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

Retail Focus

Whatever option that luxury brands might have, their pop-up stores respect their principle to make their processes more sustainable at all levels. Being so, pop-up stores are becoming a place to apply the strategy of 5Rs: Re-cycle, Re-duce, Re-use, Re-sell, Re-value. Dior launches 3D printed sustainable pop-up Source.

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Managing retail touchpoints for a positive customer experience

Retail Focus

Having found out that “traditional” management tools have become less relevant, brands were forced to rethink their processes to survive, stay relevant and true to their audiences. . If experience has become an integral part of brand strategy, it is because brands are more customer-focused than ever.

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

Retail Focus

Recommendations for Luxury Brands A strategic and thoughtful approach is needed to integrate digital and physical realms – known as phygitalisation – in the rapidly evolving landscape of luxury retail. Sustainability as a Core Value : Digital strategies must align with sustainable practices, a growing concern among luxury consumers.

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US firm Bluestar Alliance snaps up Scotch & Soda

Inside Retail

Scotch & Soda has been acquired by New York-based brand management firm Bluestar Alliance after filing for bankruptcy for its Dutch operations last week. Founded by Gabbay and Ralph Gindi in 2006, Bluestar Alliance’s portfolio of brands includes Hurley, Bebe, and Tahari. Despite recording €342.5 million (US$369.42

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Retail appointments for the week

Inside Retail

Williams names retail general manager. Williams has appointed Steven Woolley as its new general manager for retail. Working at the global Adidas headquarters in Germany, Woolley led the Retail Operations 2025 strategy cycle of the company, redefining retail and omnichannel operating models and customer journeys.

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Magnum’s beauty move: Behind its collab with skincare start-up Fayshell

Inside Retail

Sydney’s Bondi Beach has become home to many pop-up activations and brand collaborations, including, most recently, a beach club venture between membership-based skin clinic Fayshell and ice-cream giant Magnum. Gregg credits this value proposition as one of the major reasons why the business has succeeded and continues to grow. “In

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