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The Fusion of Food, Fashion and Gastronomy

Retail TouchPoints

We believe that the fusion between food, fashion and gastronomy are winning combinations, and will shape and change the future of retail as we know it. At the same time, during this last year small local grocers have had their fair share, benefitting from customers who prioritize proximity and the support of their local neighborhood trade.

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Ukraine Crisis: Retailers React With Direct Support, Charitable Efforts and Product Boycotts

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, reported claims that Italian fashion companies were seeking exemptions from Russian sanctions have been denied by officials, according to WWD. This may be the case for the Italian fashion industry, which had just kicked off Milan Fashion Week when the invasion started. Some liquor stores in both the U.S.

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Claire’s Aims High (and Wide) with Next-Gen Paris Store, U.S. Grocery Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

Claire’s is celebrating the opening of its next-generation store in Paris with a Fashion Week event on March 6, 2023 that will spotlight the brand’s partnership with fashion designer Nicola Formichetti and V Magazine. through a growing roster of consumer products partnerships with national and regional grocers.

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Sainsbury’s clothing, home and furniture boss to depart

Retail Gazette

Kasoulis joined the supermarket chain in May 2022 from John Lewis, where she held various leadership roles, including director of brand development and category director for fashion and beauty. Her career at John Lewis began in 1989 in fashion buying, and she later became brand director in 2009, followed by buying director for home in 2013.

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Let them eat $20 smoothies: How Erewhon is reinventing luxury groceries

Inside Retail

How the luxury grocery retail market blew up The market for luxury groceries is driven by three main factors: a growing disinterest in traditional luxury goods, the expansion of wellness culture, and the recent fashionability of food. There is a certain fashionability to food, especially with some of the younger DTC brands.

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NRF Hot 25 List Spotlights Fastest-Growing Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

Mexican grocer Chedraui , Raley’s Supermarkets and Primark Stores have topped the National Retail Federation’s 2023 Hot 25 Retailers list, which ranks the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S. 5; and Southern California retailer Superior Grocers added 22 Numero Uno stores in 2022, pushing it to No. Superior Grocers (up 30.1%) 7.

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M&S hires extra staff as it predicts ‘busiest Christmas’ at flagship online distribution centre

Retail Gazette

The fashion and food giant estimated that around 6m online orders would be picked and packed at the Midlands site, Retail Week reported. ” M&S overtook Waitrose for the first time outside the festive period in October, as it claimed the title of Middle Englands favourite grocer.

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