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What does Apple’s Indian expansion plan mean for the mobile landscape?

Inside Retail

After formally filing a request for the retail store in 2016, the global tech giant wanted to open the facility in 2020 but postponed the plans due to Covid-19 disruption. Furthermore, Apple is reportedly planning to open three additional stores in the coming years to strengthen its offline presence in India.

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Why so many global brands fail in Australia

Inside Retail

They arrived with great fanfare but many international retail brands have found the Australian retail market has been a graveyard. Like many local retailers, the foreign entrants have not understood the multicultural market dynamic and lifestyle differences from their home markets, let alone the structure of the retail industry.

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

Inside Retail

The brand plans to expand the Refurbished program to more US stores throughout 2021 and beyond. Nike Refurbished is just the latest secondhand initiative from a major retailer in recent months. “At Secondhand shoes will initially be available in up to 15 stores in the US, according to Nike. What’s driving the rise of resale.

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Meet Missfresh, the Chinese grocery retailer offering 30-minute delivery

Inside Retail

Here, we chat with Missfresh about how the DMWs operate, how it’s digitalising fresh markets and its plans for the future. We are able to empower the neighbourhood retail market through our technological capabilities and further seize the market opportunities in the digitalisation of the industry. million (RMB 1.6

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From Saks to start-up: How this brand founder aims to change women’s health

Inside Retail

Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for Elix Healing? Lulu Ge: I stopped taking birth control in 2016 and experienced a roller coaster of hormonal imbalances – from chronic fatigue to migraines, acne, hair loss, irregular cycles, weight fluctuations, and debilitating period pain.

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Analysis: Will the market pay 7-Eleven’s $2 billion asking price?

Inside Retail

The 7-Eleven Holdings board’s decision to seek a buyer for its network of about 750 retail outlets continues a seismic restructuring of the convenience retail market in Australia. The decision by the leading retail franchisor and Australia’s largest private company in fuel sales should have caught no one by surprise.

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5 Best Experiential Retail Examples

Greater Group

This entertainment concept store has proven incredibly successful and plans are underway to establish a more permanent location for it in Las Vegas. Online retail has been booming over the last couple of years and statistics show this method of shopping is only becoming more and more popular.