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DTC Activewear Brand Vuori Valued at $4B After Latest Funding

Retail TouchPoints

Launched in 2016 as a DTC business, Vuori has since expanded to brick-and-mortar via wholesale at retailers including Nordstrom and REI , as well as with 10 standalone stores. Vuori has received a $400 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that values the activewear brand at $4 billion just six years after its debut.

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Under Armour Begins Search for New CEO as Frisk Steps Down

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Frisk promptly set about shifting the company’s focus away from wholesale and toward DTC, following in the footsteps of competitors in the space like Nike and lululemon. As we transition, we are committed to identifying additional opportunities to drive improved returns for our shareholders and deliver for athletes, partners and teammates.

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Consolidation and live shopping: Four e-commerce trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

But with e-commerce becoming so competitive, something has to give, and accessibility for many brands drives greater returns than exclusivity. According to McKinsey in 2022, the average B2B customer now uses more than 10 channels to engage with a company, up from five channels in 2016. The numbers speak for themselves.

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From bikinis on a kitchen bench to global resort wear brand, Bydee boomed 700pc

Inside Retail

In 2016 Hairis quit her retail job to focus on Bydee, “I thought, okay, well, I can make a career out of this,” she said. I was thinking wholesale and was taking my product around to stores and I remember being rejected all the time. One person said to me, ‘Oh, we only take on brands’ – Bydee was brand,” she added.

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Online or Offline Sales? Why not Both?

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers can visit a store to physically check out a mattress and then return home to make the purchase online and schedule delivery. They call this the “wholesale” shopping experience. Emma sees the mattress and pillow shopping experience spanning both spectrums.

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“It’s the right time to open some stores”: Ksubi CEO Craig King

Inside Retail

We also opened stand-alone stores in Los Angeles and New York in 2016 and 2017. With our wholesale business, because we went to the best retailers, we got paid on time. IR: You recently announced plans to open a number of new stores in the US, UK, and Australia, marking your return to the Australian market as a stand-alone retailer.

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How a new and improved Koko Black is gearing up for Christmas

Inside Retail

Koko Black owner Simon Crowe, who is also the co-founder and managing director of Grill’d, bought the business out of administration in 2016 after identifying its potential as a great brand, with quality, artisanal products. Koko Black also has a corporate, wholesale and fledgling international business.