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L.L.Bean Expands to Dillard’s and Moosejaw, Plans 4 New Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Retail TouchPoints

The outdoor goods retailer also will add Dillard’s and Moosejaw to its key U.S. wholesale accounts, along with 10 independent specialty retailers in the southeastern U.S. We’re grateful to be in a position to expand our retail presence and build new wholesale relationships in order to serve more customers.”

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Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Specialty Retail (2021)

Retalon

Business Specific Analytics and AI for Specialty Retail. The word “retail” gets used interchangeably as if all retailers are all the same. Once you start “peeling the onion”, you quickly discover that each retailer has business-specific considerations that are critical for their business. Not that much.

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Mattress Firm Files for IPO 6 Years After Going Private

Retail TouchPoints

After going private in 2016, the chain hit a few bumps in the road, including an accounting scandal that saw the resignation of the current CEO. Today, the retailer operates 2,353 locations and said in its filing that “we are nearly twice the size of our next largest competitor (based on U.S. In its fiscal year ended Sept.

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Why it’s good to be a mall operator in the Philippines right now

Inside Retail

SM Prime is not just a developer and operator of garden-variety malls: it develops whole ‘lifestyle cities’ with residential, office, hotel, convention and entertainment uses integrated with enclosed malls, markets and retail high streets. The specialty retail group, consisting of 1660 stores, has experienced a same-store sales increase of 6.0

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How 99 Bikes plans to return to profit with an electric-powered push

Inside Retail

Australian specialty retailer 99 Bikes has announced its B Corp certification as the business continues to backpedal from its $12.4 Electric shock to profits The popularity of electric bikes and scooters has been a key driver of revenue for the business recently, with electric bikes accounting for 99 Bike’s biggest growth category. “We

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Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Retail (2021)

Retalon

Once you start “peeling the onion”, you quickly discover that each retailer has business-specific considerations that are critical for their business. For instance, Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. Last year’s data is not reliable. Rolling assortment?

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

Here are interesting data from the National Retail Federation report to help you assess how big the retail industry is: Retail supports 1 in 4 American jobs, which is over 50 million American workers. The contribution of the retail industry reaches around $1 trillion Direct Labor Income. economy is retail, now you know.