Retail Gazette

MARCH 4, 2024

Like-for-like sales across fashion, homewares and lifestyle slipped 1.3% in February, according to new figures from accountancy firm BDO. Fashion was hit the hardest, with overall sales down 4.8% Retailers are suffering from the longest dip in sales since the 2020 pandemic as consumers cut back for the fifth consecutive month.

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LS Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

©iStock/FeelPic Labels that get their start outside of major fashion hubs are leveraging their local identities and a strategic approach to wholesale to gain international followings. Other effective strategies include targeting influential wholesale accounts and building a strong social media presence.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Before taking the reins of Propel Group, the company behind some of Australia’s best-loved workwear brands, Caroline Elliott was the COO who restructured the local operation of French fashion label Kookai and orchestrated the local franchisee Magi Enterprises’ acquisition of the global licensing rights in 2017.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2022

MG: The year ahead feels more positive and hopefully will see us operating more normally, as long as our stores and our wholesale stores stay open. Making fashion is not a one-way transaction. This will further our commitment to accountability and transparency and help us measure our goals. We have a busy year ahead.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2022

Apparel and footwear retail companies Brand Collective and PAS Group are to merge, creating Australia’s third-largest fashion retail group. The company will also run some 250 wholesale accounts both locally and internationally. Trading under the Brand Collective banner, the business will boast revenue exceeding $600 million.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

In fact, grocers accounted for six of the top 10 retailers on the list (if you include 7-Eleven , which while technically a convenience store is a large purveyor of food products as well). “ Among the Hot 25 with established retail media networks are BJ’s Wholesale Club , Ulta Beauty , Schwarz Group (which owns grocer Lidl ) and Schnucks.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

The brand previously relied on disparate tools and software to support distinct functions, and there was little connection between its core accounting software and additional data created by operations, marketing and other teams. Ulta launched Touchland in 1,300 stores in January 2020 — and its products sold out within two weeks.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 3, 2021

Informa Markets Fashion , host to premier fashion trade events, including MAGIC , COTERIE , PROJECT , and SOURCING at MAGIC , announced the debut of a new, twice-annual women’s and children’s East Coast market event, MAGIC New York. fashion capital.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2022

Our customers wear Hard Yakka on and off the job site, [and] require tough, durable and comfortable clothes to wear in their active lifestyles that are also modern and fashionable.”. The purpose behind the collection is far greater than the pieces; it’s about taking accountability and doing our part.”. A reinterpretation of the past.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Leila Naja Hibri to leave Australian Fashion Council CEO role By Celene Ignacio Leila Naja Hibri decided to depart from the CEO role at the Australian Fashion Council (AFC) early next year, once a replacement is found. On behalf of the board and our team, I sincerely thank Leila for her inspiring leadership.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

My journey with the brand started in late 2016, when I was the global social media manager for Reebok, managing the Reebok and then Reebokclassics social media accounts. JC: Reebok will continue to accelerate strong partnerships with our strategic wholesale partners. It’s been quite the journey and I am very proud of it.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

The rise of the stationery market Research and Markets attributes the rise of this seemingly old-fashioned consumer product category to a few factors, including consumers’ preference for a tactile writing experience, the power of influencer marketing and the growth of e-commerce. per cent during the forecast period between 2024 to 2029.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite their old-fashioned appearance, they’ve been embraced by generations of New Zealanders and have given the brand’s more modern ranges a halo of authenticity. The brand currently has around 400 wholesale accounts in the country, but they’re primarily located in regional areas.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

UK-based fast fashion brand Boohoo recently announced that it had tapped US celebrity and influencer Kourtney Kardashian as its “sustainability ambassador” and launched a “sustainability journey” campaign that included a capsule collection and mini-series. Boohoo’s annual revenue was nearly £2 billion ($3.4

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

Once I’d earned my stripes in the retail business, I moved into the corporate office and cut my teeth in sales, being trained up as the key account manager for a number of Globe brands in the Myer business. I successfully applied for a casual position in their famous Chapel Street store before following a pathway into store management.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 22, 2024

Yes, this is partly down to the fashion and home retailer notching up record sales and profits for the year, however, Wolfson was also enthused about the future and the “new era” that he believes the business is entering. Licensing accounted for £66.4m Further afield in the Far East, the Americas and Australasia, sales have struggled.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Together, these retailers discussed the state of retail through COVID-19 and offered first-hand accounts of how retailers adapted their businesses. Its local retail store, which accounts for almost half of the business’ revenue, shut down completely for a few months. Sauceda , CEO, Sauceda Industries.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A chartered accountant, Giles’ career also includes significant roles at PwC and Commercial Estates Group. Martens from William Grant & Sons Limited, a leading global spirits company with prestigious brands like Glenfiddich Scotch Whisky, The Balvenie Whisky, and Hendrick’s Gin under its belt.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

I’m not an accountant, but stores are on the asset side of the balance sheet for a reason, and they need to be leveraged as much as possible to squeeze as much out of them as you can.”. As people are spending less on vacations and personal care, they are spending instead on retail to venture out locally (fashion, active gear, etc.).

