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5 Tips on Connecting with Consumers from the Founder of ‘Disrupter’ Brands Hello and Eos

Retail TouchPoints

His answer was that] the biggest thing you buy as a consumer is your home, and he didn’t just mean in scale and size, he meant financially, emotionally. Method launched in 2001 and had grown to $100 million in revenue by 2012 when it merged with soap brand Ecover. Don’t focus on consumers, focus on people. How is it made?

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5 Ways Retailers can Begin to Market from the Outside-In

Retail TouchPoints

The dot.com bust in 2001 slowed, but didn’t stop, the inexorable move toward consumers shopping and buying online. To compete in a retail landscape featuring a sea of propagating consumer feeds, five growth solutions are emerging. Retail brands cannot feed the internet enough content to satisfy consumers.

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The ills of inflation may make consumers sicker

Mass Relators

NEW YORK — From 2001 to 2021, the cost of health care increased faster (3.3%) than the cost of all goods and services (2.2%). With inflation in the United States reaching its highest point in 40 years, many consumers are making difficult choices about household expenses, including whether or not they can afford medical care.

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Retail news around the globe

Inside Retail

The suite of treatments available at the third Clarins Open Spa are designed to offer pampering and relaxation to time-poor consumers. South Korea department stores are introducing near-distance delivery services to get food and beverage from food courts and restaurants into the hands of consumers.

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How to ensure Black Friday doesn’t become the nightmare before Christmas

Inside Retail

Even before thinking about the specifics, the timing of these sales appears challenging for both retailers and consumers, not to mention supply chains. Noticing these challenges, we teamed up with Associate Professor John Hopkins to explore how BFCM might be impacting Christmas, from supply chain to consumer behaviour.

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Parlour X founder Eva Galambos on her life as a luxury fashion buyer

Inside Retail

Tastemaker and entrepreneur Eva Galambos first opened the doors to her luxury multi-brand boutique Parlour X in 2001 in Sydney, when she began introducing major international labels to Australian consumers, from Balenciaga to Vivienne Westwood. . I opened Parlour X in 2001.

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A look at Sanity’s final days: What happens when a retailer says goodbye?

Inside Retail

Itaoui – who joined Sanity as an area manager in 2001, according to the Australian Financial Review – acknowledged that the business was unable to survive the diminishing availability of physical content, as well as a shift in demand toward digital content among consumers.

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