It was October 2021, and I had just finished my first in-person trends seminar since the pandemic impacted all industry shows. At the end of the image-packed program, an audience member raised her hand and challenged, “Do trends even matter anymore?”
It was a valid question. The pandemic had disrupted business, upended supply chains, transformed education, revealed vulnerabilities, altered priorities, and unexpectedly claimed many lives. The question was tinged with cynicism. Pent...
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June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019
Donβt drive all over the state looking for FABRIC! We have thousands of options!
+ Online sales to increase from a relatively small percentage today to 10 percent of its sales by 2016
+ Goal is for its stores to view the online sector as complementary and not as either a threat or a rival. Toward that end, each store will get credit for the direct-to-consumer sales from within their trade areas, based on zip codes.
+ E-commerce gives Pier 1 the chance to explore new brands