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‘Ghost stores’ plaguing Australian consumers with false claims, warns ACCC

Inside Retail

Businesses misrepresenting themselves as Australian fashion retailers are defrauding Australian consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warns. Consumers can contact banks or payment providers to check if transactions can be stopped or reversed if products have already been purchased.

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Exclusive: Klarna Adds Customer Perks with Gifting Platform Partnership

Retail TouchPoints

Digital shopping and payments app Klarna has partnered with the Nift gifting platform, offering Klarna users a choice of gifts at key points in the purchase cycle in categories including fashion, jewelry, restaurants, music and home goods. The Nift offering is now available to all U.S. Klarna users. and the UK.

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Three trends shaping the luxury retails sector in 2025

Inside Retail

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to a 2024 report released by global management consulting firm Bain & Company, this market dropped two per cent from an all-time high of US$387 billion to US$381 billion.

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Parachute to close 19 stores this year, shift away from ‘massive storefronts’

Retail Dive

In April, a customer service representative confirmed via live chat that the Flatiron location would close. At the time, founder Ariel Kaye said "we see Parachute stores as an integral part of the overall customer experience as well as the long-term success of the brand." Can Amazon win them over? Many will end up making them stronger.

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Free returns are often a deal breaker for consumers

Retail Dive

The fashion industry experiences more returns than any other, with over two-thirds of consumers returning clothing or footwear in the past year. The fashion industry experiences more returns than any other, with over two-thirds of consumers returning clothing or footwear in the past year. By Caroline Jansen • Oct.

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Sportsman’s Warehouse to pull forward holiday shipments to skirt tariffs

Retail Dive

Can Amazon win them over? Women’s Wear Daily ‘Fragrances Are the New Sneakers’: How Perfume Became a Teen Status Symbol Chain Store Age Primark to expand in new states — here’s where View all Events 09 JUL Webinar | 2 p.m. By Retail Dive Staff • Jan.

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Kohl’s brings back summer sale coinciding with Prime Day

Retail Dive

Can Amazon win them over? Women’s Wear Daily ‘Fragrances Are the New Sneakers’: How Perfume Became a Teen Status Symbol Chain Store Age Primark to expand in new states — here’s where View all Events 09 JUL Webinar | 2 p.m. By Nate Delesline III • Feb.