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How to recruit and retain the retail industry’s top talent according to experts

Inside Retail

At the World Retail Congress in Paris, industry executives and experts weighed in on a panel to advise retailers on the best strategies to improve employee retention, create jobs that meet needs and ensure effective management. asked David Sinclair, a partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants in the retail and consumer sector.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

million consumers each year. Collins Foods CEO joins board as managing director. Taco Bell and KFC parent company Collins Foods has just welcomed Collins Foods CEO Drew O’Malley to the Board as managing director. O’Malley first joined Collins Foods as chief operating officer in 2017.

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

How Showfields veered off course Showfields was co-founded in 2017 by Katie Hunt, Tal Zvi Nathanel , and Amir Zwickel. It acted as a platform for consumers to interact with and learn about a rotating variety of omnichannel and digitally native brands, by way of QR codes. Did we execute everything perfectly?

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Telstra fined $50m for unconscionable conduct toward Indigenous Australians

Inside Retail

In the Federal Court the business admitted to staff breaching consumer law at five of its licensed Telstra stores when they manipulated credit assessments to make customers that would fail such an assessment would instead pass, failed to properly explain potential costs and mischaracterised devices as ‘free’, when they were anything but.

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Spending intentions up after Australians save their way through pandemic

Inside Retail

This represents the largest year-on-year increase since the score begun being calculated in 2017, and is largely due to cautious consumerism and a focus on saving, rather than spending, during the pandemic. ” The post Spending intentions up after Australians save their way through pandemic appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Business Growth through Digital Transformation: The Case of Premium and Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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Fleeting beauty: Inside the downward spiral of BWX

Inside Retail

Back in time The story starts in 2017, when then-CEO and managing director John Humble went on a bit of a buying spree. Towards the end of 2017, BWX told investors it was finished with its round of acquisitions and would focus on building out the offer it had assembled. The consumer wants the product. It’s a long story.