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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. As we have grown consistently more accustomed to having the world at our fingertips, online shopping has only grown. Retail brands cannot feed the internet enough content to satisfy 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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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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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. Reducing overheads.

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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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Retail is the Number-One Industry Targeted by ADA Website Lawsuits

Retail TouchPoints

And like their able-bodied counterparts, they shop, bank and carry on large portions of their lives online. So many of us shop online, from food to clothes, electronics to books. So this consumer depends on timely and accessible online shopping options. Why Retail?

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Customer experience: Nostalgia, the weapon of the future post-crisis?

365 Retail

Among many others, one thing we have missed over the past months is without a doubt the real-life shopping experience. Shopping online is great, but it is nothing like strolling through the aisles of your favourite store, physically touching the items or discovering new trends first-hand.