VMS

JUNE 3, 2025

After college, Roslyn began her career as an executive trainee at Gimbels department. In the face of increased competition, Dress Barn closed its physical stores in 2019, but the brand continues to operate a DTC store under the ownership of private equity firm Retail Ecommerce Ventures, which has not ruled out a return to physical spaces.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2025

Starting from the second year, we shifted our mission to nurturing Chinese fashion design talent, providing them with a platform to present their work at Shanghai Fashion Week and supporting their continuous growth. In the decades since, that mission has grown into a full-fledged fashion ecosystem.

Fashion

365 Retail

JUNE 20, 2025

Located at The Avenue, Spinningfields , the Manchester store marks the beginning of a series of pop ups scheduled to appear across the UK and Ireland throughout summer 2025. Oasis, who originally disbanded in 2009, have sold over 75 million records globally and scored eight UK number one albums.

Accessories

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.

Discount Store

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

This trend involves brands reselling previously owned products at a discount — and it’s caught on quickly. It’s an important secondary market for returned goods, helping retailers reduce waste and recover cost, especially as returns increase in step with ecommerce growth. Capitalizing on Product Lifecycle and Supply Chain.

Consumer

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Along with banning pay secrecy clauses, putting gender equity at the heart of the Fair Work Commission’s pay-setting process, and giving it new powers to resolve long-running disputes, the bill expands access to multi-employer bargaining, something that withered away at the start of the 1990s. Denmark shows what’s possible.

Returns

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

the former New York City flagship will become a drop-off site for returning items. On March 27, Rent the Runway laid off its entire retail staff during a Zoom call, offering no assurance that the jobs would return, according to a report in The Verge. “We We have no visibility into when or if we will be able to reopen our stores.

Apparel

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

sales declining at an even higher rate, 10.5% , according to the latest forecasts from eMarketer. After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it took the majority of affected markets approximately one year for retail sales to return to pre-crisis levels. trillion , 12% higher than its revised estimate of $23.36 trillion. “The

Fulfillment

Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

Kai Li, senior vice president for international at Revolve has a wealth of experience in the e-commerce space and has worked as the head of international business development at Shopbop and Amazon.com. Inside Retail: What does your role at Revolve look like? When I was at Shopbop I was only allowed to do marketing.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

When Nicola Clement first started working in e-commerce in 2009 launching Quiksilvers online shopping site for the Apac region it was at a point when Australian retailers were transitioning from custom-built websites to enterprise-level platforms. Following stints at Quiksilver and Kathmandu, which she took from $3.5

Returns

Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2021

Tributes have been flowing in from around the world since Australian fashion icon Carla Zampatti passed away in Sydney on Saturday 3 April at the age of 78. At the time, she had just celebrated her 55th year in business. In 2009, she received a Companion of the Order in the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

“While many of the trends in e-Commerce purchasing behavior that emerged in March and April have continued, we are starting to see the impact that the gradual easing of restrictions is having on retail activity,” said Debbie Guerra, EVP at ACI Worldwide in a statement. The industry’s projected sales drop is even steeper than the 8.2%

Beauty and Health

Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

While Peter Alexander was not part of Premier Investments at the time it set out to enter the US market, there has been a lot of speculation as to why the brand didn’t resonate with US customers. Moreover, Premier Investments has not had to tackle the seasonality of the UK market, an element that defines apparel and pyjama collections.

Apparel

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Since the infamous shopping holiday was created and marketed by Alibaba in 2009, there has been no slowing down. Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, is now the world’s largest shopping holiday, with advertisers seeing incredible returns. NFT startup Dapper Labs, which is valued at over $7.5 In the U.S.,

Advertising

Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2021

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers.

Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

This generation has taken to this payment option faster than any other, but looking at their history it is easy to see why. Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed. Many commercial apps now ask for a credit card on file to make in-app purchases.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Bitcoin was the first major cryptocurrency, created in 2009. Since then, there have been many others (more than 4000 at the start of 2021), but Bitcoin is still the biggest and best-known (Ether is second). Cryptocurrencies could become part of that mix, but at this stage it’s hard to argue for any compelling upside.

Merchant Services

Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2021

Speaking at a Global Fashion Agenda event last week, she said, “If you move alone as a single company, of course you can achieve some [progress], but it’s when you really come together and join forces that you can create a big impact. At our scale, it’s an ambitious goal, and many of our toughest challenges still lie ahead,” Kinder said.

Apparel

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Todd Leff: It was an interesting time, right at the height of the financial crisis in 2009. RTP: It sounds like Hand & Stone has found a good balance between the centralization needed for a large organization, versus the freedom to operate at the individual franchise level. What attracted you to the company?

Location

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Subscriptions can be tricky business, not least because most consumers at one time or another have had a bad experience with a subscription service. At DoorDash, which every day is becoming more and more of a subscription, we’re seeing teams have to rethink how they do business — How do we offer a service to customers?

