Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We are witnessing rapid growth in direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales by brands. Prominent examples include PepsiCo, which has launched two direct-to-consumer websites selling pantry staples and snacks, and Heinz, which now sells bundles of products from its “Heinz to Home” websites in several countries including Australia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2024

As the food and beverage sector strives to navigate the complex landscape of regulatory requirements, ensuring accurate product information and timely compliance using modern, digital tools has become paramount for maintaining brand integrity and safeguarding consumer health.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2023

where he served as President and CEO since 2013. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an outstanding ability to enhance design capabilities, delight consumers, and accelerate revenue growth and margin expansion. Interim President and CEO Benno Dorer, who has served in this role since December 2022, will remain a VF Board member.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Prior to her role as President, Linnartz, who joined Marriott in 1997, held roles in sales, marketing and finance, rising to EVP and Global Chief Commercial Officer from 2013 to 2019 and serving as Group President of Consumer Operations, Technology and Emerging Businesses from 2020 to 2021. ” .

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 14, 2022

Sriracha Shortage Upsetting Businesses and Consumers. The American Sriracha sauce was first created in 1980 by Chinese immigrant David Tran, who appeared in a 2013 documentary about the beloved sauce. This article, " Sriracha Shortage Upsetting Businesses and Consumers " was first published on Small Business Trends.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

“Following the proposed merger, for suppliers who may not have the ability to divert supply through other channels (ie, through other grocery retailers, export, wholesale, foodservices and direct-to-retail consumers) this would reduce their major customers by one, and the merged entity would account for more of a suppliers’ total business.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

He also has held top positions at Clorox, including COO from January 2013 through November 2014 and as CEO from November 2014 to September 2020. VF has iconic brands in attractive growth categories, deep relationships with consumers and customers, and significant competitive advantages as a portfolio company,” said Dorer in a statement. “I

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). Founded in 2012, lingerie label Neiwai (meaning ‘inside and outside’) is another direct-to-consumer label that began online.

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Retail Times

OCTOBER 11, 2023

New research reveals that 27% of UK consumers have bought items with the intention of wearing them and returning them, a trend also known as ‘wardrobing’.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“Essity is now becoming the global market leader in leakproof apparel, which is an important step towards our goal of being the world’s fastest-growing company in intimate hygiene, providing increased wellbeing for customers and consumers,” said Magnus Groth, President and CEO of Essity in a July statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2021

With a focus on serving consumer and tech companies, Clerisy has made its first investment in Dormify , the dorm room and home décor ecommerce brand. Dormify, which launched in 2013, has become a destination home décor and lifestyle brand for Gen Z consumers who are living in dorms and small spaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A cyberattack that compromises customer personal information can diminish the trust consumers place in a brand. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2024

Since its inception in 2013, Thrive Causemetics has generated nearly $1 billion in revenue and donated $135 million in products to more than 500 charities. We want to be 100% direct to consumer because we want to control the experience for our community. For example, we don’t want to be on Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

In 2013, prior to his appointment as CEO, Vasos served as COO. Other major strategic developments during Vasos’ tenure included a launch into the self-distribution of frozen and refrigerated goods with DG Fresh and the of the pOpshelf retail concept targeted to a more upscale consumer.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Consumers can now view and shop for pre-owned shoes through the brand’s website. Items include consumer returns and cosmetically imperfect footwear that cannot be sold as new but have been cleaned as needed. Earlier this month, American footwear brand New Balance announced the launch of its new resale program, Reconsidered.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

The reductions may be in response to reduced consumer spending. In March, year-over-year ecommerce sales actually declined for the first time since 2013. However, we continue to face a variety of cost pressures in our consumer business.”. year-over-year. Mastercard’s May 2022 SpendingPulse report found that ecommerce grew 2.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The ecommerce marketplace accelerator, founded in 2013 , has more than 900 employees and clients including Panasonic , Pandora , Black Diamond , Skullcandy , KONG and Sorel. Pattern has received $225 million as a minority investment from Knox Lane.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many traditional retailers spent years trying to fight Amazon’s dominance, including Staples, which went so far as to remove Amazon lockers from its stores and offer a price-match guarantee back in 2013.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

