Small Biz Trends

JULY 28, 2025

Effective store inventory control hinges on several key principles that guarantee you meet customer demand during managing costs. Key Takeaways Optimize stock management to maintain the right amount of products, ensuring availability to meet customer demand and enhance profitability.

Inventory Management

Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

SurfStitch, Ginger & Smart, EziBuy and Pumpkin Patch were all purchased by Alceon, and, except EziBuy, later managed by Alquemie, and they have all been quietly closed or sold over the past two years. The plan was to plug Ginger & Smart into Alceon’s online “infrastructure” through EziBuy and SurfStitch. million in June 2019.

Fashion

Retail Gazette

JULY 22, 2025

Topshop has named Cara Delevingne as the face of its relaunch, reuniting with the British model more than a decade after she fronted the brand’s first-ever solo campaign in 2014. The brand also confirmed plans to re-enter bricks-and-mortar retail later this year with a semi-permanent high street presence.

Fashion

Retail Gazette

MAY 19, 2025

A seasoned retail executive, McKeon previously held several senior roles at Asda including category director for beers, wines and spirits, commercial director for grocery, and brand director before departing in 2014. More recently, he held interim leadership roles at Pilgrims Europe, including commercial director and integrations director.

Supermarket

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Concept Eight, the parent company of Noodle Box and Huxtaburger, is buying Acai Brothers and has bold plans for the brand. Lee is confident in the company’s capacity to manage Acai Brothers’ future. Two friends, Sam Carson and Ben Day, launched Acai Brothers in 2014 – Day has since left the business. It’s hard to make a profit.”

Target Market

Small Biz Trends

JULY 27, 2025

Supply chain inventory control is a vital aspect of managing stock levels to meet customer demand efficiently. Key Takeaways Supply chain inventory control manages stock levels to meet customer demand and optimize operations while reducing costs.

Inventory Management

Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2025

Buzzword two: RFID and Inventory management With overall retail return rates averaging almost 15 percent, online returns reaching about 18 percent, and new Environmental Protection Agency sustainability reporting regulations for brands beginning in 2025, inventory management has been climbing up retailer radars for more and more reasons.

Shopping

Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2025

The Taiwan-based restaurant chain confirmed to 7News that it has withdrawn from its Australian franchise agreement but stated that any plans regarding the Australian market are still under evaluation. However, the agency has yet to receive payment from Din Tai Fung itself.

Payment Services

Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2025

Our strategy is to partner with management teams to improve the operating profitability and strategic value of their businesses,” it says on its website, adding that it provides “flexible capital structured for each investment to position companies to succeed”.

Beauty and Health

Small Biz Trends

JULY 2, 2025

Challenges of Logistics: Effective management of delivery systems is crucial, as operational hiccups can impact customer experience and retention, emphasizing the need for robust technology solutions. McDonald’s now operates in over 100 countries, a testament to strategic planning and market understanding.

Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

Luxury bedding and home décor brand Boll & Branch has implemented the Oracle NetSuite enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to advance its brand mission of transforming the way home textiles are sourced, made and purchased.

Management

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. The Alquemie Group remains in a very strong position with exciting plans for the future and a strong executive team that is focused on delivering growth.”. “The

Management

Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2021

At fashion retail giant H&M group, workforce planning has become a critical part of daily activity. The creation of H&M’s workforce planning system began back in 2012 when the company deployed Board to track the performance of individual stores. The company operates some 4950 stores and has 126,000 employees.

Planning

Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

Dusk’s chairman, John Joyce, said King has developed an “excellent” exclusive team and has made an “invaluable” contribution since 2014. The brand last year announced plans to expand into New Zealand with three new stores to be launched in Auckland and Wellington.

Planning

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, Belles Hot Chicken (Belles) has grown to six existing locations, including a new opening in Bondi, Sydney, a few weeks ago, and is now looking to raise between $1 million and $2 million to fund further expansion. And as a Kiwi, if we didn’t go to New Zealand, I feel like I’d be letting down my country.”

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015. From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum! Brands in various positions of increasing responsibility in corporate strategy and financial planning. said Jeff Owen, COO at Dollar General in a statement.

Promotions

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In discussions about the company’s longer-term plans, it was important to us as a board to assure our stakeholders that Brian intends to stay in his role beyond the traditional retirement age of 65 ,” said Monica Lozano, Lead Independent Director of Target’s Board of Directors. “We

Inventory Management

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

The ultimate plan is to sell to the highest bidder. Johnson co-founded Enjoy in 2014 after leaving JCPenney and currently serves as its CEO. To fund its operations throughout the Chapter 11 proceedings, Enjoy has received a $2.5 million bridge loan and a financing commitment of $55 million from tech services company A s urion.

