Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We don’t have a COVID-19 crystal ball to see how this uncertainty will pan out, but we can see that consumer spending is shifting amid the pandemic. Disposable income and the savings rates for consumers — despite the nearly Great-Depression-level unemployment numbers — are at multi-year highs. Consumers may do one of three things: 1.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 6, 2023

This collapse follows the demise of Australian furniture brand Brosa late last year – which cited declining sales and cash flow pressures – as well as heightened challenges faced by small-to-medium sized retailers that are struggling to cope with rising costs, and a slowdown in foot traffic and consumer activity. The jury is out.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

With high inflation and climbing interest rates, consumer sentiment is set to plunge further, with retail spending set to decline in the June quarter. But what are the implications of a retail recession, and just how damaging will it be for retailers and consumers? The consumer is certainly hurting,” he said.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 4, 2023

This represents the lowest point since Q3 2020 when the UK was in the midst of tiered lockdown restrictions and about to enter Lockdown 2, and -23 points lower than Q3 2008, at the start of the Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Credit Crunch. percentage points quarter-on-quarter.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 1, 2021

Situated at the exit to the A2 Cernica motorway, 25 minutes from the city centre and 45 minutes from Henri Coanda International, FASHION HOUSE Pallady is easily accessible to the City’s two million residents as well as its growing tourism market with parking provision for more than 300 vehicles.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As consumers around the world have minimized the amount of time they spend outside their homes, many created digital accounts to conveniently shop online. This data can now be used to help retailers better understand consumer needs, capitalize on digital commerce and track customer shopping patterns over time.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2022

He brings over 20 years of global experience in leading corporate strategy and development, transformation, innovation and digital, data and analytics across consumer and retail businesses. MacKinlay is currently chief sales and marketing officer at Mighty Ape and will commence her new role on Monday (6 June). “I

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Just prior to making the acquisition The Party People created a parent company, Fun Industries, which will manage the two businesses as well as any future acquisitions. “[Fun Fun Industries] manages our different locations as separate entities, as well as our online and marketplace businesses,” Salakas explained. Party pivot.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

And below is part two, featuring advice from Greenlit Brands CEO Michael Ford, former Target Australia CEO Launa Inman and Camilla CEO Jane McNally about the lessons they learned during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how they apply to the current environment. Some of your variable expenses like marketing come under scrutiny.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Of course, two more rate rises would follow in 2008 with the cash rate peaking at 7.25 Discounts were the order of the day, and consumers with any cash left in their wallets got a pre-Christmas treat at the shops. The alternative is a white-knuckle ride and a few calls from your bank manager. per cent before it began to fall.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Also in Spain, rivals including H&M, Mango and Inditex have created a non-profit association to manage clothing waste, responding to an EU law requiring member states to separate textiles from other waste from January 2025. In France this system has already been in place since 2008 under an organisation called Refashion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

Shein, founded by Chinese entrepreneur Chris Xu in 2008, first started preparing for a US IPO about two years ago, but shelved the plan partly due to unpredictable markets amid rising US-China tensions, the sources said. The US is its biggest market. Both sources declined to be named as the plans are confidential.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

The company began offering general merchandise in 2008, transforming JD from an electronics retailer to a full-fledged e-commerce platform, and launched an online marketplace platform in 2010. JD’s first overseas expansion attempt JD.ID [the company’s offering in Indonesia] didn’t end so well due to intensive competition in the local market.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences? And consumers were not turning to their trusted brands during this critical period.

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Cisco Retail

AUGUST 10, 2021

They certainly aren’t a new way to consume technology. It was 11 years after the Webex SaaS model to AWS launching its first-generation IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service), EC2 in 2006, with Google Cloud and Azure following closely in 2008 and 2010. The difference between Network as a Service (NaaS) and a managed service.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

She has held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as vice president, human resources for DG’s retail organization since 2021 and was named to the Mass Market Retailers Most Influential Women list in 2023. She was named to the Mass Market Retailers Most Influential Women lists in 2022 and 2024.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

ClearPay’s Richard Bayer, EVP, Country Manager and Head of Sales , while on a panel at the Ecommerce Expo, co-located with Technology for Marketing, said “GenZ and millennials make over 90% of their purchases using a debit card. Brands need to be flexible in meeting their consumers’ needs. said Krista Nordlund.

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Mass Relators

MAY 12, 2022

Flanigan joined Dollar General as senior vice president, global supply chain in May 2008 and was promoted to executive vice president in March 2010. Flanigan has approximately 30 years of management experience in retail logistics. from October 2005 to April 2008. and Crum & Crum Logistics. “I and Phar-Mor Corp.

