Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2025

Johnny Bigg will debut in five Belk stores as part of the Australian fashion brand’s expansion plans in the US. Founded in Sydney in 2014, Johnny Bigg entered the US in 2020. The stores are located in Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina; Columbia in South Carolina; and Birmingham and Huntsville in Alabama.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

IR : What strategies is the brand planning to tap into in the next one to two years to promote growth and brand awareness? On the retail front, were entering the college market with a University of Texas at Austin pop-up this fall and plan to scale that strategy into 2026. RLS: Dont wait for it to be perfect, just start.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

The brand has no plans to stop there. In 2014, German sportswear juggernaut Adidas approached the Brazilian company about a collaboration. With this deal in place, Barreto explained, Farm Rio has a stronger capacity to dive into these product categories and plans to have them available in the market by spring 2025.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2025

billion in 2014. We havent shared next steps for retail expansion in Australia but plan to continue serving our consumers where they want to be shopping, concluded Sehgal. Last year, the global net revenue of Crocs Inc, the parent company of Crocs and Heydude, amounted to approximately US$4.1 billion, up from around US$3.96

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Between her background in event-planning and hospitality, and Robinovitz’s background in the world of journalism, public relations, and influencer management as the co-founder and former CEO of digital influencer management company Digital Brand Architects, their professional backgrounds create a highly effective Venn diagram of skill sets.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Food Warehouse was introduced in 2014, with stores often double the size of traditional Iceland stores, offering a much larger range of goods and bigger packs for even better value.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 13, 2025

The US investment firm, which paid a “nominal sum” for the retailer, has pledged to inject up to £80m to fund its proposed turnaround plan led by returning Poundland boss Barry Williams. Williams’ plan is being funded by former Laura Ashley owner Gordon Brothers.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

The rise of Alceon and the making of a retail empire It all started in 2014 with Alceon Group’s acquisition of a 76 per cent stake in the publicly listed Noni B Group for $16.4 The plan was to plug Ginger & Smart into Alceon’s online “infrastructure” through EziBuy and SurfStitch. million in June 2019.

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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.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2025

Agentic AI leverages generative AI to not only understand, communicate and create with consumers but also to plan how a particular objective can be accomplished, what tasks need to be done and in which order using the tools available. In the early 2010s, there was a second resurgence before it took a backburner spot until recently.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2024

No date has been announced for the launch of other stages of the park, where buildings housing research, design and e-commerce logistics activities are planned. In 2014, he started selling overseas to escape price wars in the Chinese market. On a recent November day, much of the park was vacant.

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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.

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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.

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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. Two friends, Sam Carson and Ben Day, launched Acai Brothers in 2014 – Day has since left the business. It’s an area we’ve been looking at for a couple of years. “The

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2025

Boots was acquired by Walgreens in 2014 The North American-based private equity firm, which includes stationery retailer Staples in its portfolio, is headed up by Stefan Kaluzny, who has a well-documented track record of acquiring distressed companies, aggressively cutting costs, and selling off its assets to generate cash.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 2, 2025

McDonald’s now operates in over 100 countries, a testament to strategic planning and market understanding. Launch and Development UberEats launched in 2014, expanding rapidly across major cities. Uber Eats has significantly reshaped the food delivery sector since its launch in 2014.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Luxury home brand Brooklinen is planning to triple its brick-and-mortar retail presence, first with the addition of four stores in new markets in 2022 and plans to reach 25 to 30 locations by the end of 2024. The plans were likely delayed due to the impact of COVID-19, but recent sales growth is a sign that the expansion can begin.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

These plans are part of the brand’s near-term climate target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 37% by 2032 compared to a 2019 base figure. Lego also plans to work with its suppliers to collectively reduce environmental impacts, noting that 98% of GHG emissions come from outside its operations.

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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.

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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.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. At Nordstrom, Smith will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, internal audit, treasury, investor relations and strategy sourcing.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Kroger and Albertsons Companies are reportedly working on plans to sell between 250 and 300 of their combined 4,996 stores in order to alleviate U.S. Kroger and Albertsons have been in touch both with potential buyers, including Ahold Delhaize , and the FTC regarding their plans.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2024

Desigual first entered Australia in 2014 with a flagship store in Melbourne through a licensing agreement with Edwards Imports. Janine Edwards, head of Edwards Imports, said at the time that her company planned to open a Desigual store in every Australian state, with Sydney to be the second location.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

By the end of 2022, Glossier plans to open stores in Washington, D.C., That marked the first time the company would be led by someone other than founder Emily Weiss, who began Glossier in 2014. The company returned to physical retail in August 2021 and has since opened stores in Seattle, Los Angeles, Miami and London.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

For the first time since its founding in 2014, Glossier will have a new CEO. In her blog post, Weiss also teased Glossier’s plan to return to NYC’s SoHo neighborhood with a brick-and-mortar store in early 2023. Founder and current CEO Emily Weiss will become the retailer’s Executive Chairwoman as Kyle Leahy moves into the top spot.

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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

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Green Cup has opened its seventh store in Hawksburn Village as part of its Australian expansion plans. Green Cup’s story began in 2014 when it opened its doors in South Yarra. Located in the heart of Hawksburn Village, Malvern Road, Prahran, the location has an interior design collaboration with luxury design firm Hecker Guthrie.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We entered Canada in 2014 with a plan to build and sustain a long-term business there,” said Erik Nordstrom, CEO of Nordstrom Inc. The retailer announced plans in September 2022 to lay off approximately 20% of the workers at a Midwestern distribution facility in anticipation of slowing demand. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2021

Ulta Beauty is making leadership changes, with plans for its President Dave Kimbell to succeed Mary Dillon as CEO, effective in June. Kimbell joined Ulta Beauty as Chief Marketing Officer in 2014 and continually expanded his leadership responsibilities.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

With Adamantem, we plan to invest in further expansion of our global footprint, leverage customer insights and analytics to drive our customer proposition and establish market-leading ESG frameworks for the business,” said Alani. Bain Captial bought a major stake in Retail Zoo in 2014 for about $185 million from The Riverside Company.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

Stojo’s commitment to practical sustainability has been baked in from its beginnings, according to CEO Jurrien Swarts, who had been working in finance prior to the company’s launch in 2014. Swarts shared how Stojo plans to make its products “Tupperware 2.0 for millennial and Gen Z consumers” with products people are “proud to use.”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2022

Between the period of October-December 2014 and October-December 2021, monthly workouts per All-Access Membership more than tripled from 4.4 Peloton also plans to cut approximately 2,800 jobs across the company globally. “We Peloton also noted its addition of new features across its Peloton Bike, Tread and Guide products.

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