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  • Amazon Widens its Moat

    By Bill Davis, Director, MB&G Consulting

  • The Touch, the Feel of Cotton On

    Aussie apparel brand Cotton On is as much about fun-fashion as it is about fast-fashion. The Geelong, Victoria-based brand operates more stores in the United States (124) than Zara and Uniqlo combined, and is an international behemoth with more than 1,300 stores operating globally under 10 different banners, including the 522-unit Cotton On, Cotton Body, Cotton On Kids, FREE by Cotton On and Rubi Shoes.

    Growth has been fast and strategic, but peppered with humor, optimism and the occasional dose of controversy.

  • Gordon Brothers Group appoints new national sales manager

    A week after Gordon Brothers Group — a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm specializing in the retail, consumer products, industrial and real estate sectors — tapped a new CEO, the company promoted Frank Grimaldi to national sales manager of the firm’s valuation and advisory services division.
     

  • Do the Right Thing

    Golden Pantry protects customer data with secure network

  • Pep Boys seeks CEO

    The Pep Boys president, CEO and director Mike Odell has resigned. Director John Sweetwood has been named interim CEO, effective immediately.

    Sweetwood has served on Pep Boys’ board of directors since 2002 and is currently the president of Woods Investment, LLC, a private real estate investment firm. Sweetwood is the former president of the Americas Six Continents Hotels (currently Intercontinental Hotel Group), which operates hotels under the InterContinental, Crown Plaza, Holiday Inn and other brands.

  • Mobile Devices Provide Effective Customer Data Channel

    Retailers should take advantage of the constant availability of data created by near-ubiquitous mobile penetration among consumers, advised Michael Olmstead, director, Plug and Play Retail, a Silicon Valley-based global start-up accelerator and investor.

    “Our generation has a constant in-flow of information, much of which we receive on our mobile electronics,” said Olmstead.

  • Online apparel retailer Milanoo upgrades shopping app

    Chengdu, China – Online apparel wholesaler Milanoo has launched a new version of its shopping app for both iPhone and Android. Based in Hong Kong, the company offers clothing and apparel to more than 180 countries worldwide, and serves customers in eight languages.

    The new Milanoo app 2.0 includes push notifications of new arrivals and flash sales, order tracking, Facebook sign-in, and secure payment options including PayPal, credit card and Western Union money transfer.  

  • Unclaimed Gift Card Balances

    Litigation in Delaware could disrupt how retailers manage programs

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