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Can Allbirds make a comeback with a new CEO and transformation plan?

Inside Retail

Co-founded by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger in 2015, the company quickly became a hit amongst Silicon Valley-types and raised over US$200 million from venture capital investors, including Tiger Global Management, Lerer Hippeau, and Maveron. Its valuation surged to over US$4 billion on its first day of trading in November 2021.

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“We felt we had to do something quite radical”: Pandora’s SVP of sustainability

Inside Retail

The world’s largest jewellery brand Pandora is placing sustainability at the cornerstone of its ‘Phoenix’ growth strategy and even tying bonuses for top management to environmental targets to incentivise progress. How we incentivise or award bonuses to our top management is based on sustainability,” he added.

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Inside Designworks’ four-pronged expansion strategy

Inside Retail

Designworks’ divisional general manager Brooke Norton told Inside Retail that the brand sells about 15 million units each year and is heading towards $200 million in wholesale sales. According to Norton, Designwoks plans to expand in four key areas. And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W.

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Opinion: Why foresight is the future of marketing strategy

Inside Retail

By using future-focused insights, retailing marketers can evolve their strategies to stay abreast of change. The campaign won the Grand Effie in 2020, showing how cultural insight can launch resonant ideas attuned to the zeitgeist. Knowledge alone isn’t enough; future preparedness is predicated on strategic plans.

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The last mile: How can retailers diversify their carrier strategy?

Inside Retail

With escalating pressure on carriers to deliver in faster timeframes, at the brand’s expense, it’s time to consider a multi-carrier strategy. Volume limits, like those imposed by national carriers in 2020, paralysed retailers who had no Plan B. The role of order management. Consider a carrier aggregator.

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‘Go anywhere, get anything’: Uber reveals plans for marketplace

Inside Retail

And it doesn’t plan to stop there. last minute shopping needs, and complement our existing e-commerce offer,” Woolworths Metro general manager Justin Nolan said in a statement. Uber Eats regional general manager retail for ANZ, Lucas Groeneveld, said that the company has seen significant demand for grocery items on the platform.

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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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