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BNPL: A Win-Win for Retailers and Consumers as the Holidays Approach

Retail TouchPoints

With retailers already pushing out holiday sales to entice consumers to buy early and avoid delivery delays due to supply chain congestion, one tactic that they will lean on to entice customers is buy now, pay later (BNPL). BNPL Can Have an Effect on Consumers and Retailers.

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The Honest Company Rides ‘Conscious Consumerism’ Wave Toward Potential $100M IPO

Retail TouchPoints

Ethical consumer goods brand The Honest Company filed for its long-anticipated IPO on April 9, 2021. Co-founded by actress Jessica Alba in 2012, the company touts a line of hypoallergenic, ethically sourced products in the baby, beauty and home cleaning categories. According to the SEC filing , The Honest Co.

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How Chipotle aims to attract Gen Z staff with next-gen benefits

Inside Retail

American fast-food chain Chipotle made headlines last Wednesday when it announced it would be providing updated benefits for its approximately 110,000 employees and the upcoming surge of workers it is planning to hire this year.

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Longchamp ANZ GM Julie Therond champions hard work, collaboration and patience

Inside Retail

Julie Therond is the general manager of Longchamp Australia and New Zealand and has worked with the fashion brand since 2012. Covid happened six months after having moved to Sydney and disrupted the original timeline and plans. From finance to marketing, from operations to strategy. IR: What do you love about your job?

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Although, like White, not a retailer by trade, she has much experience in consumer industries from her time leading Whitbread, owner of brands including Premier Inn and Beefeater.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

According to Convenience and Impulse Retailing , 7-Eleven is going through a period of expansion throughout regional Australia, planning 70 new stores in the next two years. Du Retail joined L’Oreal France in 1996 and has worked in a variety of fields, including management, operations, finance, and e-commerce.

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AWS Q&A: How Retailers can Prepare Ecommerce Operations for COVID-Driven Uncertainty

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers fear for their health and they fear for their finances, especially today with what is around 20 million. The challenge that puts on retailers is, ‘ How do I convince this finicky consumer that it’s safe to do business with me? ’. people still without jobs. They’re shopping with just about any retailer now.

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