Telecommunications

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Upon completion of the deal, Retail Zoo’s new investment partner will own a majority of the business and partner with the existing management team led by Nishad Alani, CEO of Retail Zoo. “We Bain Captial bought a major stake in Retail Zoo in 2014 for about $185 million from The Riverside Company.

Accounting

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Called Square Go , the new app integrates with the seller-facing Square Appointments service, which launched in 2014 and helps service providers schedule and manage customer appointments. The Square Go app, available for free for both consumers and businesses, is currently available in the U.S. for iOS devices. for iOS devices.

Merchant Services

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

Caleres has revealed its executive succession plan after CEO Diane Sullivan announced her retirement, effective Jan. In 2014, Sullivan was named chairman of the board. Schmidt joined Caleres in 2009 as the company’s SVP and General Manager of Image Brands, becoming President of Contemporary Fashion in 2010.

Brand Management

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

Apple plans to make Apple Pay Later available both in-store and online, a nod to the growing cross-channel popularity of BNPL services. They also can use the app to manage their payments, including the option to exit any payment plan by paying off the remainder of their balance. retailers since its launch in late 2014.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

Josh’s appointment is part of a thoughtfully planned leadership succession,” said Idol, who will become Executive Chairman when Schulman takes over next year. I look forward to working closely with him and the talented Michael Kors management team to build upon the long-standing success of the brand.

ATS

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This includes team members, senior stylists, assistant store managers, store managers, inventory managers and any other in-store employees,” said the firm. “We We would seek to recover underpayments due to breaches of the Lovisa Enterprise Agreement 2014, owed to current and former employees from 2016 to the current date.”.

Inventory Management

Cisco Retail

JANUARY 28, 2022

Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) users can achieve policy-driven Application-centric Security Management (ASM) with AlgoSec. The AlgoSec solution with NDO brings the power of intelligent automation and software-defined security features for ACI, including planning, change management, and micro-segmentation, to global scope.

Management

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Flora & Fauna (F&F) founder and CEO Julie Mathers has resigned from the eco-friendly online retail business she started in 2014 and sold to beauty and wellness business BWX less than a year ago. Mathers started Flora & Fauna in 2014 to help people make better choices for the planet. A model for purpose-driven leadership.

Beauty and Health

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The announcements mark the first major management shifts since Alibaba was fined a record-setting $2.75 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. com , AliExpress and Taobao Deals.

Wholesale

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2020

She joined Abercrombie & Fitch in May 2014 as CFO and also served as EVP, CFO and COO, and Interim Principal Executive Officer during her tenure with the company. Prior to joining Abercrombie & Fitch, she served in a number of senior management roles at Kohl’s , including EVP of Finance and EVP of Merchandise Planning and Allocation.

Finance

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2023

The company will strategically manage its inventory during this period to preserve value and is prepared to pivot away from any store closures needed to implement a transaction in the wake of a successful sale.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Evolving Threat Landscape Retailers increasingly rely on digital platforms for sales, inventory management and customer engagement. In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It comes as the brand plans to open new stores in Sydney and Melbourne in early 2024. After laying low Down Under for the past few years, premium denim label Ksubi warmed its Bondi Beach House pop-up on Thursday with an influential guest list. Ksubi’s return to operating stand-alone stores in Australia has been a long time coming.

Returns

Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. The online marketplace model is a key part of Prainito’s plan to take Robinsons back to its roots as a value player.

Department Stores

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

billion that Woolworths Holdings paid for the business in 2014, though the sale to Anchorage does not include David Jones’ recently revamped Bourke Street flagship store, which is valued at around $250 million. How involved will Anchorage be in the management of David Jones going forward? That is a fraction of the $2.1 Cautionary tale.

Department Stores

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2023

One such company is Boll & Branch, which was founded in 2014 to transform the luxury home textiles industry by creating sustainable, luxurious products at affordable prices. Do you plan to test anything new in terms of visual storytelling, merchandising or experience?

Customer Experience

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Inside Retail broke the news on Wednesday evening that Julie Mathers is departing the eco-friendly online retail business she founded in 2014 , Flora & Fauna, at the end of February. Inside Retail : Were you always planning to depart Flora & Fauna when you sold it to beauty and wellness business BWX ?

Fulfillment

Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Lovisa’s announcement earlier this month that John Cheston will leave Smiggle to become its new CEO and managing director next June marks the latest departure of a senior leader from Premier Investments. Earlier this year, Premier Investments chairman Solomon Lew announced plans to spin off Smiggle into a separate ASX-listed entity.

Department Stores

Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

EuroShop 2023 will also be focusing on key topics such as Connected Retail, Smart Store, Energy Management, Third Places, Customer Centricity, Experience and Lively City Centres. The focus will be on sustainable energy solutions and intelligent lighting management. 2014 EuroConcept hosts new Lighting Designers zone.

Visual Merchandising