Small Biz Trends

JUNE 29, 2025

Key Product Categories: Focus on key categories like electronics, home appliances, and fashion accessories for valuable deals that enhance productivity and create a comfortable work environment. Other tech items from brands like Dyson also feature substantial markdowns, offering you the latest in small business technology.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In addition to the rise of fast fashion and seasonal items, trend-driven products have further shortened product life cycles. learn more… Fewer Markdowns Minimize profit loss from excess inventory. For example, suppose a fashion retailer detects a sudden spike in demand for a particular style or color.

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Retail Dive

JULY 11, 2025

A company like Rack Room Shoes not only needs to deliver great value but needs to be very forward thinking in terms of trends and fashions. “The footwear market has been tough over the past few years as customers have become pickier about footwear and more budget conscious,” Neil Saunders, GlobalData managing director said in an email. “A

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Ive often imagined a fashion store laid out like IKEA, with themed rooms for work attire, weekend getaways or special events. If one stores best-selling sweater lags at another, you can shift stock accordingly and reduce markdowns. Occasion-Based Layouts: Sometimes it helps to think outside traditional categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Lifecycle pricing , which integrates base pricing, promotions and markdowns into one holistic strategy, can help merchants optimize their approach — especially as they strive to localize, and even personalize, experiences for consumers across all channels. Many times, markdowns are heavily weather related, especially for fashion retailers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

Ethical fashion label Arnsdorf has announced it will close down and has commenced a sale with markdowns to run out its inventory. The post Ethical fashion label Arnsdorf closes appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. “My energy is being directed to other places and it’s time to make space in my life for this.”

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Wiser

APRIL 7, 2020

Altering your price, particularly through markdowns, can be a smart strategy, but only if done correctly. Unsuccessful or excessive markdowns can lead to staggering losses in terms of missed revenue and a lower margin on your goods. What are Retail Markdowns? How to Implement a Markdown Strategy. Don’t believe us?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2021

These insights are a powerful way to gauge consumer demand for sustainable products with current and past sales data, identify the most profitable promotional strategies, and minimize markdowns and waste from the start. Businesses can then better predict and measure markdown results while dynamically updating markdown plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. The sourcing of raw materials, factory working conditions and the environmental impact of goods distribution matters — and it appears business leaders in fashion and retail are taking note. Greater demand forecasting. Recommerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But it’s still true that only a small fraction of the fashion retail market has put tactical plans into place to support this significant consumer base. That means brands and retailers need to tackle some of the innate legacy issues that have hindered inclusivity in fashion. billion in the U.S.

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Retail Dive

JULY 9, 2025

Dive Brief: Amid efforts to recapture market share, Lululemon is increasing markdown activity at “alarming rates” alongside strategic merchandise shifts that pose a risk to earnings, according to a Wednesday research note from Jefferies analysts shared with Retail Dive. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Please select at least one newsletter.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

TheDOM.com (DOM stands for Digital Off-Price Mall) will offer discounted designer fashion, streetwear and activewear from more than 90 leading Australian and international brands when it goes live in the second half of June, and there are plans to expand into additional categories, such as homewares, electronics and travel, in the future.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

When most fashion businesses first enter the market, there is no historical data to base their decisions on, so often they allocate the same number of units to every style. . Fashion merchandising best practice entails constantly keeping an eye out to identify your core products. Proactive markdowns. Tier your quantities.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As the fashion industry grapples with the pressing issue of waste reduction, brands are increasingly turning their attention to innovative solutions that can be implemented on a broader scale. A growing number of made-to-order brands includes Australian-based Citizen Wolf, Spanish fashion label Alohas, Benjamin Fox and Olivia Rose.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Hear the phrase ‘fashion waste’ and most people immediately associate it with the fast-fashion industry producing products with short lifespans, ultimately destined for landfills. Meanwhile, sustainable fashion business models like resale, rental and repair only unravel the post-consumer garment waste problems.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

New York fashion designer Lindsay Nicholas started her business seven years ago as a side hustle while working in marketing in Singapore. Here, we chat with Nicholas about what sets the New York fashion scene apart, how her business fared in Covid, and why she’s committed to physical retail. What brought you to Melbourne?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Returns are increasing labor costs due to inspection and restocking time and often cause markdowns, out-of-stock and logistics expenses to increase. A 3D modeling technology like True Fit, used in most online fashion sites, allows the consumer to get an accurate picture of the correct garment fit.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

