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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

We have been aiming to deepen our understanding of local customers in Singapore and learn about local business models after acquiring Flo in September 2019. Thus, we don’t need to rely on mass production of trend-led products and excessive dead stocks after the trend is over. That’s how we have found Flo.

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock. What is bad inventory called day-to-day?

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5 Online Hacks to Boost Local Footfall to Your Store

Retail Next

So far in 2019, Macy’s, and even Walmart, have announced plans to close some of their stores, while Barney’s New York has filed for bankruptcy. Stocking exclusively in-store products. According to research , reviews account for 15.44 Major retailers are disappearing from our towns, and it’s a trend that looks set to continue.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

Most companies today, according to Thorbeck, are accounting only for the front-end advantage that low cost might afford them. The result is slow turns, deep markdowns, write-offs, and heaps of dead stock in warehouses, much of which eventually becomes landfill. Risks, he says, that make businesses far less competitive.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 265 – News, retailer earnings, and listener questions.

Retail Geek

Famous Last Words I’ll probably be dead wrong I doubt so anytime you do a merger or an acquisition of this size like you do have to get regulatory approval, I kind of don’t think this is gonna be that tough because Amazon doesn’t have a lot of. [11:09] Jason: [10:36] I mean yeah it is funny to think about but yeah.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 257 – Cookies, IDFA, and Commerce Deep Dive

Retail Geek

Safari (19% share) 3P cookies blocked as of March 2020 Firefox (4% share) 3P blocked as of Sept 2019 Chrome (64% share) will block 3P January 2022. Scot: [51:27] Right so we got some good stock picks from Jason straight away here. Jason: [51:33] Yeah yeah side side out yeah I’m the world’s worst stock picker.