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JANUARY 6, 2025

Other examples of Gaps elevated fashion mission efforts include collaborations with aspirational apparel brands like Den and Cult Gaia. The restoration of the catalog is a key indication that marketing efforts are also heavily underway, but there are certainly more opportunities for improvement to come for the iconic prep wear retailer.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

The two decided to fill in the white space themselves and started with a small booth at an independent fashion market. Over the past 10 years, the team has focused on growing in the US market. With the right design formula, sales from the US market have exponentially grown to where they now make up nearly half of Farm Rios profits.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

How do you market to the customer who can get anything they want anytime they want it? In July, the S&P 500 Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods Industry Index, which tracks the performance of companies in the textiles, apparel, and luxury goods industries, experienced a 30 per cent decline compared with the year prior.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The e-commerce giant has seen its market share erode in apparel as Shein and Temu quickly expanded in international markets with US$12 dresses and US$10 gadgets. But offering a variety of everyday products like dish detergent and floss is helping Amazon. Amazon is also facing competition from rivals at home.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Uniqlos momentum carries over into 2025 METI doesnt report on sales at apparel specialty stores but Fast Retailing provides a good indicator with monthly sales reports for its 786 physical Uniqlo stores in Japan and its e-commerce business. Sales of apparel were particularly strong, attributed by the company to low temperatures.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Athletic apparel brand Under Armour posted revenue of US$1.6 The company, however, still struggles to gain ground in a more challenging market, he added. Direct-to-consumer revenue rose 3 per cent to $596 million after the company managed to control the sales experience and tell a story around its merchandise.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Both stores will sell a range of official NBA and WNBA team and league-branded merchandise and memorabilia, including exclusive hyperlocal NBA products, apparel, headwear, jerseys, sporting goods and collectibles from brands such as Nike, New Era, Mitchell & Ness and Wilson.

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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.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

It is not by accident that Paul Smith has become one of the most recognised names in the apparel industry today. DP: I’ve worked in all aspects of fashion and retail, from operations to wholesale and from merchandising to retail. DP: North America is a key market that we are committed to prioritising further.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

The beauty of the merchandise and format is that it sits comfortably inside several different high-quality real estate platforms: principally regional malls, lifestyle malls and hypermarket-anchored centres hence its nearly 160 stores. New licensed merchandise hit the stores too. Same-store sales growth was 5.7

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

We can do all types of marketing, but the very best interaction that we have is with our associates and their knowledge about the products,” Steelman stated. Meanwhile, Khoury explained that even though Skims is still in its infancy as a brand, it is constantly testing out new ideas.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Five years after launching into the market with its hero product, a true-blue fitted t-shirt, the brand now operates 9 brick-and-mortar stores, alongside thriving direct-to-consumer and wholesale operations. BY: We identified a gap in the market for high-quality, affordable basics that fit well and stand the test of time.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas.

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MAY 30, 2022

All eyes are on Canadian athletic apparel brand Lululemon, after it was fined for selling poor quality down-feather vests in China. The high-end yoga wear maker was fined more than 81,000 RMB ($16,700) and had US$3,500 of illegal income confiscated by the Beijing Xicheng District Market Supervision Bureau for its subpar products.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Weve had such a mass consolidation of retail over the years, that I feel like were underestimating the power of great creatives, merchants and marketing talent. Which is very, very significant in industries like apparel, footwear or beauty. Mindy Grossman: A big challenge that I see is with talent.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Aeon Mall, Japans biggest mall operator and an increasingly influential one throughout Southeast Asia, has turned in another record quarter for operating revenue, but not every one of its markets is singing from the same songbook. per cent), while traditional mall mainstays like apparel (+2.9 billion yen ($2.1 per cent), dining (+8.9

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MARCH 12, 2023

The pop-ups – which celebrate the American brand’s 100th anniversary this year – are designed to treat shoppers to an immersive experience with Disney100 merchandise toys, apparel, collectibles, homewares and photo opportunities. Alquemie Group is to open Disney100 pop-ups in Westfield malls on behalf of The Walt Disney Company.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

At the same younger shoppers are much more inclined to shop in-store for more fun products such as apparel, media and electronics products. For example, Shein is disproportionately shopped by Gen Zers, thanks to the retailer’s wide array of trendy styles at competitive prices and successful social media marketing strategies.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

New Balance has entered the beauty market in celebration of opening a premium direct-to-consumer retail store in Australia this December and it smells like luxury on and off the court for the apparel brand. It is set to open on December 19 on Sydney’s luxury retail strip George Street and offers a premium retail experience.

