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Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades

Inside Retail

Just two new openings are planned for this year: VMM Grand Park, a Mega Mall in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City; and a Vincom Plaza in Ha Giang in the far north, near the Chinese border. With only two openings planned, and none in the first three quarters, this will be a crucial year for Vincom to come to grips with the vacancy problem.

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Early holiday shopping boosts October retail sales

Mass Relators

While the NRF forecast defines the holiday season as November 1 through December 31, a record 49% of consumers surveyed this fall said they planned to begin their holiday shopping before November, with 36% doing so to avoid missing out on key holiday items. Sporting goods stores were up 1.5% Sporting goods stores were up 1.5%

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What is Inventory Turnover in Retail? (Formulas, Benchmarks, Examples)

Retalon

This ties up capital unnecessarily and may indicate excess inventory or poor inventory planning. Slow turnover may signal excess inventory or poor inventory planning. Lower turnover ties up capital in unsold goods. This leads to lower turnover of 3-4x across furniture and home furnishings. It helps track liquidity.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 283 – 2021 Year End Review

Retail Geek

9:14] Shifted into retail and that gave sporting goods and building materials a big a big kiss. 9:14] Shifted into retail and that gave sporting goods and building materials a big a big kiss. The sale leaves the sporting good category in enters the non-store category and so that’s.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 254 – Walmart and Shopify earnings and retail sales data

Retail Geek

And two categories that were down for the year we’re home furnishings and electronics which is interesting to me in a little surprising. Overall e-commerce hit like our two-year forecast so it was a doubling not a 10 Xing. [14:00] Scot: [16:32] Risk is a Wayfarer has really picked up nicely.