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The Very Group Renews DemandTec Markdown Optimisation

Retail Focus

Online retail giant The Very Group will continue to enhance its pricing strategies with DemandTec Markdown Optimisation. The Very Group’s three-year renewal expands upon their collaborative relationship with DemandTec , which extends back to 2015. .

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Can Allbirds make a comeback with a new CEO and transformation plan?

Inside Retail

Co-founded by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger in 2015, the company quickly became a hit amongst Silicon Valley-types and raised over US$200 million from venture capital investors, including Tiger Global Management, Lerer Hippeau, and Maveron. On the same day, the company reported a 14.5

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How collaboration can amplify impact and streamline your retail journey

Inside Retail

The organisation has supported about 2500 young people since its foundation in 2015 and while it accepts philanthropy, endeavours to be as independent as possible, retaining control of its own destiny and never being reliant on others to continue the work it does.

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Papier’s Taymoor Atighetchi talks omnichannel retail and global expansion

Inside Retail

Papier is a British online stationery brand founded in 2015 that has since taken the world by storm. For consumers, it’s rarely ‘either-or’ but more about finding balance. It has raised over US$65 million in funding and has an omnichannel presence in the UK, US and Australian markets.

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Starbucks projects profit growth from tech, stores, workers spending

Inside Retail

The company is exploring “load balancing” technology that can send orders to stores that have capacity to actually fulfil them – instead of to stores already being slammed by drive-thru customers, for instance, Chief Technology Officer Deb Hall Lefevre said in an interview with Reuters.

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Can Japan’s Aeon become a global juggernaut?

Inside Retail

In Vietnam, Aeon has six malls, but is in a footrace with local developer Vincom Retail which is a listed company with a strong balance sheet, an established foothold in the market and big ambitions to be Vietnam’s answer to America’s Simon Property Group. Aeon wants to have 16 malls in operation in Vietnam by 2025.

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LAYER has created a voice assistant with a happy (or sad) personality

Design Wanted

To combat this, creative design studio LAYER, which was founded by industrial designer Benjamin Hubert in 2015, has created a voice assistant capable of expressing sadness and joy. . Find out more about LAYER’s beautiful designs, don’t miss Beosound Balance – A luxury smart speaker designed to beautify your home.

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