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Etsy Enters Booming Resale Sector with $1.6B Acquisition of Depop

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billion as it looks to extend its reach both in the apparel sector and with Gen Z consumers. Depop’s peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand fashion is the 10 th -most-visited shopping site among Gen Z consumers in the U.S., Founded in 2011, the marketplace first launched in the UK and then expanded to the U.S.

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Mattel launches online in Australia, with Retail Prodigy Group

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RPG is an Australian retail franchise partner for global brands and since 2011 has worked with Nike to expand its footprint across Australia and New Zealand. Our consumers are fans, looking to enjoy our brands in categories like apparel and homewares. Our new partnership with RPG lets us do just that.”

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Stitch Fix President to Move into CEO Role as Founder Katrina Lake Steps Down

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Stitch Fix Founder and CEO Katrina Lake will step down from the helm of the apparel subscription service on August 1, 2021, and current President Elizabeth Spaulding will move into the top role. ” Lake founded Stitch Fix in 2011 and took the company public in 2017, making her the youngest woman at the time to take a company public.

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Torrid Appoints Retail Veteran as New CEO

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Torrid has appointed Lisa Harper as its new CEO, as current CEO Liz Muñoz steps into a newly created position as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at the apparel retailer that serves women sizes 10 to 30. Incoming CEO Harper has previously served as CEO of the plus-size retailer, from March 2011 until July 2016.

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Why Online Marketplaces are Outpacing Ecommerce in a Post-COVID World

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Consumer shopping habits have shifted irreversibly towards ecommerce in the past two years. They pursued high-demand products with unforeseen urgency — first in critical categories like personal protective equipment, groceries and sporting goods, and followed more recently by apparel and beauty products.

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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Australian online clothing rental company GlamCorner is adapting its offering as more brands look to launch their own branded rental service amidst major changes in consumer behaviour. This resonates with younger consumers in particular. There’s a huge opportunity for GlamCorner to be a part of that and help them do that.”.

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Let them eat $20 smoothies: How Erewhon is reinventing luxury groceries

Inside Retail

Fast forward to 2011, when entrepreneurial husband-wife duo Tony and Josephine Antoci acquired Erewhon, which had relocated to California, and set about creating a luxury food retail empire. It’s not just the price of luxury handbags and designer apparel that is on the rise, however, but also the cost of everyday necessities like groceries.

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