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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

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.

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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

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.

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Analysis: where employers are wrong about Labor’s industrial relations bill

Inside Retail

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.

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Clerkenwell Design Week announces new partnership for scaled up return to EC1

A1 Retail

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.

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JD returns to Hammersmith after a decade

A1 Retail

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.

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

Retail TouchPoints

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.

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Collapsed Missguided snapped up by Frasers Group

Inside Retail

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.