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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. and will feature top-selling fresh foods, produce and seasonal products in what is designed to be a more convenient and efficient shopping space.

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How Korea’s big 3 department stores are killing it right now

Inside Retail

First quarter results for calendar year 2022 are in for the three biggest Korean department store retailers, and the numbers are encouraging. Shinsegae, Lotte, and Hyundai account for the top nine department stores in the country (coming in at number 10 is Galleria’s high-end flagship in Seoul). trillion KRW ($2.1

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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. It operates 164 wholesale units, of which all but 10 are in Thailand itself.

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Eat, shop, play, repeat: Behind Central Retail’s winning mall formula

Inside Retail

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail opened the doors to its second eat-shop-play lifestyle centre on the Thai island of Phuket on 6 October. The company’s latest business update for the Stock Exchange of Thailand states that The Chalong mall has 17,000sqm of net leasable area, and is anchored by an 8,000sqm Robinson department store.

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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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Walmart, TJX Provide a Few Bright Spots in Q3 Results

Retail TouchPoints

Several of the nation’s largest retailers, including Target , Macy’s , Gap and BJ’s Wholesale Club , struggled during Q3, with all reporting net sales declines and all but one showing a fall-off in comparable store sales. stores for both divisions). and a slight comp sales increase of 0.3%.

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How to Sell Wholesale Products Online

Independent Retailer

Online shopping rapidly grew during the height of the pandemic and continues to soar, and more small-to-medium sized businesses are shifting to ecommerce. If you are looking to take the plunge into wholesale, here is everything you need to know in order to find the best merchandise to sell online: What is a Wholesale Business?