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Why One DTC Brand Bucked the SoHo Trend and Opened its First Store in Charleston

Retail TouchPoints

The brand — which started back in 2015 with the goal of reinventing the classic Hawaiian shirt — now offers a full range of resort wear for men, women and children and just marked the opening of its first flagship…in Charleston, S.C. One of the brand’s few wholesalers was a small boutique on Charleston’s King Street.

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‘Everybody’s got a Levi’s story’: Chip Bergh reflects on his legacy

Inside Retail

Initially, the business supplied wholesalers across the American West with ready-made clothing, fabric and other textiles, but in 1872, a tailor named Jacob Davis approached Strauss about patenting a design for denim pants reinforced with copper rivets. It was pivotal,” he says. Asia is a huge part of our growth algorithm.

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Locals rebuff invaders: Inside Vietnam’s convenience stores war

Inside Retail

The VinGroup/Masan move has almost neutered the foreign interlopers, who by 2015 were already starting to question their heavy capital commitments to a market that was so unsophisticated they struggled initially to make headway. FamilyMart is hoping to reach 150 by the same date. As of last year, the country was home to 1.4

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Nordstrom Leaves Canada, 9 Reasons Why

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The most famous exit of all time is when Target abandoned 133 stores in 2015 after failing to make the model work after only two years in Canada. Why should a brand sell wholesale when it can sell directly to its customers? This has resulted in many luxury brands lessening their reliance on wholesale accounts like Nordstrom.

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How Away Uses Google Ads (Case Study)

Store Growers

Started in 2015 by two former Warby Parker executives, the company has truly disrupted an industry. They didn’t launch on Kickstarter, but they did something very similar when they found out that their products weren’t going to be ready in time for the 2015 holiday season. Samsonite sells most of its product wholesale.