Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Australia’s travel retailers are counting down the weeks until international borders are scheduled to reopen next month, after 20 long months of isolation from the rest of the world — bar an all-too-brief travel bubble with New Zealand. Our staff maintained a happy face and we continued creating new products. “We’re

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Shopify LA , the commerce platform’s physical space targeting the Los Angeles community, has reopened with new features including pop-up stores. The new pop-up shop features several local merchants’ products visitors can purchase, and brands can opt-in to be considered for inclusion.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 12, 2021

Today, Selfridges reopens its four stores in London, Manchester and Birmingham. Packed with energy and excitement, each store is set to share the most exciting, unique-to-Selfridges experiences and curated products with its customers. and private screenings at The Cinema at Selfridges (set to reopen soon). Discover Good Nature

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

Leek United Building Society has reopened its flagship Derby Street branch following a six-week transformation. The new look branch features several zones where customers can undertake traditional counter transactions, browse products and services, and enjoy relaxed and comfortable conversations in formal and informal meeting spaces.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 18, 2024

Customers will be able to choose from more than 30,000 products and pick-up their orders from the retailer’s growing number of reopened stores and via 200 collection points from owner The Range’s stores. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Eco-friendly online retailer Flora & Fauna reopened its virtual doors last week, its founder Julie Mathers has announced following her acquisition of the company from collapsed parent BWX Group. “In The post Flora & Fauna is back in business after six months appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

In a bid to enhance its global retail presence, Levi Strauss & Co recently unveiled the revitalised Levi’s store in Kyoto, Japan, featuring its NextGen store concept. The store is located in the Teramachi Kyogoku shopping district which is popular among locals and tourists alike, and offers something for everyone,” he told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Tuesday Morning has received a $32 million investment from Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), the parent company of Pier 1 Imports , Linens ‘n Things , Stein Mart and other brands, and Ayon Capital. The deal will give Tuesday Morning access to REV’s fulfillment network, infrastructure, systems and technology and ecommerce capabilities.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 28, 2022

Online retailer MyDeal has launched a new global activities marketplace called Amazed.com in Australia. The business has appointed Sam Pinney as product director for this venture who previously served in the same role at Redbubble for five years.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

HMV reopened the doors to its flagship at 363 Oxford Street last week after a four-year absence. “It’s a big moment for the business and a big moment for everyone,” says the retailer’s managing director Phil Halliday. Despite the focus on pop culture, the retailer is keen to retain its musical roots.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 15, 2022

After four months of extensive refurbishment, the LEGO Group reopened the doors to the LEGO® Store in Leicester Square – now officially, the biggest LEGO store in the world. Natali Stojovic (Senior Vice President LEGO Retail) unveils the new LEGO Store Leicester Square with the help of store mascot Lester and lucky young LEGO fans.

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A1 Retail

MAY 2, 2024

It is located on the upper level of the centre and continues to stock Ann Summers’ full range of adult products and lingerie. Greggs’ new unit, which also reopened at the end of March, is located on the upper level of the centre. Braehead is a retail and leisure destination situated just outside of Glasgow, covering 1.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

The grand reopening of Levi’s Bangkok flagship at CentralWorld marks a significant milestone in the brand’s direct-to-consumer trajectory and speaks to its commitment to the region. Bangkok, in particular, is a prime shopping destination for both international visitors and local shoppers alike,” he told Inside Retail.

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Retail Times

APRIL 6, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Nespresso has reopened its boutique in Stratford with a new, elevated coffee experience-led space for consumers to enjoy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Famed off-price luxury retailer Century 21 will return to its original flagship location in downtown NYC in spring 2023, after filing for bankruptcy in 2020 and shuttering all 13 of its stores. We could not be more excited to bring Century 21 back home, delivering the same products and value to customers, in partnership with Legends.”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Premier Retail has increased its profit guidance after recording global sales growth of 70 per cent in the 18 weeks to June 5, compares with the same period last year. . Premier Retail said today that it expects earnings before interest and tax for the 53 weeks to July 31 to be in the range of $340 million to $360 million.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2023

Premium New Zealand tonic water and mixer brand East Imperial sees a big opportunity to expand in Asia, with the recent reopening of China expected to drive a tourism boom in 2023. So far, things are looking good,” Anthony Burt, founder and CEO of East Imperial, told Inside Retail. It’s been quite a journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

China has been a success story for the athleticwear retailer, with revenue in the country jumping 79% year-over-year. Additionally, DTC’s share of total revenue fell to 42% in Q1 2023, from 45% in Q1 2022, as the retailer opened 81 new stores in the past year to fuel brick-and-mortar growth. “It’s billion and $9.51 billion to $9.41

