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Walmart’s futuristic vision: AI shopping, drone deliveries and green energy

Inside Retail

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised.

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Green is the new black as sustainable clothing retailer eyes expansion

Retail Focus

Meander Apparel – a sustainable outdoor clothing and lifestyle brand with its flagship stores in Stockbridge, Edinburgh and Seven Dials, London – has secured funding from the British Business Bank as it gears up for the launch of its crowdfunding campaign later this month.

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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. Moreover, Premier Investments has not had to tackle the seasonality of the UK market, an element that defines apparel and pyjama collections.

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SPORT 2000 Launches New “Home of Experts” Retail Concept for Global Expansion

Retail Focus

Customers can test and try all sporting category equipment, footwear, and apparel from top brands such as Adidas, Kettler, Hoka, and Puma. The new retail concept aims to provide a more immersive and engaging shopping experience for customers while also positioning SPORT 2000 as the ultimate destination for sporting enthusiasts.

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Modibodi was a pioneer in period underwear. Can it reinvent itself for Gen Z?

Inside Retail

If not entirely mainstream today, period underwear and other leakproof apparel are certainly more common than they were 10 years ago, so it’s not surprising that brands are starting to rethink how they advertise these products, too. Leakproof apparel is no longer niche, and our evolved brand identity reflects that.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

billion apparel industry in Australia. Despite a slight dip in 2020, the global apparel market is set to grow to about US$2 trillion by 2028, from US$1.79 Locally, women’s apparel represents the largest segment with an estimated market volume of US$11.86 billion; the men’s apparel market is about half of that, worth US$6.35

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VF Corp’s global CCO on the “tremendous opportunities” in emerging markets

Inside Retail

Dubai-based retailer and distributor GMG and US-based apparel and footwear company VF Corporation recently announced a significant expansion of their long-standing partnership to solidify their presence in the growing markets of Southeast Asia (SEA) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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