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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. The Woolworths-Lowe’s venture closed in 2016 after five years.

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

Inside Retail

According to ThredUp, a digital platform in the US that enables consumers to buy and sell secondhand clothing, the resale market grew 21 times faster than the retail market overall in 2016-2019, and is expected to be worth US$51 billion by 2023. How resale could impact Nike’s brand.

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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. Apple’s flagship stores in Mumbai and New Delhi reported record profits in May, making Apple the largest electronics retailer in India in terms of revenue.

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

Inside Retail

We spoke with her about coming up with the concept and how to stand out in the increasingly competitive wellness space. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for Elix Healing? IR : Where are the current white spaces in the wellness industry, especially concerning period care, and how is Elix Healing helping fill them in?

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The Shopping Mall: Zombie Architecture or Innovative Incubator

Onyx

By Jonathan Novak, Director of Design The shopping mall consumes an enormous amount of space in our collective consciousness. It occupies this space like the library and the stadium: as a powerful collective social space and a monumental physical object. Vibrant new architecture and public space will soon take the mall’s place.

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Why digitally native brands are opening brick-and-mortar stores

Greater Group

Let’s take a look at some of the most innovative and inspiring physical retail case studies from new and upcoming brands. The luggage and travel accessories retailer, Away, was founded in New York in 2015 as an exclusively online brand. Greater Group is a multi-disciplinary global retail design agency.

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Shopping centre developments back on the rise

Barber Design

million sq ft of floor space open for business next year. During the first half of 2016, shopping centre redevelopments were scarce – but due to the success of certain stores, things are moving again and a total of 1.4 million sq ft of new retail space is due to open by the end of this year.