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What China’s latest retail sales reveal about changing consumer spending

Inside Retail

Reporting by the business media of retail sales and other economic data produced by governments in developing Asia is often too trusting. Officially then, China’s retail sales rose by 4.7 The online share of total retail sales is now 23 per cent. billion, Same-store sales grew by 6.6 per cent to US$4.0

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Australia’s retail sales growth can’t last. Here’s how to prepare for it

Inside Retail

The latest retail sales figures are really quite incredible. According to the Bureau of Statistics (ABS), retail sales rose by 0.6 My tip is that retail sales figures in the next couple of months will start to reflect this. The post Australia’s retail sales growth can’t last.

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How Influencers Can Increase Your Retail Sales

Retail Bound

Influencer marketing is a form of marketing where businesses partner with social media influencers to promote their products or services. Retail-specific influencers play a significant role in promoting products and driving sales for brands at specific retailers.

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A new twist on privacy: planning for a post-cookie world

Inside Retail

As the data-decision driven world continues to evolve, the marketing space is seeing marketers, category and brand professionals alike held more accountable than ever for success and delivering results – not just with vanity metrics like clicks and engagement, but perpetually trying to understand how these convert into sales.

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Bunnings’ pet play: a market-disrupting combination with impeccable timing

Inside Retail

Don’t let the latest retail sales figures fool you. It’s a market-disrupting combination with impeccable timing. It’s no doubt a plan Bunnings started to cook up last year as interest rates continued their meteoric rise leading to three straight months of falls in building approvals.

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Beyond the beach: Richard Facioni outlines plans for Surfstitch

Inside Retail

Data shows the rapid increase in online shopping that defined the first year of the global pandemic has started to fade, as the novelty of lockdowns wears off and government stimuluses run out, and online retailers that once enjoyed record highs are now working harder to drive sales. This time last year, we were all still in lockdown.

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How HomePro aims to grow in Thailand’s fragmented DIY market 

Inside Retail

Thailand’s HomePro is strengthening its market leadership in the country’s DIY/home improvement industry in the first half of 2023. According to Statista Market Insights, the DIY and Hardware market was worth US$14.21 According to Statista Market Insights, the DIY and Hardware market was worth US$14.21

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