Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2024

With marketing spending at all-time highs for e-commerce businesses, it pays to know that customer acquisition costs can be virtually non-existent on Dropshipzone. Consider the B2B2C marketplace a virtual department store. Make ship happen with Dropshipzone What’s next?

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Online fashion giant Boohoo has revealed it doubled its market share in the UK and US since the start of the pandemic but profits plunged following heavy investment during the year. The hit to profits included higher shipping costs, which were £26 million higher than pre-pandemic levels. Sales rose 20% to £975.9

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Target’s comparative store sales were up 13 per cent in FY21, according to Pearson, and even more in the kids category, a key area where he sees an opportunity to gain market share. It’s enough to make him “really confident” that the department store is on its way to being a successful business again.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 22, 2023

He quickly realized that this community paid up, and they would come back and make their small payments that could be $5 or $10 at a time ,” said Ariela Nerubay, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Curacao in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. We don’t want to be just a store that sells stuff that everyone else sells ,” said Nerubay.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2021

Discount department store The Reject Shop’s full year results tell an interesting story – one of business suffering under the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, but also one of a strong reset to an ailing business model. Total sales in the chain fell 5.1 per cent over the course of FY21 to $778.7 million, well above the $1.1

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Australian fashion icon Seafolly is expanding its footprint around the world, launching a dedicated e-commerce offer in the United Kingdom, as well as the ability to ship to Canada and New Zealand. Our focus has been to get our product and marketing strategies right with superior fits and top-tier campaigns,” Santamaria said.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2023

Following its launch in Australia in 2016, Danish retail group Bestseller has firmly entrenched its presence in the retail market, with the company making strides in its sustainability and circularity initiatives. It works with more than 500 supply partners, with its products manufactured across over 800 factories.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, apparel and department stores are elevated. Department stores are normally at 11% , but they are currently near 14%. Sakai also suggested that retailers encourage curbside buy online, return in-store (BORIS) during and after the holidays. Most industries now have return rates close to normal levels.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Holiday hires will help retailers leverage their store-based omnichannel fulfillment capacity through buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store services. The pandemic has negatively impacted the department stores’ businesses. For its part, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Shipping woes. On top of the people shortage is a dramatic escalation in shipping costs. Shipping containers that carry almost 2 billion tonnes of fresh food, appliances and other products across the high seas annually were diverted and left stranded in the wrong places. per cent this year, the highest level in a decade.

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Retail Next

OCTOBER 24, 2019

One of the hottest trends in retail right now is BOSS: Buy Online and Ship to the Store for pickup (very similar to, but not the same, as BOPIS, or Buy Online, Pickup In Store). It’s the digital version, for us dinosaurs, of going to a department store and having them order the right size when something wasn’t in stock.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

Manufacturing on demand eliminates inventory, which in turn reduces the need for bulk shipping, distribution centres and storage. Consumers can simply order the clothes, and have them delivered or picked up in-store. Walmart’s past attempts to enter the fashion industry were unsuccessful.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Just last year, luxury department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue sold six different types of advent calendars; in 2023, that number tripled. One way that retail brands can navigate this issue is to invest in more eco-friendly packaging and shipping materials, both for their year-round and holiday-based product offerings.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

US department store chain Target is testing a new fulfilment method that promises to speed up the delivery of online orders by using its own delivery drivers from Shipt, a same-day delivery platform the retailer acquired for US$550 million in 2017. For years, Target has put our stores at the center of how we serve our guests.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

The company, which operates 246 bricks-and-mortar stores and a fast-growing online platform across the Best & Less and Postie chains in Australia and New Zealand, primarily targets women shopping for their families with its strong baby and kids apparel offering. For us, quality and value must go hand in hand,” Orrock said. “We

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 25, 2023

This isn’t terrible but, compared to growth in the clothing market as a whole, it represents something of an underperformance. However, we still believe that Levi’s is gaining share of the denim market, which is positive. Compared to the same period in 2019, revenue increased by a modest 1.9

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The retailer started the process of upgrading its backend systems in 2019, with the relaunch of its e-commerce site in Australia to one that was more responsive on mobile and could integrate better with third-party platforms, such as shipping and freight. “We The US market could be next on the list. Targeting global growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On the brick-and-mortar side, The Edit LDN has been selling high-end footwear at the iconic Harrods department store in Knightsbridge for a year, and plans to expand to a Galeries Lafayette in Doha, Qatar beginning Nov. We offer lots of added value for members, including pre-access to sneaker drops and free shipping within the UK.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

