Retail Wire

JULY 28, 2021

Sales of products that skyrocketed early on during the novel coronavirus pandemic, including cleaning supplies and toilet paper, have returned to pre-pandemic levels. the first quarterly drop since 2011. A similar pattern is being seen with online order deliveries where UPS reported that package shipping volume was down 2.9

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

He was the first executive hired at HauteLook in 2008 and joined Nordstrom ’s leadership following that company’s acquisition in 2011. Boyle also has served in multiple leadership roles at other retailers, with an emphasis on driving digital growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Reduce Carbon Emissions Associated with Product Returns. The average ecommerce return rate hovers around 20% to 30%. Cutting the number of product returns can greatly reduce the transportation and other steps (repackaging, warehousing, discarded products, etc.) that can increase carbon emissions.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2024

From one analyst’s perspective, the Australian mergers and acquisitions landscape is considered to be relatively subdued, but there are signs that confidence in the market is returning. Investors are not seeking for their funds to be returned to them without any assets or growth to show for it,” Hough said.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2021

The Ascot store, which first opened in 2011, has a renewed focus on sustainability with free recycled customer carry boxes on offer, an eco-friendly product selection, energy-efficient fridges and trolley baskets made from recycled materials. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2021

Backing the brand’s evolution is a new retail store concept opened in Columbus, Ohio, marking a return to stand-alone stores. A Gilly Hicks shopping bag photographed in Chicago in 2011 when the brand was expanding its original store network. New store concept. Image: Robert Stockdill.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

While the company made its name with what was at the time (back in 2011) an innovative subscription service model — clients receive regularly scheduled boxes, a.k.a. Shipping, returns and exchanges are also free , with no minimum order requirement. Because the experience — which is available now for U.S.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2024

Casey requested a refund but claims she is still waiting for the funds to return. Founded in 2011 by Fitzpatrick’s sister, Kristy Withers, Incy Interiors quickly won over Australian parents seeking a stylish alternative to dated nursery furniture. Its products even wound up in the home of US tennis superstar Serena Williams.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

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. “The It was pivotal,” he says.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

KL: In 2011, Revolve expanded internationally, with Australia being a top 10 market for the brand. In Australia, we provide three-day shipping to customers, free local returns, payments and a localised customer service manual. KL: The biggest challenge we had in Australia was to build a returns program.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In 2011, less than 1% of grocery shopping was done online. In 2021, even as shoppers returned to the store as pandemic restrictions lifted, it still grew a bit more to over $90 billion ( 10% of the total), according to Mercatus. Its growth had been slow for a decade as so many other retail channels or categories continued to take off.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When Snapchat first hit the scene back in 2011 it was an instantaneous hit with younger audiences because it offered something that was almost impossible to find on the internet — transience. Not to mention that AR try-on has been proven to increase conversion and reduce returns.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2021

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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

She left university in 2011 and returned to Krispy Kreme as a state manager before progressing to senior leadership positions including national operations manager and head of retail & development, where she was instrumental in the brand’s expansion into Western Australia and New Zealand.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

Style Story founder Lauren Lee discovered her love of Korean beauty products as an exchange student in 2011, which inspired her to launch her own e-commerce business back home in Brisbane, Australia. “On

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Product placement (PP) was introduced in the UK in 2011 and ITV led the way with the very first PP on British screens. EE’s relationship with Coronation Street in the UK goes back to the network’s launch ad spot, which saw Kevin Bacon name check the Rover’s Return and it’s regular, Ken Barlow in 2011.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Omnichannel experiences : One big challenge facing retailers is enticing customers who are comfortable returning to stores to pay a visit, while accounting for shoppers who may not be ready to shop in person. During the pandemic these classes strengthened loyalty with existing customers and expanded the retailer’s reach to new audiences.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Lidl has become the first supermarket chain to initiate a bottle return scheme trial, debuting in Glasgow. Customers participating in the scheme are rewarded with 5p for every eligible container returned. This launch follows a delay in the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), initially set to start on 16 August 2023.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

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.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

