Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2023

The fact that some people are splashing out on $3000 handbags in the face of a recession doesn’t surprise Philip Corne, a board member for Camilla and Solbari, who was CEO of Louis Vuitton Australia from 2003-2016. “I The story around ongoing consumer spend in the face of an ongoing cost-of-living crisis isn’t cut and dry.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

RFID technology is far from new; in fact, it’s already been through not one but multiple hype cycles, including the jumpstart provided by Walmart in 2003 when it mandated RFID tagging by its top 100 U.S. This means products like clothing need to be packaged in bags or boxes — but that’s not always the way people shop for soft goods.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

As established luxury brands navigate complex market dynamics, emerging niche luxury labels are witnessing a notable uptick in consumer engagement and market presence. Starting with jewellery in 2003 and venturing into timepieces, UltraLuxe expanded into fashion, spirits, living style and culinary last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2020

“We built it as an experience center, and we like to call it the ultimate experience center ,” said Ghermezian during a recent World Retail Forum webinar moderated by Dan Hodges, CEO of Consumers in Motion. It’s not just about ‘Hey, let’s have an experience as part of a shopping center.’ It’s a whole world. It’s not the afterthought.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Resale is one of the hottest sectors of retail right now, but despite rampant consumer demand and brand uptake, resale platform operators are struggling to make ends meet. Kaness is counting on the Goodwill brand’s high name recognition among American consumers to help keep acquisition costs down.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Australian e-commerce is booming in the wake of the pandemic, with vast new groups of consumers coming into the market who have only recently latched onto the benefits of digital shopping, and businesses that have adopted strong customer service strategies delivered via mobile channels are being rewarded.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Third-party online retailers have proven that consumers prioritise the acquisition of the product over the in-store purchase experience. Ssense was launched in 2003 by brothers, Rami, Firas and Bassel Atallah and considers itself a fashion outsider despite its strong industry influence and ability to sell out brands.

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Mass Relators

JULY 11, 2024

“The back-to-school and college season is an important time for retailers and consumers,” NRF Vice President of Industry and Consumer Insights Katherine Cullen said. Families and students are eager to get a jumpstart on their shopping for the start of the school year. K-12 shoppers are budgeting $309.35 billion total), $253.29

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Mass Relators

JULY 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

The business got its first big break in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, when Liu saw an opportunity to capitalise on the burgeoning e-commerce sector and began selling products online to customers who were eager to avoid public spaces.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 5, 2022

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Taobao is the largest online shopping marketplace in China.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 7, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend record sums this year on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping, according to the annual survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 28, 2022

The brand’s discriminatory behaviour did not go unnoticed and in 2003 Abercrombie & Fitch was sued for racial discrimination by a group of employees and rejected job applicants. There were customers that shopped at Abercrombie & Fitch precisely because they liked the club vibes and feeling like they were one of the cool kids.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is what some argue happened in the case of Debenhams , which carried a £100m debt pile when it was snapped up by a retail consortium in 2003 before ballooning to more than £1bn at the time of its collapse in 2021. Other critics have warned that conflicts between private equity firms and the company’s leadership can stilt growth.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 31, 2021

With Veterans Business and Journal and later Vetrepreneur magazine , NaVOBA has been advocating for corporations to include veterans since 2003. Nearly two-thirds of American consumers who responded to our survey said they’d be more likely to purchase products and services identified as veteran-owned. This is where NaVOBA comes in.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

Breaking down that stat, most people (40%) go to the supermarket, 27% spend time in high street cafes, and 21% visit independent shops. By this measure, there’s still a desire amongst consumers to visit high street shops and cafes, despite the very obvious dominance e-commerce now has. That’s around 1 million less than 2003.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Founded in 2003, Siteimprove leads in four major enterprise G2 categories and is actively involved with major accessibility groups, including the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), and the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program.

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Retail Prophet

AUGUST 11, 2023

E-commerce, which in 2003 amounted to a rounding error on most retailers’ profit and loss statements, has become table stakes for any business wishing to survive. But the shift is bigger than consumer-facing innovations. Most importantly, consumers are looking to retail to play a more artistic role in their lives.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

She joined Dollar General in 2003 as a senior attorney and assistant corporate secretary and has held roles of increasing responsibility since that time. Additionally, she was name to MMR’s 2023 Most Influential Women list. Brittany Adams has been promoted to vice president, labor and employment.

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SGN Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2021

Your customers will thank you for making their shopping efforts fun by returning to shop again, and by telling their friends about your business. Providing quality custom souvenir products to gift shops all across North America. DIONIS/CREATIVE CONSUMER PRODUCTS. THE GEM SHOP. PIKE’S PEAK ROCK SHOP.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

Before COVID-19, the brick-and-mortar shopping differentiator for the consumer was the in-person experience: They could try on the goods, or just see them in context. But for the foreseeable future, shopping will be “ no contact.” Malls were ranked lowest, with only 33% of respondents saying they feel safe shopping there.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Together with his wife Eva and brother-in-law John Glandel, Besen began his entrepreneurial journey by taking over two lingerie shops established by Eva’s parents in 1939. Over the years, these two shops evolved into the Sussan clothing retail group, which included popular brands like Sportsgirl, Sussan, and Suzanne Grae.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2025

So here are my guesses as to not only what will be the most repeated retail buzzwords of 2025, but also the consumer drivers behind them. Retailers will have to vary prices in responsible ways that demonstrate that theyre for the consumer rather than exploitative.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Amazon is the first channel consumers turn to when conducting a product search online ahead of even Google. More than 200 million people shop on Amazon each month. If there was a mall where most customers shop, think of the biggest mall in any city, wouldn’t a retailer want to be located there? The good news….

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