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. We are prudently planning the second half through a more conservative lens, as we expect the trends we’ve seen in both brands to continue.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 26, 2025

Her career at John Lewis began in 1989 in fashion buying, and she later became brand director in 2009, followed by buying director for home in 2013. In 2017, she took on the role of category director for fashion and beauty. Under her leadership, the grocer’s Tu Clothing brand saw a 1.3%

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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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Retail Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

Video games and collectibles retailer GameStop, hot on the heels of its mixed Q1 2025 financial report , is now making headlines for a bold plan to potentially invest even more deeply into Bitcoin than it currently has. According to a June 11 note shared to its investor portal , GameStop plans to raise $1.75 As of 11:00 a.m.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

For the same five-month period last year, the job eliminations were significantly fewer at only 20,276. companies intend to bring on 79,741 new employees, a 57% increase from the 50,833 planned hires last year. Retail and Service Impacts of Job Cuts U.S. In the services sector, job cuts amounted to 22,492 last month.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

According to the company, Bread Aheads expansion plan into the Middle East is already well underway, with thriving bakeries in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and plans to open a total of 35 locations across the region in the coming years. We have big plans for the region. The launch also marked the brands first venture into Asia.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2025

So perhaps its not surprising that the dominating talk among retail executives at Shoptalk this week has revolved around what exactly consumers want and need right now. 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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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. At the NRF Big Show, McDonald promised many more stores in China, the U.S. 21.2%) , trumped only by Nikes 31.6%.

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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. Weir, who will step down on 4 April, is succeeded by Virgin Wines head of group finance Amanda Cherry. Sales increased 6.7%

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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. A decade-long death spiral ensued.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

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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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Krausz’s most recent experience was serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at digital health distribution platform HealthPlanOne , which she joined in August 2020. From 2013 to 2019, Krausz worked with Nutrisystem as the company’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer. as the company’s VP of Marketing, QSP from 2004-2012.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Patagonia, which has worked with Canopy since 2013, has been a leader in shifting the viscose and rayon supply chain, making it among the first brand leaders to source exclusively from producers rated as “green shirt” in Canopy’s annual Hot Button Report.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

At the same time, another group in the company wanted to begin offering advertising on The Home Depot website, “so we came together, because it would have been silly to develop two separate ad programs,” Babcock explained in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “ As a result, our media offering grew on-site and off-site at the same time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Amazon has delayed or canceled plans for at least 16 U.S. In March, year-over-year ecommerce sales actually declined for the first time since 2013. Few other retailers can compete with Amazon’s reach even if many of its most recent plans have been put on hold. “We warehouses according to multiple local media reports.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Macellum Advisors GP , Ancora Holdings , Legion Partners Asset Management and 4010 Capital, together with their respective affiliates, are pushing the plan. Kohl’s announced a “Greatness Agenda” in 2013, which called for $21 billion in sales and $1.9 The firms want the proposed new directors to push its turnaround plan.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Mere days after announcing plans to leave Amazon after 23 years at the company, Dave Clark has unveiled his next role — CEO of supply chain startup Flexport. Clark’s last day as CEO of the Worldwide Consumer business at Amazon will be July 1. He’ll take the reins at Flexport a few months later on Sept.

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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. The move sets in motion a succession plan for Gass to succeed Bergh as CEO within the next 18 months. President and CEO Chip Bergh. Beginning Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

DTC retailer Faherty Brand is implementing the NewStore Omnichannel Platform to unify its digital and physical retail operations as the company plans to expand its brick-and-mortar footprint across the U.S. Our brand is a true labor of love,” said Alex Faherty, Co-founder and CEO of Faherty Brand in a statement. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2021

Conway has been with Starbucks since 2013 as head of Channel Development. As we plan for the 2022 fiscal year and beyond, Starbucks is fortunate to have a deep, talented and diverse team of senior executives we are able to tap to help lead us forward,” said Kevin Johnson, President and CEO of Starbucks in a statement. “As and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The announcement of Alibaba’s CFO transition today is the culmination of extensive preparation over many years and a part of Alibaba’s leadership succession planning,” said Wu in a statement. Dai, the new leader of the China division, is an Alibaba founding member and partner who has served in various leadership roles at the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The offers had valued Kohl’s at $65 and $60 per share, respectively, well above the current share price of $27.50. Gass has been a C-level leader at Kohl’s since 2013 — and TSR is negative over that period as well. Ancora is one of several activist investors that has been pushing for change at Kohl’s. The fact is that Ms.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These recent developments indicate growing momentum behind the idea of resale in luxury, a sector that had been more resistant to the idea than those at the lower end of the price spectrum. Rebag also plans to use its fresh funding to scale its tech-enabled brick-and-mortar business. with more planned for 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2023

The Staples program is already live at more than half of Staples’ 1,000+ U.S. for Amazon customer returns in collaboration with Staples,” said Gopal Pillai, VP of Worldwide Returns and Recommerce at Amazon in a statement. “Our retail stores and will expand to the full chain by the end of July 2023. Retail in a statement.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Taking effect today, the two-year deal ensures signatory brands and retailers remain legally liable for unsafe working conditions in the factories they source from, a key provision in the landmark Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, which was implemented after a building collapse killed more than 1100 garment workers in Dhaka in 2013.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Back in 2013, Jeff Bezos proclaimed his plans to begin delivering packages by drone on a 60 Minutes interview. The delivery drone will fly to the designated delivery location, descend to the customer’s backyard and hover at a safe height. Prime Air will go live this fall in the town of Lockeford, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Starbucks has reorganized its global leadership structure as it moves forward with its “Triple Shot Reinvention with Two Pumps” growth strategy , which includes plans to expand its global footprint to 55,000 locations by 2030. These include: Michael Conway has been named as the company’s first-ever CEO of North America.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2022

So many DTC brands start out where a founder saw a niche in the market based on their own personal experiences,” said Nikki Baird, VP of Strategy at Aptos in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The digitally native brand was founded by Heidi Zak in 2013 to provide personalized and accurate bra-fitting experiences.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 11, 2024

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. At that time, it was the launch of everything bespoke – bespoke tailoring, bespoke cocktails – so we thought we could be a cool little bespoke underground furniture brand. DE: There are so many.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

In 2013, the City of Miami and local stakeholders collaborated to establish the BID through Wynwood’s BID Formation Resolution R-13-0136. The Master Plan sought to enhance main streets such as Biscayne Blvd. and Brickell Ave. to rival the charm of renowned retail streets like Champs-Élysées in Paris and Las Ramblas in Barcelona.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Collaboration is the new competition; it was back in 2013 that Harvard Business Review used this sentence to headline an article on how to drive large-scale social change through collaboration. Miriam Molino Sánchez is Head of Global Retail Practice at Stibo Systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

“Mobile technology is transforming payments, making it easier, safer and more affordable for people to move and manage their money than ever before,” said Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal at the time of the spinoff. “As Source: CivicScience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2022

Things such as payment options, security and privacy issues and formatting may need to be reconsidered for different locations in business plans and overall goals. Looking at user patterns, items are suggested that are signaled to be relevant. In 2013, he co-founded Fast Simon, Inc. The Solution.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The historic Allders department store building in Croydon is set for a revamp after d eveloper and operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has been granted planning permission. The plans, approved by Croydon Council, include new shops and food outlets as part of a phased scheme to rejuvenate the much-loved local landmark.

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