Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

After almost 30 years in the retail industry, Officeworks general manager of merchandising Jim Berndelis has gained plenty of experience and life lessons. From there, I’ve worn many hats in our support office and in various roles across the merchandise function: from demand planning to buying to buying manager.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Loop is the leading post-purchase platform optimising returns, post-purchase, and reverse logistics for more than 3500 brands, representing about 15 per cent of Shopify’s gross merchandise value. The post Planning to sell online in the US? The Shopify-backed company has more than 250 employees and oversees 2 million returns per month.

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Fashion Retail

APRIL 11, 2021

Retail was already facing the digital challenge when Covid-19 unexpectedly forced a shortening of the “adaption deadline” (Fashion Goes … More How to deal with Planning Volatility in Fashion: New Marketing Merchandise Calendar.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2023

Visual merchandising can help you do just that, but it can also be costly. In this blog post, we’ll explore some creative ideas for visual merchandising on a budget that small businesses can use to make a big impact. In conclusion, visual merchandising on a budget is possible for small businesses. Use Perspex Cut to Size.

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Jahabow

JULY 25, 2022

This starts with how you merchandise your store — the goal is to help shoppers locate what they want quickly while also increasing your bottom line. If you already know anything about merchandising, you know it starts with a floor plan that facilitates shopping. Cross-Merchandise. Space It Out. Tap Into Psychology.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

In a business update, the company said a turnaround plan initiated at the start of the third quarter with a refocus on merchandising and inventory control while strengthening its financial position had failed to deliver anticipated results. A net loss of approximately $385.8 million was also registered.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2022

The plan coincides with the appointment of two key executives in the US: Eric Bauer as global CEO and Skye Westcott as president of North America who will lead what Coco Republic, the Australian-founded furniture and homewares chain, describes as an “accelerated global expansion, initially focused on the California market”.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

With customer demands coming in hotter and the stakes higher than ever, assortment planning is the key to profit growth. Here, we help you avoid profit margin mayhem with a considered, data-driven assortment plan. What is assortment planning? Why is assortment planning important? Depth of buy per option.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 31, 2022

Mad About Design will be exhibiting at the 2022 Visual Merchandising and Display Show. We love talking about retail, and are always up for a chat, so come meet the Mad People, at stand C5, to find out more about all things retail and discover more about our unique sustainability plans. Register for free entry here.

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Jahabow

JULY 9, 2021

Selling great products is one way to boost your retail business’s bottom line, but even the best inventory will languish on your shelves without the right merchandising strategy in place. You don’t need a major shopping holiday or a change in seasons to change out your merchandising displays. Start With the Windows. Want Vs. Need.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Netflix will launch an online store to sell limited-edition apparel, lifestyle merchandise and collectibles based on “Stranger Things,” “Lupin” and other popular shows, the streaming giant said on Thursday. The post Netflix and shop: Online store offers limited-edition merchandise appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2022

Range planning: Significant enough in the buying and merchandising cycle to send a shiver down the spine of your team when the new season rolls around. But, range planning doesn’t have to be intimidating, after all, it can be a very prudent task once your stylish and financial ducks are in a row. topic to review.

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Creative Displays Now

MARCH 8, 2022

Using these elements to bring attention to your brand is called visual merchandising. Effective visual merchandising can have a significant impact on your bottom line. This guide will explain visual merchandising and how to use it to promote your products. Visual Merchandising Explained. Who Uses Visual Merchandising?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

With monthly gross merchandise volume (GMV) exceeding US$1 million in Taiwan alone, the platform plans to export its success by addressing specific pain points in online luxury transactions. The future PopChill plans to enter the Singaporean and Malaysian marketplace by 2024.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

Across Easter, Christmas, Black Friday, and Valentine’s Day (to name a few), retailers and restaurant chains could count on spikes in sales thanks to intensive marketing and merchandising activity. How can predictive demand planning help retailers to survive? Examples of retail demand forecasting and capacity planning.

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Jahabow

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Many times customers will enter a store without even knowing what they want, and merchandising displays will work to help them make up their minds. In fact, luxury jewelry designers spend a good portion of their budgets building flashy, immersive merchandising displays that make an impact. Think about proportion as you merchandise.

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Jahabow

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Merchandising a cannabis dispensary or cannabis products in your retail store is more than just placing the product on the sales floor and crossing your fingers that you’ll make the sale. What’s your customers’ first impression when they walk into your dispensary or retail store and see cannabis product merchandising?

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Jahabow

MAY 10, 2021

It’s easy to think that simple demand is enough to sell cannabis products, but the truth is that merchandising matters in your brick-and-mortar dispensary just as much as it matters in a retail store like a clothing boutique or a small niche business. Embrace an open floor plan by using wall space to create shelving displays.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Dymocks’ three-year plan will see the bookstore chain add another 20+ retail outlets to the network. CEO Mark Newman told Inside Franchise Business Executive there will be a mix of suburban and regional locations in the new store plan which will spread the book chain further into the north of the country. How we merchandise is vital.”.

