Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Contactless shopping, delivery, and curbside pickup — once a public health necessity — have now turned into conveniences many consumers regularly expect. Our tips for retail marketing will help you level up in 2023 for better sales and happier customers. This is just one of the many ways shopping has evolved. Nearly 80% of U.S.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

Skechers has selected actor Lawrence Wong as its Singapore brand ambassador for the second year running, in an ongoing effort to strengthen its appeal to a broad consumer demographic in the saturated market. As a result, there has been a surge of interest in footwear and apparel that provide great walking and running experiences. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

The athleisure market has been on the rise for many years, driven by factors, such as the casualisation of consumers’ wardrobes and the rise of sneakers and streetwear as aspirational style trends. Gen Z and millennials Behrens’ statement is likely to resonate with many Gen Z and millennial consumers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Athletic apparel company Lululemon Athletica has posted a revenue increase of 18 per cent to $2.2 per cent increase, the Canadian company is still performing much better than others in the retail market, especially during a time of rising consumer caution, according to Neil Saunders, MD of GlobalData.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2023

Executives are very focused on the consumer and are ever keen to understand what they want. Of course, this is how all retailers should operate; but the blunt truth is that so many have lost the basic skills of retailing and lack the attention to detail in the front end of the business. Neil Saunders is MD at GlobalData.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

New Balance recently revealed a new retail concept store at Paragon Shopping Centre in Singapore centred on experience and carrying a curated selection of footwear and apparel that caters to athletes and fashion enthusiasts. The open concept creates a space where consumers can shop cross-category to match their personal style.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Retail market landscape has seen significant changes in retail trends and shifts in consumer behavior since the coronavirus breakout, but the industry now appears more optimistic about the growth prospects. Retailers are also now tasked with turning temporary store hacks into longer-term standards.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

Here are four important fundamentals these retailers will need: Establish a core business advantage; Tie your advantage to a clear value proposition; Get your customer acquisition costs (CAC) and LTV in order; and Map a path for expansion and diversification. The most notable shift has been in VC’s emphasis on direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2021

] While live-streaming platforms may once have been reserved for gamers and their fans, luxury fashion brands are increasingly turning to this unique method of connecting with consumers. He believes retail marketers have overlooked gaming due to its digital nature and confusion about how a digital property can drive people into stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

While the latter may be true, excess inventory also has a silver lining of hidden pathways to optimizing excess inventory that lead straight to your bottom line through distribution in the off-price retail market. In the past, repurposing it required a meticulous approach that was equal parts complicated and time-consuming.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2022

Particularly encouraging about these results in the early going of 2022 is that they are partly based on a surge in apparel sales, a category in which department stores worldwide have been losing traction in recent years – a key factor in the decline of the sector outside of Korea. Retail sales are off to a flyer in Korea so far this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

Here are four important fundamentals these retailers will need: Establish a core business advantage; Tie your advantage to a clear value proposition; Get your customer acquisition costs (CAC) and LTV in order; and Map a path for expansion and diversification. The most notable shift has been in VC’s emphasis on direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 16, 2023

The virtual event will be held October 11 to 13 and seeks to let Meijer connect with suppliers that have sustainable products in the food, health and beauty, everyday essentials, pets, apparel, and general merchandise categories. Certified vendors with retail-ready products can apply by Aug. 25 for consideration here.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2023

Our regular Editors Perspectives column offer insights and opinions from the Retail TouchPoints editorial team as they dig into the latest trends in retail, marketing and tech. Is cynicism a natural facet of growing older? To be fair, for an industry that’s existed for over 10,000 years, “newness” is a tall order.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A few years ago, it seemed like every new brand making noise in the market was adopting a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model. The history and growth of DTC In the 2010s, early digital-native vertical brands (DNVB) such as Warby Parker and Glossier gained a lot of attention for their use of technology to reach consumers online.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

Retailers such as Macy’s and Columbia Sportswear are expanding their use of “breathable” and “cooling” fabrics in a bid to boost sales as record-high temperatures drive demand for clothing that can help consumers beat the heat.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Based on search data, consumers conduct more online searches around Black Friday than Cyber Monday. Retailers were cautiously optimistic going into Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year. apparel) in response to last year’s supply chain challenges. Looking at data from omnichannel retailers in the U.S.,

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

MAGIC , the leading industry connector for the trend and young contemporary markets, organized by Informa Markets Fashion, recently announced its 2022 event calendar, which includes the debut of a new event – MAGIC Nashville, aimed to expand the retail market and fill gaps between primary buying seasons.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

