Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Indian retail conglomerate Reliance Retail has introduced an app in India to sell Sheins fashion products through a licensing agreement, marking the Chinese brand’s return after a five-year ban due to diplomatic tensions. This stand-alone app will be expected to compete with other fashion retailers like Walmart-owned Myntra.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The aim is also to free up staff to focus on more creative tasks, such as predicting fashion trends based on the analysis that Delphine generates. Using AI for returns optimisation Another growing supply-chain issue for retailers is returns. Businesses are getting increased returns every year. per cent vs 10 per cent).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Fashion brands Ann Taylor and Loft are headed back to Canada via a series of shop-in-shops at Hudson’s Bay stores across the country. Loft shop-in-shop at Hudson’s Bay in Canada. 24, Hudson’s Bay locations have exclusively hosted 30 shop-in-shops featuring an Ann Taylor collection and 60 featuring Loft.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

After a four -year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show will make its return on Sept. Victoria’s Secret pioneered the idea of a lingerie fashion show in 2001 and turned the annual event into a nationwide television spectacle. Earlier this year , executives hinted at a return.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 5, 2025

Topshop has sparked fresh excitement among fans by hinting at a potential return to bricks-and-mortar retail on Londons iconic Oxford Street. The popular fashion retailer shared a video on Instagram featuring London Mayor Sadiq Khan calling for the brand to make a comeback to the famous shopping destination.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In fashion, where the majority of brands design up to only a size 16, the plus-size market (women who wear size 18-plus) is often neglected, leaving limited options for millions of women. Lack of representation in marketing When plus-size women shop, they rarely see models who look like them.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

In addition to rapid advances in AI that have brought the technology into the mainstream, Stitch Fix also has struggled to maintain its first-mover advantage in the world of subscription fashion, with a host of new entrants pulling away clients and market share. explained Funderburk. The response has been really positive, said Funderburk.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2021, returns cost retailers a whopping $761 billion , or almost 17% of total U.S. This year the powerful combination of the special sale dates in Q4 (like Target, Amazon and Walmart holding October Black Friday events) and an increase in ecommerce holiday shopping means that this upward trend for returns will continue.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2024

Reshop , a platform that provides instant refunds (not store credit) to shoppers returning items from participating retailers, has debuted with retailer partners including Steve Madden and Alo Yoga. With Reshop, customers can receive instant refunds — offering them greater flexibility, control and confidence to shop again right away.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

Athletic-inspired fashion retailer Hibbett is adding Happy Returns Return Bars to its more than 1,100 Hibbett and City Gear stores across the U.S., allowing online shoppers to quickly return items from hundreds of retailers without the need for boxes or labels. That partnership has since been expanded chainwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Rakuten has returned to New York Fashion Week and is offering its members exclusive items for pre-sale from the runway shows of designers Prabal Gurung , Sergio Hudson , Patricia Bonaldi ( PatBO ) and Rachel Scott ( Diotima ). The items will be revealed in the designers’ respective shows during NYFW, which kicks off Feb.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Australia and New Zealands leading pureplay online fashion, lifestyle and sporting destination has had a year of evolution; with seemingly smooth transitions overhauling the businesss order warehouse management system (OWMS), building a new B2B platform business and tackling the intricate returns issue.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

It’s not a mirage; Barneys is returning to NYC, but only temporarily. The unique collaboration includes an extraordinary Hourglass & Barneys pop-up experience featuring an exciting curation of fashion and beauty brands, limited-edition products, exclusive merchandise, guest appearances, cultural events and more.”

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 19, 2025

The online fashion giant’s account closures have left many shoppers confused and frustrated, sparking a wave of customers rushing to social media to complain. “We We recently closed the accounts of a small group of customers whose shopping activity has consistently fallen outside our Fair Use policy,” Asos told Retail Gazette.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

In 2014, fashion veteran Christopher Molnar decided to go after a white space he felt was being overlooked by the big fashion houses — premium essentials. Molnar grew up in the fashion business — his father helped launch Hugo Boss into North America in the ‘70s. Product that Delivers on its Promise.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

For many years, permissive returns policies have been the norm in ecommerce. For the post-holiday season just past, it’s estimated that the total value of returned goods will be around $171 billion. retailers were revisiting their returns policies as of late 2022. With numbers like these, it’s no wonder that most U.S.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

To date, only three UK retailers have ever made it into the 1bn profit club – and fashion giant Next has just become the fourth member. In fact, the retail boss seems to downplay that Next is only one of two fashion retailers to ever hit the prestigious 1bn threshold. growth in sales. growth in sales.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2025