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A1 Retail

MAY 13, 2022

In the UK alone, the Ramadan economy is worth over £400m and retailers are increasingly targeting this consumer market to engage with the thousands celebrating Eid. Last weekend saw Eid Festival return to Westfield London for its third year, as local communities came together to celebrate the end of Ramadan.

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Indigo 9 Digital

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Shake Shack may not have the sales or reach of a McDonald’s but it does have a place in the hearts of millions of consumers. These restaurants cater to consumers who want to grab a burger on the go but want an elevated version of it. Shake Shack had a vision twenty years ago for what consumers never knew they wanted and it was right.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2021

Simon and Tahnee Beard founded Culture Kings in 2008 with the aim of becoming the Net-A-Porter or Farfetch of streetwear. We’ve been getting great traction [in the US] online, but having a US partner to really scale and take on that market was the rationale behind [the acquisition],” Simon said.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Franco Manca, which launched in 2008 in Brixton Market, is an established London favourite, with its Neapolitan soft bases proving a hit with food-savvy consumers. Nick Weir, joint managing partner of Shelley Sandzer, commented: “Franco Manca is a great brand, and one that will sit very comfortably in Blackheath Village.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 21, 2022

market by licensing the product and two trademarks as the world’s first and only patented Far Infrared Heated Health, Fitness and Anti-Aging sauna. End-of-Life (EOL) Asset Management Company. The growth of e-waste makes this End-of-Life (EOL) Asset Management company a great opportunity for the future. You can own the U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2021

But in truth, he was a retail pharmacist working for Boots, and it was at a time when the company thought it was important to move their management every three years so they could bring fresh thinking into the stores and the regions. On the back of that post-grad, I had a fortunate early break.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. In 2008, he launched a fashion e-commerce site – She Inside – as a way to target consumers who were tired of waiting in lines in stores or unable to find their specific size. Inclusive fashion.

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A1 Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

Situated at the exit to the A2 Cernica motorway, 25 minutes from the city centre and 45 minutes from Henri Coanda International, FASHION HOUSE Pallady is easily accessible to the City’s two million residents as well as its growing tourism market with parking provision for more than 300 vehicles.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out Part 1 of this series focusing on evolving consumer perceptions of the metaverse. If the first quarter of this year was consumed with existential questioning — What exactly is the metaverse? Do we need to be a part of it? —

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Rich Bayer, UK Country Manager at Clearpay While times are tricky, retailers still stand to benefit and grow, as shoppers are clearly still spending with the businesses that are providing the right products and services. This is one factor linked to the popularity of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) among millennials and Gen Zs. BNPL made up 16.5%

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

MAPIC, the international gathering of the retail, leisure, food, and tech real estate communities, has announced its opening keynote The road ahead: responsible growth , with Alison Rehill-Erguven, CEO at Cenomi Centers, Joanna Fisher, CEO at ECE Marketplaces, and Cindy Andersen, Managing Director at Ingka Centres.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 28, 2022

The cost of just about every product and service is at their highest level since 1981 , and the ripple effect on businesses is that sales are slowing as consumers look for ways to cut back on spending and make do with less. Properly executed loyalty programs can help keep customers shopping, even in the face of wavering consumer confidence.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 11, 2023

This represents the lowest point since Q3 2020 when the UK was in the midst of tiered lockdown restrictions and about to enter Lockdown 2, and -23 points lower than Q3 2008, at the start of the Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Credit Crunch. percentage points quarter-on-quarter.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 1983, Vasos was a recent graduate from Western Carolina University, having earned his degree in marketing. s management training program. At Eckerd, Vasos rose quickly through store operations ranks from assistant store manager to store manager, district manager and regional manager before joining Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc.,

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 4, 2023

The areas where dollar stores have flourished are often known as “food deserts”, markets where consumers are many miles away from a grocery store or a big box chain such as Walmart but they still need a place to buy household items and food at affordable prices. Do dollar stores use savvy pricing tactics or do they mislead consumers?

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From the outside looking in, the discount sector is thriving from consumers shopping with value in mind. The argument was later echoed by the retailer’s former managing director Gordon Brown, who argued Wilko had become “less aggressive on pricing” when it dropped its “successful model of low price, low cost”.

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Mass Relators

JULY 12, 2022

He joined Dollar General in 2008 as executive vice president, division president and chief merchandising officer and served as chief operating officer from 2013 until being named CEO. He began his employment at Dollar General in 1992 as a store manager trainee in a Nashville, Tennessee store.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 31, 2023

But the truth is Nordstrom’s failure in Canada can’t be simplified, by saying, as many are, that Nordstrom didn’t understand the Canadian market. Over the past decade that Nordstrom has been in Canada there have been material changes in the market. Then Saks Fifth Avenue entered the Canadian market in 2016.

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