Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

While Urban Outfitters ’ assortment is designed for consumers in their teens and early 20s, Anthropologie provides a destination for consumers’ “next generation of life,” when they’re starting careers and families, according to Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Preis.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The space is the upper level of a three-level empty box, the two levels below having been left by upscale department store Bloomingdales , which closed in March 2021. It sits at the top of Third Street Promenade, a famous shopping, food and entertainment strip. These were underperforming stores that Covid gave a final push.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Australian retailers generally fared well over the last 18 months during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite temporary store closures as part of government-imposed lockdowns, although headwinds may be on the horizon. A look at consumer sentiment and spending . Consumer sentiment fell by 3 per cent to 81.2 Retail sales increased by 1.3

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The US-inspired shopping event – which sees retailers across the country offer deals and discounts to tempt customers and boost sales – kicks off the peak period, and is routinely one of the busiest days on the calendar for shops, large and small. Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s south east went all out for the shopping event.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Rising prices put a squeeze on consumer spending throughout the year, and although inflation has finally started to ease, shoppers sill remain cautious with Accenture research revealing 64% of UK adults plan to reduce their spending over Christmas. However, efforts to rejuvenate Oxford Street were ramped up this year.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The pandemic accelerated the shift to online, as more people relied on online grocery shops, eCommerce, and online services than ever before. With lockdowns forcing many shops to shut their doors and trade exclusively online, retailers were forced to get creative with how they engaged and communicated with consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Major department store, tick. Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. Platform is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter shopping centre – indeed, it acts as a platform for independent brands to thrive.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

Australian omnichannel direct-to-consumer retailer Institchu has been offering made-to-measure suits since it launched 10 years ago, but now it’s on a growth trajectory, with the launch of its software-as-a-service product, Taper, and entry into new product categories. They think, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to a department store.’

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

A generation that sees shopping as binary: “I want brand X, therefore I need to shop at store Y”. A generation that loves to shop online because it’s fun and convenient – and also because they are juggling work-life (im)balance, kids and life in the ’burbs. Obsessed with showcaser signalling and blinded by status.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

I just, I ended up feeling like I wrote a bad, squishy forecast, but there is part of me that wants to say, hey, the spirit of this was people aren’t gonna be shopping for products live on video and it’s not gonna be very meaningful.

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Retail Insider

MARCH 25, 2021

Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry. From fur farms to fast fashion, excess packaging to plastic coat-hangers – this is where the real action is. Three people sitting in France aren’t going to define this industry.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In this broad ranging interview, we cover his distinguished career, his opinion about the recent direct to consumer trends, and much more. He turned down Steve Jobs first request to serve on the Apple Board of Directors, and how he later helped Steve and Ron design the Apple retail store. His cameo on Breaking Bad.

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