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How Reebok’s head of marketing James Chan “confidently pushes the envelope”

Inside Retail

James Chan, head of marketing for Reebok Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) chats with Inside Retail about the brand’s partnership with Brand Collective, how Reebok is aiming to be the fastest-growing sports brand in the world, and how he continues to push the envelope within in his profession. The opportunities are endless.

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Fast Retailing exec on Uniqlo’s efforts to support refugees worldwide

Inside Retail

One hundred per cent of the profits, or at least 20 per cent of the sale price of each t-shirt, will be donated to UNHCR, Save the Children and Plan International – Uniqlo’s charity partners on the project. The most impacted segment of people are women and children, unfortunately.”.

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How to ensure Black Friday doesn’t become the nightmare before Christmas

Inside Retail

Heading into November are we meant to be planning for Christmas, or making the most of these big sales events (we’ll use ‘BFCM’ as shorthand to refer to these sales but we mean all the sales happening around this time of year)? In 2001, sales in November accounted for 8.8% Christmas planning cycles. of the total for the year.

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

Inside Retail

The brand plans to expand the Refurbished program to more US stores throughout 2021 and beyond. According to ThredUp, a digital platform in the US that enables consumers to buy and sell secondhand clothing, the resale market grew 21 times faster than the retail market overall in 2016-2019, and is expected to be worth US$51 billion by 2023.

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Parlour X founder Eva Galambos on her life as a luxury fashion buyer

Inside Retail

Tastemaker and entrepreneur Eva Galambos first opened the doors to her luxury multi-brand boutique Parlour X in 2001 in Sydney, when she began introducing major international labels to Australian consumers, from Balenciaga to Vivienne Westwood. . I opened Parlour X in 2001. What are your plans for Parlour X in 2022?

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Slam dunk: Brand Collective sees big basketball opportunity for Reebok

Inside Retail

The fashion and footwear retailer plans to open a handful of “small flagship” Reebok stores, invest in the brand’s online presence and boost its distribution through retail partners, such as Rebel, to capitalise on what CEO Eric Morris says is a “huge opportunity”. We believe there’s a huge opportunity in the market.”.

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Target Named 2021 VMSD/Peter Glen Retailer of the Year

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The first time was 20 years ago in 2001, which was also the first year the award was given. As this story went to press, Target had already opened 20 new stores thus far in 2021, with plans to open another dozen by year-end. (In Such sentiments help explain why Target has again been named the VMSD /Peter Glen Retailer of the Year.