Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2025

economy may not have officially entered a recession, but consumers are nonetheless navigating rising prices, dwindling savings and a near-constant stream of financial anxiety. Now, with the onset of widespread global tariffs, consumer confidence has hit its second-lowest point since 1952. are up 10% since February.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Established in 2021, Frankie General Store offers a curated selection of small-batch, artisanal products from the Philippines and Australia. The post Sydney store Frankie brings Philippine brands to Australian consumers appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Gabriella Pereira is the director of Beare Park and the recipient of the Australian Fashion Laureates Emerging Designer of the Year award this year. Meet Beare Park Beare Park is a luxury fashion label made, designed and owned in Australia. The business of Australian fashion IR : The pop-up in Potts Point; why now?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The investment builds upon Vuori’s $400 million investment, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, in 2021. In a post-pandemic world, the Chinese consumer is even more focused on the importance of health and wellness,” Lawrence said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

Despite being one of the worlds largest and youngest consumer markets, it lacked a unified retail platform for beauty, and it was no equivalent to Sephora, Ulta, or even a drugstore chain like Boots. And I think just the world of beauty and fashion is very community-based, the co-founder said.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The consumer-driven experience includes the original control rooms having been fully restored and transformed into an events space and an all-day bar concept, with its original dials and controls on display,” she added. After construction commenced in 2004 under the name Meadowlands Xanadu, American Dream was completed in 2021.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Around 2019, my design team and I started to look around to see if there were any opportunities to create our own consumer brand,” he said. E-commerce was booming in China at the time, and the team experimented with several small brands at lower price points that were aimed at consumers surfing sites like Taobao.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

From high-end jewellers to the apparel and footwear brands dressing up the everyday consumer, these bricks-and-mortar shops are serving some of the best retail design in the US market this season. Kartik Research New York, New York Founded by Kartik Kumra in 2021, Kartik Research is an artisanal fashion brand based in New Delhi, India.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2025

She secured support from Indigenous Business Australia in 2021, a move that assisted in bringing her long-held dream to life. Smith is preparing to unveil Amplified Beauty’s most ambitious campaign yet: a high-fashion shoot in London that features globally recognised talent across the beauty and fashion industries.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In the same report, Lacik stated, “We are transforming the perception of Pandora into a full jewelry brand and unlocking the next chapter of our growth by attracting more consumers to our brand. Iny 2021, Pandora shifted from sourcing mined diamonds to using only lab-grown stones.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2025

Tumis recent notable openings of larger stores include the 300sqm Ginza store in Tokyo, and those in Dubai Mall, Hong Kong Fashion Walk, Shanghai Kerry Center and Chengdu IFS. We have been delighted by the response to our new store in Fashion Walk and our refreshed stores in Pacific Place and IFC Mall, he said.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2025

The report highlights a growing disconnect between rising consumer demand for essentials on one hand, and substantial volumes of surplus stock on the other, much of it heading towards landfill. According to the report, the estimated waste of unsold retail goods has risen by 17 per cent since 2021, reaching $2.9

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Moving from Vertical Operations to Asset-Light Gordon Brothers then set to work reimagining Laura Ashleys business model, while ensuring it stayed top-of-mind with consumers through a combination of product licensing and marketing activations. That work began in 2021 through a strategic relaunch at UK retailer Next.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In October, Commodity Fragrances launched its first permanent bricks-and-mortar space at 113 Crosby Street in the fashion and fragrance-loving area of New York City’s Soho neighbourhood. The elemental, atypical and inclusive nature of the brand is really resonating with consumers. The second factor is Commodity’s approach as a brand.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

Honouring the culture of origin Hood founded Seoul Tonic in 2021, in partnership with Mr Parks, a third-generation Korean pear farmer who wanted to share his produce and formulations to the world. With the health benefits of ACV in mind Hood set out on a mission in collaboration with Mr Parks to make vinegar taste good.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2025

“This collaboration empowers our customers to extend the life of their clothing, reduce waste and participate in a more circular fashion economy — without compromising on comfort or style.” In 2024, the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2025

Industry experts are keeping a close eye on the future of fashion retailer General Pants Co, after its owner, Alquemie Group, closed or sold three other retail brands in its portfolio in as many weeks. Facioni is the CEO of ACTA Capital and executive chairman of Alquemie Group.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

Blundy and Itaoui co-invested in Bras N Things in the buyback, before selling it to Hanes for $500 million in 2018 and co-invested in premium lingerie brand Honey Birdette, before selling it to Playboy for $443 million in 2021.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2025

Meanwhile, the fashion and hardlines segments both saw their sales fall slightly. Same-store sales didn’t impress: food (-3 per cent), hardlines (-7 per cent) and fashion (-4 per cent) were all in the red. per cent, which the company attributed to a shift in the sales mix to lower margin items and an increased consumer focus on value.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 24, 2025