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JULY 1, 2021

With social media driving brand awareness as well as sales, more and more brands are choosing to diversify their product range or align with influential figures to flaunt their merchandise. As well as adding the band’s “signature order” to the menu, a line of merchandise, inspired by these menu items, launched on the Weverse Shop app.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

These shifts manifest in various ways, from increased consumer spending to innovative marketing strategies. People purchase merchandise, sports equipment and apparel to show support for their favourite teams, sports and athletes. Let’s break some of them down and look at a few examples more closely.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In an ever-evolving and rapidly changing world of fashion, staying relevant and profitable by offering the most on-point fashion collections is one of the biggest challenges for the apparel industry. Centric Visual Boards is a world-class visually interactive workspace that merges data and images from any business system in real-time.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

“Traditionally Alibaba is very dominant in apparel sportswear and cosmetics and skincare, all of these are highly discretionary in nature I do think that these categories are impacted,” said M Science analyst Vinci Zhang. JD.com on Thursday also missed estimates for quarterly revenue. million in GMV.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Ralph Lauren has been titled the official outfitter of the Australian Open and New Balance the official performance apparel and footwear partner for the Australian Open. The brands partnering with and participating in the 2025 Australian Open has set a new bar for out-of-home marketing.

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MAY 24, 2023

In an increasingly tough market, Abercrombie & Fitch has started its fiscal year on a strong note with group sales up by 2.9 However, as it bucks the general direction of the market and stands in marked contrast to the more negative results of many other discretionary retailers, it is an exceptional level of performance.

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This is particularly true for footwear and apparel retailers. Research cited by RetailDive indicates that consumer spending on goods like apparel, accessories, and footwear declined by 15.7% That’s why if you’re an apparel and footwear retailer, it’s more important than ever to craft a strong retail strategy and execute it flawlessly.

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JUNE 15, 2021

If you show up all year long, like what Mac Cosmetics does, then the consumer sees that and if they feel the authenticity, just like in any other way of marketing, then they’ll come to you,” said Doug Jensen, senior vice president at Estée Lauder Companies. With socks, we have the opportunity to [market them] as unisex.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Founded in 2022, Queensland Football Club is a fake footy club with a very real line of merchandise that has taken on a life of its own. The opportunity then came up to make merchandise for this player that I created, which sold really well. It’s a rambling story, but now I basically create merchandise for this club I made up.

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MAY 26, 2022

Australia’s thriving First Nations economy was on full display at a pop-up market in Melbourne last night, featuring artwork, apparel and homewares from several Indigenous brands and businesses. Yarli Creative. They also recently launched a podcast called, ‘That’s the tea sis’.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The ‘Queen The Greatest’ store will take visitors on a journey over 2 floors, from 70s thrift store (Freddie and Roger had a stall in Kensington Market), 80s iconic live performances and tours, 90s record store, 00s DVD homage through to 2010s tech concepts.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Earlier this month, popular US-based intimates brand Parade was acquired by Ariela & Associates International (AAI), a global manufacturer of branded and private-label apparel.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

The concept of an online marketplace dedicated to the rental market is a world-first, according to Krideras. Given the size of the rental market — worth over $8 billion in Australia — he believes it’s a massive missed opportunity. “No-one “There’s no limit of categories that could be available on our site.”.

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JULY 14, 2024

But for an apparel company, where the cheapest product might be a $3 pair of socks, the most expensive a $200 jacket, the benefits of using RFID tags now justify the cost. Fast Retailing began embedding RFID tags in apparel back in 2017. Tambara conceded it takes time to reach that level of acceptance across multiple markets.

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JULY 24, 2024

The event was originally marketed as a “one-day only event filled with more deals than Black Friday”, but thanks to increasing popularity over the years, it has since shifted to be a two-day extravaganza. In comparison, gross merchandise growth was actually down 6 per cent during TikTok’s Deals for You Days event.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

The retail world of general merchandise, apparel and personal care is currently in a transformative phase. For general merchandise, it’s an opportunity to prepare today, for tomorrow’s success. The apparel industry is currently at a crossroads, influenced by seismic shifts in consumer behaviour and regulatory requirements.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Meanwhile, the Amazon 4-star concept was introduced in 2018 with a focus on selling general merchandise rated higher than four stars by its customers. Amazon said it will remain focused on Whole Foods Markets and Amazon Fresh stores, and its cashier-less grocery model while working on other retail concepts.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The list of restricted products spanned a wide range of categories, from apparel and casual footwear to lifestyle accessories. He debuted Donda Sports, an all-in-one sports company that encompasses sports marketing, athlete management and sportswear earlier this year. The companies made me money.” But plans to expand are coming soon.

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