Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2012 Fraser became the president of Marc Jacobs after over 13 years in the business before leaving to become the CEO of Anne Klein in 2015. Prior to joining the c-suite Fraser started her distinguished career in luxury retail apparel and fashion as a merchandising manager for Calvin Klein.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2022

From $300 bucket hats to $900 sneakers and $700 t-shirts, the high-flying luxury sector is fretting over the appetite among financially stretched Gen Z consumers for such “aspirational” purchases. “In the U.S., Plan B for Gen Z?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2024

Of Chipotle’s current workers, roughly 73 per cent fall within the Gen Z age range (those born between 1997 and 2012), a generation of employees that has specific concerns. However, that raises the question: At what point do AI and technological automation stop helping service workers and begin to replace them entirely?

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Global Shop

JUNE 30, 2023

In 1983, Brian Eilers bought a local machine shop and began manufacturing products for the farming industry. The company persevered and is once again enjoying steady growth thanks to diversifying their product lines, an upsurge in government contracts, and upgrading their business management system to Global Shop Solutions ERP software.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

How Can You Bring Consumer Interest in Longevity Into Your Own Business? Coffee shops could offer a non-exclusive seating section where seniors could meet and chat with others of their age, encouraging them to come again and again to spend time with new friends. We’ll talk more about Gen Z consumers below. Have a yoga studio?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2012, meal kits entered the US with Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Home Chef. According to a report from Numerator, there’s been some evolution in the consumers of meal kits too, from an initially affluent urban older Millennial profile to a broader base with a recently estimated two-thirds of buyers being Millennials and Generation Xers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

Pop Mart, which describes itself as an “art toy store”, might seem an unusual concept to a Western consumer. Around 2012, Wang had already recognised the popularity of toys in his stores. Merchandise is curated for each region as the retailer adapts its offer to suit local consumer preferences. The merchandise and the market.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). Founded in 2012, lingerie label Neiwai (meaning ‘inside and outside’) is another direct-to-consumer label that began online.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

Southeast Asia’s leading online fashion and lifestyle retailer offers customers a world of payment options and a seamless shopping experience. Now, consumers who shop Zalora will have the ability to pay with any of their preferred local payment solutions at online checkout as part of a seamless shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

A generation that sees shopping as binary: “I want brand X, therefore I need to shop at store Y”. A generation that loves to shop online because it’s fun and convenient – and also because they are juggling work-life (im)balance, kids and life in the ’burbs. Obsessed with showcaser signalling and blinded by status. Meet Olivia.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Alquemie Group, which operates Ginger & Smart, Surfstitch and AG Lego certified stores in Australia and New Zealand, has recently appointed Kerry Cusack as managing director of vertical brands [pictured, right]. Prior to that, she was general manager of PAS Group’s Bondi Bather and Jets Swimwear. She joined Alquemie last month.

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Parcel Pending

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Convenience stores operate in an industry with narrow profit margins – hovering between 1-3%, compared to liquor stores with 15% profit margins and flower shops at 20%. Consumers expect to see beverages along the back wall and everyday items closer to the front and cash register. #2 The data unequivocally supports the merchants.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

That’s why in 2012 we created VMSD’s annual Designer Dozen awards program to recognize retail’s rising stars, ages 35 and under, who are making their mark on an industry that is poised on the cusp of reinvention. She is also responsible for working on shop-in-shops. Courtesy of Bloomingdale’s, NY. My day is never the same.

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Compliantia

MAY 31, 2021

Lawsuits aren’t just stressful and time consuming, they’re notoriously expensive. In 2012, Costco faced a gender discrimination class action lawsuit when 700 female employees claimed that the retailer’s promotion practices discriminated against women. Discrimination can also take place on the shop floor.

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