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Team development The LSKD team prides itself on actively creating a learning culture that encourages collaboration and accountability.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Findstack records that affiliate marketing now accounts for more than 16 per cent of digital media revenue in the US and Canada and that around 80 per cent of brands have affiliate programs. Around a quarter of affiliate marketers are working in the fashion sector.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

Fashion chain Joules has returned to annual profit as it rode out the lockdown disruption thanks to surging online sales. The Leicestershire-based group – famous for its posh wellies – saw online sales race 48% ahead to £122 million in the year to May 30 and now account for more than three-quarters (77%) of all retail revenues.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

Smiggle has around 300 proprietary stores in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as well as 350 wholesale accounts. Peter Alexander’s sales have more than doubled from five years ago and the brand is now targeting larger formats and offshore expansion.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and most inspirational retail marketplace for Home, Gift and Fashion, closed on a high after four days of intensive buying, creativity and fun, and now looks ahead to its 75 th anniversary in 2025. I’ve seen some fabulous new products, and some new accounts opened.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

When it came to the brand’s omnichannel approach, it first reestablished its bricks-and-mortar presence via a third-party wholesale retailer. As showcased by the same report, by type, the polarised segment accounted for the highest share in 2019, contributing to more than four-fifths of the total market share.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Initially, the business supplied wholesalers across the American West with ready-made clothing, fabric and other textiles, but in 1872, a tailor named Jacob Davis approached Strauss about patenting a design for denim pants reinforced with copper rivets. The patent was granted, and in 1873, the first pair of Levi’s jeans was born.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

As of July 2023, store sales were up 50% from the opening and now account for 8% of the business, an impressive number for a brand that up until May was almost 100% online. One of the brand’s few wholesalers was a small boutique on Charleston’s King Street. It wasn’t like, ‘Design 12 floral Hawaiian shirts.’

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Rollup firms are typically able to buy these Amazon businesses at anywhere from 4X to 6X EBITDA, sometimes less, according to Thomson: “As long as you manage to keep the same efficiency that any one of those accounts had when they were a standalone, you can get a 15X to 25X valuation on your company. There is massive financial arbitrage here.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2023

We pay for their Audible accounts so they can listen to books that we recommend. IR: I think some people might not know that LSKD – which stands for loose kid – started off as a wholesale brand. I never had the intention to do wholesale, but that’s what was around back then. I transitioned the brand to LKI in 2007.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Thomasz focuses on the financial, wholesale and customer service side of the business, while Schmidt looks after marketing and creative. Monk tagged the brand on her Instagram account around 2019, and there was a huge spike in traffic to the website and sales. “We While the siblings work together, they have specialised roles.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 3, 2022

If you’re interested in the fashion business and looking for a lucrative business venture in that realm, one of the best business ideas is to start your blog with fashion advice, reviews from the beauty industry, and other lifestyle content. High-Fashion Reseller. Own a Blog. Virtual bookkeeping business. App Developer.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

In a crowded market like the home fragrance category, where everyone from fast fashion and beauty brands to discount department stores and pharmacists are selling candles, it’s near impossible to create and retain cut-through, much less develop an iconic brand synonymous with luxury and quality like 60-year-old Parisian brand Diptyque.

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Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

Consider whether the budget is for the entire company or specific segments, such as the e-commerce division or the wholesale part of the business. At home, the gift budget may need to be significantly higher in December than in January to account for holidays. Confirm how much of the business the budget will encompass.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Bütema offers mobile ERP solutions for the fashion and lifestyle trade as well as for wholesalers. Apps for staff scheduling, for example, allow branch staff to take over or fill shifts independently, view duty rosters and time accounts in real time or submit holiday applications digitally.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Started on a whim in 1999, Ksubi has grown into a globally recognised fashion brand worn by the likes of Kendall Jenner and Travis Scott. They had the licence for an eyewear company called Blind, and they took a stall at Sydney Fashion Week in 1999. The founders didn’t follow the traditional fashion trends. Ksubi CEO Craig King.

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