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.

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Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2022

Founded online in 2009, Missguided seemed to start off well in the digital space, but a foray into brick-and-mortar retailing from 2016 appears to have ultimately sealed its fate. Late last year Alteri, an investment company that specialises in distressed businesses, took a 50 per cent stake in Missguided in return for emergency funding.

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Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2022

Founded online in 2009, Missguided seemed to start off well in the digital space, but a foray into brick-and-mortar retailing from 2016 appears to have ultimately sealed its fate. Late last year Alteri, an investment company that specialises in distressed businesses, took a 50 per cent stake in Missguided in return for emergency funding.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2024

Whether you buy the linen twin set or not, the return you get in words is priceless. It started in 2009, selling retailored vintage clothing out of a small Los Angeles storefront. Reformation pays its fans in brand voice. Upon opening the email, you’re hit with a tease from the merchandise: “Us again.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

However in recent quarters Gucci has lagged rivals including Hermes and LVMH’s top brand Louis Vuitton, with its performance in the key Chinese market becoming a source of concern for investors amid Covid-19 lockdowns. For Bernstein analyst Luca Solca, Gucci needs to make a strong statement to return to the center stage.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 3, 2023

Woolworths Over a decade ago, the 100-year-old high-street staple Woolworths collapsed, resulting in the loss of 807 stores and 27,000 jobs between December 2008 and January 2009. However, this summer Toys R Us returned to the UK as it opened nine concessions within WHSmith.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2021

In October last year, I spoke with Carla for the first time at a Sydney event for Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, when it was announced that the show would make a return as a physical event in 2021. I’m looking forward to when Melbourne opens, it’s our second biggest market and that will make a big difference.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

With the advent of Apple’s Pay Later offering, greater attention has been paid to the BNPL market. Market leaders such as Afterpay and Klarna forged new brand partnerships, and as their offerings became more visible, it quickly became an alluring option, particularly for the emergent Gen Z.

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Retail Bound

APRIL 13, 2024

As Robert Gilbreath, VP of Marketing at ShipStation, a web-based shipping solutions provider, puts it, “Compared to splashy marketing campaigns and new product features, shipping isn’t exactly the sexiest topic. This involves: Market Analysis: Understand your target audience, their preferences, and their buying behavior.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When Beer Cartel initially launched in 2009, the online market was a shadow of what it is today, Kelsey explained. In saying that, while Kelsey is confident the return to pureplay operations is the right move in the short-to-medium term, he also recognises that something will be lost when it no longer has a physical retail store.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

It also had a string of celebrity partnerships and collaborations to build a cachet among the 18- to 25-year-old age group that made up the company’s core market. 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. million in 2019.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It wouldn’t be precisely accurate to count Bookshop.org among the successful conquerors, since its 1% market share of print book sales is dwarfed by Amazon’s approximately 50% (by some estimates, it’s even more). But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Todd Leff: It was an interesting time, right at the height of the financial crisis in 2009. RTP: Do you anticipate Hand & Stone will be able to return to a growth mode as we move past COVID-19? What attracted you to the company? A lot of people thought I was crazy to invest in a business that they perceived as a luxury.

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Cisco Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In return, students must commit to a regular work schedule and attend all days of the program. The shadow program started at Cisco in 2009. Employees at Cisco’s Richardson, Texas campus started the shadow program in 2009 as an inclusion and diversity initiative. The shadow program is a win-win initiative.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

He was then promoted to group vice president of retail operations before being named senior vice president of sales and merchandising in 2009. Kimball took on a special assignment for the organization in 2015 before returning to Smith’s as vice president of operations in 2016.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. million on “refunds, returns, and discounts”. High marketing costs are one reason for Casper’s struggles but returns have also eaten into the brand’s profitability. In 2018 Casper spent $80.7

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 19, 2021

Wilkinson’s new role sees Wilkinson return to Pas, where he was previously general manager of product and sales at Designworks for more than seven years in 2009. Earlier this week, PAS announced that it will be bringing back Italian denim giant Replay into the Australian and New Zealand market. “It

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 14, 2024

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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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

Myer floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2009 with a market capitalisation of $2.4 Woolworths, the multi-brand South African retailer, bought David Jones for $2.1 billion in 2014, and its value is now possibly about $334 million after writedowns and the sale of $630 million in properties.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

I had also recently returned from many years working in the UK at luxury houses such as Armani and Prada. We were the first luxury multi-brand retailer to launch a dedicated e-commerce website in Australia, back in 2009. What do you think is so attractive about our market to these brands? My mission was to change that.

