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Why Stitch Fix is Focusing on its Human Stylists When Everyone Else is Talking About AI

Retail TouchPoints

While Stitch Fixs human-centered approach to AI hasnt changed since it was founded in 2011, the world around the company has changed dramatically. In mid-2024, under the leadership of new CEO Matt Baer, Stitch Fix launched a sweeping transformation strategy aimed at regaining its former standing as consumers go-to for personalized fashion.

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

Inside Retail

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers. The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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Hoka’s president Robin Green on intentional innovation with the launch of Bondi 9

Inside Retail

When to innovate and iterate product Hokas original Bondi came to market in 2011 and revolutionised the performance shoe industry with its balance of extremely lightweight materials paired with maximal cushioning. Innovation is entwined into Hokas DNA every new product launch is grounded in years of research, engineering and testing.

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Poshmark to exit Australia to focus on core markets

Inside Retail

Fashion marketplace Poshmark has announced the closure of its operations in Australia, India and the UK to focus on its North American business. The company said on its website that it plans to increase investment and “drive meaningful growth” in its core markets – the US and Canada. billion last year.

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From Flagships to Rollouts: Bringing New Luxury Retail Concepts to Market

Retail TouchPoints

This is as true for new brands as it is for well-established ones: there are substantial benefits to a collaborative approach in which marketing and design teams work hand-in-glove to develop and roll out new brick-and-mortar retail concepts. Fashion brands appreciate when display armatures are less noticeable.

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Inditex Appoints Founders’ Daughter as Chair, Names New CEO

Retail TouchPoints

Marta Ortega Pérez has been named Chairwoman of Inditex Group — parent company of Zara , Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti — and Óscar García Maceiras will replace Carlos Crespo as CEO, completing a “generational handover process” at the fashion conglomerate that began in 2011. She will assume her new role as Chairwoman on April 1, 2022.

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

Retail TouchPoints

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., The site is primarily known for its vintage, streetwear and Y2K (late 1990s/early 2000s) fashion. Founded in 2011, the marketplace first launched in the UK and then expanded to the U.S.