Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2022

Key growth was seen in insulation apparel and rainwear categories in Australia as like-for-like sales increased by 12.4 The business says wholesale sales in this channel grew 95 per cent since its products were expanded to 200 outlets of BCF and Rebel stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The mass store closures prompted by COVID-19 in spring 2020 could have spelled disaster for equestrian specialty brand Kerrits , which had operated as a wholesale-only business for over 25 years. Once the pandemic hit, our wholesalers had to close their stores, and we had to rethink our entire email plan,” said Florin.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Puma appoints Daniel Pustina to head its Oceania business By Celene Ignacio Sports apparel retailer Puma has appointed Daniel Pustina as the GM of its Oceania business, effective January 2 next year. In his new role, Lotti will oversee all aspects of Nike’s design, from footwear and apparel to brand and retail concepts.

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Department Stores Net Profit Wholesale Fashion 130

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

Although HOKA has a burgeoning wholesale presence in Dick’s Sporting Goods , Nordstrom , REI and other retail partners, the brand’s inaugural flagship store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue is a “key brand milestone,” according to Brooke Lord, Vice President and General Manager of HOKA U.S.

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Sporting Goods Outdoor Consumer Wholesale 197

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Planning Wholesale Customer Experience Store Operations 273

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Lucky Brand is a wholesaler of dungarees and related lifestyle apparel as well as a retailer. While SPARC committed to keeping a minimum of 125 Brooks Brothers stores open as part of its purchase, the company did not disclose how many of the approximately 175 Lucky Brand locations it will continue to operate.

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Payment Services Wholesale Apparel Returns 264

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

Retargeting existing customers to boost conversions has always been a strong tactic for retailers, and it’s likely to become even more important as third-party cookies deprecate and more stringent privacy regulations go into effect. Natori also sells via wholesale channels, to luxury retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.

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Department Stores Wholesale Finance Apparel 223

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2020

The IP deal is valued at $90 million and includes the option to purchase inventory related to the e-Commerce and wholesale businesses at an additional cost. If that situation were to occur, a newly formed company called ABG-Lucky LLC would acquire the Lucky Brand intellectual property (IP) and “certain other assets.”

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Finance Wholesale Apparel Planning 190

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

The brand was even able to sell 100,000 units by offering digital apparel for avatars inside of Zepeto. We went through the big digital experiment [over the past two years] and there was a conversation of whether that was the future. But we’ve seen that isn’t sustainable.”

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Department Stores Wholesale Consumer Fashion 254

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

The power of omnichannel retailing is well documented: even primarily DTC companies are realizing that they can benefit from flagship stores to enable brand discovery and build loyalty among customers in high-profile cities. looked for a partner when it opened its first physical location in May.

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Location Visual Merchandising Store Operations Wholesale 193

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Retail, Wholesale and Distribution leader in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies.

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Merchant Services Advertising Apparel Consumer 258

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Fast forward to 2024, it has expanded into apparel while leading the retail industry in sustainability measures. It definitely changed the game for us as an e-commerce brand, especially in [terms of] customer experience and acquisition. Paire first launched in 2020 with a single product, socks.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 31, 2023

Nordstrom operates in one of the hardest categories in retail, apparel and accessories. Apparel and accessories are among the most competitive sectors in all of retail. But now the apparel sector looks quite different. Why should a brand sell wholesale when it can sell directly to its customers? Competition.

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Apparel Department Stores Wholesale Beauty and Health 97

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We can be more; we can give our customers more. Wholesale will remain a foundation of the Wilson business. “We We have no intention of doing anything other than growing with [our wholesale partners],” said Devin, but this year the company also debuted its first-ever permanent brick-and-mortar store.

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Sporting Goods Wholesale Location Planning 162

Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Wholesale Central has some helpful tips indie retailers can follow: Utilize a Product Information Management System. Create a More Customized Shopper Experience. According to the National Retail Federation, apparel had a higher rate of return than most other product categories.

