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“No immediate impact”: Experts weigh in on Senate Committee’s recommendations

Inside Retail

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. This will allow consumers to align and ‘buycott’ from a supermarket that promotes their values.

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The End of D2C as we Know it: Enter Direct-to-Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Every few decades, retail brands discover a new way to connect with consumers. The early 2000s saw the beginning of an online media push that brought standardized content from one brand to many consumers. Having a direct line with consumers via D2R provides brands with first-party retail data in a whole new way.

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Fashion label Nude Lucy goes DTC: Inside the brand’s new strategy

Inside Retail

After 10 years of building its brand through retailers like David Jones and The Iconic, Australian women’s fashion label Nude Lucy is going direct-to-consumer with the launch of its own bricks-and-mortar stores and further investment in its online business. Wholesale still a big part of the business. From t-shirts to a total offer.

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Study eyes grocers’ long-term future

Mass Relators

CHICAGO — Amazon, Aldi, Costco Wholesale Corp. The dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index database of more than 70,000 consumer survey responses between 2017 and 2022 was referenced to understand which trends matter the most to consumers. Health and wellness and finances are opposing forces for many consumers.

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“Building a brand from the ground up”: Inside LSKD’s San Diego expansion

Inside Retail

I didn’t go full time on LKI until 2010, when I finished my carpentry apprenticeship, so as much as it’s been a whirlwind, if I had this kind of growth back in my early 20s, I don’t think I could have handled it. I never had the intention to do wholesale, but that’s what was around back then.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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