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Mass Relators

JULY 29, 2021

We thank David for his strategic leadership and guidance over the last six years as the company has returned to consistent balanced growth and value creation, said James McNerney, lead director of P&G’s board. The post P&G taps Jon Moeller to be next president, CEO appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

Our goal is to prevent overconsumption and overproduction by holding big polluters – mass-market producers – accountable through stronger and larger extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations.” Actions run deeper Wone stressed that Vestiarie Collective’s actions run deeper than banning fast fashion from its platform.

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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. Many “dollar” stores also carry items that cost well above one dollar.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Some of your variable expenses like marketing come under scrutiny. Advice: Any CEO is measured by the profit margin they generate from the turnover of their inventory, so it’s critical to always measure your return on working capital. We really concentrated on the category and defended our market share at all costs.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Respondents who were interviewed lately on their spending forecasts were quite optimistic about their household incomes, buying power and the job market in general. They were planning to spend an average $196.31, a whopping 21% over previous record of $161.96. billion, up 32% from last year’s record $20.7 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Respondents who were interviewed lately on their spending forecasts were quite optimistic about their household incomes, buying power and the job market in general. They were planning to spend an average $196.31, a whopping 21% over previous record of $161.96. billion, up 32% from last year’s record $20.7 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

66% of consumers surveyed said “best value for money” keeps them returning to a brand, taking the top spot in terms of consumer preferences. Many consumers started shopping at these retailers during the 2008-2009 recession and kept shopping at these stores once the recession was over. I do it naturally.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Respondents who were interviewed lately on their spending forecasts were quite optimistic about their household incomes, buying power and the job market in general. They were planning to spend an average $196.31, a whopping 21% over previous record of $161.96. billion, up 32% from last year’s record $20.7 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B.

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Nelson Blackley

JANUARY 26, 2021

Retail stores of all sizes can only survive if they are able to create genuine destinations for consumers to spend their leisure time, and provide consumers with a compelling reason to visit, to spend money and most importantly, to return. This requires not only strong leadership, vision, and commitment, but also investment.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

consumers are active subscribers, according to the Subscription Trade Association (SUBTA) , and the global subscription industry is predicted to reach $275 billion in market value this year. How do we separate our marketing messages from our transactional messages? Four Steps to Subscription Success. How do we speak to people?

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Small Biz Trends

APRIL 20, 2022

Bitcoin miners offer indispensable support to the operations of blockchain and in return are often rewarded with newly created cryptocurrencies and transaction fees. The popularity of cryptocurrency has led to the spawning of thousands of cryptocurrencies with a global cryptocurrency market now valued at almost $2 trillion.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2023

Upon graduating, I returned back to Kuala Lumpur in 2009 and found that e-commerce was still fairly new. But as I’ve hired more professionals along the way, I now focus on the creatives of the company – more specifically branding, product and marketing. VY: I love my job but nothing comes without some challenges, of course.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In his late twenties, while still performing, he returned to school, earning a Bachelor of Arts through distance learning. In 2009, Brooks became the president of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. The post Speakers announced for 2024 NACDS Annual Meeting appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Since the company’s IPO in 1992, Starbucks’ stock has generated a return of more than 30,600% as of January 4, 2023 to investors. Even Warren Buffett would be impressed with those returns. Back in 2009 it launched its mobile app. That means that the happier the customer the fatter the employee’s pocket book.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Lew is understood to have paid a small premium on the market price for the latest purchase, which increases his investment in Myer to around $132 million, representing a paper loss over his five-year tenure on the share register. Afterall, Premier Investments, in which the Lew family has a controlling stake, has a market cap of around $4.7

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