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Golden Gate Capital Considers Merging Eddie Bauer And Pacific Sunwear

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The parent company of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California is considering a merger of the two retailers in an effort to consolidate stores, as well as survive a prolonged downturn in the American brick-and-mortar retail sector. Eddie Bauer also declined to comment, while Pacific Sunwear could not be reached for comment.

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Frugal Consumers Buying More Off-Brand, Off-Price Products

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This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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InContext And The New (Virtual) Reality Of Retail

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AR/VR doesn’t, however, seem like an obvious entrant into retail spaces on first blush, particularly retail spaces that are already physical. In fact, InContext thinks virtualizing real experiences might help bring some of those erstwhile shoppers back to physical retail.

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Eddie Bauer And Pacific Sunwear Combined In New Operating Company

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After news surfaced in May that Golden Gate Capital was considering a merger of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California , the private equity firm has created a new operating company comprised of the two retailers. Both brands have made great progress in the past 24 months and have generated strong performance.

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Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats

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When the iconic Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) was looking to brand its bulk Brazilian coffee in 1919, it asked consumers when they drank coffee. so the A&P decided to name its house brand of coffee Eight O’Clock. The name stuck — and served the retailer well. As JCPenney grew, so did its private brands.

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BigCommerce Raises $64M Led By Goldman Sachs

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BigCommerce , the eCommerce platform for retailing brands, announced news on Wednesday (April 25) that it has closed a $64 million round of funding. In a press release , the company said the fundraising round was led by Goldman Sachs and included participation from current investors General Catalyst, GGV Capital and Tenaya Capital.

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Branches more important than apps?

Chris Skinner

For example, it shows that the UK retail banking market place has become a dull playground thanks to mergers and acquisitions over the past half century: As a result, the six large banking groups held an 89% market share of the current account market. Anyways, there is some key metric data in the report.