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Brooks Brothers to relaunch in Australia 

Inside Retail

American fashion brand Brooks Brothers has relaunched in the Australian market with its new Autumn/ Winter 2023 collection. In a joint venture with Oroton Group, the first Brooks Brothers store in Australia opened its doors in 2014 at Melbourne’s The Emporium and with a 2293sqft store.

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Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

Retail TouchPoints

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. The markets will always have ups and downs, but Alibaba has ambitious long-term goals. From 2014 to 2017, she was Alibaba’s Chief Customer Officer.

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How T-Shirt Brand Goodlife is Using CPG Tactics to Conquer High-End Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

In 2014, fashion veteran Christopher Molnar decided to go after a white space he felt was being overlooked by the big fashion houses — premium essentials. For that reason, unlike other DTC brands, Goodlife went after wholesale contracts as well as developing its own channels, beginning with Nordstrom.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

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. While the report primarily focuses on how AI can optimize store layouts and marketing strategies, there is an underlying message on data security.

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Boohoo loses

Retail Gazette

The ecommerce giant’s trading director Sam Brocklebank, wholesale and product operations directo Marie Laskowski, and product director Claire Asher, are believed to have left the business, Drapers reported. Boohoo revealed today thats Christmas trading was in line with market expectations over the key Christmas period.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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B2B, Marketplaces Become Core to Brooklinen’s Blossoming Omnichannel Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

A new sub-brand and wholesale partnership with Walmart: With Marlow, Brooklinen is officially in the pillow business. Brooklinen’s approach illustrates how DTC brands are evolving to not simply be “present” on several channels but to carve a unique presence in new markets and categories while unlocking new revenue streams.

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