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Bondi Wash demonstrates how Australian retailers can tap into the Asian market

Inside Retail

With many Australian consumers continuing to moderate their discretionary spending due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, overseas markets could offer a lifeline to struggling local retailers. Be local “Customising your products to match local needs and preferences – positioning, labelling, and market channels matter,” Howard said.

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As France weighs fast-fashion ban, is the circular economy the future of retail?

Inside Retail

It’s a trend that’s also playing out close to home with Roy Morgan’s Future of Australian Retail address highlighting the dichotomy between the $8 billion in sales cheap offshore marketplaces are sucking out of the market versus the increase in people wanting to shop more ethically and sustainably while still looking for quality.

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Coles brings “Local” concept to Queensland

Inside Retail

Speaking from the opening today, Australian retail expert and QUT professor of marketing Gary Mortimer told Inside Retail about the “highly curated range”. Coles Local Ascot features a curated range of gourmet produce. The big thing I’m seeing here is a massive amount of collaborative marketing.

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Barnes & Noble CEO: “The big guys should be doing better”

Inside Retail

In conversation with reporter Lauren Thomas of The Wall Street Journal, Daunt discussed the realities of keeping up the bookstore chain’s legacy in a rapidly shifting market. But the reality is, today, The Shop Around the Corner would stand a much better chance of survival, thanks to the revival of indie bookstores in recent years.

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How online retailer Style Story is riding the K-beauty wave

Inside Retail

Style Story founder Lauren Lee discovered her love of Korean beauty products as an exchange student in 2011, which inspired her to launch her own e-commerce business back home in Brisbane, Australia. “On According to a study by Research and Markets, the K-beauty market is projected to reach $21.8 Creating community.

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Why Book Depository’s closure could be a “net benefit” for Australian booksellers

Inside Retail

Following the closure of Book Depository, Egan believes that the time is right for Australian bookstores to develop curated spaces and experiences, as a means of competing with online booksellers. Amazon is already very aggressive on price, they match whoever is cheapest in the market. So it’s unlikely to have an effect.”

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Is now the time to go direct to consumer?

Inside Retail

Of all the habits consumers have established in the past two years, some are more likely to stick than others and the uptick in online shopping is certainly one of them. Even people that were ‘tech fearful’ prior to Covid lockdowns – like my 85-year-old mum – have become more comfortable with the online shopping process. DTC darlings.

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