The online fashion giant’s chief executive Jos Antonio Ramos Calamonte said the retailer had spent two years rebuilding the product assortment of Topshop before moving ahead with relaunch plans. Asos bought Topshop, along with Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT, out of administration in 2021 for 295m.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Back in 2021, private equity firm LionRock Capital Partners acquired Clarks for 100m, and trading has been hit. Trading during tough times It’s no secret that the world of retail has been rocked in recent years with consumer trends changing faster than the weather and global events making life no easier.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

The most high-profile of these failures is Mosaic Brands, the company behind long-running fashion chains, including Noni B, Millers, Rivers and Katies, which collapsed at the end of last year and is now in liquidation. Left behind is a string of companies in administration and a raft of creditors owed upwards of $361 million.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 3, 2025

It added thatsofter consumer demand required the business to increase its promotional activity to shift stock. Apollo had helped to finance The Carlyle Groups purchase of a majority stake in the brand back in 2021, which valued the business at 750m. It closed the year with 62m of stock, down from 92.7m.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2025

In 2021, Eurazeo quietly exited Pat McGrath Labs. One who is rarely seen promoting her own products in media content or at events, which is a hindrance in todays consumer landscape. In the same year, Sienna Investment Managers purchased a 14.4 per cent stake for 168 million (approximately US$183 million), valuing the company at 1.2

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Retail Dive

JUNE 27, 2025

This follows the company’s venture into home furnishings, which started in 2021 with bed frames. Earlier this year, the company launched an exclusive Target collection with over 200 bedding and bath linens at lower price points compared to its direct-to-consumer website. It wasn’t the brand’s first foray into mass retail, though.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2025

Products that would give people real skin results and do it in an innovative way not only for the consumers but also for the planet. NG: One misconception is that even though we invest in research and development, and impact projects to minimise the planetary footprint of the products we consume, there is no such thing as a perfect product.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2025

Despite the mounting cost of doing business in the US, due to tariffs and trade headwinds, co-founder Omar Sabre told Inside Retail the decision wasnt a leap of faith; it was based on clear signals from its consumer base and the strength of its operations. Another example is Stockholm-based fashion label Lisa Yang.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 28, 2025

BRC CEO Helen Dickinson said “extensive January sales was good news for bargain hunters, with non-food products showing significant discounts, particularly for furniture and fashion. This represents the lowest rate of uplift since November 2021. Food inflation eased but remained in positive territory, climbing by 1.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But in the last decade, these global powerhouses all have struggled to maintain their position as consumers athletic apparel go-to. Failure to release a steady roster of popular new designs can have an outsized impact in a category where purchases by regular consumers are based much more on want than need.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Overall US imports of 20-foot containers surged in November and December to the busiest since 2021. “The toy business is a fashion business. A person close to the company said before November’s election that tariffs could cause Toyota to shift production to its San Antonio, Texas, assembly plant. Collecting dust?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The themes on display are often indicative of the global trends affecting consumers and retail. In the past year or so, KPMG has published global research papers that add further insights to the big trends affecting retail models and consumer behaviour. What do consumers think and how are retailers using it? trillion in 2030.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

secondhand market saw its strongest annual growth since 2021 , outpacing the broader retail clothing market by 5X and growing 14% , according to resale platform ThredUp s 13th annual Resale Report. Amid consumer wallet share challenges, people are being more discerning, looking for value, and that’s what resale is offering.

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Retail Dive

JULY 11, 2025

Chief Marketing Officer Molly Hartney, who has been with the company since 2021, has been promoted to the newly created role of chief digital officer. A company like Rack Room Shoes not only needs to deliver great value but needs to be very forward thinking in terms of trends and fashions.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

Travis Wright has launched an online swimwear brand, Rida Resort, nearly one year after Tigerlily, the Australian fashion brand she previously ran, was acquired out of voluntary administration by swimwear giant Seafolly. The online shopping experience will be localised to consumers in both markets.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

per cent year-on-year to $1.062 billion, with direct-to-consumer sales growing 4.4 Crocs acquired casual footwear brand HeyDude in December 2021 for $2.5 Crocs has reported better-than-expected sales and profit for the third quarter, but management has revised its outlook down due to the continued decline of its HeyDude brand.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 20, 2025

Diverse Product Offerings: Entrepreneurs can offer a wide range of customizable products, including apparel and home decor, catering to various market segments and consumer preferences. Fashion and Apparel Fashion and apparel represent a significant opportunity in the POD market.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2025

Last month, at the World Retail Congress in London, nearly 1000 industry leaders gathered to discuss and debate some of retail’s most pressing topics, including tariffs, artificial intelligence and the future of consumer behaviour. We’re a social destination, a permanent invitation to experience the new.”

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