American fashion designer Marc Jacobs first launched his eponymous beauty brand in 2013, making more than 120 products available for purchase in select Marc Jacobs stores and at Sephora. The fashion house also gained a younger, more trend-savvy consumer base with the launch of the Heaven by Marc Jacobs line in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

“In 2013, I launched Beautycounter with the simple mission to get safer products into the hands of everyone,” said Gregg Renfrew, Founder and CEO of Beautycounter in a statement. in targeted industries, including consumer, media and retail. Equity capital for the investment came from Carlyle Partners VII, an $18.5

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

But the truth is that we live in an increasingly “instant gratification hustle culture,” where consumers know precisely what they want and have high expectations. Using AI for search, merchandising and personalization is necessary to deliver a great customer experience and provide consumers with what they want.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

“As an independent company, we see a tremendous opportunity for PayPal to expand our role as a champion for consumers and partner to merchants , and to help shape the industry as money becomes digital at an increasingly rapid pace.”. Consumers are now more digital, and they’ve gotten into these habits. Source: CivicScience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

In fact, 61% of consumers have joined a loyalty program to get discounts for holiday shopping. For retailers, the challenge isn’t getting consumers to enroll in loyalty programs, but keeping them enrolled and engaged after the holidays are over. . It’s no longer just a nice-to-have — it’s an expectation for consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2021

Prior to joining BJ’s, Eddy served multinational manufacturing, technology, retail and consumer products companies as a member of the audit and business advisory practice of PwC. From 2013 to 2017, he also chaired the Financial Executives Council of the National Retail Federation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Later on, in 2013, the American consumer product goods conglomerate Sequential Brands Group acquired Revo. The opening of the company’s first US-based bricks-and-mortar shop in Soho is an especially important step to building Rebo Sunglasses’ brand awareness amongst new consumers. Then, it set up a direct-to-consumer channel. “It

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2023

According to a statement provided to Inside Retail by The Iconic, an internal review of the company’s payroll systems identified underpayments and overpayments of casual employees – with 814 current and former employees impacted between 2013-2020. Transitory and short-lived.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The WBGS started in 2013 in a garage and is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise that repairs, repurposes and res-sells imperfect and unwanted products. Circonomy will create a national network of circular economy precincts that will cater to both businesses and consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The store closures will begin in spring 2022 and are the result of CVS “evaluating changes in population, consumer buying patterns and future health needs to ensure it has the right kinds of stores in the right locations for consumers and for the business,” according to a company statement.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2024

According to a report by Reuters on March 7, US-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Harry’s Inc has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the help of major investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Barclays, and Wells Fargo.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

He highlighted the importance of having a local trusted partner on the ground to ensure that the brand is relevant and translated appropriately for the Chinese consumer. We mean something quite different to the US consumer than what we do to the Australian consumer. In the US, we are very strong in body care.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Hair care brand Madison Reed has raised an additional $52 million in financing to fuel its omnichannel expansion after reporting 130% growth and doubling its consumer base in 2020. With many salons shuttered for much of last year, the brand was well-positioned to capture consumers looking for at-home hair coloring alternatives.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

There are some products consumers will never feel entirely comfortable buying exclusively online. Many consumers prefer visiting a store to give their mattresses a bounce before making a purchase. Since the company’s launch in Frankfurt, Germany in 2013, Emma has reached customers in 30 countries.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today’s consumer exhibits little patience with retailers that don’t understand them on a deep, personal level. This combination of data-driven insights and human intuition enables organizations to “think differently about the trillions of messages that we receive as consumers every month,” she added. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But a growing contingent of environmental- and cost-conscious consumers are pushing all areas of retail toward resale, and the luxury industry is being reshaped in the process. Rebag also plans to use its fresh funding to scale its tech-enabled brick-and-mortar business. Farfetch Plans: Grow its Own Resale Operation and Power Other Brands’.

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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. In the nine years since Bezos first made what sounded like a fantastical (if somewhat terrifying) declaration — that drones were the future of ecommerce fulfillment — other retailers (and consumers) have come around to the concept.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The consumer decides. When brands reorientate their thinking to be consumer-centric, as opposed to being led by product or innovation, they unlock how their brand can be relevant to the people that pay. Then she finds a way to give it to them at full throttle – pure Beyoncé. That’s what Beyoncé has done better than most.”.

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