Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

Despite the numerous obstacles the retailer faced in 2020, Jeanswest managed to retain the trust and loyalty of consumers, recently taking the title of Clothing Store of the Year 2020 in the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards. Yeung said these e-commerce giants are an important factor in growing the brand’s consumer base. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2017, Louis Vuitton caused a stir in the luxury industry by partnering with the New York skateboarding brand Supreme. Part of the reason is their success with young Asian consumers, who are driving demand for luxury consumer goods. Business managers call this approach the luxury strategy.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

We obviously knew of the brand and – from a product and consumer perspective – we felt that it would fit in well with our business,” he said. “We Seamless channel movement In 2017, MFG finalised the acquisition of Fusion Retail Brands, which saw labels such as Williams, Mathers, Diana Ferrari and Colorado join its existing brands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2021

In 2017, iconic Australian brand Oroton fell into voluntary administration. Together, Sophie and I have looked at every possible way Oroton can become more accessible, available and relevant to both Australian and international consumers, which is a part of our near future growth strategy. But there have been no sacred cows.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

I came down to Hong Kong for a one-year fellowship at LingNan Uni, and ended up going to work for a local wine company, first as a salesman, then as a sales manager. We were quite successful and while our target was to exit in 36 months, in fact we managed to sell it on to a China PLC in just over two years.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Finding a way to cut out handwork in China and Bangladesh would allow more clothing manufacturing to move back to Western consumer markets, including the United States. But that’s a sensitive topic. The global apparel market is estimated to be worth US$1.52 trillion, according to independent data platform Statista.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You joined the business in 2017. But in truth, he was a retail pharmacist working for Boots, and it was at a time when the company thought it was important to move their management every three years so they could bring fresh thinking into the stores and the regions. Paul Zahra: Let’s talk about your career. Where did it all begin?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There are busy times ahead for the company, as it looks to expand collaborations with partners such as Memobottle, and build on its direct-to-consumer and wholesale business. Identifying a gap in the market for sneaker cleaners, he opened the first Sneaker Laundry store in Melbourne’s CBD in 2017.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Makro, the biggest cash-and-carry operator in Southeast Asia, was already something of a beast in wholesale and retail terms: it operated 154 warehouse-style units with an average size of just under 5,400sqm, selling to both retailers and end consumers in major cities and secondary locations, mostly in Thailand and Malaysia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2023

With the return of tourism to New York after pandemic-related declines, luxury retailers are again betting on refreshed flagships to drive consumer interest and traffic. Beginning in 2017, brands including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Gap said they would shut their flagship stores on Fifth Avenue.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2023

Consumers are paying more attention to sustainable fashion now than ever before. Buying sustainable fashion doesn’t mean consumers should go hell-bent into the shops, because there’s still huge [environmental] impact that comes with that piece of clothing,” she tells Inside Retail. It’s such a boring word.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

Most visible, however, was the decision to discontinue its sexualised marketing as consumer preferences had clearly moved on. Long-time CEO Michael Jeffries was ousted from A&F at the end of 2014, and was eventually succeeded by Fran Horowitz in 2017. This included the images on in-store photos, gift cards and shopping bags.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2021

The 2021 State of Fashion report published by McKinsey showed that data captured in the past 18 months indicates fashion moved “five years forward in consumer and business adoption of digital in a matter of months”. Starting with Chanel, Farfetch aims to enhance interactions between consumers and sales associates.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

We also opened stand-alone stores in Los Angeles and New York in 2016 and 2017. We did exclusive deals with Barneys, Kith and Selfridges, and we right-sized our business, so we were able to manage the cash flow much more effectively, because we had a much more structured approach. Can you share what that looks like today?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2017, Julia Hobbs of British Vogue declared Crocs “have an unrivalled ability to repel onlookers and induce sneers”. But over the two decades since the notoriously ugly shoes were released, the clogs seem to be going from strength to strength.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During the pandemic, direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands took centre stage, including popular Australian activewear brand LSKD. Yet consumer demand is not wavering and fashion trend cycles are shorter than ever due to social media, fast fashion, and technology. And Nike and Adidas entered the metaverse at full speed.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Burberry’s ‘Store in the Sky’ is a great example of the unique shopping experiences Farfetch creates for its luxury brands, leveraging data and the Store of the Future suite of technologies developed in 2017.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Consumers are making more considered purchase decisions, driven by technology, comfort, sustainability, and design, and footwear brands need to be clear about the value we add. Our strategy for finding the next generation of Camper consumers is continuing to offer inventive footwear concepts and having a digital-first marketing strategy.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Emma Wallace is the managing director of New Zealand-based fashion label Kowtow. We understand if [prices] go up, and we just have to see how we can manage that along with our partners. IR: You’ve been with Kowtow for a number of years, and became managing director in 2019. Image: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2023

Can you tell me about launching the business initially, and why you shifted your focus in 2018 to direct-to-consumer – first online and now offline as well? In 2017, I started trying to find our “why”. IR: I think some people might not know that LSKD – which stands for loose kid – started off as a wholesale brand.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2022

“We founded it with the mission to make more quality food easily accessible to more pets, our wide collection of pet supplies is carefully curated from reliable sources,” Lyn Feng, its managing director, told Inside Retail. For small animals like hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, and more, the brand provides food to accessories.

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