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Amazon Purr-rime: Cat accidentally shipped to online retailer

A curious cat that sneaked into an open box was shipped across the United States to an Amazon warehouse after its unknowing owners sealed it inside. Carrie Clark's pet, Galena, vanished from her Utah home on April 10, sparking a furious search that involved plastering "missing" posters around the neighborhood. But a week later, a vet hundreds of...

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UK shop price inflation eases, providing relief for consumers

Inflationary pressures seem to be easing for retailers, offering some respite for consumers, as shop price annual inflation in the UK softened to 0.8 percent in April, a decline from the 1.3 percent recorded in March. Shop Index data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ marks the lowest shop price annual growth since December...

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10 steps to design the perfect point of sale, according to Scotta 1985

Valencia, Spain - In a world increasingly reliant on digitalisation, the question of a physical store’s current relevancy arises. Yet many brands remain steadfast in their commitment to the in-person shopping landscape, with some emphasising that physical retail brings ample benefits to brands that still invest in this sector. Co-founder of...

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Veja opens its first London store

French sustainable trainer brand Veja has opened its first store in London in the centre of Seven Dials. Located at 45 Monmouth Street, between Covent Garden and Soho, the 1,475 square foot store offers the brand's range of footwear alongside an in-store cobbler station for repairs and cleaning of sneakers and shoes from any brand. Veja...

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Loop Generation opens new pre-loved store

Loop Generation, the premium platform for pre-loved designer fashion, has opened a new store in the heart of London’s Chelsea. Located at 171-175 Draycott Avenue, the new 3,085 square foot two-storey store aims to provide “an unrivalled second-hand shopping,” with stock from designer brands, including Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Balmain,...

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Italy fines Amazon over 'recurring' purchase option

Italy's competition authority said Wednesday it had fined two Amazon companies 10 million euros (10.6 million dollars) for unfair commercial practices that push customers into agreeing to "recurring" rather than "one-time" purchases online. The AGCM said the option to set up regular purchases was "pre-selected by default" on a wide selection of...

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Boots own-brand becomes biggest Leaping Bunny-approved beauty range in the UK

Beauty and health retailer Boots has been named as having the biggest range of Leaping Bunny-approved own-brand beauty products on the UK high street. The Leaping Bunny programme from Cruelty Free International, the leading organisation working to end animal testing, is a globally recognised standard for assessing cruelty-free cosmetics and...

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24-year-old opens retail store: Seize the opportunity when big players stumble

Jannis Thein has taken the plunge and opened his own retail store in Würzburg, Germany, in March. Until now, the young entrepreneur has worked for Nuremberg-based luxury retailer Emerson Renaldi, most recently as senior operations manager. Now he has swapped employment for self-employment. Under the name 'Neverlnd', he has opened a retail space...

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Jason Wu Beauty expands in the US

Jason Wu Beauty, the cosmetics brand founded in 2021 by cosmetics industry legend Toni Ko and fashion designer Jason Wu, is expanding into CVS stores across the US. The beauty brand is joining CVS’s off-shelf display programme and launching a range of affordable essentials for the eyes, cheeks, lips, and brows in more than 3,000 CVS stores...

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WRC 2024: 'We greatly value local consumers', say CEOs of Harrods and Galeries Lafayette

Michael Ward, managing director of Harrods (London), and Nicolas Houzé, CEO of Galeries Lafayette (Paris), have shared their expert advice at the World Retail Congress, the international event for retail professionals that kicked off on Tuesday and concludes its talks today, April 18. Host Selvane Mohandas du Ménil asks the two major retail...

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The Brooklyn Nets’ fashion brand Berō opens store

American basketball team The Brooklyn Nets has opened the first retail store for its private label merchandise brand, Berō, which debuted in December 2023. Located at the Barclays Center, the 200-square-foot storefront has been designed by the Brooklyn Home Company’s director of architecture, Stacey Walters, “to feel live-in and welcoming” and...

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Laver Cup announces new retail and merchandising partnership

Tennis tournament, the Laver Cup, which pits six of the best men’s tennis players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world, has signed a new retail and merchandising partnership with Fanatics, a digital sports platform and provider of licensed sports merchandise. Under the multi-year deal, Fanatics will develop a...