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How H&M took workforce planning to the next level

Inside Retail

At fashion retail giant H&M group, workforce planning has become a critical part of daily activity. The creation of H&M’s workforce planning system began back in 2012 when the company deployed Board to track the performance of individual stores. The company operates some 4950 stores and has 126,000 employees.

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Retail appointments of the week

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“This aligns with my personal leadership values and I’m looking forward to working with the team as we build brands tailored for Australian and New Zealand consumers, and a business focused on sustainability and diversity,” said Davison. Prior to that, he worked for Procter & Gamble for 17 years.

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Can a smaller-format Whole Foods help Amazon win in the grocery market?

Inside Retail

Whole Foods plans to expand this model to additional locations in New York City, before eventually expanding it to other metropolitan cities across the country. It will be the first Whole Foods store in Manhattan to offer Juice & Java, a venue for coffee, tea, fresh pressed juices, smoothies, sandwiches, soups and various desserts.

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This week in property news

Inside Retail

As an integrated dining and entertainment destination, there will always be something new for Sydneysiders to discover at Ed.Square Town Centre,” said Felicity Armstrong, general manager of retail assets at Frasers Property Australia. Even families with ‘fur babies’ have been included in the renewed program. “We

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Can fun drive footfall in shopping centres?

Inside Retail

Australasia’s largest fun company Funlab is planning to double its footprint nationally and internationally as it aims to capitalise on demand for experiences over products. Since 2016, the company has more than tripled revenue thanks to the popularity of Holey Moley and Archie Brothers with corporates, families and millennials.

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How digital payments can help businesses lead in customer experience

Inside Retail

Yet cash payments are expensive for businesses to manage. CommBank provides our business customers with Daily IQ to deliver business insights including detailed, anonymised information about their customers, how far they travel, how much they spend and how often – insights increasingly vital for business planning and forecasting.”

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How Luxury Escapes went from startup to global travel giant in nine years

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His first business idea was for apartments that were tailored to backpackers. It wasn’t until 2016 where we got a product manager in, and we were still very light in terms of building a structure around our technology team,” he noted. The company has outsourced a lot of its IT work to contractors in Vietnam and Ukraine.

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