American fashion brand Kith has returned to the location of its first Manhattan flagship to open a women-dedicated store , in which olive trees grow up through display podiums. The company had previously worked with design studio Snarkitecture on its retail spaces around the world, including outposts in Miami , Los Angeles and Paris.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

Bringing Silicon Valley-Style Innovation to Wholesale In 2011, Rhodes was working for payments solution Square in Silicon Valley while running a side hustle as a wholesale distributor for New Zealand-based Blunt Umbrellas. “It The innovation that we at Faire brought to the market was offering free returns and net-60 payment terms.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2023

But one story stands out: a woman in China who ran a 7-Eleven store who knew that if she left the shop and returned to her family’s apartment she would be locked down there indefinitely. She literally lived in the store for three weeks, because it was the only way she could guarantee that it stayed open.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Iconic has been setting the standard in Australia and New Zealand’s retail industry since its launch in 2011, with its multi-brand fashion platform backed by unmatched delivery and returns. The new campaign is intended to remind consumers of why they shop with The Iconic.

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Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The IRS rarely makes a mid-year increase, with the last one taking place in 2011. So, Who Can Deduct Car Expenses on Their Tax Returns? If you own a business or are self-employed and use your vehicle for business, you may deduct car expenses on your tax return.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Creative director Amber Shang founded Beast as a flower shop in 2011 before expanding the mission of the business to bring international brands across home decoration, fragrance, fashion accessories, cosmetics, tableware and delicatessen to modern Chinese consumers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2024

I launched and established Rebecca Vallance in London in 2011, before returning home to Sydney to continue our expansion. I had always dreamt of building an international brand, and when the timing was right, I finally took the leap. IR: What does a typical day in the life of Rebecca Vallance-Gasan look like?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 23, 2022

He launched AmazonFresh in 2007 and has served on the e-commerce company’s senior leadership team since 2011. “I Machin was CEO and MD at Target Australia and held the COO and operations roles with Coles in Australia before returning to the UK in 2016. Australia Post’s head of network technology leaves.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 2, 2022

In Episode 25, Ron Horan, Cisco Senior Director of Product Management returns and we start a new conversation based on his experience in this space. In 2011 Ron moved to Luxtera where he worked as Vice President of Sales before moving into the role as Vice President of Marketing. Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product Manager.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

She left university in 2011 and returned to Krispy Kreme as a state manager before progressing to senior leadership positions including national operations manager and head of retail & development, where she was instrumental in the brand’s expansion into Western Australia and New Zealand.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 9, 2023

Check out the video below to follow the What’s Cooking journey: Here’s an overview of the discussion: The evolution of What’s Cooking With his extensive background of 40 years in retail, George Trittis transitioned from franchisee to franchisor by launching What’s Cooking in 2011.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Product placement (PP) was introduced in the UK in 2011 and ITV led the way with the very first PP on British screens. EE’s relationship with Coronation Street in the UK goes back to the network’s launch ad spot, which saw Kevin Bacon name check the Rover’s Return and it’s regular, Ken Barlow in 2011.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We returned to volunteer in Cambodia several more times and in 2011 founded the Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST), with the vision of educating future leaders. CRST is a unique Non-Government Organisation (NGO) because it’s entirely led and managed by our students.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From its inception in 2011, the tech-driven retailer has set the industry benchmarks for customer service and delivery. It drives our carrier partner relationships, it drives our discussions with suppliers about new stock, returning stock, replenishing stock… It drives the layout of the fulfilment centre and the pick paths we use.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 1, 2022

The £92m turnover online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer has set up a special returns service with its two partners. Our logistics partner Evri is also doing a tremendous job by offering a class-leading, low-cost returns service utilising the company’s low carbon ParcelShop network.

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365 Retail

MAY 30, 2022

Even the Nintendo Wii, which rose to be the sixth biggest-selling games console of all time through a promise of immersive, physical gameplay, largely saw players return to sedentary button-mashing in classic ‘couch/controller’ fashion.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Perhaps that is in part because native Japanese founder and creative director Kenneth Shoji launched the brand in Hong Kong, where he relocated after his Fukushima Prefecture home was destroyed by the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. The birth of % Arabica was almost accidental.

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