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MAPIC Awards 2022 winners announced in Cannes

Retail Focus

The 2022 MAPIC Awards winners are: Best New Retail Concept: Situ Live (Unibail-Rodamco Westfield). Best New F&B Concept. Best Leisure Concept. Best Leisure Concept (Special Mention for culture). Best Omnichannel Strategy. Manifesto Market. EmotionHall (Ingka Centres). Carré d’Artistes. Retailer The Body Shop.

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“Acai is the new bacon and egg roll” says Oakberry CEO Renan Fretes Pinto

Inside Retail

Brazilian restaurant chain Oakberry entered the Australian market in 2018 after ANZ CEO Renan Fretes-Pinto identified a gap in the market for healthy fast food. Renan Fretes Pinto: We opened the first international store in Bondi in December 2018. I thought that this concept would go so well in Australia.

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Business Growth through Digital Transformation: The Case of Premium and Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace.

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

Inside Retail

Australian athleisure brand LSKD has appointed its first chief retail officer, the former director of retail for Lululemon ANZ Alex Shaughnessy, as part of its strategy to become a world-class retailer. Part of this expansion strategy is to give LSKD customers the ability to shop directly with the brand. “We

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Starbucks to sell Seattle’s Best business to Nestle

Inside Retail

The coffee company acquired Seattle’s Best nearly two decades ago as a secondary brand that targeted areas where its more “premium coffee” core business would not get the same support, with plans to expand the concept through retail, franchising and licensing.

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Why beauty brand Fluff turns on its website just four times a year

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based beauty brand Fluff was founded in 2018 by Erika Geraerts, one of the original co-founders of Frank Body. The brand has gone through many evolutions since its conception, and is now experimenting with an unusual drop model, which sees it open its website to sell products just four times a year for one week at a time. “We

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Harvey Nichols’ closure highlights shifting luxury landscape in Hong Kong

Inside Retail

Overnight and same-day visitor shopping spend was at 55 per cent and 18 per cent of 2018 levels respectively in the first half of the year, said Tang, prompting retailers to focus more on food and beverage outlets. It remains unclear how effective that strategy will be to lure back spending.