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Returns Customer Retention Wholesale Fashion 85

Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of everyday basic apparel. Burger is a high-energy, results-oriented CHRO with more than 25 years of demonstrated business experience. Tracey Brown, executive vice president and president, Walgreens retail and chief customer officer. She formerly served as CHRO with Hanesbrands Inc.,

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Beauty and Health Customer Experience Wholesale Consumer 52

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2024

The apparel retailer is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint with plans to open at least 14 new stores in 2024, bringing its store count to nearly 100. Additionally, Untuckit has officially entered the wholesale market following a pilot program with Macy’s that began in November 2023. “We retail setting. retail setting.

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Wholesale Shipping Boutique Finance 130

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

One way that OTB funds can be managed is by categories, such as women’s wear in the apparel department. Consider whether the budget is for the entire company or specific segments, such as the e-commerce division or the wholesale part of the business. Decide at which level the budget will be set. Set your budget review interval.

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Planning Markdowns Merchant Services Payment Services 41

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

One way that OTB funds can be managed is by categories, such as women’s wear in the apparel department. Consider whether the budget is for the entire company or specific segments, such as the e-commerce division or the wholesale part of the business. Decide at which level the budget will be set. Set your budget review interval.

Planning 41

Planning Markdowns Merchant Services Payment Services 41

Independent Retailer

APRIL 5, 2022

Deliver Positive In-Store Experiences. Now is more important than ever to deliver personalized customer experiences to keep spirits up and shoppers coming back to stores. Raydiant’s third annual State of Consumer Behavior Report highlights the importance of in-store experiences and what exactly shoppers are looking for.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

Putting an emphasis on creating a great customer experience while also giving back to the world is common practice for retailers today, but Kendra Scott has been taking this approach since it was created two decades ago. It keeps boiling down to the same thing. That ultimately leads to conversions. Online is no different.

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Jewelry Wholesale Customer Experience Fashion 264

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How does Impossible Kicks differentiate its customer experience from other retailers’? John Mocadlo: We make it an attainable luxury experience. If you go into a Champs or Foot Locker , you’ll try on a shoe and then they’ll move you along like any other customer.

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Customer Experience Fulfillment Fashion Wholesale 246

Retail Minded

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Equally, brands that provide next/same-day deliveries, or practical alternatives such as click-and-collect, buy online pickup in store (BOPIS), curbside collection and buy online return in store (BORIS) tend to attract more customers and establish longer-term bonds of loyalty and repeat purchases. Examples of D2C Success .

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Consumer Wholesale Fulfillment Apparel 98

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Retailers, particularly those in the apparel, footwear and soft goods verticals, have an opportunity to turn the lemons from COVID-19 into lemonade, according to Keith Jelinek and Richard Maicki, Managing Directors in the Performance Improvement Practice of Berkeley Research Group (BRG).

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Drop-Shipping Merchant Services Fulfillment Shipping 184

Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

32:27] They’re they’re doing more to allow individual shop owners to change the look and feel and optimize their customer experience in more ways. That are codeless which is you know what most Shopify sites want so I think they made a lot of progress in their in their flexibility on their user experience.

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Shipping Merchant Services Fulfillment Wholesale 98

Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

Sneakers and they we’ve authenticated them there’s a lot of companies that do this in handbags who’s the one that does it for apparel. We could put all your apparel you want to sell in a bag and they’ll take it and. Scot: [4:38] Brickell all right so anything else I need to run jump in the news.

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Drop-Shipping Shipping Fulfillment Merchant Services 52

Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over a billion in gmv which is to say the direct to Consumer wholesale and the value of their licensing business in the market was over a billion dollars. You’re back into fashion as much as I really thought that there was this route there’s a unique opportunity with lucky they were. Scot: [57:47] Yeah.

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Merchant Services Consumer Fashion Marketing 52

Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Is Rev share with designers so what that means is instead of buying it at the wholesale price and then them renting it a bunch of times, they’re getting it free or at a very low cost from the design house and then they’re sharing the profits with those those those brands. [51:26] So and it’s a very. [49:23]

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Advertising Merchant Services Payment Services Finance 52

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Fashion apparel. Those efforts can help increase customers’ satisfaction with purchases and translate into fewer returns, which leads to reductions in transportation and packaging and creates a smaller carbon footprint. Fewer returns also may drive cost savings that can help fund AR experiences and other CSR initiatives.

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Merchant Services Beauty and Health Returns Consumer 232