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From China to India, how the world’s retail markets stack up: report

Inside Retail

In an era marked by economic flux and shifting consumer preferences, the global retail landscape stands at a pivotal juncture, ripe with both challenges and opportunities. China is the world’s largest retail market, accounting for almost 50 per cent of global retail transactions. It was valued at $3.8

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Meet Sugar: The “anti-establishment” beauty retailer Indian consumers crave

Inside Retail

India’s beauty and personal care market is projected to reach US$21 billion in 2025, and the rising adoption of online shopping and greater product penetration in secondary cities are also contributing to the market’s enlargement. Consumers are at the heart of all we do. Celebrating uniqueness.

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Why Sephora’s French prestige failed to translate in South Korea

Inside Retail

In addition to American brands like Maybelline, Olive Young has built a cult following with locals, tourists, and international consumers alike for its regular deals and specials on South Korean brands such as 3CE, Skinfood, and Jungsaemmool. In 2020, the vendor had failed to reach profitability and posted losses of 12.4 billion won (US$9.26

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Welcome to the new customer experience

Inside Retail

Consumers now expect retailers to engage them whenever and wherever they want, with a shopping experience tailored to their individual needs. To do so, marketers are leveraging more data, technologies, and channels to create this type of relevant and customised customer journey. And consumers can feel it.

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Why so many global brands fail in Australia

Inside Retail

They arrived with great fanfare but many international retail brands have found the Australian retail market has been a graveyard. Like many local retailers, the foreign entrants have not understood the multicultural market dynamic and lifestyle differences from their home markets, let alone the structure of the retail industry.

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Mmm, it’s the sweet smell of advertising success

Inside Retail

Locally, the retail industry sustained substantial growth throughout the first pandemic affected year (2020-2021). For the year to June 2021, consumer retail spending grew by 9.1 But most significantly, I think it shows how quickly our new retail habits have become second nature, with 9.4 Yes, you read that right.

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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

A few years ago, it seemed like every new brand making noise in the market was adopting a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model. The history and growth of DTC In the 2010s, early digital-native vertical brands (DNVB) such as Warby Parker and Glossier gained a lot of attention for their use of technology to reach consumers online.