Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By 2013, the company reached peak profit, when it hit $490 million in revenue, after nearly tripling sales between 2007 and 2012. It was one of the top players in the denim retail boom of the early 2000s. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

And PayPal is at the center of it all, with P2P payments platform Venmo (acquired pre-spinoff in 2013), its new Crypto Advisory Council and more than 400 million consumers using its services in 100+ different currencies around the globe. What does that do for them?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

and holding the organization together during the pandemic,” and noted that her tenure aligns with its own focus on installing more female leaders in corporate boardrooms, the firm also stated that total shareholder returns (TSR) have fallen 24.7% since she was appointed as CEO-Elect in May 2018. The fact is that Ms.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 9, 2021

We should not expect our shopping experiences to return to normal for a sizable amount of time. There have also been strict restrictions placed on a shoppers’ ability to ‘try-before-you-buy,’ so many have been buying various sizes and returning those that aren’t right. COVID-19 and the New Retail Reality. What to Expect in 2021.

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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. It will then safely release the package, rise back up to altitude and return to base. Now, nine years and more than two dozen prototypes later, Amazon is ready to launch its drone delivery program.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It was thought enterprise bargaining would boost productivity because workers would be able to suggest changes to the way their enterprise worked that would make things more efficient in return for more pay. However, the extent to which this happened is unclear. Our research on Denmark suggests these fears are misplaced.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to Clarus Commerce data , during the holidays shoppers cared most about product discounts, special expedited shipping, better return policies and free samples with purchase. Dig into the data on the perks and incentives your loyalty program members are responding to so you can better determine what benefits they find worthwhile.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

Scaling a small business Founded in 2013, the first iteration of Bydee was a purely product-focused passion project, “I was making all the swim and bralettes myself.” We put $1000 into US ad spend and that went crazy,” Hairis said, adding “I didn’t understand the potential until we saw the return on investment.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Gass joined Kohl’s in 2013 as Chief Merchandising and Customer Officer and took the CEO job in May 2018. She spearheaded strategic innovations including the introduction of Amazon returns and the retailer’s long-term strategic partnership with Sephora , which has expanded to 600 Sephora at Kohl’s shops.

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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. I was suddenly responsible for things Id never dealt with before VAT returns, payroll, hiring staff. Starting my own business changed everything.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A network outage can mean lost sales in the short term, as shoppers simply move to another brand for that purchase, or losses in the long term if that customer does not return. The Evolving Threat Landscape Retailers increasingly rely on digital platforms for sales, inventory management and customer engagement.

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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. Almost a decade later, the term is absolutely still valid when it comes to defining the status quo in the retail industry.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

Founded in Young’s two-bedroom Melbourne apartment in 2013, Solbari now sells a product every 90 seconds, with over 300,000 customers across over 160 countries. Solbari is short for solar barrier, and creating a wearable, fashionable, effective and comfortable one is precisely Young’s vision. billion by 2030 with a strong CAGR exceeding 7.7

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Warby Parker started its business online in 2010 and opened its first retail store in 2013. The convenience of in-store returns or in-store pickup of online orders provides extra opportunities for making a positive impression, brand engagement and additional in-store purchases. Boost customer touch points.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Since the company’s launch in Frankfurt, Germany in 2013, Emma has reached customers in 30 countries. Consumers can visit a store to physically check out a mattress and then return home to make the purchase online and schedule delivery. Emma sees the mattress and pillow shopping experience spanning both spectrums.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

Since it announced the fleet optimization initiative in 2013, the retailer has closed 275 stores. and Canadian field management and stores associates were temporarily furloughed until they could safely return to their positions. Even though approximately 95%. of the company’s U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2021

” The retailer has strived to prevent a repeat of the 2013 season when delays left some without presents on Christmas Day. Still, consumers have begun returning to pre-pandemic shopping levels, spending more on travel and services, Olsavsky said. 4 this year.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 21, 2024

THG snapped up the indie fashion retailer out of administration back in 2013, although it did not take its stores business. The business then returned to bricks-and-mortar retail in 2018, opening its first physical store since its administration in Cheshire.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Drones: Leveraging drones for shipping and delivery fulfillment came to attention when Amazon revealed their ‘Octocopter’ in 2013.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