Thailand’s malls are more than just shopping centres; they are also lifestyle attractions. The rise of retail hubs Thailand’s retail landscape has experienced major developments in recent years, with several new shopping malls opening across the country. Luxury shopping destination Emsphere opened in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2022

It’s been another year of record-breaking ecommerce sales combined with unprecedented snarls across shipping and inventory ecosystems, so it should come as no surprise that return rates for 2021 are expected to have gone through the roof. Getting at the Root of Apparel and Footwear Returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2024

Century 21 has expanded its partnership with livestream shopping app ShopShops to bring the iconic New York City retailer to TikTok Shop. As the exclusive livestream partner of Century 21, ShopShops provides full operational services and also is an official TikTok Shop partner. “We

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Westfield Knox in Victoria will open a new fashion retail precinct later this year, which will serve as home to popular brands including Uniqlo, JD Sports, Glue Store, and General Pants Co. “We’re The new fashion retail precinct is part of the last stage of Westfield Knox’s $355 million redevelopment plan.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

In the world of fashion, it has been speculated that it could be possible that future designs on the runways of London, Milan, New York and Paris, could come from generative artificial intelligence programs. According to Sarah Neill, CEO and founder of Mys Tyler , the world of fashion has been ripe for disruption for a long time now.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

He is currently chair of Brewdog, Pizza Express and European fashion chain C&A. Commenting on Leighton’s return to the supermarket giant, Grocery Insight CEO Steve Dresser notes: “I don’t think anyone could have foreseen it. Shops have lost their verve and reason for being.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Online return fraud cost U.S. For every $100 in returned merchandise accepted, U.S. to return fraud, the NRF has calculated. While it is possible for shoppers to commit return fraud innocently simply by mis-reading the returns policy, a significant number of returns are the result of premeditation and malicious intent.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 24, 2025

The online fashion giant’s chief executive Jos Antonio Ramos Calamonte said the retailer had spent two years rebuilding the product assortment of Topshop before moving ahead with relaunch plans. We havent ruled out anything. Asos bought Topshop, along with Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT, out of administration in 2021 for 295m.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2025

Poor customer service experiences and return flexibility backlash are playing out on social media, often having more of an impact on customer reviews than the actual product quality or experience itself. Online shopping can’t match the assurance of the right fit or feel when you hand-select your purchase.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2024

Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) — the online marketplace from mall operator Simon Property Group and Rue Gilt Groupe — has launched a retail media network powered by Mirakl Ads, a new retail media offering from marketplace solution Mirakl (on which SPO is built).

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Retail Dive

JUNE 24, 2025

Published June 24, 2025 By Michael Brady post share post print email license A return of a Shein item leveraging UPS' Happy Returns occurs at a Forever 21 location. The fashion industry experiences more returns than any other, with over two-thirds of consumers returning clothing or footwear in the past year.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2022

Zara’s decision to start charging for online returns this month has raised complex questions about why people send back such a high proportion of items they buy online, and what can be done about it. As of 4 May, the Spanish fashion brand has started charging customers around the world for returns sent back through the mail.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

. “Priceline’s relentless innovation and continued efforts to refine its digital and physical retail offering have positioned it at the forefront of the Australian market not just as a pharmacy but a leading omnichannel shopping destination for consumers,” said the judges.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Those who said work-from-home was here to stay might be surprised to learn that we are witnessing a shift back to the office, with many organizations small and large instituting mandates for at least a partial return to office for the majority of their employees. in the first quarter to a mere 1.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

Jane , a DTC home décor and fashion retailer, explained how its unique approach to live shopping and social commerce has resulted in massive returns at the 2022 Retail Innovation Conference & Expo. Jane took advantage of this discovery by giving its home influencers fashion items, which led to impressive results.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

The deal may eventually include Shein shop-in-shops at some of Forever 21’s 540 brick-and-mortar stores, which are heavily concentrated in malls, as well as offering consumers the ability to return Shein items at Forever 21 locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Claire’s has announced a new partnership with Macy’s to bring shop-in-shops to more than 20 Macy’s locations across the U.S. The shop-in-shops will feature a year-round selection of hair accessories, jewelry and cosmetics, as well as seasonal items. just in time for the holidays.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Making Price Comparisons Easier Although 21% of consumers may have splurged on themselves when shopping for clothes last year, once the $100 inflection point was reached, the details that justify the price become much more important. Price has been a top driver for many consumers for decades.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Brands should use this time to create campaigns that focus on building emotional connections to better resonate with consumers and ensure they remain top-of-mind when consumers are ready to shop. Customers were invited to resell past purchases, creating a circular shopping experience.

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