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Are rental platforms making a fashionable comeback?

Inside Retail

For a period of time, fashion rental seemed to be the answer to rapid trend cycles and consumers’ need for once-off occasionwear. Rent The Runway had to pivot its value proposition after its stock dropped 90 per cent one-year post its IPO, and earlier this year Designerex went into voluntary administration before being acquired in July.

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Navigating Tariffs: How Retailers Can Mitigate Impacts and Protect Margins

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Tariff fluctuations have become a defining challenge for today’s retail landscape. From global supply chain disruptions to shifting consumer sentiment, the tariffs impact on retail prices is increasingly visible at both the checkout counter and the bottom line. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), U.S.

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Behind Apple’s price cuts and the competitive mobile phone market in Apac

Inside Retail

According to Reuters , the US tech giant slashed retail prices by as much as 500 yuan ($70) on select iPhone models. Apple’s price cuts come after the company chose not to raise prices for the iPhone 15 series during its September launch. So, spending on electronics has been significantly reduced.

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Is Price Matching the Right Strategy for You?

Wiser

For most, the answer will be price. The ability to compare prices, get the lowest prices, find good deals on products, and so on. The bottom line is that price is always top of mind for consumers. Then, a price match policy will give you those always-competitive prices you seek. If so, we’ll match.

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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

More retailers have since jumped on the bandwagon, with some entrants like Boots’ No7 advent building a waiting list of up to 226,000 people back in 2019. Stylus head of beauty Lisa Payne explains that the exclusivity of bagging an advent from one of the top luxury retailers helped to drive the craze at the beginning.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. n 2022, inflation drove prices and interest rates higher. And how can that not have an effect on consumers’ minds? Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. YOUR MIND.

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15 Facts You Need to Know About StockX the Billion Dollar Resale Platform

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon The resale market is one of the fastest growing segments of retail. One of the reasons it has grown so fast is that platforms like StockX make it easy for consumers to put up their coveted merchandise for sale in a secure and transparent manner. Adidas dropped a limited number of Campus 80s directly onto StockX.