In the apparel vertical, the stakes involved in making accurate product forecasts have always been high. Retailers that order too much of a given product must discount to move merchandise in order to make space for the next season’s items — but if they order too little, they miss out on potential sales and disappoint their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is a direct and relatively simple means to take consumers to experiential landing pages where retailers and brands can share information about products, including new launches, recipes, instructions, promotions and more. This gives consumers an additional element of control in their online buying experience.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

To what extent can City Chic’s half-year results be attributed to external trends and changes in consumer behaviour? As reported by Inside Retail , the plus-sized womenswear retailer recorded a sales dip of about eight per cent to $168.6

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2020

The good news is that many digital retail marketers are successfully operating with agility. retailers, revenue across shopping and paid search campaigns grew 26% year-over-year in April, while return on ad spend (ROAS) improved 33%. Learn From: Apparel. What was once predictable is now actively in motion.

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Mass Relators

MAY 25, 2021

economy continues to rise as vaccination rates increase and as more consumers, as well as businesses and schools, begin to map their post-pandemic paths forward. A recent “Future of Style” event, hosted by The NPD group, explored the major trends affecting global industries, including beauty, accessories, apparel, footwear, and sports.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2021

This will allow us to improve the quality of our brand activations within Woolworths and drive greater strategic alignment across all consumer touchpoints,” Shedden said. Maedar, who has expertise in the international retail market and in premium and luxury brands,is the CEO of The KaDeWe Group, which he joined in 2014.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2022

shows that the sportswear market in 2021 was almost entirely recovered to pre-pandemic sales. This was mainly fuelled by Chinese consumers, who accounted for nearly 23 per cent of the growth, followed by the US market at 15 per cent. The post Inside the rise of activewear in China appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2021

In Q1, online sales for fashion apparel were up 50% year-over-year, and online jewelry sales were up 35% year-over-year. What does all of this mean for marketers in the weeks ahead, and even beyond? We are experiencing market rebounds across categories. Udayan Bose is Founder and CEO of NetElixir.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Of course it also sports your typical mid-end brands, such as the athletic apparel and footwear stores. The format is far from saturated and the global economy is likely to slow in 2023, increasing consumers’ motivation to look for bargains. Retail sales had been in freefall seemingly without a parachute for almost four years.

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I Vend

JUNE 26, 2020

Leading winter apparel and travel accessory retailer, COLDWEAR has just joined the growing iVend Retail network. Get future ready Supported by an innovative parent company, COLDWEAR has fast become a leader in the retail sector in Southeast Asia with 13 stores in Singapore and Indonesia.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 29, 2022

It uses post-consumer water bottles that are ground into chips, melted into a fiber filament, and turned into fabric to make apparel. We know an increasing number of consumers are shopping consciously to live a more sustainable lifestyle, which filters down to their pets,” Petzak said.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Generally speaking, larger companies have merchandisers that are able to work closely with retail marketing teams to create displays that fit in with brand’s overall image and goals. Independent retailers have control over their own displays and can create them without the constraints of a brand’s guidelines.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2023

The virtues of composable commerce and the emerging possibilities of generative AI were key themes of this year’s Connected Consumer Series , Resilient Retail: How Efficient, Effective and Engaging CX is Fueling Growth. Retailers] have to get their transaction engines to the cloud to achieve those visions.”

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Demand is an economics concept that describes the willingness of consumers to purchase a specific product at a specific price. Therefore, demand forecasting is a statistical prediction of the willingness of consumers to purchase specific products, at a specific price, in a specific time frame. Demand Forecasting Methodologies.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In fact, recent McKinsey industry research found that when delivery (fulfillment) times are too long, almost half of consumers will shop elsewhere. It used to be that consumers mostly shopped at stores geographically close to them. Optimizing the order fulfillment process flow – 5 retail operations. Why is this happening?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2020

Influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful method for building brand awareness, trust and overall reputation. And today, with consumers spending more time scrolling through visual social networks like Instagram to discover new trends, brands and products, influencers have the potential to affect more retail sales than ever before.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 25, 2021

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2021

While discussions on diversity, inclusion and social responsibility have come to the forefront in retail over the last year, the billion-dollar market for adaptive and inclusive apparel remains largely untapped — but that’s changing. “In It was all about test, learn, iterate. We learned that we couldn’t make assumptions.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While the threat of Omicron is plaguing retailers and making them wonder what will come next, consumers are excited to kickstart their spring and summer shopping. According to a study on “The State of Retail Consumption 2022,” over half of customers across the globe say they are confident in visiting retail stores.

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