With over 200 stores and a slew of international brands, including Celine, Ganni, Levi’s and Reebok, United Arrows is one of the country’s largest select shops, which is a kind of mini department store. For the Japanese customer, the in-store experience is actually really important,” Sabré explained. Focus on Asia.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We saw a gap in the market for bedding that was an extension of your personal style, just like fashion. We envisioned a label in which shoppers could ‘see’ what they were buying properly, rather than touring packets of folded linen in department stores. HW: Traditionally, we shopped for sheets in department stores.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Department store Liberty even called out its record beauty calendar sales as factor behind its growing profits last year. But with the market now flooded and the cost-of-living impacting discretionary spend, is the advent calendar craze starting to wane? Consumers are also drawn to the value for money they represent.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9%

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 20, 2021

Citing people familiar with the plans, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon intends to open retail locations that would operate much like department stores, selling apparel, personal-technology gadgets, household items and other merchandise, and handling returns. .’s latest brick-and-mortar experiment. Penney and Sears.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This transition, coupled with the ongoing impact of the global pandemic, has necessitated a re-evaluation of strategies and approaches for businesses seeking to thrive in this evolving market. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has played a significant role in this shift, with safety concerns prompting many to avoid crowded department stores.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Not that long ago, walking into a carefully organised grocery market, hearing a pianist perform in the centre of a high-end department store, or having a retail associate help guide you represented a good retail customer experience. Customer expectations of engagement and experience in retail are changing equally quickly.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

The thing that I found really interesting about the luxury wellness market [in the US] is that it’s integrated into lifestyle in a big way,” Matt Newell, partner and CEO of The General Store, added. Department stores. “On One category that didn’t make the cut? But it’s not all about cars and bikes.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Without any speculation about the future of shopping in the flesh and the fate of the department store, let us examine why a mobile app is worth the investment, whether or not you also offer an amazing brick-and-mortar experience: The Perks of Push Notifications. Let’s face it, retail has been having a very tough time recently.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Consumer preference for online shopping continues to rise, as more purchases are being made online than in stores with each passing year. In 2019 , the total market share of online U.S. retail sales surpassed general merchandise sales for the first time in history.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2021

To be sure, some of the retailers debuting marketplaces are looking to compete directly with Amazon: Walmart , Target , Hudson’s Bay and the planned Debenhams marketplace (under new owner Boohoo Group ) are all essentially huge digital department stores with broad category reach. But this model is unlikely to work for most retailers.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The luxury retailer has launched a dedicated website for its EU customers and is now shipping to 15 countries on the mainland from a dedicated fulfillment centre in Belguim. It said that UK customers will also be able to ship products to their friends abroad, which historically accounted for nearly half of its EU deliveries.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2023

Product quality has become more important for online shoppers compared to two years ago, along with product cost, shipping cost, customer reviews, and authenticity. Categories like health and personal care and computers and electronics have a strong emphasis on product quality and authenticity.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2022

That first retailer was the upmarket Auckland department store, Smith & Caughey’s. The company broke into the Australian market five years ago after exhibiting at a gifts and homewares fair. A foray into the UK followed and in both markets, distribution partners ship to customers online and offline.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

Emsphere is also the latest illustration of how food and beverage has assumed the mantle previously worn by department stores as the mall anchor of choice. Who anchors this place anyway? The place is packed. It does everything a mall owner wants an anchor to do to draw foot traffic and generate sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2022

The Neighborhood Goods business model includes showcasing emerging digitally native brands via a constantly rotating product experience, both online and in its three brick-and-mortar locations (in Plano and Austin, Texas and NYC’s Chelsea Market). They can enter new markets and understand new analytics to potentially change course, if needed.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

This has been difficult for Costco as, being an international retailer, it often brings items it believes are ‘best in market’ from other countries. Shipping goods directly from each store could broaden the reach of what the business can realistically offer online.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the disruption to global shipping in the last six months, coupled with rising commodity prices and shortages, mean that goods are in short supply and expensive. The average cost of a 40-foot shipping container from China to the U.K. s trophy assets in the department store space and food retail. was $2,800.

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2022

When I look at how our luxury brands have embraced Tmall over the last three years, and how they’ve learned together with us to use digital innovation to communicate with their consumers, I think it’s really helped them, even in their home markets. There are people already in the market that are in your segment.

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