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LSKD appoints first chief retail officer as part of its “audacious” growth plan

Inside Retail

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD recently took this concept on the road with its BAF (Big As F*ck) Bus, a pop-up on wheels.

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“Transformation agenda”: MFG CEO on Bobux acquisition and growth plans

Inside Retail

Renowned Australian footwear business Munro Footwear Group (MFG) recently acquired the popular but beleaguered New Zealand kids’ footwear brand Bobux, as part of a plan to consolidate its presence in the children’s market. The long-term plan is still being finalised,” he said. The initial focus is on stabilisation.

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“Not surprised”: Experts react to Amazon’s reported department store plan

Inside Retail

More recently, the company’s offline efforts have been in the convenience space, with the launch of its cashierless Amazon Go stores, and grocery, following its acquisition of the upscale US grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017. In April, Amazon opened a hair salon in London. So I’m not surprised by the move,” Facioni told Inside Retail.

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Sneaker Laundry’s Eugene Cheng unpacks the company’s Thai journey

Inside Retail

So I started the Sneaker Laundry and we were Australia’s first sneaker care shop in 2017,” he told Inside Retail. It gives your partners, other collaborating brands, suppliers, leasing agents verification and confidence they need to make plans into the next few years with you,” he said. I think brick-and-mortar will never die.

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Does Luxury Escapes’ new store herald the return of travel agencies?

Inside Retail

This – coupled with the rising cost of airfares – has led to a change in travel plans, en-masse. According to the most recent consumer sentiment survey by National Australia Bank, two in every three Australians with intentions to travel have cancelled or postponed their plans in the last three months. Image supplied.

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Why Irene Falcone is returning to the world of beauty

Inside Retail

Before Mother’s Day, 14 May, Falcone has plans to launch her own small-scale organic beauty marketplace, titled Sans World, which will serve to fill the gap the declining Nourished Life has left behind. Falcone sold the business to struggling beauty distributor BWX in 2017. It’s more that she’s going back to “what [she] does best”.

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Morrisons to trial first ‘zero waste’ stores

Retail Focus

Morrisons has announced plans to launch six “zero waste” stores which aim to recycle all packaging and unsold food by 2025. If we’re successful, we’ll roll this zero waste store concept out across the UK as fast as we can.”.

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