Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Five years after founding the masstige beauty brand MCoBeauty, Sullivan last week sold her remaining 50 per cent stake in the business to DBG Healths Dennis Bastas, at a $1 billion valuation. I think MCoBeauty came at the right time it was Covid. She sold the first 50 per cent to Bastas in 2022. he told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By fiscal 2013, Vera Bradley was generating $541 million in annual revenue, but this proved to be the peak, and the brand found itself rapidly shrinking after this point. Annual revenue hit a low of $416 million in 2019 and has been up and down since Covid, but consolidated net revenue was $470.8

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Morrisons, which has been working with Ocado since 2013, will “gradually cease” deliveries from Ocado’s Erith fulfilment centre in the South East, according to a statement from the online grocer this morning. At its 2021 peak, the online grocer was valued at £22bn, but it is now worth around £3bn.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2025

At a recent Future50 event hosted by BeautyMatter , Matthew Malin, the founder of Malin + Goetz, Margo Parsiegla, the chief executive officer of Amouage and Amy Errett, the founder and CEO of Madison Reed, spoke about the importance of the in-store shopping experience. There are 95 Madison Reed salons spread out across the US as of 2025.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 7, 2025

Ros brings over a decade of experience at LVMH, most recently serving as president and CEO of Louis Vuitton in Mainland China. Ros began his career at Marks and Spencer in the UK before taking on senior roles at Diesel and Tous. Ros began his career at Marks and Spencer in the UK before taking on senior roles at Diesel and Tous.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2025

The retailer opened its first bricks-and-mortar store at 15 Prince Street in New York Citys bustling Nolita neighbourhood. The brand has three bricks-and-mortar shops in Colombia, one store in New York Citys SoHo neighbourhood, and a new flagship location at one of Miamis largest luxury shopping destinations, Aventura Mall.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Market and economic reasons were the main drivers of the job cuts, responsible for 131,257 workforce reductions from January to June. For the same five-month period last year, the job eliminations were significantly fewer at only 20,276. Companies are spending less, slowing hiring, and sending layoff notices.” As of May 2025, U.S.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2025

In 2013, Rebecca Hessel Cohen, a former fashion and beauty editor for publications like Cosmopolitan and Glamour , decided to turn her love of all things fashion and feminine into a business after designing the bridesmaids’ dresses for her own wedding. That’s still at the heart of what I do now.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2025

Unlike Google Glass in 2013, today’s offering will blend sleek hardware, AI (Google’s Gemini), slim AR displays, live transtraction, and real-time navigation – built on the more mature Android XR platform.” Learning from failure Google’s previous attempt at smart glasses, launched in 2013, was a cautionary tale for tech hardware makers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Between the tariff tug-of-war, flailing markets, insanely high egg prices and general twitchiness (as one strategist put it), consumers have gotten a bit hard to nail down lately. In fact, AI was held at a pleasant distance at the annual retail conference, which kicked off Tuesday in Las Vegas. One thing is clear its not AI.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Founded in Londons bustling Borough Market in 2013, Bread Ahead is known for its fluffy doughnuts, fresh sourdough bread, babka, and artisanal pastries. We are actively looking for partners across right Asia, with key markets including Tokyo, South Korea, and Singapore. MJ: Absolutely. Persistence was key.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 16, 2025

Pottery Barn’s complimentary design services will also be available to UK customers, providing personalised interior styling assistance both at home and online. It is owned by Williams-Sonoma, the company behind West Elm which made its first foray into Europe in 2013 with a store on Tottenham Court Road in London.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Athleta chipping away, slightly, at their dominance. Scandals , failed attempts at modernization, uninspired product offerings and bloated balance sheets have created an environment ripe for disruption. China, where the brand now has 140 stores, making it Lululemons second -largest market, will be a particular focus.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2025

From disparate to unified Anderson has proved himself a master of brand reinvention over a decade at Loewe. Anderson’s Loewe legacy offers a preview of what might come at Dior. At Dior alone, Anderson will oversee 10 collections annually, including two haute couture shows. The long game The timing is critical.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2025

Launched in 2013, the brand specialises in safety footwear that is comfortable, fit, durable, and high quality.It She Wear was created to fill a real gap in the market for womens functional footwear that truly meets their needs, said founder Stacey Head. The venue also stocks an extensive selection of female-specific workwear.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 5, 2025

The direct-to-consumer online wine retailer said Weir played a huge role in the growth of the business, including leading it to a private equity-backed buyout in 2013 and its flotation in 2021. The group reported a highly encouraging performance over the key Christmas trading period as it outperformed the wider market.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 24, 2025

This compares with 91% at Lidl, the next lowest on the list, and an average of 93% across all retailers surveyed. Nearly 34% of suppliers said Amazon rarely or never complied with the code, compared with fewer than 9% at Lidl and just 2.25% at Waitrose, which topped the rankings.

