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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

At Redmart, in four years as VP of commercial and marketing, revenue grew from $14 million to $285 million per annum and the platform’s product offer increased 25-fold after the adoption of drop shipping. Both will report to Ubaldo Minelli, CEO of the OTB group.

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Forte Forte's Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details

Dezeen

Clothes rails (top image) and wooden fins (above) have been suspended from the shop's walls. When viewed together, the frames are meant to suggest the distinctive curvature of a ship's hull. After entering the glass-fronted Forte dei Marmi boutique, customers pass beneath five arched frames made from twisting timber beams.

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A Look Back at 75 Years of Retail Innovation

Star Miconics

2002: The United Kingdom introduced the first cloud-based POS system, enabling businesses to manage their operations remotely and efficiently. Such insights empower retailers to offer personalized shopping experiences, manage inventory more effectively, and predict demand.

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10 Online Business for Sale in June

Small Biz Trends

As a drop-shipping operation, this Home Decor Ecommerce Business ships 98% of its orders directly from the supplier. Established in 2002, this business has longevity with a trademarked name in a niche sector. The business focuses on the B2B segment and provides the hats to leading retail shops.

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Cross-Channel Home DĂ©cor Retailing: 5 Take Away Lessons from The Game Changers

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival?

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Wayfair’s Strategy – 7 Compelling Facts You Need to Know

Indigo 9 Digital

In 2002 Wayfair’s founders Steve Conine and Niraj Shaw noticed a trend. Wayfair’s customers who shop infrequently put pressure on marketing spend. Having customers that shop with you on a frequent basis means you don’t have to spend as much time enticing them to come back. Its efforts to scale have worked.