VMS

JUNE 3, 2025

There, she honed the skills in merchandising, sales and store operations that would become essential to her future success as an entrepreneur. To reflect its broadened merchandise assortment, the off-price retailer changed its name to Burlington Stores in 2009.)

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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.

Apparel

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.

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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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I Vend

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

McKinsey’s research into the way that retailers managed cost reductions in the Great Recession of 2007-2009 found that ‘resilient retailers’ reduced their costs by two percentage points, while their ‘non-resilient’ counterparts increased theirs by the same amount. How can retail technology help retail stores to prepare for recession?

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