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

Inside Retail

Sustainable, direct-to-consumer fashion brand Allbirds promised to revolutionise the retail industry with stylish, comfortable, and environmentally-conscious footwear designs. Allbirds went from having 22 brick-and-mortar global stores in 2020, to 35 in 2022, before rapidly ending up with 58 locations by the end of 2022.

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Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

Inside Retail

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. Hermès opened a new four-story flagship on nearby Madison Avenue in 2022. billion euros in 2022 from 3 billion euros in 2020 and is forecast to reach 7.4

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Goop without Gwyneth: Ex-Hairhouse GM to launch online wellness platform

Inside Retail

Set to launch in February 2022, Youtime will offer a highly curated range of products, content and services across six verticals – beauty, wellness, epicure, home, style and experience – with the goal of building a community based on purpose. “She McKinsey recently estimated the global wellness market at more than US$1.5

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Message in a bottle: How social media has disrupted the fragrance sector

Inside Retail

billion in 2022, and is expected to reach $86.3 Olya Bar, head of digital marketing and communications at Twisted Lily, an online retailer specialising in luxury and hard-to-find niche and indie fragrances from around the world, described this uptick in consumer demand as a pivotal shift in the industry. Data from Market.us

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What’s the Guochao trend and what does it mean for global brands in China?

Inside Retail

Guochao , which can roughly be translated as ‘China chic’ is a trend that is rapidly growing in popularity amongst the country’s core consumers – Millennials and Gen Z. billion) by 2025, a hundredfold increase from 2015. billion yuan ($4.1

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Why brands are developing an appetite for cutting food waste

Inside Retail

United Nations data has shown that if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally (8-10 per cent of global emissions). The good news is that addressing the problem of food waste meets consumer expectations and offers businesses many benefits. Capgemini’s recent report, Reflect.

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30 Stats that Prove Visual Merchandising is More Important than Ever

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Visual merchandising plays a pivotal role in the retail industry, significantly influencing consumer behaviour and sales outcomes. Check out every statistic you need to know about Visual Merchandising in 2024 below: Influence on Customer Decisions and Traffic 8 out of 10 shoppers base their buying decisions on what they see in-store.