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Six years after leaving fashion, Aussie designer Jayson Brunsdon returns

Inside Retail

Six years after leaving fashion to pursue his passion for fine art, Australian designer Jayson Brunsdon has returned to the rag trade with the launch of his JB Jayson Brunsdon collection at Harris Scarfe. A lot of people don’t shop online, they prefer a physical space where they can try on clothes,” he pointed out. “As

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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. It’s really important to capture the male customer in a ‘need moment’ because they are shopping for specific requirements, less for entertainment.”.

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Amazon to close physical bookstores, focus on groceries

Inside Retail

The e-commerce giant started its business as an online bookstore with the first permanent brick and mortar outlet opening in 2015 in Seattle. Nevertheless, the company has concluded that they are not delivering the returns – monetarily or in terms of what they are doing for the wider company – to justify keeping them open.

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Beyond the Transaction: How PayPal is Helping Remove Friction Across the Commerce Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Since spinning off from eBay and going public for a second time in 2015, PayPal has expanded its reach well beyond that one digital marketplace to more than 30 million merchants worldwide. When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”.

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3 Ways Retailers Can Harness the Post-Purchase Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Fulfilment, shipping, delivery and returns updates can all be enriched with personalized promotions, loyalty program information and other immersive, branded content. The shopping journey is highly impacted by customers’ emotions, as recent data found that 49% of U.S. A recent study found that 63% of U.S.

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

Retail Gazette

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. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?

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5 Things to Know About Amazon’s New ‘Style’ Clothing Stores

Retail TouchPoints

The first Amazon Style store is set to open later this year at The Americana at Brand shopping mall in Los Angeles. “We We obsessed over designing a shopping experience focused on helping customers find great looks, and it led us to create Amazon Style,” said a company blog announcing the new store format.