Merchandising
Survey: Second-hand retail sales will reach $77 billion by 2025
Dan Berthiaume Senior Editor, Technology The resale market is expected to double in the next five years. According to the ninth annual “2021 Resale Report” from online resale platform ThredUp Inc. and retail analytics firm GlobalData, secondhand apparel, shoes, and accessories is now a $36 billion market, projected to double in the next five…
Read MoreDick’s Sporting Goods Bets on Experential Retail
Source: Chain Store Age Writer: Marianne Wilson Dick’s Sporting Goods is running fast these days. The nation’s largest sporting goods retailer has had a busy few months, adding soccer shops to namesake locations, remodeling Golf Galaxy stores and opening clearance stores. But its most talked-about initiative has been the debut of an experiential retail concept…
Read More5 Signs that Retail Is Going to Be OK
SOURCE: Retail Dive Staff Writer: Daphne Howland Last year was a challenge like no other for the retail industry. COVID-19 upended people’s existence worldwide, threatening human life and undermining the global economy. Job and wage losses took a toll. Even those able to stay healthy and financially secure have faced disruptions to daily life, upsetting work,…
Read MoreWhy Apple, Sephora and Nordstrom are jumping on this trend to pull in shoppers Parija Kavilanz CNN Business
SOURCE: CNN Writer: Parija Kavilanz New York (CNN Business)As the pandemic drags on, big chains like Target and Nordstrom are looking for ways to keep consumers coming back to their stores. One go-to strategy is the store-within-a-store concept. It’s a way for one retailer to join forces with another by setting up a pop-up shop…
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