Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

The designer fashion brand launched its own ecommerce operation in 2008, at a time when many other high-end specialty labels were still turning up their noses at digital. The company’s wholesale business is still thriving, but now it’s only part of an omnichannel strategy that includes ecommerce , social commerce and marketplaces.

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Fabric

APRIL 11, 2023

Fashion and apparel storefronts always need fresh supplies of trendy clothes. With all these factors affecting the fashion industry, it’s no surprise that Deloitte finds that only one-third of retail executives are confident about maintaining or improving profit margins in the coming years. One major opportunity? Dropshipping.

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365 Retail

MARCH 15, 2024

The Retail Technology Show has announced that Dr Nick Beighton, CEO of MATCHESFASHION and Chairman of Secret Sales, will join its headline speakers as part of its 2024 conference programme. Register for free to attend the industry’s flagship event which brings the magic of retail to life, here.

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Omnisend

MARCH 29, 2021

If ever any industry fully embraced ecommerce, it’s fashion. According to Shopify’s Fashion Industry Report , the fashion industry will reach a whopping $713 billion by next year. That number is largely influenced by the industry’s domineering growth, as indicated by ecommerce fashion industry statistics from Statista.

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Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

Welcome to Part 2 of The Modern Retailer’s Guide To Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel. In Part 1, we covered the basics of dropshipping and explored the reasons why every fashion retailer should switch from a traditional retail model to an asset-light dropship model. 5 Tips and Strategies for Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel 1.

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ESW

JUNE 1, 2023

ESW Case Study ICONIC US FASHION BRAND. CONQUERING DTC IN CANADA This world-famous fashion house had a wholesale arm in Canada that sold exclusively to local retailers. However, they lacked the necessary technology and infrastructure and realized developing it in-house would take years.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

Seeking to step up its appeal to younger shoppers, luxury Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has partnered with digital platform Farfetch. In addition to bolstering Ferragamo’s digital capabilities, Gobbetti appointed Maximilian Davis as Creative Director of Ferragamo in March 2022 to refresh the brand on the design side.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The youth fashion and lifestyle brand is tapping Cart.com ’s logistics expertise and order and inventory management capabilities to support all its U.S. This is the 14th warehouse in Cart.com’s growing network of omnichannel fulfillment centers, which now encompasses 8 million square feet of space across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

B8ta has acquired Re:store , a startup that provides retail-as-a-service for online fashion brands with partners including Instagram brands Sezane , H&M ’s & Other Stories and Nasty Gal. The deal will help b8ta, which has focused primarily on technology, to enter the fashion and lifestyle market.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Retail’s busiest returns period may be in the rearview mirror until next year, but rising ecommerce order volumes have caused returns management to become an aspect of ecommerce and omnichannel business that warrants a dedicated year-round strategy. Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

She will leverage her experience to help advance the omnichannel fashion retailer’s plans for growth and developing a best-in-class customer experience. She currently serves on the boards of Humana Healthcare, Under Armour and The Real Real and acts as an advisor to a number of startups in the technology, service and product spaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Many members of this young, savvy demographic are exchanging their dependence on fast-fashion destinations like SHEIN , choosing to invest in quality over quantity. Chen added that many luxury brands, like Tommy Hilfiger , have been increasingly eager to test more emerging technologies in order to appeal to local audiences.

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Retail Technology Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on retail, the fashion sector, in particular, is looking for new ways to engage with customers through new clienteling techniques. By Jean Shin, Director Strategy and Content, tyntec.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fashion retailer Rue21 is bringing a new CIO on to its revamped leadership team. Rue21 also has made several executive appointments to strengthen its leadership team and stay at the forefront of change within the affordable fashion industry. Scott Saeger, who will take on the role starting Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2021

As the department store sector aims to reinvent itself for retail’s digital age, iconic retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) is investing rapidly in technologies that will elevate its integrated luxury retail strategy across all channels. So how does NMG see these digital investments leveling up its omnichannel game?

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Fabric

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In this blog post, we’ve compiled a list of key takeaways from this insightful discussion, focusing on how retailers can navigate the instant gratification economy, deliver true omnichannel experiences, and leverage innovative solutions like real-time inventory, order management and fulfillment, and dropshipping. 5 Key Takeaways 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

After a successful partnership with Pacsun, the fashion brand opened its first U.S. On-Trend Styles: “Delivering on-trend fashion continues to be the cornerstone of our business and the focus of our strategy for the holiday season and through 2024,” Dres explained. 2023 was a critical year in Princess Polly ’s growth story.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2023

Express plans to leverage its own strengths in the men’s fashion space to boost Bonobos’ presence in underpenetrated categories as well as drive greater brand awareness and customer acquisition. The addition of Bonobos also could help Express, which is in danger of being delisted from the NYSE , to turn its fortunes around. million. “Our

