest luxury watch house at Eger quarter in Promenaden, Oslo’s Fashion District. Bjerke House, set over 2,965 sq. m. across three floors, will be home to brands such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, OMEGA, Tudor, Panerai, IWC Schaffhausen, Blancpain, Longines, Hublot and Breitling. The space will also act as the headquarters of Urmaker Bjerke , with six different entrances for the store’s most well-known brands.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The sector has had its fair share of collapses this year, which has resulted in some of the industry’s biggest acquisitions. As the year draws to a close, Retail Gazette takes a look back at the retailers that went bust over the past 12 months. Homebase Homebase became the latest casualty on the high street last month when it plunged into administration after failing to secure a new buyer.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Kmart Group MD Ian Bailey will retire from his role, effective in April, and will transition to chairman of another Wesfarmers subsidiary, Anko Global. Current Kmart CFO Aleksandra Spaseska will succeed Bailey as MD. She has been appointed as deputy MD of Kmart, effective today and assuming the MD role on April 1. Spaseska started her career at Wesfarmers as a business development analyst in April 2008. “Working with Ian, Aleks has played an important role in key strategic initiatives with

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Chewy posted a somewhat mixed Q3 earnings report.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The holiday season is undoubtedly one of the most competitive times for retailers and brands vying for shoppers attention and share of wallet. This year promises to be no exception, with the average American shopper projected to spend $902 USD on gifts, food, and other seasonal items, making it potentially one of the busiest and most profitable holiday shopping seasons on record.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This holiday season (and beyond), its even easier for shoppers at Benuta to find whats on their wishlists. Just in time for the holidays, Benuta Europes largest online store for rugs, and a provider of complementary home decor has teamed up with US-based Constructor , an ecommerce search and product discovery platform. With its large, diverse product catalogue including more than 20,000 items for all spaces and aesthetics Benuta uses Constructor so shoppers can pinpoint whats best for them.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

M&S has been granted approval by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to redevelop its flagship Marble Arch store, after almost four years of delays and legal battles. The approval allows the high street giant to move forward with plans to demolish the three buildings it occupies and replace them with a 10-storey mixed-use development, including a new flagship store and office space.The project includes a smaller M&S store, offices, a pedestrian arcade, a

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 9, 2024

About 160 Mosaic Brands stores will close by the middle of next month, in a store consolidation program which will see the Katies brand wound down. The receivers and managers of Mosaic Brands have announced a store consolidation program, which includes closing down the Katies brand and its 80 stores, along with an additional 80 stores across the Millers, Rivers, and Noni B brands.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says consumers should expect higher prices in 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you stop to think about it, we must be a little crazy to expect so many things from store associates today. We want them to be brand ambassadors. When your store is full of associates who love the brand and live it, they will draw in customers. Excellent brand ambassadors are like traffic magnets. Of course, they need to be product experts. They need to keep track of what’s new, what’s unique to their location and what just went on sale.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Space Copenhagen, the Danish design studio, has completed interiors for Aiayu’s latest showroom, marking the fourth store which Space Copenhagen has designed for the Danish luxury lifestyle brand. Located in Østerbro’s exclusive residential area in old Copenhagen, with grandiose views of The Lakes, Space Copenhagen has meticulously crafted the universe of Aiayu to be a peaceful, soft and calm retail experience.

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Tokinomo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Campaign Corner Christmas is just around the corner and brands have started to release their Christmas campaign and commercial.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Department store chain David Jones has launched its online app, a cornerstone of the retailer’s three-year, $65 million technology transformation project. David Jones tapped software engineering consultancy Mindera to develop the app, features of which will include personalised wish list notifications, product recommendations, express checkout, native live chat and loyalty program integration when David Jones Rewards relaunches in the middle of next year. “We know that 70 per cent of

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Agribusiness giant Cargill is doing some restructuring, including laying off about 8,000 employees.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Like most retailers of a certain age, The Paper Store debuted in brick-and-mortar — in this case a modest family-run newsstand in Maynard, Mass. that opened in 1964. And while the retailer has embraced ecommerce, its focus hasn’t wavered from providing an experiential, discovery-oriented in-person shopping experience for a wide range of product categories including apparel, décor, beauty and gifts.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 9, 2024

True Fit , the leading AI-driven solution that decodes size and fit for shoppers and fashion retailers, has announced its certification as a Shopify Plus Certified App Partner, helping fashion retailers selling on Shopify leverage AI-size and -fit recommendations to power conversions, improve customer lifetime value (CLV) and reduce returns. As a hallmark of innovation and proven performance, True Fit is the first – and only – size and fit app to be certified on the Shopify Plus Cert

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Amazon has hailed a new record-breaking Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday period this year. The online giant said its seasonal sale event was its largest to date, compared to the same 12-day period ending on Cyber Monday in prior years. Running from 21 November 21 to 2 December, Amazon said it offered some of the biggest deals of the season across the 12-day period, resulting in record sales and a record number of items sold.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Woolworths has applied with the Fair Work Commission, seeking orders to stop its striking workers from blocking access to its Melbourne South Regional Distribution Centre (MSRDC) and three other sites. Woolworths said that the application alleges a violation of the Good Faith Bargaining requirements stated in the Fair Work Act. The United Workers Union’s strike began on November 21., causing stock flow limitations and negative sales impact, which Woolworths estimates to be about $50 millio

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Taco Bell has a new promotion for fans.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Toys R Us Studios is partnering with Fox Alternative Entertainment to develop a reality competition show, Toys R Us Family Faceoff , that will feature families competing inside a larger than life toy store and interacting with a range of nostalgic and popular toys and games. The retailer is partnering with Known Originals and the unscripted production arm of Fox Entertainment Studios , according to reporting in Deadline that was confirmed by Toys R Us brand owner WHP Global on LinkedIn.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In todays fast-paced retail environment, customers expect more than just quality productsthey demand exceptional experiences that are personalized, convenient, and consistent across all touchpoints. Email marketing has become a cornerstone of delivering this seamless retail customer experience, acting as a direct and personalized communication channel between brands and their customers.

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Cisco Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Cisco and AWS integration is a radically new approach to ensuring the availability of modern apps today's multicloud, hybrid environments.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The program for the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2025 has been, with the event scheduled from February 22 to March 8. The National Designer Award x David Jones will be showcased on the Premium Runway for the first time, followed by the National Graduate Showcase x Emporium Melbourne. Among features of the programme are the Opening Night Runway; Resort Glam Runway; Back in Blak Runway; F the Invisible Runway; New Again Runway; Block Party Runway; Australian Fashion Business Lunch; and Fashio

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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