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Global luxury sales could return to pre-Covid levels this year, Bain says

Inside Retail

Bain now sees a 30 per cent probability that sales of high-end handbags, clothes and jewellery will return to or exceed their 2019 level of US$340 billion this year, depending on how quickly vaccines are rolled out and tourism picks up. Reporting by Silvia Aloisi, Editing by Gabriela Baczynska , of Reuters.

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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”.

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

Inside Retail

While multi-employer bargaining is allowed under current laws, no such agreements have been made since 2009 , and few since the introduction of enterprise bargaining in 1993. Employer representatives say it would be a return to the 1970s , or the 196 0s when industrial action was common and prices and wages chased each other up.

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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 launch event will be soundtracked by DJ Raymond to cultivate the coolest shopping vibe that King Street has seen since 2009. The 4,000sq.

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

Retail TouchPoints

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. Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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Collapsed Missguided snapped up by Frasers Group

Inside Retail

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. 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.