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Wesfarmers to merge back ends of Target, Kmart businesses

Inside Retail

Kmart will continue to be price-driven and Target largely centred on affordable apparel and soft home furnishings, he added. “I I don’t see us doing this from a position of weakness. It’s quite the opposite.”

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The Future of Shopping: What to Expect in 2032

Retail TouchPoints

By 2032, digital will be the most important area of their business, and sectors that today have remained relatively untouched — motor vehicles and parts, convenience stores, furniture/home furnishing stores, building material, and more — will have reinvented their digital posture and orientation.

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Braehead welcomes host of new brands

Retail Focus

Braehead, a leading retail and leisure destination, owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual Properties, has announced a string of recent and upcoming openings at the centre. Lids, which sells fan and fashion-oriented headwear and apparel across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, has signed on a c.1,000

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Devising an Optimal Returns Policy for Your Business

Retail TouchPoints

Devising a new returns policy, then, entails managing a series of trade-offs that vary from one business to the next. Mehmet Altug is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the School of Business at George Mason University. He has a PhD in Decision, Risk and Operations from Columbia Business School.

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Address Labor Shortages by Creating Attractive Retail Career Paths

Retail TouchPoints

I do think the nature of retail jobs will change, whether it’s [staffing] microfulfillment centers or just ship-from-store and BOPIS,” said David Ritter, Managing Director of the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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How Rebelstork Laid the Blueprint for Responsible Resale in a New Space — Baby Gear

Retail TouchPoints

I have a four-year-old and I have a one-and-a-half-year-old, and I saw the changes in the industry regarding resale in apparel, handbags, accessories, sneakers and home furnishing, but the baby industry was a little bit dated. There wasn’t an easy, hassle-free and safe way for parents to buy and sell their nice baby gear.

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Nike, Ikea, Asos join a growing list of global retailers spurning Russia

Inside Retail

Sportswear retailer Nike and home furnishings firm Ikea have shut down their stores in Russia, as the world responds to the rogue state’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.