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Ollie’s Buys 40 Big Lots Locations, Supporting Plans for 75 New Stores in 2025

Retail TouchPoints

Ollies Bargain Outlet has acquired 40 former Big Lots stores, jumpstarting its plans to open 75 new stores by February 2026. Ollies announced its real estate plans along with its financial results for FY 2024, which ended Feb.

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Nike Ramps Up Embrace of Wholesale Channel

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Renewed Focus on Wholesale Nike CEO Elliott Hill. Photo courtesy Nike) Hill emphasized on the earnings call that improving and expanding sales in the wholesale channel is a key Nike initiative under his watch. Wholesale revenue totaled $25.9 Hill also changed 11 of his 15 direct reports. billion, a 6% drop in constant currency.

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Topshop to make high street return through wholesale retail partners

Retail Gazette

Topshop is preparing to make a comeback on the high street through new wholesale partnerships with brick-and-mortar retailers. Owner Asos said it had signed agreements with select wholesale partners to bring the brand back into physical retail, but that it was first focused on relaunching a standalone website for Topshop.

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DEI Deflates, Retail Media Rises, Mergers Flounder

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billion Kroger-Albertsons tie-up as well as the November 2024 end of a planned Capri Holdings and Tapestry merger. After moving aggressively into direct sales in 2020 and 2021, Nike had to begin rekindling wholesale relationships with retailers including DSW and Macys in late 2023. Walgreens Agrees to $192.5M consumers wallet.

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Leveraging Voice-Directed Picking to Optimize Multichannel Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

Reduce Return Volumes Accuracy is essential in order fulfillment, and errors can quickly erode customer trust. Fewer picking errors mean fewer returns and replacements, leading to higher customer satisfaction and cost savings. Orgill , the worlds largest independently owned hardlines distributor, achieves 99.6%

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For Thai retailers CP Axtra and Big C, new stores and fresh food drive growth

Inside Retail

CP Axtra, the awkwardly-named parent company of Thailands familiar Makro and Lotuss stores and the countrys largest wholesale-retail conglomerate, reported a strong set of results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the whole year. Wholesale sales under Makros four different banners grew by 4.7 billion Thai baht (US$4.0

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The CEO of Dissh on how a strong brand identity enabled international expansion

Inside Retail

We appreciate that international shipping and returns can be a barrier, so finding the right local opportunities to offer an immersive brand experience was important to us while allowing us to connect in person with valued customers in the physical form. The brand awareness opportunity is unmatched.