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Morrisons overhauls senior leadership team as it shapes up for ‘next chapter’

Retail Gazette

Blackhurst returns to Morrisons from 18 March, having previously worked for the grocer between 2015 to 2019 primarily as group commercial director. Former Coles liquor chief executive Darren Blackhurst will take the reins from Rachel Eyre as interim chief customer and marketing officer while she is away on maternity leave.

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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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Meet the luxury swim label taking over beaches from California to Bondi

Inside Retail

When Shea Marie launched swimwear label Same back in 2015 there was no blueprint or incubator to help convert her influence into a brand. DTC and international expansion Same had previously diversified its brand to be sold wholesale to retailers but has chosen to take creative and strategic control by returning to a direct-to-consumer model.

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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. As part of the arrangement, Glow obtained 51 per cent ownership of Cargo Crew, with the brand retaining full management control.

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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.

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

Then there are those pesky returns. How often have you bought something online, then returned it without a second thought? As a way to spend less on marketing Casper started selling in wholesale channels like Target starting in 2016 and began opening stores in 2018. million on “refunds, returns, and discounts” in 2018.

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

Indigo 9 Digital

And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly. Casper launched in 2014 and during the period between 2015 and 2018 an average of one new bed-in-a-box business launched each week. A lack of a store network or wholesale business.

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