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From product to practices: how fashion “sustainability” is finding its natural place in brand management practices.

Retail Focus

More recently, sustainability has also been reflected in how brands furnish their stores and the equipment they focus on making their stores more sustainable. Fashion brands investments are more concentrated towards creating value for customers, engaging them, and engaging with them.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

You don’t have to be a marketing expert to know that Taylor Swift is a bulletproof brand that consistently improves, regardless of the challenges she faces or the challenges she sets for herself. Swift’s brand promise has always centred on quality products.

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Managing retail touchpoints for a positive customer experience

Retail Focus

If experience has become an integral part of brand strategy, it is because brands are more customer-focused than ever. As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels.

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Expanding the Boundaries of Luxury: Navigating Experiences Beyond Traditional Retail

Retail Focus

Luxury brands are progressively expanding their horizons by venturing into unconventional spaces such as hotels, coffee kiosks, bakeries, restaurants, spas, and gyms. This shift in strategy is reshaping the perception of luxury and raising intriguing questions about its impact on the brand.

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Luxury Retail Phygitalisation: Blending Tradition and Technology in the Digital Age

Retail Focus

Luxury brands must manage this amalgamation of technology and traditional retail to create an experience that satisfies their discerning clientele. To effectively manage this transition , several key strategies should be considered: Integrate, Don’t Replace : The key is to use technology as an enhancer, not a replacement.

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All about Viviology, Adore Beauty’s long awaited move into private label

Inside Retail

Our private-label strategy is one of identifying gaps or opportunities in categories that we know well, and is based on data collected from our deeply engaged community.”. Viviology will be marketed to all genders, Morris said, as men demonstrate increasing engagement with the skincare category. “We

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How Nike is tapping into the US$1.5 trillion wellness market

Inside Retail

“We’re a sports company, but I also see us as a movement and wellness company – this means embracing and celebrating all forms of movement and all health journeys, and being your authentic self,” said Liz Weldon, VP of Global Nike Women’s brand management. “We

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