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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

You don’t have to be a marketing expert to know that Taylor Swift is a bulletproof brand that consistently improves, regardless of the challenges she faces or the challenges she sets for herself. She can instruct marketers on leading by example and practicing what they advocate for.

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Belles Hot Chicken talks crowdfunding campaign and global growth plans

Inside Retail

Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, Belles Hot Chicken (Belles) has grown to six existing locations, including a new opening in Bondi, Sydney, a few weeks ago, and is now looking to raise between $1 million and $2 million to fund further expansion. Beyond this, Belles has set its sights on international markets.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

These cutting-edge solutions will help retailers optimize customer loyalty and stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving market. The exhibitors in the Retail Technology dimension help to shape perspectives and future fields of retail through the driving force of intelligent technology. 1966-1972 EuroShop held every two years.

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Larry Kestelman’s LK Group to ‘turbocharge’ Brand Collective

Inside Retail

When Anchorage Capital Partners bought Brand Collective from its previous owner Pacific Brands in 2014, “it was an unloved, unprofitable, orphan company within a large public company”, he told Inside Retail. There’s no doubt that Shoes & Sox is the market-leading retailer of children’s shoes,” he said.

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

Inside Retail

In 2014, it formed a strategic partnership with Tencent, giving JD exclusive access to the tech giant’s WeChat and Mobile QQ platforms, and became China’s first major e-commerce company to list on the NASDAQ stock exchange. JD.com also aims to contribute RMB 100 billion in taxes and create over 1 million jobs.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

While the average store produced US$252 million in net sales in 2023, stores that were opened in 2014 or before generated an average of US$268 million. Thailand’s Central Retail is also going to have a go, quite literally, at the wholesale market. This, too, will be member-based.

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How Hue’s Nicole Clay is making the beauty industry more inclusive

Inside Retail

The global market for Black haircare products was estimated at around $9.56 per cent, according to market research firm MarketResearch.biz. From a brand perspective, this process often leads interested shoppers away from retailers’ and brands’ e-commerce sites and slows down the shopping cycle.