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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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Candles to cleaning: Diptyque finds beauty “where no beauty is expected”

Inside Retail

Diptyque first launched as a home furnishings company 60 years ago before it began focusing mostly on fragrances and recently began selling tableware, candles, lighting and wall decorations in its own stores. Creating a home away from home.

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Cross-Channel Home Décor Retailing: 5 Take Away Lessons from The Game Changers

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans.