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October 7, 2024

Retail is and always will be about four things – recruitment, transaction, fulfillment, and retention. The interesting thing is that transaction and fulfilment are increasingly migrating to the online sector. “Even though I am generalizing, and I suppose I am being slightly provocative, it seems that brands will increasingly occupy physical space for the purpose of recruiting and retaining customers,” states Ibrahim Ibrahim, Managing Director of Portland Design.

After the collapse of a previous deal last year, the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont has found in Mytheresa a new buyer for its online fashion and accessories business Yoox-Net-a-Porter (YNAP).