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Retail Prophet

APRIL 11, 2025

In fact, studies, like one conducted in 2019 at California State Polytechnic University have shown that 20 percent of large companies acquired through leveraged buyouts fail within 10 years, compared to only 2 percent of companies acquired through other means. HBC acquired Saks Fifth Avenue in 2013. So why do these deals fail?

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2025

Since its inception in 2013, Bondi Wash has cultivated natural products for the home, body, baby and pets. Known for its elevated, natural formulations and distinctive native Australian scents, the brands latest expansion places it in one of the worlds most sophisticated retail markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Purple Innovation , the digitally native mattress brand, has hired Keira Krausz as its Chief Marketing Officer following the departure of Patrice Varni, who joined the company in June 2021 as Chief Marketing and Digital Officer. From 2013 to 2019, Krausz worked with Nutrisystem as the company’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2024

For instance, Sleep Number exhibited at CES (The Consumer Electronics Show) from 2013 through 2023 to position the brand as the leader in Sleep Technology and Wellness, resulting in an average of more than two billion media impressions per event and leading to the creation of an entirely new category: Sleep Tech.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Babcock joined the retailer in 2013 and most recently served as VP of Integrated Media, helping to launch Retail Media+.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Data-driven AI is part of the remedy for this challenge, but even the best AI tools need support from human intuition to drive truly powerful marketing efforts, according to Amy Heidersbach, Chief Marketing Officer at Persado. I actually think we’ve done ourselves a disservice by leaning on technology ,” said Heidersbach.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Following COVID lockdowns and the massive shift toward remote and hybrid work scenarios, the brand’s founder and leadership team realized they had to evolve its product set and marketing positioning in order to maintain relevance. The marketing and creative teams had to think beyond historic (and expensive) Google surveys.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The Tasmanian brand opened its first store in Hobart in 2013, followed by a flagship store three years later at Melbourne Central. Rachel Vasieck: I fell into the retail industry without really being aware at the time of what I was doing. Inside Retail: Tell me about your career journey and how you got into the retail industry?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

From 2013 to 2021, Creedon worked with Advance Auto Parts , most recently as the company’s EVP of U.S. Creedon also filled the company’s role of President of Autopart International from 2013 to 2017. Creedon will replace former COO Thomas O’Boyle, who was one of the C-suite executives who left the company during the overhaul.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2023

where he served as President and CEO since 2013. He is credited with a turnaround of Logitech’s business by expanding into new categories and improving market share through the introduction of new products and the elevation of design as a pillar of the company’s strategy. Darrell joins from Logitech International S.A.,

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

Subsequently, Delphine Arnault will head Christian Dior Couture as the brand’s new chairman and CEO after having served at Louis Vuitton as executive vice president since 2013. Beccari joined LVMH as executive vice president of marketing and communications for Louis Vuitton before being appointed as chairman and CEO of Fendi in 2012.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The markets will always have ups and downs, but Alibaba has ambitious long-term goals. Prior to his new role in the International division, Fan, who joined Alibaba in 2013, was President of Taobao and Tmall , two of Alibaba’s most successful consumer marketplaces. Separating International and Domestic Commerce.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2023

Darrell will join VF after serving as president and CEO of Logitech International since 2013. Prior to Logitech, Darrell held positions at General Electric, Whirlpool Corporation, and Procter & Gamble. Dickies, Timberland, and Vans parent VF Corporation has appointed Bracken Darrell as president and CEO, starting July 17.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2021

Conway has been with Starbucks since 2013 as head of Channel Development. In his new role he will oversee the retail business segment for all markets outside the U.S. The retailer also promoted Michael Conway to Group President, International and Channel Development. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2024

In fact, a 2023 report estimated the size of the gamification market as more than $10 billion, with the retail industry accounting for nearly a third of that market. Measure, Analyze and Scale Testing and learning at a small scale can help you figure out what works and what doesn’t.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2021

We’re thrilled to have Clerisy’s support to accelerate our business at a time when Gen Z is increasingly focused on creating individualized and functional living spaces as a key part of their self-expression,” said Amanda Zuckerman, Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Dormify. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Our goal is to offer a look at the diverse selection of fashion finds available on Mercari and inspire ideas for what’s possible with resale, all through an immersive storefront with friendly and welcoming service.” ” Mercari Links U.S. one year later.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

India’s e-retail market is set to exceed $160 billion by 2028, up from $57-60 billion in 2023, consultancy firm Bain estimates. The investigation findings are a major setback for Amazon and Flipkart in a key growth market where they have faced the ire of small retailers for years for hurting their offline businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

2, 2023, Gass will lead the Levi’s brand and the company’s global digital and commercial operations, at which time she also is expected to join the company’s board of directors. Gass joined Kohl’s in 2013 as Chief Merchandising and Customer Officer and took the CEO job in May 2018. reporting to Levi Strauss & Co. Beginning Jan.

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