Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As prices continue rising, consumers rely on a combination of their wallets and consciences when deciding which fashion industry trends to buy into. In another example of sustainability in fashion, Cole Haan’s Generation Zerogrand II shoe contains rubber made from dandelions. Take a forward-thinking approach.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2023

The plans were revealed along with the group’s annual result which saw a $33.5 With that taken into account, comparable store sales rose by 9.6 ” A focus on e-commerce has seen online sales account for 20 per cent of group turnover in the latest financial year, with 4.4 million turnaround from a loss of $16.4

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tech start-up Inkse had its launch this month with a mission to revolutionise the way Australian creatives approach fashion design and production. We all know those great Aussies fashion start-up stories, those household names who cut their teeth in the city markets,” John said. It’s our burning belief that fashion can be done better.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2022

and Europe — conscious consumers are demanding to know how retailers produced their clothes, if the materials used were recycled or organic, and if the workers were paid fair wages with good working conditions. Two-thirds of consumers say they now consider sustainability when making a purchase, making sustainability key to competitiveness.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fresh off its biggest capital raise to date, peer-to-peer fashion rental platform Designerex is gearing up for a period of rapid growth that will see it launch one-hour delivery in Australia, enter the UK and Europe and start working more closely with brands to reach new customers. We’re basically incentivising consumers to buy better.”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

A new bill has been introduced in the state of New York that, if it becomes law, would require major global fashion brands to map their supply chains and take steps to reduce their environmental impact. . What the Fashion Act entails. All of this information would need to be accessible to consumers online or in written form.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. More and more, that means rethinking product development and expanding their sizing and assortment planning to represent a wider range of sizes and body shapes. billion in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Fashion tech start-up Mys Tyler has secured more than $1 million in its seed funding round, with Mirvac Ventures, Antler Global and angel investor Brian Hartzer, former CEO of Westpac, backing the business. Mys Tyler stylists will work with the community to help women of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities meet and learn about fashion.

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Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

If you have ever planned a family budget, you will easily understand Open to Buy (OTB). There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Since Afterpay Australian Fashion Week wrapped up last Friday night, critics have come out on social media, accusing it of ‘tokenistic’ attempts at diversity and inclusion. Disability advocate and model Lisa Cox was a consultant during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week. Consult people with lived experiences.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

The digitisation of commerce and the plethora of new channels and touchpoints have resulted in huge opportunities for fashion brands. We’ve heard from consumers that not only are they more likely to purchase when an experience is personalised, but also 52 per cent are likely to ‘cancel communications’ when they aren’t personalised.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

While several factors are contributing to the cause, inefficient and outdated planning and analysis methods used by many retailers and restaurateurs are playing a key part. How can predictive demand planning help retailers to survive? Examples of retail demand forecasting and capacity planning. The bottom line.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

Modest fashion has been making a splash on the high streets, online and the catwalk in several markets around the world. Recently, global fashion brand Boohoo, entered the modest fashion space, and its latest collection was designed by 20-year-old student Sameera Mohmed, off the back of a collaboration with Graduate Fashion Week.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

Retail veteran David Briskin has enjoyed a long, successful career in Australian fashion, from founding accessories brand Mimco to being at the helm of Sass & Bide for several years and chairing the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Now, he’s a director at menswear label MJ Bale and a board member at not-for-profit Thread Together.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2021

After 10 years of building its brand through retailers like David Jones and The Iconic, Australian women’s fashion label Nude Lucy is going direct-to-consumer with the launch of its own bricks-and-mortar stores and further investment in its online business.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re a consumer brand in a category with Amazon private label, however, Amazon’s private label presence certainly feels more pronounced. In this case, the manufacturer is responsible for the inventory planning, marketing and promotional strategy. What is Amazon’s Private Label Strategy?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The 360-degree campaign was designed to speak to True Religion’s loyal shoppers with a digital-first media plan, followed by a holiday-specific influencer extension. High-profile talent from the worlds of music, fashion and sports will create a series of holiday content and take over True Religion’s Instagram account each week.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Using its proprietary technology that matches a consumer’s 3D foot scan and personal preferences with the world’s largest database of 3D-scanned shoes, SafeSize offers highly accurate and personalised shoe recommendations for adults and children – a solution now embraced by more than 20 million consumers worldwide.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2022

