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Bespoke Hat Maker Marcel Rodrigues opens pop-up on Savile Row

Retail Focus

Moving out of London in search of other opportunities, Steyn noticed a gap in the market for a truly bespoke hat making process, and subsequently began making hats in his garage in 2019. What’s more, his clothing line is crafted using either 100% renewable energy, sustainably sourced cloth or dead stock.

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Battle of the superapps: GoTo vs Sea in Indonesia

Inside Retail

Khaveen Investments, a Kuala Lumpur-based hedge fund that covers the sector, states that as recently as the beginning of 2019, Tokopedia had 29 per cent of the Indonesia e-commerce market ,compared with Shopee’s 16 per cent. Online food delivery: dead heat on a major battleground. Singapore-based Grab was a distant third.

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How Improving Markdowns Will Impact Your Most Important Supply Chain KPIs

Retail TouchPoints

At the same time, it’s also important to ensure the retailer doesn’t have excess inventory clogging up stores and distribution centers past the planned deletion date, tying up both capital and space in inventory that’s effectively “dead.”.

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Beauty, business and Celeste Barber: 5 minutes with Shelley Sullivan

Inside Retail

I try to do all my beauty shopping at Chemist Warehouse or Woolies – get my groceries, pick up a few makeup goodies and stock up on my skincare. If you could organise your dream Zoom video chat, whom would you invite, dead or alive? And because I’m on the go, I love a one-stop shop. I loved watching that transformation.

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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. Major retailers are disappearing from our towns, and it’s a trend that looks set to continue. But you can go far with a little ingenuity.