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Burlington Doubles Store Total Target to 2,000, Plans 75 Net New Locations for 2021

Retail TouchPoints

Burlington Stores has doubled its long-term store footprint target to 2,000 stores, up from the 1,000 -store target established when the company launched its IPO in 2013. The company is planning to open 100 new stores this year while at the same time relocating or closing 25 existing stores, bringing the net total of new stores in 2021 to 75.

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American Eagle Names Replacements for Departing COO

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Prior to that she was EVP of Supply, North America at PVH from 2020 to 2021, building on an extensive tenure across several supply chain leadership roles for key businesses within the PVH portfolio, including Calvin Klein North America and The Underwear Group from 2013 to 2020.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

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Some cases in point include: In 2013, Target experienced a data breach where hackers accessed their customer credit card information by exploiting a weakness in the HVAC system’s network connection. Ensuring business continuity plans include appropriate responses to network outages, breaches and ransomware attacks.

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How Castlery came back from the brink to disrupt the furniture industry

Inside Retail

Declan Ee: When we started in October 2013, there were four of us in a tiny, 84sqm basement, trying to build a global luxury brand. IR : Castlery launched in 2013 during the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands like Warby Parker and Everlane. IR : Looking forward, what are your plans? Made.com went bankrupt.

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‘Not satisfied’: Regulator talks tough on Foodstuffs NZ merger

Inside Retail

New Zealand’s Foodstuffs has received its strongest indication yet that the nation’s competition regulator may block the planned merger of its North and South Island businesses. The value of those suppliers’ outside options would consequently be reduced.

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Meet Revo, the performance sunglasses brand founded by a Nasa astrophysicist

Inside Retail

In 1999, the Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica acquired the firm with plans to expand its sunglasses line. Later on, in 2013, the American consumer product goods conglomerate Sequential Brands Group acquired Revo. Eventually, the brand made its way back to independence once it was acquired by B. billion in 2019 and generated US$3.48

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Here’s why everyone is talking about garment workers in Bangladesh

Inside Retail

Global trade unions IndustriALL and UNI Global have announced plans to pull out of the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC), the organisation that is responsible for key aspects of the Accord, such as factory inspections and worker safety training, because its policies won’t be legally binding after the Accord expires on May 31. .

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