Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In 2019, Hanna Andersson shifted to a fully DTC model , closing all its stores and ending its wholesale business. In addition to discounts, program members also will receive shipping perks, early access to sales and new product launches, and exclusive access to limited edition drops.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

He will replace Mary Beth Laughton, who has held these posts since September 2019. He also led the expansion of apparel wholesaler Bella+Canvas into the retail space, offering customers direct access to product both online and in stores. Blakeslee was most recently President of sister companies Alo Yoga and Bella+Canvas.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the case of Chemist Warehouse, the acquisition would position it as a superpower in the Australian pharmaceutical market, dominating the wholesale and retail markets through vertical acquisitions across the value chain. Prior to this, the business had been selling online in the country since 2015.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The company delivered a revenue increase of 16 per cent to $172 million during the period spanning pre-Covid year 2019 to 2022 and expects flat-to-modest revenue growth for 2023, in the face of constrained consumer spending and wholesaler buying caution.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

The brand’s overall digital sales also increased 19% globally, while wholesale revenues were down by 1%. A big piece of Nike’s direct offensive has been a shift away from wholesale and toward DTC. Wholesale Will Still Play a ‘Very Important Role’. Revenues were up 5% YoY in the company’s fiscal Q3, which ended Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

We are emerging from the pandemic a much stronger, more profitable company than we were at the time of our IPO in 2019,” said the company’s President and CEO Chip Bergh in a statement. “We This shift to a DTC-first mentality doesn’t mean the end of Levi’s wholesale relationships, however.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

The acquisition of Sweaty Betty complements our strategic shift over the last several years from a traditional footwear wholesaler into a consumer-obsessed, digital-focused growth company. The brand posted a 56% net sales gain versus 2019 in Q1 2021, which ended May 1. Krueger, Chairman and CEO of Wolverine in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Before joining Under Armour in 2020 as SVP of Americas Wholesale, Baxter served as President and CEO of LIDS Sports Group from 2016 to 2019. The company underwent several rounds of jobs cuts and a $200 million dollar restructuring in 2018, followed by an SEC investigation into its accounting practices in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A Pea in the Pod parent company Destination Maternity closed all its banners in late 2019 following bankruptcy proceedings. The retailer was acquired by Marquee Brands for approximately $50 million in December 2019 with plans to emphasize “ecommerce, select wholesale partnerships and strategic marketing relationships.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

The shoe retailer reportedly closed its wholesale accounts with Fred Meyer , Zappos , Dillard’s , City Blue , VIM , EbLens , Belk , Bob’s Stores and Boscov’s in August 2020. Nike also ended its status as a first-party seller on Amazon in late 2019, showing that the brand is not afraid of severing ties with even the largest retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The FTC complaint alleges that since at least 2019, Amazon specifically targeted Zulily as an emerging online superstore. “Zulily, an online retailer dedicated to offering consumers low prices, is one of Amazon’s victims,” reads the Zulily lawsuit.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The business – which started as a wholesaler before transitioning to e-commerce in 2019 – achieved $50 million in sales over the last financial year, with Daniel explaining that it was in a position to utilise that growth, and grow its retail presence. In 2010, LKI became a full time job for Daniel.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

A $68 T-shirt might seem like a tough sell, but eight years on, Molnar’s brand Goodlife C l othing has a host of top-tier wholesale partners, a booming DTC business and, most importantly, a cult following of customers that keep coming back. The brand opened its first stores in 2019 and will have its ninth store in place this fall.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Wholesale revenue soared 157% despite the company’s plans to exit between 2,000 and 3,000 wholesale partnerships. Sales across all Gap’s banners were up 29% versus the same period in 2020 and up 5% compared to 2019, but Athleta led the pack with sales up 35% compared to 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2023

Williams, who currently serves as President, Jordan Brand, will now lead Nike’s four geographies and its marketplace across its direct and wholesale businesses. Since he joined the company in 2019, Williams has led Jordan Brand through unprecedented growth, doubling its revenue.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Dexus Wholesale Property Fund is offering a 20-per-cent interest in Gold Coast’s Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and a 25-per-cent stake in Sydney’s Macquarie Centre. The stakes were held by the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund before its recent merger with Dexus Wholesale Property Fund.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2023

In 2019, Volley’s brand manager John Szwede told News.com.au Meanwhile, Martin Matthews, then-chief executive of Volley-owner Brand Collective, told the Australian Financial Review in 2019 that the brand had been in decline for 10 years before the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

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. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is the second institutional investor to back Vuori, following Norwest Venture Partners, which invested in the company in 2019.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