Consumer

A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW), the UK’s leading design festival, returns to London between 23 – 25 May 2023 – with a stronger-than-ever programme including the exciting addition of Design London. In 2022, CDW returned for the first time after the pandemic, attracting 30,424 visitors from the UK and overseas.

Returns

Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

The Guardian reported at the time that more than 80 staff were immediately made redundant with another 260 jobs at risk if the company could not be salvaged. Missguided was founded online in 2009 by Nitin Passi, the daughter of an Indian immigrant who set up the high street supplier By Design in the 1960s.

Fast Fashion

Retail Gazette

AUGUST 20, 2024

Lush has opened the doors to its new flagship store in London’s Covent Garden, marking its return to the city’s West End after more than a decade. The brand launched its Spa concept in 2009 and Covent Garden is its the second London location, joining the spa on Oxford Street, which opened in 2015.

Returns

Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

Myer floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2009 with a market capitalisation of $2.4 billion but is currently valued at just $250.4 The post Analysis: Decision time looms at DJs and Myer boardrooms appeared first on Inside Retail. Woolworths, the multi-brand South African retailer, bought David Jones for $2.1

Department Stores

Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2022

Teneo says the business will continue to trade while its future is determined, but The Guardian reported more than 80 staff were immediately made redundant with another 260 jobs at risk if the company cannot be salvaged. Missguided owes millions of pounds to suppliers, who lodged a winding-up petition on Monday.

Fast Fashion

Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2022

Teneo says the business will continue to trade while its future is determined, but The Guardian reported more than 80 staff were immediately made redundant with another 260 jobs at risk if the company cannot be salvaged. Missguided owes millions of pounds to suppliers, who lodged a winding-up petition on Monday.

Fast Fashion

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

At the time, the focus was on Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2009. But knowing that Generation Alpha would be the first to be entirely born in the 21st century (with births commencing in 2010), I believe they are not a return to the old, but the start of something new. Yet, a new generation was about to begin.

Advertising

A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

JD, a retailer of sports, fashion and lifestyle brands is set to return to Hammersmith after a decade on Saturday 26 TH November 2022. The sportswear giant will open its new branch on King Street, at Livat Hammersmith – taking over the prior New Look unit and benefiting from their impressive footfall estimates. The 4,000sq.

Returns

Retail Gazette

JANUARY 21, 2025

This new system marks the return of online knife sales at John Lewis, which had been prohibited since 2009. By adding facial age estimation at checkout, we can help customers buy from our range of knives while making sure they arent purchased by anyone under the age of 18. year accuracy for people aged 13-17.

Checkout

Retail Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

The pizza giant has officially announced a high-level executive shakeup alongside the permanent return of a fan-favorite menu item, signaling a broader strategy shift aimed at reclaiming its edge in an increasingly competitive fast-casual dining market. Now, it’s here to deliver XL-sized value every day!”

Returns

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Retail analysts congratulated the leadership team on Myer’s solid results, and return to paying dividends, on an investor call on Thursday, where Myer CEO John King discussed the results in more detail. At the same time, King made sure to mention the growth that Myer is seeing in its bricks-and-mortar stores, with comparable sales up 8.9

Department Stores

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Last week, Australian alcohol retailer Beer Cartel announced that it would be shutting down its bricks-and-mortar store at its Artarmon warehouse on the north shore of Sydney, and will transition to an entirely online model as of January 2023. Back to the beginning.

Shopping

Retail Gazette

AUGUST 3, 2023

As Wilko teeters on the brink of administration , placing potentially 12,000 jobs and 400 stores at risk, Retail Gazette takes a look back at some of the biggest administrations to hit the sector. The disgraced Chappell was convicted of evading VAT, corporation tax and income tax after a trial at London’s Southwark crown court.

Department Stores

Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Missguided, founded by Nitin Passi in 2009, shocked the retail industry after declaring that it had fallen more than £80 million ($136 million) in debt. Signs of trouble at Missguided began in 2018, when the company found itself with a £26.5 The initiatives succeeded at improving Missguided’s profitability but the damage had been done.

Fashion

Cisco Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Even better is trying your hand at performing some of their tasks, guided by their supervision and encouragement. In return, students must commit to a regular work schedule and attend all days of the program. leveraging business relationships to cultivate professional career networks, particularly vis-à-vis a future at Cisco.

Employee Engagement

A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Clerkenwell Design Week returns with its biggest and boldest show to date. This spring, Clerkenwell Design Week will return for its eleventh edition, taking over London’s most creative district from 24th – 26th May. These styles can be seen through much of the designs and products displayed at the festival.

Returns

A1 Retail

JULY 15, 2021

Online electricals retailer AO has announced that it has opened a new ‘rework’ facility to give returned appliances a new lease of life. Operating out of its ‘Latchford’ warehouse in Crewe, appliances returned by customers will be thoroughly tested with the aim of reselling them.

Returns