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Second strike: Fitbit fined again for misrepresentation

Inside Retail

Fitness tracker Fitbit is facing an $11 million penalty in Australia after admitting it committed deceptive representations about consumers’ rights to a refund or replacement if the device sold was found faulty. The post Second strike: Fitbit fined again for misrepresentation appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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No longer a “hot new thing”: Why AR shopping is here to stay

Inside Retail

Google started working with its AR and AI partners ModiFace and Perfect Corp on a tool that would allow users to virtually try on eyeshadow, lipstick, and foundation shades online in December 2020. This allowed consumers to “try out” a piece of furniture and get a feel for whether or not it would work. In 2020, 83.1

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

US-based retailer Showfields, the self-described “most interesting store in the world”, filed for bankruptcy this month and will be restructuring through a form of Chapter 11 bankruptcy created during Covid to help small businesses continue operations, reorganise, and maintain control of finances without creditors taking over.

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30 Stats that Prove Visual Merchandising is More Important than Ever

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Visual merchandising plays a pivotal role in the retail industry, significantly influencing consumer behaviour and sales outcomes. Retail TouchPoints, 2017) Using complementary colours in displays can increase sales by 35%. National Retail Federation, 2020) Interactive displays can boost product engagement by 40%.

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30 Stats that Prove Visual Merchandising is More Important than Ever

Contra

Visual merchandising plays a pivotal role in the retail industry, significantly influencing consumer behaviour and sales outcomes. Retail TouchPoints, 2017) Using complementary colours in displays can increase sales by 35%. National Retail Federation, 2020) Interactive displays can boost product engagement by 40%.

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Shrink or grow? Predictions for online retail in 2022

Inside Retail

In fact, he was predicting that as early as 2017, when online was under 5 per cent. Yet we’ve also seen consumers in locked down states line up for hours to access physical retail as it reopened. Then, in April 2020, as restrictions started, they jumped to 11.1 Why online will grow: consumer trial. So which is it?

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Analysis: Synergies begin to show after merger of SEA hypermarkets

Inside Retail

Makro, the biggest cash-and-carry operator in Southeast Asia, was already something of a beast in wholesale and retail terms: it operated 154 warehouse-style units with an average size of just under 5,400sqm, selling to both retailers and end consumers in major cities and secondary locations, mostly in Thailand and Malaysia.

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