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Why the founder of Culture Kings wants retailers to sell with emotion and magic

Inside Retail

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation.

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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

The company began offering general merchandise in 2008, transforming JD from an electronics retailer to a full-fledged e-commerce platform, and launched an online marketplace platform in 2010. JD’s first overseas expansion attempt JD.ID [the company’s offering in Indonesia] didn’t end so well due to intensive competition in the local market.

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Reinvest and innovate: Key takeaways following Fenton & Fenton collapse

Inside Retail

In a cost-conscious market, the challenge for Fenton & Fenton was to keep reinvesting and innovating its product to entice buyers during a period where [its product range] wasn’t considered necessary or critical,” Walker said. There’s a purchase cycle store here. He pointed to Bunnings online marketplace as an example of this.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

Writing in the New York Times, Nobel Prizewinning economist Paul Krugman suggests America is witnessing a new form of worker revolt in the wake of years of substandard conditions. Leaving and changing jobs is a sign of a healthy, well-functioning labour market. million Australians left their jobs. That’s not unusual.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

Writing in the New York Times, Nobel Prizewinning economist Paul Krugman suggests America is witnessing a new form of worker revolt in the wake of years of substandard conditions. Leaving and changing jobs is a sign of a healthy, well-functioning labour market. million Australians left their jobs. That’s not unusual.

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Despite global scrutiny, BNPL is on the rise in Singapore. Here’s why

Inside Retail

According to GlobalData’s e-commerce analytics, Singapore’s e-commerce market is set to reach US$17.9 BNPL solutions have emerged as a viable payment option for consumers who do not have access to traditional credit, allowing them to pay for their purchases conveniently at later dates in the form of instalments,” he told Inside Retail.

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UK Q3 Retail Performance Expectations

Retail Focus

This represents the lowest point since Q3 2020 when the UK was in the midst of tiered lockdown restrictions and about to enter Lockdown 2, and -23 points lower than Q3 2008, at the start of the Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Credit Crunch.

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