NYU Stern and IRI found that 50% of CPG growth from 2013 to 2018 came from sustainably marketed products. This will prompt caring consumers to share more with those brands if they feel that they are giving back to the earth, especially if they are getting value in return, from unique content to special discounts.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

UK department store John Lewis is famous for its moving Christmas advertisements, which it first launched in 2013. The commercial cost £7 million to create but realised about a £100 million in return on investment. The first ad told the story of a hare giving a present to his best friend. Adaptability and resilience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Most customers don’t use bitcoin (in fact, many of them probably haven’t even heard of it), so it takes time to reap a return on your infrastructure investment. ? Even Musk’s appearance on the US talk show Saturday Night Live caused a 30 per cent drop in another cryptocurrency, Dogecoin (which, by the way, started as a joke in 2013).

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

Industry studies report nearly 90% of consumers are less likely to return to a website after a poor user experience. As a pioneer and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience he has co-founded leading cyber companies such as Imperva (IMPV) and Trusteer (acquired by IBM in 2013).

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2024

While extreme discounting, influencer-led sales campaigns and generous returns policies did much to enrich the sector, those same practices by which vendors have to abide are now hurting those upon which the sector rests. “The return rate on e-commerce platforms is 60%,” Inman founder Fang Jianhua wrote on social media.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2025

Brett Blundys return to the lingerie and sleepwear market is being closely tracked by retail industry insiders and outsiders alike. He repurchased the business in 2013 and improved Bras N Things profitability by more than 400 per cent, later selling it to Hanes in 2018 for $500 million.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

When Disney introduced the MagicBand in 2013, it wasn’t because someone in the company had had an epiphany and declared, “You know what would make guests’ experience even better? After the devices were deployed, the number of first-time visitors who said they planned to return jumped to 70% from 50% six years earlier.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ever since Celine’s then-creative director, Phoebe Philo, sent models down the runway in fur-lined Birkenstock-style sandals for her Spring 2013 collection, the luxury fashion crowd has embraced the brand, from Valentino to Dior and Manolo Blahnik, as well as more mainstream retailers, such as J.Crew. Profit has also grown significantly.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our ESG strategy is intentionally connected to the growth of our industry-leading brands, corporate strategy and culture in order to generate shareholder returns with a purpose. In 2013, we introduced our first set of targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within company-owned operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For five years she helped Home Depot explore the burgeoning realm of social media, until the retailer convinced her to come run its internal social media practice in 2013. Then she moved to a PR firm where she focused on social media because she believed it would be “the next wave of the internet,” and Home Depot became her client once again.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Williams since Tattarang, the private investment company owned by mining magnates Andrew and Nicola Forrest, acquired the business from L Catterton in 2020, returning the bootmaker to full Australian ownership for the first time since 2013. Also the company returned to a net profit, of A$36.8 This focus can be seen in R.M.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

He opened his first stores in Hong Kong in 2013, then a flagship in Kyoto in September 2014. Ten years after he opened his first cafe in 2013, there are now more than 140 worldwide, the most recent new market entry being Vietnam early this year, most recently followed by a debut store in downtown Toronto, Canada this month.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

After the ownership change, Burger King made a $2 million loss in 2012, a $4 million loss in 2013, and a $7.5 By the way, Dick Smith ran concession outlets, but not successfully, in David Jones stores between 2013 and 2016.). million loss in 2014, New Zealand financial press reports stated.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2024

At the time, it wasn’t called Anko, it was called other things, and we worked out in that period that we were building an asset and, in the long run – this is probably around 2012, 2013 – we’d probably want to go international. IB: Wesfarmers is very rational and will allocate capital where they think there can be a good return.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most recently CEO at Canadian books and music retailer Indigo, Ruis has also helmed Anthropologie, and is a former buying and brand director at John Lewis, where he worked for eight years before his departure in 2013. Ruis said: “It’s a great privilege to return to the John Lewis Partnership after 10 years.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 2, 2022

In the 2013 drought the list eventually had 34 states. The form allows the IRS to send copies of your tax returns to the SBA. According to US drought monitoring from the National Weather Service, 47.5% of the US is currently experiencing drought conditions. Currently there are 25 states on the list. EIDL Amounts and Applications.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Many of these specialty bookstores eventually closed down, including Rendezvous in 2013. The overseas scene The return of the romance-focused bookstore began with the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, Los Angeles in 2016.

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