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Luxury online fashion retailer Mytheresa has improved add-to-cart and conversion rates as well as reduced mobile bounce rates and increased newsletter signups in China following the deployment of the Kibo unified commerce solution.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Warner Music Group (WMG) will partner with and invest in digital fashion retailer DressX , gaining a platform for select WMG artists to design their own virtual fashion lines. The company is committed to sustainable fashion, promoting the digital garment market as a way for consumers to showcase their style digitally.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2022

Before the May 25, 2022 grand opening of Amazon Style — the retailer’s initial venture into fashion brick-and-mortar retail — some thought the Los Angeles space at the Americana at Brand would be dominated by technology and devoid of human interaction. Fitting Digital into Physical Fashion Retail. Photo courtesy of Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The newest members of the Away executive team are: Charles Liu joins as the company’s first-ever Chief Operating Officer, leading Away’s end-to-end supply chain and business technology teams. Chatelain was previously VP of Innovation and Digital Product at West Elm and most recently was Chief Digital Officer of J.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A system of visual cues, environmental inputs, and — almost always — integrated technologies and displays are interpreted and enabled through pure interior design and architectural solutions. Nothing can be tangential — it all communicates the fashion house’s value and promise.

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Retail Technology Review

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Retail software vendor, Cegid, has that the Beaumanoir Group, the family-owned French fashion retail enterprises, has chosen its cloud-based unified commerce platform to equip the recently acquired apparel retail chain, La Halle, with some of the latest omnichannel and point-of-sale technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2023

When Houle started with Aldo Group as Senior Director of Digital Technology, “We were primarily focused on digitalizing our retail experience across all channels,” he said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. It involves not just the right technology but also the right skills, processes, and culture.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Make no mistake, this is a treacherous environment for retailers, which must make complex and difficult decisions about where to invest and divest, how to train employees, which technologies to employ and so on. strikes Gen Z as cumbersome, slow and old-fashioned. Customize physical stores to the omnichannel experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Open Air Shopping Centers Enable Easy Omnichannel Services. One thing that’s unlikely to change in 2022 is the importance of omnichannel offerings. The omnichannel connection is particularly important for the 31 digitally native brands with stores at Northwood’s shopping centers. I think people just feel more at home outside.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. To pull this off, Amazon will be using the same technology and processes it employs at its fulfillment centers. The goal is an Everything Apparel Store IRL.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The luxury fashion house is partnering with EON , a company specializing in Digital ID technology, to embed a custom-produced song by Archive, a London-based trip-hop group, into items from the collection. Balenciaga is venturing into wearable tech with a new merchandise series that gives consumers exclusive access to media.

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365 Retail

APRIL 27, 2023

The Retail Technology Show , has today announced circular retail platform, CircularX , which powers second-hand and pre-loved commerce capabilities as the winner of its 2023 Innovation Awards. It’s good for customers, good for retailers, and good for the planet,” she commented.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Spanish fashion retailer Encuentro Moda is deploying a radio frequency identification solution across its 125 stores, both to meet omnichannel requirements and to gain visibility into the stock availability at each store and throughout the supply chain. The rollout was completed in October 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

At the core of its sneaker designs is patented technology from its innovation division, HandsFree Labs, which allows people to step into their shoes without untying their laces. Then our product team is taking that technology and adding design and style to that.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

After spending the first part of her career in fashion and brand strategy, working with brands like Donna Karen , Dr. Scholls , Elizabeth Arden and Urban Decay , in 2004 she co-founded the digital native brand Cameron Hughes Wine (CHW), which “really became kind of the Warby Parker of our industry,” she said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

Physical Stores Create Unique Value and Get ‘Premium’ Investment Like many omnichannel retailers, Anthropologie understands the unique value of its stores. “We think of it as a way to deepen the relationship with our customers and get them into new categories.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Jason Del Rey is a veteran business journalist who spent a decade at Recode reporting on Amazon , Walmart and how technology is transforming retail. Del Rey: I do believe the Jet.com acquisition was key to the omnichannel success that Walmart is experiencing today, at least in an indirect way.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Commerce technology platform VTEX , which offers retailers marketplace and order management solutions, has acquired cloud commerce platform provider Workarea. VTEX plans to leverage Workarea’s commerce experience to scale growth and strengthen its presence in the U.S. and Canadian markets. and Canada. and Canada.

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Mi9

JULY 28, 2020

Today it is more critical than ever to quantify the value impact of a technology investment in order to make a well-informed decision and drive consensus internally. Having the right technology in place to be able to adapt to new or changing trends quickly will be a major success factor coming out of the crisis. INVENTORY REDUCTION.

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