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

Inside Retail

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is not the grocery retailer’s first foray into smaller storefronts. Amazon’s US$13.7

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How Reebok’s head of marketing James Chan “confidently pushes the envelope”

Inside Retail

James Chan, head of marketing for Reebok Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) chats with Inside Retail about the brand’s partnership with Brand Collective, how Reebok is aiming to be the fastest-growing sports brand in the world, and how he continues to push the envelope within in his profession.

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How Taking Shape is leveraging backend efficiency gains to grow overseas

Inside Retail

Founded in 1985, Taking Shape is the market leader in the plus-size fashion space in Australia and New Zealand, with around 150 bricks-and-mortar stores across the two markets, including about 60 concessions in Myer department stores. From a delivery perspective, it makes sense to deliver to those jurisdictions from the UK.”.

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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

In 2016, JD.com formed a strategic alliance with Walmart, taking control of the latter’s online grocery business, Yihaodian, and giving Walmart a 5 per cent stake in JD. A nuanced perspective Xiaofeng Wang, a principal analyst at Forrester, described the roadmap as “courageous”, given how forward-looking it is.

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

Inside Retail

From a customer perspective, resale is driven by a wish to get one’s hands on desirable fashion items at a lower price as well as experiencing the fun of treasure hunting for something unique,” Anna Forster, sustainability strategist and co-founder of The Purpose Agents, told Inside Retail.

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How retailers are tackling gender inequality this IWD

Inside Retail

Mimco has been working with Our Watch since 2016 and to date it has raised over $1.6 The majority of IWD events lack new perspectives and deep, value-adding conversations because of the lack of intersectionality in their speakers (and, therefore, audiences),” Bonney wrote. million for the not-for-profit.

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How teen Sofia Sacoor started an athleisure brand to support kids with diabetes

Inside Retail

Founded by a dynamic 17-year-old, Sofia Sacoor, the brand marked its entry into the Malaysian market with a weekend pop-up event at Sunway Pyramid from March 23-25. The story so far Sacoor was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as an eight-year-old in 2016.

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