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Signet Jewelers Acquires Diamonds Direct to Boost Bridal Offerings

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Signet plans to drive operating synergies by leveraging its scale in purchasing, targeted marketing, connected commerce and jewelry services to enhance Diamonds Direct. The smaller retailer’s current leadership team will remain intact, with President Itay Berger reporting directly to Signet CEO Virginia Drosos.

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RetailWire: Cheers For Lululemon’s MIRROR Acquisition, But Is The Pricing Right?

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Great for lululemon’s brand, and probably well-matched for its target market. The model for new technology is that the price continues to decline the farther away you get from the introduction point, so could a MIRROR-like product be marketed at say, $500 in a couple of years? But there are three areas of vulnerability.

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You’ll Like Us When We’re Green: How Retailers Demonstrate Sustainability Through Track and Trace

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Research from New York University found sustainable products delivered $114 billion in sales in 2018, up 29% from 2013 , and delivered 50% of consumer packaged goods growth during that same time period — despite representing only 16.6% Retailers already are using data to streamline operations and better target marketing initiatives.

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Leveling Up: How Gaming is Changing the Face of Retail

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Retailers can instantly connect with a highly engaged, diverse audience that often extends far beyond their traditional target market. Recently we’ve seen a significant uptake from older generations, with gamers aged 55 to 64 rising by 95% from 2018 to 2022, peaking at 47% in 2021.

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How Taroob is leveraging tradition to create a modern luxury Indian brand

Inside Retail

Interestingly, he acknowledged that Gen Z and millennials are the dominant consumer groups of the moment, and the brand’s target market. billion) in 2018 and is estimated to reach a whopping 1.7 The future Anand’s goal is to make Taroob an Indian luxury artwear brand to keep India’s rich cultural and traditional heritage alive.

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Why cosmetics-maker Atelier is launching ‘shark tank’ for beauty brands

Inside Retail

“We’ve been in this industry for about three-and-a-half years now, and we’re very fortunate enough to have grown a company that can provide support not just to our market, but to the people inside of it.”. Representation within beauty is a huge talking point, and a point of friction within the market,” Benson said.

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Meet Sugar: The “anti-establishment” beauty retailer Indian consumers crave

Inside Retail

Singh also noted that Sugar’s target market likes to experiment and explore products from different brands to evaluate the best suited ones for their needs and requirements. These measures have helped them determine general trends and even developed targeted marketing strategies and sales activities.

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