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Primark Opens Second U.S. DC, Announces Plans for 4 New Stores

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The new retail stores will total more than 128,000 square feet of retail selling space, offering the latest fashion trends and essentials as well as homewares and beauty items. The retailer currently operates 24 stores across nine states, with plans to create a 60 -store footprint in the U.S. consumers.

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Planned Chinese Retail Venue to House 1,000+ Luxury Brands

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Luxury travel retailer DFS Group is planning to open DFS Yalong Bay, a retail and entertainment destination, in Sanya, Hainan, China by 2026. China has plans to make Hainan a tax-free zone , and this mall will be DFS Group’s first property in mainland China (the company operates venues in Hong Kong and Macau).

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Express to Expand Retail Presence in Indonesia, Paraguay and Central America

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WHP also will build up the brand’s presence in Mexico with IB Group and grow its brick-and-mortar footprint in Central America via its partnership with Fastco , including four new Express stores in key locations through 2026.

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Closing the Billion-Dollar Gap in Returns Waste

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The solution often starts with tech-enabled operations and automations, leveraging new tools such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine vision. The first step is to recognize and declare your returns operations are not functioning at optimal levels. The secondhand product market, particularly for fashion retail, is red hot.

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Sustainable Apparel Raw Materials Maker Receives $100 Million Investment

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The new investment will help Recover increase its production to more than 350,000 metric tons of recycled cotton fiber per year by 2026, saving up to 5 trillion liters of water annually — the equivalent of the drinking water consumed by over 4.5 billion people each year.

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6 Paid Social Trends to Be Aware of in 2024

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trillion by 2026, more than doubling its current value. The Multichannel Marketing Report 2023 shows Facebook consistently outperforming the former king of online sales, Google Shopping, in a number of categories, including fashion apparel.

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4 Ways Retailers can Leverage Generative AI to Drive Revenue and Productivity

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These first movers near universally are noting the gigantic opportunity to transform their business, from operations to customer relations and retention. trillion in 2026, from $3.3 SKUs are the lifeblood of any retail operation, helping keep track of the thousands — even hundreds of thousands — of items in inventory.