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Returns are a cost of doing business for any retailer. retailers last year, they haven’t always been a strategic focus. In the wake of COVID-19, returns are receiving serious (and necessary) attention for several key reasons: Retailers are spending more processing returns in stores.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

million with a strong performance recorded across all product categories. Stationery brand Smiggle’s sales rebounded as schools reopened and customers flocked to buy school stationary supplies. The post Online powers Premier Investments to profit despite mass store closures appeared first on Inside Retail. per cent to $428.5

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

International and direct-to-consumer businesses continue to deliver amid a challenging consumer retail environment in North America, Linnartz continued. per cent, which may reopen questions about the brand position, Saunders commented. The decrease in revenue followed last year’s sales drop of 0.2

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2021

Apple Inc is expanding retail operations as the United States emerges from the pandemic, betting that a combination of strategies developed before and during COVID-19 will make its stores more popular than ever, its retail chief told Reuters. retail outlet since the beginning of the pandemic. . Personal experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

There is no doubt that retailers have faced many struggles as a result of the pandemic. Brick-and-mortar stores were forced to shutter around the country, forcing retailers to amplify their ecommerce efforts, with varying levels of success. Coping With Lackluster Sales and the New Normal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2020

As retailers reopen stores, many face tough questions about how to spend their limited resources. If retailers don’t rehire enough associates, they won’t have enough people to service returning shoppers. 3 Steps To Safely — And Legally — Reopen Store s. Raising the stakes even further are liability issues.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 6, 2021

A host of retailers have confirmed reopening plans for April 12 as shoppers look forward to a return to bricks and mortar shopping after more than three months. Ikea said it was preparing to reopen stores across England and Wales from April 12 following the reopening of its stores in Scotland on April 5.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Most recently, he spent 11 years as CEO of California Closets, where he worked with the leadership team to drive sustained growth by introducing new products and materials, opening the company’s first two U.S. Bill is an exceptional and customer-centric leader with deep retail and home goods experience,” said English in a statement. “He

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

And as stores have reopened, City Chic Collective’s online performance hasn’t waned. This product had been planned and purchased, and was either in market or in a container and we were unable to handle it to be ready to send to customers,” Ryan said. million global active customers, and over 65 million visits per year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Gandhi was one of the speakers on the Retail TouchPoints webinar titled Achieving Supply Network Resilience: The 3 Benefits of Location Intelligence , now available on-demand. He joined two speakers from sponsor company Esri : Gary Sankary, Retail Industry Manager, and Cindy Elliot, Head of Commercial Industry Marketing.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

But the idea of experiential retail is not just for the top end of town. Detail, detail, detail The primary way that luxury brands differentiate themselves is through an “air of exclusivity”, according to retail design agency McCartney Design’s creative director Gary McCartney. “At

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Retail Focus

APRIL 6, 2021

Additionally, 90% are looking forward to the opening of non-essential retail stores and 24% are drawn to shopping in person due to the enjoyment of the atmosphere. As retailers across the UK prepare for the reopening of non-essential retail, bosses at the mobile network O2 are backing the nation’s high streets, with a £4.4m

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2022

In response, Davines partnered with AI-powered commerce discovery platform Coveo to develop an ecommerce strategy that compensated for the loss of its salon presence, using an AI-powered approach that personalized the customer journey and also generated “buzz” — and demand for products — via social proof.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2021

“Our results, including the strong performance of new stores and the contribution of our online channel, are testament to our teams focus on execution and the growth appeal of our product offering to an expanding customer base,” said chief executive Peter King. million reached a year prior.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We asked four retail leaders what they think about the possibility of enforcing vaccine passports and how it could lead to abuse from customers. We need to ensure that people are compliant with the rules and this may require the need for additional staff in-store, particularly when we reopen.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

“I think that that people are sort of leaning into the fact that we’re not going to get things to be the way that we want them as soon as we’d like,” said Ericka Podesta McCoy, CMO at Resonate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Not all apparel retailers will be affected equally, however.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Inside Retail sat down with Nuholt Huisamen, managing director of Levi Strauss & Co for East Asia Pacific, to unpack what the future of the DTC-first strategy means for the Asia market. We find that actually bigger stores fail fast and become more productive than smaller stores,” shared Huisamen.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

All brands experienced strong growth as stores reopened from the 2020 lockdowns, with the group’s inventory management ensuring that our stores were well stocked with product the customers wanted.”. The post Hallenstein Glassons grows through FY21, but limps into FY22 appeared first on Inside Retail. per cent to $92.7

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has divided the discount vertical: Essential retailers such as Dollar General and Dollar Tree , which were able to keep most stores open, posted strong sales gains, while The TJX Companies and Ross Stores , which were deemed non-essential, reported significant losses. Dollar General saw its net sales rise 27.6%

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