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How Chadstone became Australia’s most profitable shopping centre

Inside Retail

But according to Chadstone’s centre manager Michael Whitehead, some things have stayed the same. “At At Chadstone, we continue to deliver memorable and first-to-market retail experiences for visitors to enjoy,” he told Inside Retail. Inside Retail : What have been the biggest changes at Chadstone over the past 60 years?

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15 Facts You Need to Know About StockX the Billion Dollar Resale Platform

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But when StockX launched in 2016 it made reselling goods even easier. Traditional retailers are not sitting back watching this market grow. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content?

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Predicting the Holidays: Analyzing Competitor Holiday Trends

Wiser

As the holiday shopping season begins, retailers large and small are looking to meet and surpass sales expectations for the year. E-commerce sales revenue for the 2016 holiday season is expected to reach almost $95 billion. Now let’s look at a similar date range for this year: August 29, 2016 through November 6, 2016.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

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Source: Bloomberg "[Forever 21] has lost much of the excitement and oomph which is critical to driving footfall and sales and is now something of an also-ran which is too easily overlooked," said Neil Saunders, the managing director of GlobalData Retail. The expansion was planned even though Forever 21’s sales were flat in 2016.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

The following retail stats from IBISWorld will help you understand the landscape of small specialty retail stores in the US: There are around 131,470 small specialty retail stores in the US in 2021. per year on average between 2016-2021. between 2016-2021. The number of small specialty stores has declined 0.8%

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

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We will need to generate and sustain increased revenue and manage our costs to achieve profitability. 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. Casper now has more than 60 stores and several retail partnerships.

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3 Elements of Amazon’s Clothing Strategy to Watch

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Gap’s sales volumes has been falling, and the brand is losing market share,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of retail at GlobalData. This allows us to offer more selection without requiring customers to sift through racks to find that right color, size and fit,” said Simoina Vasen, managing director of Amazon Style.

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