Strategic Retail Report: Strategic Recommendations

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Company

Aritzia Inc Annual Shareholders Meeting - Final (Rep. No. 32U1546116123FDW). (2020, September 16). doi:https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=d44e9eda-5a2c-476e-a0b4-c3f57f3d14c4%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=32U1546116123FDW&db=bwh

A presentation of Aritzia reports the next step and annual summary to the Shareholders.

Fair Disclosure Wire (Quarterly Earnings Reports). (2020, July). Q1 2021 Aritzia Inc earnings call - final (No. 32U0914437637FDW). Regional Business News. https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=89b6b56d-90d4-486a-ac4f-5e629ecc5511%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=32U0914437637FDW&db=bwh

The top manager of Aritaiz reported the company’s process in the last year and talked about the future plan.

Canada Newswire. (2020). Aritzia Wraps Up Gifting 100,000 Healthcare Heroes With CommunityTM Relief Clothing Packages. Aritzia Relief Clothing, 1. https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=89b6b56d-90d4-486a-ac4f-5e629ecc5511%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=202007221122CANADANWCANADAPR.C3015&db=bwh

A press of Aritzia’s sponsored program. The company provides supplies to medical personnel.

Industry

Edelson, Sharon. (2011). Canada’s Aritzia Opens SoHo Flagship. WWD: Women’s Wear Daily, 201(122), 6–1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=15&sid=d44e9eda-5a2c-476e-a0b4-c3f57f3d14c4%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=61486164&db=bth

This article introduces that retail has a big size of the physical store. And they separate their product by different designs.

Alexander, Doug. (2016). Aritzia May Raise Up to C$400 Million in IPO After Upsizing Deal. Bloomberg.Com, n. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=6&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=140579127&db=bth

Has 75 retail in N.A. and may get financial support of 400 million canadian dollars.

Linda Nguyen. (2016). Women’s fashion retailer Aritzia plans to go public. Record, The (Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo, ON), 1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=Q4KRKON2016081939403400&db=rch

After 30 years Aritzia is planning to sell their shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Competition

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB MarketLine Company Profile. (2020, May). MarketLine Company Profile: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (No. 143797245). https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=143797245&db=bth

This is H&M’s company profile. This company is focused on fashion women's clothing, the same as Aritzia.

Style Hot List ACCESSORIES. (2014). People, 82(14), 88–92. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=20&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=98385211&db=a9h

This is a list of company that have similar product with Aritzia

Joe’s Jeans Inc. MarketLine Company Profile. (2015, May). MarketLine Company Profile: Joe’s Jeans Inc (No. 103243273). Business Source Complete. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=28&sid=f4ed807a-58ec-4c37-a754-6da6344c6506%40pdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=103243273&db=bth

This is a marketline of Aritzia’s top competitor, Joe’s Jeans.

Customers

The Canadian Press. (2020). Aritzia fuelled by new stores, expanded product lines. Toronto Star (Canada), 1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=9&sid=d44e9eda-5a2c-476e-a0b4-c3f57f3d14c4%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=6FPTS2020011056827241&db=rch

Aritzia will attract the men customers. So they expanded the men’s outerwear.

Moretti, Stefania Towndrow, Lee. (2013). An empire state of mind. Canadian Business, 86(4), 36–39. https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=89b6b56d-90d4-486a-ac4f-5e629ecc5511%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=89908758&db=bth

This article describes their design concept. And their target market is those who can’t afford the luxury cloth but don’t want to buy the cheapest cloth.

LAIRD, KRISTIN. (2014). Aritzia’s artful accoutrements. Marketing Magazine, 119(5), 13. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=96039778&db=bth

This article introduces their stylish shopping bag design.

Channels

PR Newswire. (2020). Aritzia to Launch The Super PuffTM Pop-Ups at Iconic Locations in New York and Los Angeles. Aritzia-PopUp-Iconic, 1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=6&sid=d44e9eda-5a2c-476e-a0b4-c3f57f3d14c4%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=202007090700PR.NEWS.USPR.VA57686&db=bwh

Aritzia will launch the Super PuffTM in New York and Los Angeles

Natalie Obiko Pearson Bloomberg. (2019). Aritzia is defying America’s retail slump. Toronto Star (Canada), 1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=13&sid=d44e9eda-5a2c-476e-a0b4-c3f57f3d14c4%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=6FPTS2019072955196100&db=rch

Aritzia has a lot of stores located U.S. And they want to expand their business in China.

