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

Inside Retail

The huge impetus to open our first overseas Tanaka outlet in Singapore this year was encouraged by several factors – the quality understanding of the local market, the right location, the demand for a good Japanese eyewear in that vicinity as well as the reasonable rental we were able to negotiate.

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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ Analyzing over 80 different rigorous peer-reviewed studies on DTC, we discovered a few common insights that prove the DTC model isn’t dead, it’s just evolving and, in fact, it could still be a great way for smaller brands to build customer engagement.

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Inside the rumoured death of physical stores and other predictions for 2022

Inside Retail

Through Covid, we have seen a vast number of permanent store closures, which has somewhat re-ignited the ‘stores are dead’ debate. Once one becomes popular, we seem to quickly look for a new one and proclaim the old one ‘dead’, even if most of the industry hasn’t caught up. Experiential stores. From CBDs to suburbs.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

This includes everything from storing inventory, processing orders, picking stock, shipping packages, and delivering orders to the end consumer. direct-to-consumer e-commerce orders), retailers now have to worry about fulfilling orders across multiple complex channels and B&M locations. So Instead of optimizing one channel (i.e.

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The Nature of Sales Trends for Today from State Park Gift Stores

SGN Magazine

The store was closed for most of 2020. She recommended that you ensure the displays are clean and fully stocked as “people tend to not want to buy an item if it is the last one on display.” He attributed that to their location being on a main highway between Dallas/Ft. Lake Murray State Park in Ardmore, Okla.,

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Why Ultra Fast Delivery Companies are Struggling

Indigo 9 Digital

Traditional brick and mortar retail was dead and fast delivery took over. eCommerce surged in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. in the second quarter of 2020. But if you live in an urban area where these services are often located you can in many cases walk or drive to a nearby store and get what you need.

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The Fragrance Shop (TFS) partners with BetterCommerce to improve the customer experience

A1 Retail

TFS deployed its ‘ship from store’ functionality in November 2020. Instead of having to rely on just one warehouse, this feature turned 201 stores across the country into fulfilment centres, giving customers access to any fragrance from any store location. Customer 360.