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The working class: Why the casualisation of suiting is here to stay

Inside Retail

Suiting was once reserved for men’s formal attire and workwear but now the fashion industry is following consumer trends and doubling down on business casual. This corporate aesthetic that is bleeding into consumers’ everyday wear signals more than just a style fad.

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Why the founder of Culture Kings wants retailers to sell with emotion and magic

Inside Retail

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation. Create the brand, the emotion, the resonance, break [consumers] patterns so they remember you,” concluded Beard.

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No longer a “hot new thing”: Why AR shopping is here to stay

Inside Retail

However, beauty brands and other companies in various retail sectors have been integrating AR technology into the consumer shopping experience since well before 2020. The first commercial use of AR is believed to have occurred in 2008. Developed by German agencies in Munich, it involved a print ad featuring an AR model of a BMW Mini.

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Ultra-fast fashion is undermining efforts to make the industry more sustainable

Inside Retail

The amount of natural resources consumed and waste produced is snowballing. And let’s not forget the power of consumers. Most ultra-fast fashion brands emerged in the late 2010s following the most well known, Shein, founded in 2008. We’re on a downward spiral, from fast fashion to ultra-fast fashion. Cheap clothing at what cost?

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Retailers can’t afford to discount the customer experience this December

Inside Retail

Confirming the cost-of-living impact on retail spending attitudes this year, the latest Westpac Bank consumer confidence monitor shows Australians are as pessimistic currently as they were at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2008. Short-term gain for long-term pain?

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Mike Tyson sues Aussie retailer Culture Kings over ‘Iron Mike Tyson’ t-shirts

Inside Retail

Tyson’s court filings allege Culture Kings’ use of his likeness demonstrates that the retailer engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct under Australian Consumer Law, and made false and misleading representations. Culture King’s owners, Simon and Tah-nee Beard, opened their first store on the Gold Coast in 2008.

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Thankyou co-founder Daniel Flynn on balancing ‘work-life tension’

Inside Retail

Daniel Flynn: My retail journey began in 2008 when I co-founded Thankyou – little did I know how much of a rollercoaster it would become. We were forced to think outside of the box, and so began the unconventional consumer-led campaigns we’ve become known for, which landed us in 7-Eleven, Coles and Woolworths.

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