Now that airlines have realized how much money they can make by selling more than just a seat on their planes, they're coming up with all sorts of income-producing ideas — including selling flight interruption insurance and producing merchandise with their logos.
Luxury online retailer Net-a-Porter is hoping to tap into the demand for expensive childrenswear, home furnishings and cosmetics with early-stage plans for three new websites. Net-a-Porter, founded in June 2000 by Natalie Massenet, already sells designer clothes and accessories for women, as well as menswear via MrPorter.com, launched a year ago, and the discount designer sector with TheOutnet.com that launched in 2009.
High-end department store Nordstrom is funneling its returned and worn shoes to its Nordstrom Rack outlet stores. This practice is surprising since outlet stores aren't known as secondhand stores.
After receiving such great feedback on our inaugural list last year, we here at Retail Online Integration decided to make this an annual feature to highlight the leading female executives in cross-channel retail. The women on this year’s list, as were those on last year’s, are the best and brightest in the cross-channel retail industry.…
For extreme couponers who pay only a few bucks for an entire shopping cart's worth of goods, or even earn money on their shopping trips by reimbursing coupons with a higher value than the item's price, couponing practically functions as a part-time job. Stores are ready to give them the pink slip.
The Home Depot and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia have extended their agreement to offer Martha Stewart Living-branded products at Home Depot stores through 2016. The Home Depot offers a wide variety of paint, outdoor furniture, kitchen and bath cabinetry, and carpeting under the Martha Stewart brand currently.
Cheery yellow bedspreads, snow-flaked artificial Christmas trees, shiny bathroom faucets, dog bowls — Martha Stewart has her name on all of them. And with the launch of her new home office line at Staples earlier this month, Stewart can add filing cabinets, sticky notes and even her own form of rubber bands to her growing list of eponymous merchandise.
It's no surprise that shoppers find long checkout lines to be frustrating, but retailers may not understand the implication long lines have on in-store sales. New survey results reveal that nearly 40 percent of smartphone-carrying shoppers abandon their in-store purchases due to long lines and 21 percent will abandon their purchases if there are no registers open, equating to lost revenue for the retailer.
The beloved British fast-fashion chain Topshop is set to inhabit Los Angeles. The 25,000 square-foot flagship store will be the chain's first West Coast location and only the fourth store in the U.S. Other Topshop stores in the United States are located in New York City, Chicago and Las Vegas.
A few years ago I wrote a blog called 10 Retailers That Shook the World to single out the most significant pioneers in retailing. I did a ton of research and got lots of feedback, and although it was well received I had a nagging feeling it needed revising. So with the benefit of additional experience and insight, I revisited the list and made some changes. See if you agree.
