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2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas?

Inside Retail

If you cast your mind back to 2019, Christmas was business as usual. “E-commerce It’s kind of elongated and stretched out,” noted Adam Ioakim, managing director, APAC at Emarsys. The post 2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas? E-commerce was on a steady rise. It’s not what it once was.

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Vitamin Shoppe Parent Company to go Private Following Acquisition by Senior Management

Retail TouchPoints

The senior management team of Franchise Group , led by the company’s CEO Brian Kahn along with a consortium of financial partners that includes B. Under the proposal, Franchise Group common stockholders other than the management group will receive $30 in cash for each share of common stock they hold, representing a premium of 31.9%

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SurfStitch managing director stepping down this week

Inside Retail

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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The O2’s Q1 and Easter Half Term Performance Surpasses Expectations, Rivals 2019 Trade Levels

Retail Focus

The O 2, which is owned and operated by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has reported a stellar trading period throughout Q1 and Easter half term, with sales throughout the destination surpassing 2019 results. Icon Outlet at The O2 dealt direct. Lunson Mitchenall represented WHSmith.

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Forrester Research Report: How Sales and Marketing Intelligence Drive Improved Business Outcomes

In 2019, DiscoverOrg commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate sales and marketing intelligence practices in the B2B space. of companies achieved a score indicating maturity in data management practices in the space.". Fact: Only 8% of sales and marketing professionals say their data is between 91% - 100% accurate.

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Casper Appoints New CEO in Leadup to Acquisition by Durational Capital Management

Retail TouchPoints

Casper Sleep has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Durational Capital Management LP , which will take the mattress retailer private. The company has yet to turn a profit — its annual loss narrowed from $93 million in 2019 to $90 million in 2020, and it lost $25.3 Durational Capital will pay $6.90

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Store Management Costs in the Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

In 2019, online grocery accounted for 6.3% in 2019, while millennials and Gen Z visit six on average monthly. Food retail demand has become fractured across multiple channels, with traditional brick-and-mortar formats losing out to the online medium. of total US grocery sales. Then in 2021, grocery ecommerce sales reached 9.5%