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8 retailers slashing jobs and cutting costs in 2024

Retail Gazette

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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Tapping into Temu: Why American Gen Zs love the Chinese app

Inside Retail

Suppliers can design more personalised products, accurately plan production volumes and efficiently manage warehousing and shipping. In the past, consumers purchased goods at wholesale prices through the AliExpress marketplace, but that shopping ‘hack’ lacked a fun user experience.

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Candles to cleaning: Diptyque finds beauty “where no beauty is expected”

Inside Retail

In a crowded market like the home fragrance category, where everyone from fast fashion and beauty brands to discount department stores and pharmacists are selling candles, it’s near impossible to create and retain cut-through, much less develop an iconic brand synonymous with luxury and quality like 60-year-old Parisian brand Diptyque.

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‘More is more’: Q&A with Camilla CEO, Jane McNally

Inside Retail

In this edited podcast interview with Australian Retailers Association CEO Paul Zahra, Camilla CEO Jane McNally discusses what makes the brand so unique, its online and digital growth, and its plans to expand internationally. . Because as well as being a fashion designer brand, we are a digital-first business.

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From moto to marathons: What’s next for performance apparel brand Sa1nt

Inside Retail

He also discusses his plans for the SA1NT Layers brand, and what growth will look like moving forward. Inside Retail : Tell me about the inspiration and vision behind SA1NT Layers, as well as your plans and goals for the new brand? Are there plans for stand-alone stores, a wholesale presence and so on?

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Spring Fair looks ahead to 2025 following a buzzing show

A1 Retail

Communication and planning with the event organisers, Hyve has been seamless. Bella from Bella Rosa Sticker Books said “Spring Fair has been a fantastic ‘spring’ board for us a small, independent family run business. We shall look forward to this exciting year ahead and will be sure to return for Spring Fair 2025!”

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Jeans for the greater good: Outland Denim

Inside Retail

Premium jeans label Outland Denim was launched in 2016, but planning for the venture stretched for six years before that, founder and CEO James Bartle said. “We Outland Denim has a retail presence, and also uses wholesale as a route to market. We worked on the social impact model and proving what it could do,” Bartle said.

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