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Endless aisles in Retail: How does it work?

Tokinomo

However, brick-and-mortar is not dead and many shoppers still prefer to buy in-store. One of the biggest issues when shopping in-store is the low stock of products. Due to the finite space, retailers need to have a smaller stock of products compared to eCommerce retailers. A lot of consumers got used to online shopping.

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New Zealand’s Deadly Ponies to open first Australian store

Inside Retail

Launched in 2005, the brand designs products in New Zealand with the majority of stock produced at its own eco-atelier in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to ensure total transparency over the sourcing and supply of its pieces. The store is scheduled to open on August 4 on High Street in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale.

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Patagonia founder gives away company to help fight climate crisis

Inside Retail

The company’s voting stock is being transferred to the Patagonia Purpose Trust while non-voting stock had been given to the Holdfast Collective, a non-profit dedicated to fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature. I am dead serious about saving this planet.”. We’re making Earth our only shareholder.

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Kmart MD talks Target merger, shrinkage, and adapting to customer behaviour

Inside Retail

Labour, leases, and clearance stock So, what are those levers? According to Bailey, the Kmart Group business has three main costs which it can reliably predict: labour, leases, and clearance stock. We feel that we have enough levers at our disposal to be able to continue to do that.”

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The Party People aims to revamp the shopping experience with AR mirror

Inside Retail

It can be used as its own pop-up store, on dead space like a wall, in a shop window that’s closed for some literal window shopping, or even on a store under construction so people can interact or shop with a brand before it opens.” It can also be put in unused spaces and we use e-commerce fulfillment so it’s no stock requirement.

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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ Analyzing over 80 different rigorous peer-reviewed studies on DTC, we discovered a few common insights that prove the DTC model isn’t dead, it’s just evolving and, in fact, it could still be a great way for smaller brands to build customer engagement.

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Bespoke Hat Maker Marcel Rodrigues opens pop-up on Savile Row

Retail Focus

What’s more, his clothing line is crafted using either 100% renewable energy, sustainably sourced cloth or dead stock. Instead, Marcel Rodrigues utilises materials already available to him. All hats will be made on Savile Row from start to finish and they will have an exclusively designed Savile Row lining.