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How UNIQLO Became on the Largest Clothing Retailers

Indigo 9 Digital

Budget conscious consumers flocked to the retailer to buy its inexpensive clothing. UNIQLO’s breakout moment happened 20 years ago when it launched its HeatTech line of merchandise in 2003. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 7.

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Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Within the last several years, however, Alibaba has ventured into bricks and mortar retail with its New Retail Strategy which you can read more about here. Source: Investopedia.

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Terry White’s journey to becoming “Australia’s favourite chemist”

Inside Retail

IR: What are some of the retail trends that you’ve got your eye on right now? NM: There are some new trends off the back of Covid. I do think it fast tracked some other trends that were already under way. I worked for Aldi back in 2003 when no one in Australia knew who they were, including me! That was key.

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How to Win in Retail: Less Science, More Art

Retail Prophet

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. Mobile phones have become essential conduits for communication, entertainment and commerce. But the shift is bigger than consumer-facing innovations.

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Abercrombie & Fitch’s Turnaround, Why its Working

Indigo 9 Digital

In Abercrombie & Fitch’s heyday of the 1990s and the 2000s it was well known for marketing what it called an “ all-American ” look that featured mostly white models. We moved budgets [to TikTok] for advertising and talent,” said Megan Brophy, senior director of marketing at Abercrombie & Fitch. “It Diversity and inclusion.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

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 Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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Normalizing Taboo CPG Topics: Lubricants, Toys, And Menstruation, Oh My!

Rangeme

At the time of its inception, all menstrual cups had a nearly identical look and feel, and there was a huge gap in the market for the innovative features that were later put into the FemmyCycle cup design. Chinisaz: In general, the shift in the women’s wellness market has been much slower than it should be, but is significant nonetheless.