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BJ’s Wholesale Club Positions Smaller Store Concept as ‘Innovation Lab’

Retail TouchPoints

BJ’s Wholesale Club is testing out a smaller store format called BJ’s market. The first 43,000 -square-foot concept store opened in Warwick, R.I. BJ’s market will offer the same product sizes and pricing as BJ’s club stores, as well as the same omnichannel services such as curbside pickup and same-day delivery.

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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

The company’s wholesale business is still thriving, but now it’s only part of an omnichannel strategy that includes ecommerce , social commerce and marketplaces. Loyalty to those stores used to be 100% — a top customer would go to Neiman Marcus for everything and not go anywhere else. Introducing DTC Without Damaging Wholesale.

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In for a penny, in for a pound: Thailand’s Central bets big on wholesale

Inside Retail

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail (CRC for short) has launched full-on into the wholesale business under the name Go Wholesale, and is planning to give CP Axtra — parent company of retailer Lotus’s and wholesaler Makro — a run for its money. Average store size is a little over 5,300 square meters.

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Woolworths plans $370 million rebrand, upgrade of its NZ store network

Inside Retail

Woolworths Group is to rebrand its chain of 194 Countdown stores in New Zealand under the Woolworths name. The rebranding is part of a $370 million, three-year transformation plan for the company which will see older stores revamped and an upgraded customer loyalty program.

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‘Big plans’: Seafolly CEO talks international expansion

Inside Retail

Our focus has been to get our product and marketing strategies right with superior fits and top-tier campaigns,” Santamaria said. Excitingly we’ve seen double-digit growth across our retail, wholesale and online channels.”. We’re seeing significant growth in Singapore through our website and four Seafolly concept stores.

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Longchamp redefines its retail footprint with très chic Melbourne apartment

Inside Retail

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. “The billion in 2024.

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Inside Designworks’ four-pronged expansion strategy

Inside Retail

Designworks is the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, which recently merged with Pas Group to form a $600 million business in April. And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W. According to Norton, Designwoks plans to expand in four key areas. The market is holdings its breath.