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How Lore of the Sea improved order dispatch speed by 1000 per cent

Inside Retail

Sustainable women’s surfwear brand, Lore of the Sea, found its beginnings when founder, Laure Mayer, noticed a gap in the Australian surfwear market. Laure moved to Bryon Bay in 2012, where she learned everything she needed to create her own surf wear and the e-commerce brand found its beginnings a couple of years later. .

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Turning Retail Losses into Profits

Retail TouchPoints

External economic factors, such as fluctuating interest rates, an unpredictable housing market and persistent inflation have prompted consumers to rethink their spending habits. Since 2012, the median EBITDA for publicly traded retailers was 9.8%, according to Deloitte. How can retailers transform losses into profits?

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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

Inside Retail

“Historically, the art world has been synonymous with exclusivity and for the most part, inaccessible to a mass consumer base,” Tom Woodger, vice president of cultural marketing at StockX, told Inside Retail. “In According to research published on Statista, the global online art market was estimated to be worth US$4.82

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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

Inside Retail

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. These partnerships are part of the strategy to further reinforce the brand’s community approach within its identified key markets.

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Retail’s New Normal: Here’s What Retailers Should Focus On As The Country Continues To Reopen

Retail TouchPoints

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus which retailers were better prepared to weather massive market disruption and which were not. An offering that retailers may want to keep top of mind, especially during this time, is ship-from-store. He is responsible for product, strategy and corporate and business development.

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How to Make the Most of Free Google Shopping Listings

Retail TouchPoints

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing businesses to shutter their brick-and-mortar outlets and target customers online to simply stay afloat, many have had to drastically increase their digital marketing spend. And while companies would ordinarily have to pay to list their products, for the first time since 2012, they can now do so for free.

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Single Mum school drop off duties for my Gen Z daughter before hitting the desk for work. They are young, born between 1997 and 2012, and they have serious earning potential, as they are starting their first jobs and getting their first paychecks. Definitely pre-Covid.