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What next for Primark online?

Retail Gazette

Unlike pretty much all of its fast fashion rivals, Primark has long resisted selling products online. O’Brien agrees that the market is a challenging one for fashion retailers to navigate. Even in the wake of a worldwide pandemic and enforced store closures, the retail giant stood firm.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption.

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How Canningvale plans to take Robinsons Singapore back to its roots

Inside Retail

million in 2014, the retailer suffered from years of declining foot traffic and was placed into liquidation at the end of 2020. . As an online-only business, Robinsons won’t hold much inventory – it has some private-label homewares brands – but it will take responsibility for last-mile fulfilment. .

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