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“It’s been an awesome journey”: Marcus Crook on founding HoMie

Inside Retail

I thought there’s got to be a better way to deal with excess stock than sending it to landfills in Ghana. In 2018, we had some product left over from our VIP Days [where the brand closes its doors to the public and invites young people experiencing homelessness to shop for free HoMie garments].

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Working with head of marketing and growth, Anna Metcalfe, she told Inside Retail that the goal of the new boutique store is to offer something different to the usual lingerie shopping experience. It’s a personal shopping experience that’s high-end, but at an affordable price point, [and] we think we’ve got a good niche market going.”.

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‘Like a ghost town’: Retailers react to the Omicron wave

Inside Retail

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. MW: To increase efficiency, we now ship online orders from the store, but none of our stores have been able to open back to normal trading.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

Shipping delays. Trans-Pacific cargo ships face bottlenecks in major ports like Los Angeles, and these shipping delays threaten access to merchandise. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’ Out-of-stocks. Source: SEI. 2 Unglesbee, Ben. Retail Dive.

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The Fragrance Shop (TFS) partners with BetterCommerce to improve the customer experience

A1 Retail

The Fragrance Shop (TFS), a UK fragrance retailer, has over 150 fragrance brands and 200 stores. Covid-19 had a significant impact on The Fragrance Shop, with over 200 stores closing down for approximately 25 weeks. Covid-19 had a significant impact on The Fragrance Shop, with over 200 stores closing down for approximately 25 weeks.

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WHAT IS FUELING THE REBIRTH OF PHYSICAL STORES?

Retail Minded

For example, Target recently reported that as much as 75% of its online orders involved their stores in some capacity: be that buy online, pickup in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, ship from store, local home delivery from store stock, or even buy online, return in store (BORIS).

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12 Stockroom Organization Ideas and Guidelines to Implement in Your Retail Store

Retail Times

It’s where your management office will be located, where you’ll receive shipments, where your staff will first discover the exciting new inventory, and where your extra stock will live. Manage it right, and the stockroom will help you run a tight ship. Once she “ found a dead mouse in a ‘return to vendor’ pile!” .