“In the fourth quarter, we benefited from our disciplined inventory approach and compelling gift-giving strategy, which allowed us to provide fresh fashion and style at great values for all our customers,” said Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s in a statement. “We

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

From essentials – at the supermarket and the petrol pump, in the mortgage and in the power bills – to the not-so-essentials, such as the local café, the fashion boutique, the travel agent and the new car dealer. Tread carefully because markdowns will bite hard if you misjudge stock weights.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AI can identify the fastest retrieval routes, automate markdown processes, and provide real-time inventory insights, ultimately improving your margins. Loss prevention: AI combats retail shrinkage also, by integrating computer vision and motion analytics at self-checkouts, detecting suspicious activities and ultimately reducing theft.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption. Doesn’t that sound amazing?!

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Retail Wire

MAY 18, 2021

The fashion label is planning to offer additional features include customized patterns and logos over the next year. David Lauren, the company’s chief innovation and branding officer and vice chairman of the board, said that the customized polos will enable the company to reduce waste, limit inventory and cut markdowns on the brand.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Meanwhile, 54% of 25-34 year olds cut back on fashion spend due to either job or financial uncertainties, +12% higher than the typical UK shopper.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For discretionary retailers – fashion, homewares, sporting goods and the like – the balancing act is harder. Managing new opening price points, discounts, markdowns, and the resulting final margins in an inflationary environment is a challenge not faced by Merchandise Planners in the past 20 years.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While discounting strategies are often blamed for depleting fashion retailer’s already slim margins, markdowns can drive brand discovery among shoppers, grow ambient sales and increase long-term loyalty, the latest research from antuit.ai, the leader in SaaS Artificial Intelligence (AI) demand forecasting solutions, reveals.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 8, 2024

The retailer bolstered its online offer last month by adding 10 new third-party fashion brands to its website including Quiz, Yumi and Vanilla with more planned for later this year. It comes as Matalan saw its second quarter EBITDA skyrocket 30% to £47.9m, which it attributed to a tight control of markdowns, effective cost management and a 0.8%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2023

Rising materials and freight costs as well as stronger US dollar, inventory markdowns and higher promotion expenses have put pressure on margins in the sporting goods sector.

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Retail Times

MAY 13, 2021

versus FY2018/19), full-price comparable store sales grew by 7% as its focus on streetwear attracted younger shoppers and resonated well with consumers, and the reduction of markdowns boosted its brand equity.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Laura Inman, non-executive director at Super Retail Group and chair of Melbourne Fashion Festival. Non-executive director, Super Retail Group , and Chair, Melbourne Fashion Festival. All too often, especially if there are supply chain challenges, retailers will be reluctant to take the deep markdowns required to clear the stock.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 7, 2025

The fashion and home retail giant saw full price sales rise 11.4% Total group sales, including markdowns and investments, are still expected to reach 6.6bn up 5% on last year. Next has raised its annual profit forecast for the second time this year after warmer spring weather drove stronger-than-expected sales in the first quarter.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

Store grading – retail stores all come in different sizes and locations with varying customer demands: fashionability, location and price for example. Reduce markdown activity through planning width (number of options) and depth (units per option) of range. This is all managed by the store grading. More on this later.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s landscape, when a new fashion retail trend latches on, companies need to have the ability to make the right decisions quickly. So, why is advanced analytics so successful and what is the difference between the traditional approach and this new advanced approach to fashion analytics? Fashion Retail’s Unique Challenges.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

She referenced Michael Kliger, the CEO of German online luxury retailer MyTheresa, who said in a recent episode of The Business of Fashion podcast, We are not bidding for traffic I mean, I hope no one does anymore. Were not bidding for revenue. Many companies still bid for revenue. We are bidding for customers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

As Hirata remarked, “Often you can’t, that’s why brands do markdowns like discounts or sample sales, or even why inventory sometimes goes straight to the landfill.” In fact, that’s a large part of what drew Hirata to the brand. Prior to joining the team, had been acting in the role of chief executive officer at Diane von Furstenberg.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 20, 2023

a year earlier as the retailer attributed the improved profitability to its sales performance, tight control of markdown, effective cost management, and positive movements in input prices. Matalan has seen its revenue rise 0.8% to £288.6m in its second quarter despite the ongoing cost of living crisis dampening consumer spending habits.

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