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The store will feature apparel from Fanatics-owned brands like Topps and Mitchell & Ness, memorabilia such as signed kits, jerseys, balls, and equipment, and trading-card supplies. The retailer wants the 8,647-square-foot store on London’s Regent Street to become a collectors hub by offering exclusive products, community-building events like trade nights, and athlete signings.

For example, British fashion brand Next expects to offset a GBP 13 million ($16.24 million) increase in wage costs by raising prices about 1%. And, in a sign of the tough job market, the retailer noted that it had about 50% more applications for store associate positions during the holidays compared with the previous year.

Apparel and footwear: Shoppers could replace their Levi’s jeans and Nike shoes with those from Zara, H&M, and Adidas. Consumer electronics: Apple, Dell, and HP may face stiffer competition from Huawei, Samsung, and Xiaomi for mobile phones and computers. Automobiles: Higher costs for Ford, General Motors, and Tesla could open the door for Toyota, Volkswagen, and BYD to gain ground.

Food and beverage will top overall holiday retail sales growth for the third consecutive year (+10.0%), followed by health and personal care (+6.6%) and apparel, footwear, and accessories (+6.6%). Just about every other top-line category in our forecast will see below-average holiday sales growth. The one exception is computer and consumer electronics (+6.1%).

Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (i.e., pure-play ecommerce platform sales

On the other, it’s trying to rebuild a loyal, older customer base that was turned off after Kohl’s removed some private-label brands, cut petite clothing sizes, and scaled back its fine jewelry selection. There’s no silver bullet: Plenty of department stores are throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks, but so far, the floor is a lot messier than the wall.

A partnership with luxury reseller Rebag to sell pre-owned designer handbags, jewelry, and accessories on its third-party marketplace. A $520 million deal with warehouse automation company Symbiotic to enhance its online pickup and delivery fulfillment systems.

Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (e.g., pure-play ecommerce platform sales

More brands will take up Shein’s on-demand technology and marketplace to compete with larger fast-fashion players. Temu could try appealing to inflation-weary consumers by introducing the gamified, group-buying grocery shopping concept that made sister app Pinduoduo enormously popular in China.