When it came to the brand’s omnichannel approach, it first reestablished its bricks-and-mortar presence via a third-party wholesale retailer. Robinson recalled that the company originally had plans to set up the shop back in 2019, “But we know where this story ended up. billion in 2019 and generated US$3.48

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

a robust online business and wholesale distribution at Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and 600 specialty boutiques worldwide. In 2019, he was promoted to President and worked on several major initiatives, including accelerating omnichannel, expanding the brand’s retail footprint across the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2022

Fast-growing local fragrance brand Who Is Elijah is on track to hit $3 million in revenue this calendar year as it continues to expand its direct-to-consumer and wholesale presence in Australia, New Zealand and the US, and gears up to launch into the UK and Canada. . It also aims to grow its wholesale presence in the US.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The originally Finnish company was acquired back in 2019 by a consortium led by Chinese sportswear giant Anta and has since doubled the size of its business. The sporting goods conglomerate has a unique proposition with its broad portfolio of 11 brands that include Wilson Sporting Goods, Salomon and Arc’teryx.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

It has since grown into an international brand with a strong online presence, wholesale and retail channels. We have worked hard to establish Papinelle globally with premium wholesale relationships, our own retail stores and our high growth e-commerce channel.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2022

The business helps luxury brands, distributors and wholesalers clear end-of-line and off-season products through online marketplaces, such as Farfetch, Net-A-Porter, Vestiaire Collective and The Iconic, as well as its own e-commerce site, Azura Runway. However, Wood saw an opportunity.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Nike has recently made a number of other moves to build a more direct relationship with its consumers, including ending its partnership with Amazon in late 2019, and terminating wholesale partnerships in lieu of building its DTC business.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Blackhurst returns to Morrisons from 18 March, having previously worked for the grocer between 2015 to 2019 primarily as group commercial director. Former Coles liquor chief executive Darren Blackhurst will take the reins from Rachel Eyre as interim chief customer and marketing officer while she is away on maternity leave.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The business – which started as a wholesaler before transitioning to e-commerce in 2019 – achieved $50 million in sales over the last financial year, with Daniel explaining that it was in a position to utilise that growth, and grow its retail presence. In 2010, LKI became a full time job for Daniel.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Soon after Britain’s Tesco abandoned its retail business in Thailand and Malaysia in early 2021, its buyer, Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, merged it with its Siam Makro wholesale arm. The retail and wholesale businesses accounted for a roughly even split of the company’s 219.6 billion baht ($9.4 Harnessing the synergies.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Longchamp bought back the business in 2019. Rather than further expanding its wholesale presence in ANZ and on a global level, the brand will instead invest in its retail network and premium stockists to preserve its prestige and exclusivity. He was renowned for designing the Le Pliage handbag in 1993.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Despite not generating much revenue or profit over the first three years, she bought the business outright in 2019. Filipovska said that business is about 60 per cent e-commerce, and 40 per cent wholesale. She designed the products, got them manufactured, managed the marketing and packed the orders.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Costco Wholesale Corp. Millerchip brings extensive retail and finance experience to his new position at Costco, serving as senior vice president and CFO at Kroger since April 2019, the culmination of a 15-year tenure at the company. ISSAQUAH, Wash. Gary Millerchip, who has served as senior vice president and CFO at Kroger Co.,

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Quencher is a 40-ounce insulated tumbler initially introduced in 2016, but the product had performed so poorly in sales that it was reportedly set to be discontinued by 2019. So how did the product come back from the dead? The simple answer is the power of female influencers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2022

The company underwent several rounds of jobs cuts and a $200 million dollar restructuring in 2018, followed by an SEC investigation into its accounting practices in 2019. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2021

FBA Liquidations will provider sellers the option to use Amazon’s existing wholesale liquidation partners and technology to recoup potential losses on returned and overstock inventory. The programs join FBA Donations, which was launched in 2019 and 2020 in the U.S., The program is currently live in the U.S., UK and France.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

AI Directs the Most Effective Ads to the Most Likely Purchasers The AI element comes from solution provider Albert , which Natori, a family-owned and run business founded in 1977, has worked with since 2019. Natori also sells via wholesale channels, to luxury retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

wholesale bottoms business to a global, DTC-driven one, in addition to reinvigorating the women’s business. also returned to the public markets with a successful IPO in March 2019 and expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Beyond Yoga in 2021. “It During this time, LS&Co.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Selling your products wholesale to retailers enables you to enjoy larger order volumes, but there are downsides too – late payments and inefficient payments processes. As recently as 2019, over 70 per cent of the value of B2B sales in Australia occurred through trade credit.

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