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Reports: Nike Cutting Ties With Six Retailers, Including DSW and Urban Outfitters

Retail TouchPoints

Nike has reportedly closed its accounts with DSW , Urban Outfitters , Shoe Show , Dunham’s Sports , Olympia Sports and Big 5 Sporting Goods as the retailer pulls out of specialty retailers and department stores, according to Forbes and other media outlets. billion , accounting for 35% of gross sales, according to Forbes.

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‘Everybody’s got a Levi’s story’: Chip Bergh reflects on his legacy

Inside Retail

Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year. “I

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BJ’s Wholesale Club taps Bob Eddy as CEO

Mass Relators

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. Bob’s leadership, strategic vision and deep knowledge of the business have been pivotal in driving BJ’s Wholesale Club’s transformation and record growth across all key metrics,” BJ’s executive chairman Christopher Baldwin said. WESTBOROUGH, Mass. Eddy joined BJ’s in 2007.

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How Aussie footwear brand Alias Mae stays on trend in a fast-moving market

Inside Retail

Tom Kirkhope founded the Australian fashion footwear brand Alias Mae in 2011. Drawing on his family background in footwear, and his own experience in the industry, having started working in Chinese footwear manufacturing in 2011, he launched Alias Mae as a wholesale business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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Nordstrom Leaves Canada, 9 Reasons Why

Indigo 9 Digital

Luxury consignment shop TheRealReal which is mostly online launched in 2011 and brought in $1.2 Why should a brand sell wholesale when it can sell directly to its customers? This has resulted in many luxury brands lessening their reliance on wholesale accounts like Nordstrom. Last year Farfetch brought in $4.1

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Introducing 20 RangeMe Brands Fast-Tracked Into KeHE’s DIVERSEtrade™ Program

Rangeme

Started by the #GirlDad duo Lorenzo and Genesis Bencivenga, Lorenzo’s Frozen Pudding was born on the South Side of Chicago in May of 2011. I am most excited about working with KeHE to have the opportunity to work with a company that has such vast experience, knowledge, and connections in the wholesale distribution arena,” says Styn. “I

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Matt: [21:02] Yes it because of my business partners.