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VMS

JUNE 21, 2021

Glossier (New York) is planning to open three permanent brick-and-mortar stores, according to a company blog post. The brand is also planning to reopen a store in New York by 2022. The post Glossier Plans Three New Stores appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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VMS

JULY 21, 2021

Foxtrot (Chicago), the high-end convenience/corner store concept, is planning to open 50 stores throughout the U.S. It plans to open locations in regions like Houston, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Austin, Texas; it already has locations in Washington, D.C., during the next two years, reports Supermarket News.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2022

I believe we can have a meaningful impact by offering our customers both branded consumables as well as general merchandise at a low price.”. The post The Reject Shop’s full-year sales ease up, share buy-back planned appeared first on Inside Retail.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Mad Lords (Paris) is planning to expand its footprint with an additional three stores in 2022, Forbes reports. The fine jewelry boutique is planning to open new locations in Belgium, Brussels, and another on Rue St. The post Mad Lords Plans Expansion appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

I have to have marketing, e-commerce, merch, planning, finance – thank God, I’m an accountant. Zalewski is open about her long-term goals and has planned her career accordingly, but she admits it can be difficult to find employers willing to support these lateral moves. There’s the P&L piece, but oh, ‘You don’t have ops.’”

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VMS

JULY 19, 2021

Columbus, Ohio) is planning to debut three “test” locations by this fall. It’s dubbing the concept “store of the future” and is planning to rollout another 10 test locations by 2022, reports CNBC. The post Victoria’s Secret Plans ‘Store of the Future’ appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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VMS

AUGUST 6, 2021

Little Caesar’s (Detroit) announced its plans to open at least 15 new units in Denver by 2024, according to a company press release. The post Little Caesar’s Plans Expansion into Denver appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Craig Sherwood, VP of U.S.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

In the past year, one of our proudest initiatives has been formalising our commitment to Reconciliation through our first Reconciliation Action Plan. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year? IR: Tell me about your plans for the e-commerce side of the business.

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VMS

APRIL 15, 2021

Macy’s (New York) has announced plans to open 45 Backstage shop-in-shops in select Macy’s locations in 10 different states this year, according to Retail Dive. Morgan’s 7 th annual Retail Round-Up conference that the department store company was planning more standalone Backstage stores in addition to the shop-in-shops.

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VMS

JUNE 7, 2021

has announced its plans to close its locations during the U.S. The mass merchant joins similar retailers, like Target (Minneapolis) which announced its plans to close its stores for Thanksgiving this past January, CNBC reports. Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) Thanksgiving holiday this November.

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Jahabow

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So it’s just as important (probably even moreso) to optimize cannabis dispensary merchandising as it is for any other line of inventory! While every area of the country is different with regards to cannabis sales guidelines and rules, some merchandising tips are universal across the board. Mix up your merchandising.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The science-fiction series, now in its fourth season, has inspired merchandise from a Surfer Boy frozen pizza at Walmart to Magic 8 Ball toys from Hasbro, plus live experiences. On its heels, Netflix executives said they plan to or are in the process of giving at least a dozen series and films the “Stranger Things” treatment.

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VMS

OCTOBER 26, 2021

is planning to go public and filed itself under the ticker “SG” on the New York Stock Exchange, CNBC reports. The post Sweetgreen Plans to Go Public appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Sweetgreen (Culver City, Calif.) Sweetgreen had a net loss of $14.2 million with a revenue of $220.6

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VMS

MAY 13, 2021

Penney executive Stacy Shively as its senior VP and general merchandise manager, a role in which she’ll help realize the retailer’s three-year turnaround plan announced last fall. As part of the plan, company will: Launch more than 10 private labels over the next 18 months. Bed, Bath & Beyond has hired former J.C.

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VMS

JULY 8, 2021

The discount retailer plans to add dental, nutritional, cold/cough products among other health care-related offerings. The post Dollar General Plans Push into Health Care appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Dollar General (Goodlettsville, Tenn.) has hired Albert Wu, M.D., Reportedly, 75 percent of the U.S.

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VMS

MAY 12, 2021

The proposed plan also includes a private investment by Macy’s – roughly $235 million – to update the public spaces surrounding its flagship, like the pedestrian-friendly areas at Broadway Plaza and Herald Square, as well as subway access and transit connections. Macy’s hopes to keep Herald Square open during construction.

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VMS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Walmart has not yet announced any additional plans for seasonal hiring. The post Walmart Plans 20,000 Supply Chain Hires appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Woolworths Group’s announcement earlier this month that it will no longer sell Australia Day-themed merchandise for the upcoming national holiday due to “a decline in demand” has been met with praise by supporters and calls for a boycott by critics. The Woolworths Group are currently implementing their third Reconciliation Action Plan.

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