Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Under lenient returns policies, retailers tend to be too quick to blame high returns on so-called “opportunistic renters” — consumers who buy with the intention of returning the item rather than keeping it. Devising a new returns policy, then, entails managing a series of trade-offs that vary from one business to the next.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

The note also predicted apparel retailers will be the largest group impacted by growing e-commerce. UBS said nearly 21,000 apparel retailers could close. Consumer electronics is another category poised to endure closures, with nearly 8000 predicted to shut their doors.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

The company was founded to simultaneously fulfill a consumer need and do good in the world by giving a second chance to traditionally short-lived baby gear, and it handles everything from pickups to confirming the quality of items prior to selling. “I

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Cusack was previously head of international business at menswear specialty retailer Retail Apparel Group. At Alibaba, Liu served as general manager of Tmall Fashion and Luxury from 2012 to 2019, which grew to become China’s largest fashion business-to-consumer online platform under her leadership. She joined Alquemie last month.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Even though things may look a little different this year in terms of what consumers are buying and how much money they are spending, studies are showing that retail spending numbers are still up. Online retail, up 1.2%, continues to perform alongside home furnishings and DIY stores, up 1.1% Slow Holiday Sales Growth.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

in August, as consumers spent more on apparel, electronics and home goods, the Commerce Department reported today. Economists had expected a pull-back in consumer spending in August on concerns about the Delta variant and as persistent supply-chain disruptions made some merchandise hard to find. WASHINGTON – U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

That means more consumers are venturing out into the world — and going back into stores. Research from Springboard points to similar results: the company’s latest Retail Consumer Survey indicated that 56% of consumers were “very” or “completely comfortable” visiting brick-and-mortar destinations, a steady increase from the 50% figure in May.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 13, 2021

Reardon spent the last decade with Macy’s, retailer of apparel, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings and other consumer goods under the Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury banners. She served as Macy’s chief marketing officer from 2012 through 2016.

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VMS

JANUARY 30, 2022

Tenspace (Columbus, Ohio) offers digital native and direct-to-consumer brands, like sports apparel brand Rudis, a physical space to test store concepts and brand activations. Los Angeles-based apparel and accessories brand ban.do The big-box home furnishings retailer made the move to expand the program in the U.S.

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Retalon

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some examples of typical inventory turnover ratios by retail vertical: Automotive parts: 15-20x Bookstores: 3-4x Clothing and accessories: 4-6x Consumer electronics: 8-15x Department stores: 3-4x Pharmacies: 12-15x Home improvement: 5-8x Rather than target a specific turnover number, focus on improving turnover consistently over time.

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Retail Next

AUGUST 12, 2020

As a consumer, I always look forward to the January and July sales. Traffic trends across categories are still down to last year, however, jewelry and home continue to be the brightest spots. Jewelry & home were -30-40% while traffic to apparel and shoe stores continued to struggle with worse trends.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 22, 2022

JD.com sells a range of products from electronics to food to apparel and has over 550 million active customers. Speaking about this Xu Lei JD.com’s CEO said : we “can only service certain number of consumers. They sell a range of goods from food to beauty to home furnishings. In 2021 JD.com generated revenues of $149.3

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Retail Gazette

JULY 24, 2023

The experience-led store includes a studio space offering free workout classes and a Joe and The Juice café, alongside the opportunity to shop its wide range of fitness apparel and accessories. You won’t be able to take all the furniture back home. We are serving our consumers and brands in a way that we haven’t done before.”

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Sure, there are the expected complaints about service, but more and more we are hearing consumers complain about the in-store experience being underwhelming and too much of the same-old, same-old. A sign like this is perfect for a fabric, quilt or even an apparel shop. This display at Cocoon works the “power of three”. Food is Good.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

It did and then, furnishings and furniture and Home Furnishings grew at 21 percent so about the industry average and again because of all the money people spend on their homes I kind of would have expected that to be higher so those two things.

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Retailers now compete with social media networks for eyeballs Apparel has shifted from designer led to consumer led, as evidenced by the meteoric rise of Shein. We’re so very grateful to our audience, both for the time you have shared with us, and for generous opinions, feedback, and knowledge that many of you have shared.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

And two categories that were down for the year we’re home furnishings and electronics which is interesting to me in a little surprising. Overall e-commerce hit like our two-year forecast so it was a doubling not a 10 Xing. [14:00] Scot: [16:32] Risk is a Wayfarer has really picked up nicely. percent today. [36:06]

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