Canada Newswire. (2016). Aritzia closes market. Canada Newswire, 1. https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/eds/detail/detail?vid=10&sid=4a16d5d9-0e6e-4690-a9df-c08f20ae4e77%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=201610031809CANADANWCANADAPR.C7632&db=bwh

Aritzia company is based in Vancouver. Has many retail stores in NA. aritzia.com is their e-commerce platform

Technology

Adapa, S., Fazal-e-Hasan, S. M., Makam, S. B., Azeem, M. M., & Mortimer, G. (2020). Examining the antecedents and consequences of perceived shopping value through smart retail technology. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 52. https://doi-org.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.101901

Examines the use of smart technology in the retail industry. In addition, smart tech helps retailers examine consumer behaviour characteristics.

Retail Tech Innovation editors. (2019). FITCH launches retail technology in the Middle East. Enterprise Innovation, N.PAG.

A company called FITCH developed interactive technology for their retail business to give shoppers more direct services.

Mohamadrahim Ramazanian, yaghoob mombiniy, & Mahmoud Moradi. (2015). The effects of information technology based retail channels integration on retail stores performance: mediating role of organizational Ambidexterity (case study: Rasht stores). Journal of Information Technology Management, 7(4), 741–768. https://doi.org/10.22059/jitm.2015.55356

This discusses how information retail technology affects things such as channel integration.

Regulations

Peiffer-Smadja, O., & Torre, A. (2018). Retail decentralization and land use regulation policies in suburban and rural communities: The case of the Île-de-France region. Habitat International, 72, 27–38. https://doi-org.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.02.003

In an area of France they talked about decentralizing the retail because of oversaturation. Could this expand to north america?

Kumar, C., Vijayaraghavan, T., Chakraborty, A., & Thompson, R. G. (2018). Urban Freight Regulations: How much they cost the consumers? Transportation Research Procedia, 30, 373–383. https://doi-org.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.09.040

This article highlights how urban freight regulations unnecessarily heighten expenses for retail companies.

Dillon, P. (2017). Canada: It’s Like Watching A Car Crash in Slow Motion[1]. Franchise Law Journal, 37(2), 265.

This article talks about laws and regulations thaty affect franchises in Canada.

Environmental Considerations

Tang, A. K. Y., Lai, K., & Cheng, T. C. E. (2016). A Multi-research-method approach to studying environmental sustainability in retail operations. International Journal of Production Economics, 171(Part 3), 394–404. https://doi-org.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.09.042

This article goes over the different ways retailers are incorporating environmental sustainability into their businesses.

Shen, B., Choi, T.-M., & Chan, H.-L. (2019). Selling green first or not? A Bayesian analysis with service levels and environmental impact considerations in the Big Data Era. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 144, 412–420.

This considers whether or not it is worth it for a company to become environmentally sustainable. In addition, whether or not to have “green” and “non-green” products at the same time.

Quinn, L. J., & Sinclair, A. J. (2016). Undressing Transformative Learning: The Roles of Instrumental and Communicative Learning in the Shift to Clothing Sustainability. Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 66(3), 199–218.

This goes over the impact that manufacturing and buying clothing has on the environment.

Economic

Charles, S. K., Wolf, A. R., & Cassel, M. H. (2020). COVID-19 Impacts on Landlords of Retail Debtors. Venulex Legal Summaries, 1.

This article goes over the hardships that many retailers are facing regarding limited in person shopping and more because of Covid-19.

Research and Markets. (6 C.E., March 2020). Clothing Stores Face Falling Sales During COVID-19 Crisis - ResearchAndMarkets.com. Business Wire (English).

This highlights how clothing retailers are facing a drop in sales and are unable to get new inventory due to Covid-19.

Redman, R. (2020). In retail, shoppers feel safest from COVID-19 at supermarkets: Consumer comfort levels vary by retail venue during pandemic, survey finds. SN: Supermarket News, 13.

This goes over how consumers have varying levels of trust towards different types of retailers regarding Covid-19. This could mean places like clothing stores continue to lose sales.

MarketLine Industry Profile: Apparel Retail in Canada. (2020). Apparel Retail Industry Profile: Canada, 1.

This shows an industry report of the retail industry in Canada February 2020 that goes over market value forecast, market segmentation and competitive landscape.

Canada Newswire. (2020, May 28). Aritzia Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2020 ended March 1, 2020. Canada Newswire.

This is a report of Aritzia’s financial results from 2020.

Social and Cultural Trends

Five retail trends for 2019. (2018). Checkout, 44(12), 28–29.

This goes over 5 retail trends that were emerging in 2019 such as shopping anywhere anytime

SCHAER, C. (2019). How Customer Data Is Changing Fashion Retailing: Thanks to data flows, customers are telling the apparel industry what they want, rather than the other way around. WWD: Women’s Wear Daily, 13.

Data and social media are beginning to tell retailers exactly what consumers want from them

Honigman, A. F. (2015). Torn designer jeans against fast fashion. Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 6(2), 187–205. https://doi-org.libsecure.camosun.bc.ca:2443/10.1386/csfb.6.2.187_1

This article examines and distinguishes luxury fashion from fast fashion