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

Inside Retail

After Lew’s Premier Investments acquired the Just Group, and with it Peter Alexander, he shut down the US stores in 2009, saying it “reflects the board’s commitment to take the decisions that are necessary to maximise returns for shareholders”. The post Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

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AO open ‘rework’ facility to give new lease of life to returned appliances

A1 Retail

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.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Gen Z Alternative to Credit Cards

Retail TouchPoints

In the midst of rising inflation rates, many Americans are wondering how to cut their costs — and younger generations such as Gen Z may have found a solution in the short term with “buy now, pay later” or BNPL plans. Contactless payment evolved with Venmo’s release in 2009, and similar mobile solutions like the Apple Wallet have followed.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Customers across the country are making a concerted effort to effort to return to their local bookstores , but when they can’t, they shop on Bookshop.org. But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said. The company plans to begin e-book sales next year.

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Who is Peter Ruis, the man tasked with reviving John Lewis?

Retail Gazette

He also oversaw the relaunch of its fashion website back in 2009, helping to boost the retailer’s online profile, and introduced new in-store design concepts for its womenswear departments. He returned the business to profit, weaning the chain off discounting, reinvigorating its product and restoring its brand power.

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More recessions lessons from Greenlit Brands, Camilla, Super Retail

Inside Retail

Suppliers were going broke left, right and centre, so it was all about the efficient management of inventory. But the biggest risk is buying and the efficient management of our working capital. Of course, you also have to manage costs, but that’s always important. We also had a forensic focus on our inventory stock turn.

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

They were planning to spend an average $196.31, a whopping 21% over previous record of $161.96. According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B.

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