Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Justice has returned as an online-only retailer with the launch of its new ecommerce site, ShopJustice.com. The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group.

Planning 240

Planning Accessories Apparel Brand Management 240

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has released a limited-edition collection featuring the Barneys brand.

Fast Fashion 262

Fast Fashion ATS Fashion Department Stores 262

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2021

is selling its Heritage Brands portfolio — which includes the Izod , Van Heusen , Arrow and Geoffrey Beene brands — to fellow brand management firm Authentic Brands Group for approximately $220 million. This sale marks the latest in a broader shakeup among the larger brand management firms.

Brand Management 149

Brand Management Fashion Accessories Management 149

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

She recently implemented a solution to unify and organize customer data, including not just online and in-store purchases but also returns and call center activity. In that 12 years , my career went from manager to a global CIO. Gao: I was hired to manage the company and system integration to create the synergy to lower the costs.

Checkout 256

Checkout Management Returns Shipping 256

Retail Gazette

APRIL 8, 2024

Ted Baker is set to close 15 UK stores and cut some head office roles, as administrators take action to try to save the fashion brand. NODL licenses the brand in the UK and Europe from Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the brand management group which owns Reebok, Forever 21 and David Beckham which bought Ted Baker for £211m just 18 months ago.

Department Stores 104

Department Stores Fashion Returns Accounting 104

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you look at all the barriers to purchase on the sites [in the past], you were paying for shipping, you weren’t able to do click-and-collect – we’re working on that – you couldn’t return locally, nothing was in the local currency. DL: We hired a new marketing manager, new buying manager, new creative brand manager.

Planning 130

Planning Shipping Fashion Management 130

Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2022

So far, most of Una Brands’ acquisitions have been in the home and living category, which benefits from low return rates and levels of regulation and strong demand. They include Singaporean bed sheet brand Heavenluxe and ergonomic chair brand Ergotune. Actually, we haven’t really seen that.

Social Commerce 130

Social Commerce Inventory Management Marketing Brand Management 130