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How GMG plans to win Southeast Asia’s sports retail market

Inside Retail

Meanwhile, Hong Kong remains a strategic retail hub with a high-spending customer base and access to premium retail spaces. The acquisition of Royal Sporting House in 2020 provided a strong retail foundation across North Africa, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

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Beyond Inc. Brings in Slate of Retail Heavyweights for C-Suite

Retail TouchPoints

“We’ve assembled a world-class team with the proper incentives and alignment that will execute the very clear go-to-market strategy around our three anchor brands.” New additions and promotions at Beyond include: Guncha Mehta joins as Chief Digital and Information Officer. Callahan is rejoining Beyond, Inc.,

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Everyone’s Talking About the Supply Chain Slowdown. Here’s What Marketers Are Doing About it.

Retail TouchPoints

When someone crushes it, it means that someone else gets crushed — you don’t create buyers ,” said Brendan Witcher, VP and Principal Analyst, Digital Business Strategy at Forrester Research in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. This is an especially critical holiday for retailers big and small alike.

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2021: The Year of Social Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

In pure COVID-19 nature, brands across the retail industry underwent a rapid transition to the digital-first space during 2020; and a lot of first-time online shoppers were activated. In fact, some major retailers reported double-digit growth in ecommerce sales during Q2, right at the outbreak of the pandemic. In fact, Smartly.io

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In Bangkok, malls are delivering culture to a mass audience

Inside Retail

Meanwhile, in Bangkok, the former Isetan department store at Central World, which closed in mid-2020 and has now been redeveloped, was also a vigorous promoter of Japanese culture in the sense of its product mix and food and beverage offering.

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Apparel Retailers: Balancing Online And Store Inventories Will Be Your Biggest Holiday Challenge

Retail TouchPoints

Brad Eckhart, a 30-year retail executive with experience at companies including Finish Line and Ralph Lauren , advises apparel retailers to “plan conservatively” for holiday 2020 and beyond. We’ve seen marketing changes already with TV ads that are more “COVID-friendly.”

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Putting the Customer First: Building a Profitable Online Presence

Retail TouchPoints

Nowhere is that more true than the retail market, which has seen a fundamental shift among consumers in the wake of the pandemic. The question is: are retailers ready to handle it? While retailers made it through in 2020 with online sales up 44% overall , there were hiccups, frustrations and sleepless nights all throughout.

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