What we have realised though is that with collaboration, communication, leadership and planning we can get through anything! Our mandate for this year is to keep our projects and plans on track so we can see some of the stalled vision come to life. Making fashion is not a one-way transaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

The spring and early summer was an optimistic time for many consumers who finally emerged from lockdowns looking to refresh their wardrobes and find items suited for smaller local outings during the warmer months. Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Now the supply chain is a top consideration not just for retail executives but consumers as well. Only the crazy people don’t have a sustainability and social responsibility plan.” Bengtsson spoke about how traceability and transparency are creating a “cost of compliance” that retailers must account for.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 27, 2022

For Leukbook, a new online fashion marketplace founded by Katrina Van De Ven and Catherine Olivier, it’s all about fit. Launching in Australia next month, the one-stop shop for plus-size fashion plans to offer personalised sizing recommendations and a fit guarantee to differentiate itself in the notoriously underserved market. “It

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Touchland’s rapid growth has inspired founder and CEO Andrea Lisbona to invest in a robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports scalable, data-driven expansion. Touchland analyzed data to understand consumer behaviors and found that shoppers were buying six or seven units at a time. This is the key to growth.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2021

A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s no question the global crisis has disrupted just about everything in the fashion world, from how we dress, to how we shop, to how the industry itself operates. Luxury fashion it-girls dress up for Prada’s ready-to-wear debut. If you’re ready for re-openings, so is Prada.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

After two years of riding a rollercoaster of challenges from delivery delays to quickly pivoting to online initiatives, Witchery managing director Simon Schofield is hopeful about the future of the business, with the re-emergence of large-scale fashion events, the introduction of greater diversity and new shopper behaviours.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

There was a time, not too long ago, when it took a lot of convincing to get consumers to consider secondhand. Now, both consumers and the retailers that serve them are quite willingly jumping on the resale bandwagon, driving an already hot sector toward even further growth. Retailers and Brands Take the Baton.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s a relatively new entrant to the market, compared to other brands such as Nike and Puma, but it’s got plans to fast-track its presence in the region. The brand currently has 74 stores in the country, and there are plans to expand the network further. More of them are becoming increasingly conscious about their wellness routines. “We

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Luxury fashion brand Hermès is under increasing scrutiny over what animal welfare groups have called “barbaric” crocodile farms in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). Crocodiles are wild animals, not handbags.They are sentient beings who don’t deserve to languish in plastic-lined pens for the profits of French fashion houses.”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Tastemaker and entrepreneur Eva Galambos first opened the doors to her luxury multi-brand boutique Parlour X in 2001 in Sydney, when she began introducing major international labels to Australian consumers, from Balenciaga to Vivienne Westwood. . Most importantly, a great buyer must have a keen eye and acute sense for fashion.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Burberry’s new chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd will on Thursday set out his plan to finish the job started by his predecessor: boosting growth at the British luxury brand to the levels of its European rivals. Leather goods account for around 20 per cent of Burberry’s sales versus 70 per cent at Bottega Veneta.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

million and now account for 21.3 It’s no secret that consumer-facing retail has had a tough year trying to stay price-competitive for customers. Over the last five years as CEO, King has been enacting his ‘customer-first plan’ which has re-established Myer as Australia’s 8th most trusted brand, according to Roy Morgan.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. The online marketplace model is a key part of Prainito’s plan to take Robinsons back to its roots as a value player.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 6, 2021

Informa Markets Fashion, host to a comprehensive portfolio of apparel and sourcing fashion trade events including MAGIC, COTERIE, PROJECT, and SOURCING at MAGIC, confirmed the first slate of event dates planned for the second half 2021. SOURCING at MAGIC.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We’ve earned consumers’ attention, built their trust, and maintained their loyalty every step of the way on our journey to becoming a leading outerwear brand. But consumer trust isn’t measured in Instagram followers or quarterly sales. What is consumer trust? Essentially, building consumer trust isn’t just about ticking boxes.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.” Temu also operates as a manufacturer-to-consumer marketplace and offers a wide range of merchandise, from homewares to apparel. Wish is based in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Australian fashion and premium jeans label Nobody Denim is renowned for its dedication to local production and manufacturing. So a recent report that the business had laid off 40 garment workers was seen as a blow to fashion brands that view local production as a sustainable and profitable enterprise.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. Brick-and-mortar dominates the retail scene, with ecommerce projected to account for just 7% of sales this year, up from 3% in 2017.

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