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“Primed for disruption”: Cargo Crew founder talks acquisition, growth plans

Inside Retail

Initially bootstrapped from a $2000 tax return , the family-owned brand was founded by Felicity Rodgers, who runs it with her sister Narelle Craig and husband Paul Rodgers. We talk about our online store as a window to the world, and we now ship to over 80 countries,” Rodgers said. “I I think aprons were primed for disruption.”

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Amazon Begins Expanding Electric Van Program, Provides Update on Packaging Reduction

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon is seeing returns on its sustainability investments, particularly for its electric delivery van pilot and machine learning (ML)-powered reductions in packaging weight. Last year, Amazon delivered more than 20 million packages using electric vehicles, and the retailer plans to continue building on this momentum in 2021.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Sound familiar?

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Yoox Net-a-Porter’s APAC GM talks tech, loyalty and luxury spending

Inside Retail

NL: It offers customers access to exclusive benefits, including personal shopper services, regular discounts and offers, as well as complimentary express shipping. We plan to grow this segment by ensuring these customers invest more in their wardrobe and by ensuring new customers are making considered purchases.

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Primark to Add 47 U.S. Stores in Next 5 Years

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based parent company of Primark (London), has outlined its five-year growth plan for the clothing retailer, which includes expanding its footprint in the U.S. store in Boston in 2015. Associated British Foods, the U.K.-based from 13 to 60 stores. The retailer cut the ribbon on its first U.S. ” The post Primark to Add 47 U.S.

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For men, online shopping is ‘a lot more functional’, Politix finds

Inside Retail

Politix has been undergoing a slow and steady digital transformation since 2015, when the Melbourne-based menswear retailer first started selling products online. This drastically improved product availability on its website and reduced delivery times for online orders, since they can be shipped from stores.

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Key Strategies for Retailers to Push Sustainability Efforts

Independent Retailer

Over in the UK, Tesco has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2035, and since 2015, the retailer has managed to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 52 percent. In 2021, UK retailer Iceland announced that it planned to become carbon neutral by the end of 2022. However, sustainability does not always work out as expected.

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