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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008.

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How O2O is helping Uniqlo grow in the ultra-competitive Singaporean market

Inside Retail

Over the last 13 years, Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo has established a foothold of 26 stores in the ultra-competitive Singaporean market, and it is looking to grow even further with the opening of four new stores in the next six months and the continued expansion of its online to offline (O2O) strategy. The Singapore marketplace.

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ReleaseIt is a new online marketplace targeting the $8b rental market

Inside Retail

Enter ReleaseIt, a new online marketplace that aims to be a one-stop-shop to rent anything, from fashion to furniture to tools to cars. . The concept of an online marketplace dedicated to the rental market is a world-first, according to Krideras. And if you’re the type of customer who prefers to rent rather than buy, that’s a problem.

Marketing 130
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Maggie Zhou reflects on Alibaba’s role in the rise of 11.11

Inside Retail

Singles’ Day on November 11 is the biggest shopping event in the world. event in 2009 to raise awareness of its then-new B2C e-commerce platform Taobao Mall (now called Tmall). “It Only 27 merchants participated in the 2009 event, though Alibaba still managed to generate over US$10 million in revenue. event last year.

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HOKA® announces new London flagship store in Covent Garden

Retail Focus

Set in the heart of the Piazza, the location is the ideal home for the brand’s first ever brick and mortar store. “London is arguably the most influential athletic lifestyle footwear market in the world and is a critically important market for us. The brand’s goal is to bring joyful performance to every kind of mover, everywhere.

Apparel 147
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Inside fitness giant Peloton’s new stores in Australia

Inside Retail

Each showroom provides customers with a community hub to test Peloton’s range of products, including the Peloton Bike and Peloton Bike+, while shopping its new private-label apparel range. Peloton country manager Karen Lawson in the Bondi flagship store.

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Beyond Starbucks: Three specialty coffee retailers taking Australia by storm

Inside Retail

Market Lane Market Lane, an independent specialty coffee brand founded in 2009, has grown steadily over the years, expanding from its first shop and roastery at the Prahran Market to eight coffee shops in Melbourne, a bustling online shop, and a roastery in Brunswick East.

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