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August retail figures show impact of prolonged lockdowns

Inside Retail

National retail sales fell 1.7 The data, care of the ABS, demonstrates the prolonged impact lockdowns around the country are having on the retail industry: clothing, footwear and personal accessories sales fell 17.4 Retail brought in $29 billion during August. per cent compared to the same time last year.

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Why short-term data alone won’t cut it for retailers in 2024

Inside Retail

But 10 years later, advertisers are falling back into old habits ditching long-term brand-building efforts to purely focus on activation campaigns that deliver sales in the short term. And that applies equally to retail sales data. It’s all too easy to get stuck dissecting the monthly ABS retail data. billion and $1.6

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Asos pins hopes on cost savings after Christmas sales slide

Inside Retail

In Britain, its biggest market Asos saw sales fall 8 per cent in the four months to December 31, hurt by Christmas delivery problems, which shook customer confidence in online, and a tough comparison against last year when, by contrast, the pandemic pushed people to shop online. per cent on the year.

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Japan’s department stores: What’s left when the tourism tide goes out?

Inside Retail

Regional stores are still scrapping Another reason for some sobriety is that the big sales growth is still concentrated at the Tokyo stores and the other large centers like Osaka and Kyoto. In contrast, the stores in outlying regions are still struggling to get their pre-pandemic footfall back. per cent, Daimaru Sapporo was up 23.4

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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

A sense of contrast . Luxury watch stores are famous for their clean and uncluttered store design, and their watch and accessories displays typically come with sleek and modern designs. . The material adoption is perfect to illustrate the kaleidoscope in contrasting colors in the window campaign. . Easy to obtain .