Retail Focus

APRIL 9, 2021

of total retail sales in the UK in 2019 1 , climbing to over 38% in the first lockdown, and estimated to have settled in the region of 28-30% subsequently, retailers are now accepting that larger online capability is not just necessary but expected. References: 1 E-commerce share of UK retail sales 2019-2024, Statista.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Founded in 2019 with an 18,000sqft flagship outlet at Marina Square in Singapore, Kiztopia has carved out a niche operating mega indoor edutainment playgrounds for kids. The company is opening two new locations in Singapore soon. The second location will be at the Jewel Changi Airport, and is a collaboration with Toys ‘R’ Us.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

Sephora launched in South Korea in 2019 with a flagship location in the shopping-centered Gangnam District in Seoul. The retailer has five stores currently operating in South Korea, having previously shut down two other locations. According to the International Trade Administration, South Korea’s beauty market was worth US$3.9

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

In conversation with reporter Lauren Thomas of The Wall Street Journal, Daunt discussed the realities of keeping up the bookstore chain’s legacy in a rapidly shifting market. In August 2019, Daunt was appointed as Barnes & Noble’s CEO, presumably to “save” the retailer in a similar manner. per cent from pre-pandemic sales of 2019.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The retailer has been testing out this smaller store format, initially dubbed Market by Macy’s, though it is slowly being phased back to Macy’s, for around for four years to a fairly positive outcome. In August, Macy’s announced that its second quarter net sales fell by 8.4 per cent year-over-year to US$5.1

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Phillipe created a partnership with another family-owned business, Hunt Leather, to tap into the Australian market. billion in 2024.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Real estate agency Fitzroys’ latest Walk the Strip report says the reinvigoration is led by an array of cafes, eateries, restaurants and bars cropping up in the suburbs as businesses continue to expand and enter into new markets. Vacancy rates across 36 key shopping strips fell from 10.3 per cent last year to 6.7 per cent in 2017 to 30.9

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The 900sqm store is the first Lego store in Australia to have a street frontage, rather than being placed in a shopping centre, and signifies the culmination of years of bricks-and-mortar expansion in the market. Rather, the brand was looking for a suitable flagship location, and when the Pitt Street Mall site came up, it ticked both boxes.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since Ardent UK bought the scheme, over 80,000 sq ft of new lettings and lease renewals have been signed, driving the centre’s occupancy above 96% – compared to 91% on acquisition – and both football and trading performance in the key Christmas season above the same period in 2019.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2023

Located at Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Foodle offers a combination of grocery shopping, dining, and take-home options. According to Roy Morgan Research conducted in 2019 , three of the four most popular cuisines favoured by Australians include Chinese, Thai and Indian cuisine. million in 2015.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

Retailers who anticipated the incredible momentum behind their campaign – and suitably prepared their inventory levels and marketing approach – reaped significant benefits. For instance, Adidas doubled its production of Germany’s women’s football merchandise compared to the previous Women’s World Cup in 2019.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Brands that had previously relied on bricks-and-mortar sales had to accelerate their e-commerce strategies, TikTok became an extremely effective advertising and marketing tool, and certain retail categories like travel retail saw their sales drop virtually overnight. The market is expected to grow to US$126.48 billion in 2022 to US$79.05

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

” Australian retail expert and QUT professor of marketing Gary Mortimer believes that while local stores have shown promise throughout the pandemic, location is critical to success. Last month, Woolworths announced a $50 million write-down on the value of its smaller-format Metro supermarkets, flagging 13 struggling locations.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The susta i nable fashion market is set to become bigger and better than ever in 2024. According to market insights and consulting company Maximize Market Research , the global sustainable apparel market is valued at US$6.89 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to US$11.96 per cent. The company reported US$75.5

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JUNE 25, 2019

The “real” retail experience – shopping, touching, tasting, feeling – is alive and well in 2019. That’s the goal for the remainder of 2019, and as we prepare for holiday shopping season. 2019 Holiday Shopping - Retail Experiences. And the pickup site is often strategically placed in a merchandise-rich location.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2022

Coco Republic is to launch two flagship stores in California ahead of a progressive rollout in selected US markets and other global locations, the company has announced. It follows the success of a partnership with Restoration Hardware and the launch of an outdoor collection at an HD Buttercup store in Los Angeles in 2019.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Spearheading this move are two flagship stores nestled in prime locations: one at the prestigious Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taipei’s vibrant Xinyi Xintiandi district, and the other at the iconic Dubai Mall. Its location in Taipei was designed after careful consideration of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A8 shoppers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The slightly smaller 135,000sqm Macquarie Centre, situated 19km from Sydney’s CBD, is located adjacent to the Macquarie Metro Station and Macquarie University, in the heart of the Macquarie Park business park – Australia’s largest non-CBD office market. Macquarie Centre in Sydney.

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JUNE 20, 2023

“We’ve been serving the Australian outdoor community for over a decade, but the store will afford us the opportunity to connect on an even more impactful level,” said Hayden Stevens, Arc’teryx Australia marketing manager.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The product is definitely the hero and customers are able to get an amazing styling experience in the new stores,” Yd’s head of marketing and creative Jeremy Taylor told Inside Retail. The new design was actually finalised as early as 2019, but the implementation was delayed as the uncertainty of the pandemic took hold. “We

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

McDonald’s mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitised menus that change based on trends, the weather and more; and even its generative AI — together, these enable McDonald’s to eke out additional sales and efficiencies worth billions of dollars to the company, which has 40,000 locations in roughly 100 countries.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

So, it’s surprising to learn that the market for books, and bricks-and-mortar bookstores, is actually growing. According to industry analytics research firm Statista , the books market in the United States is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 2.33 billion in 2023 to US$21.17 billion by 2027.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Announced in 2019 , the 34,000sqm store will be located at Sylvia Park in Auckland. He said that New Zealand is a smaller market compared to other countries, including Australia, where Ikea has had a presence for 50 years. In terms of online shopping, New Zealand rates highly compared to many markets.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Inspired by their clients, two attentive occupational therapy students launched JAM the Label n 2019 after seeing a massive gap in the market. Without compromising on style, JAM saw a huge gap in the market for functional clothing. What is JAM? With self-expression, independence and dignity in mind, JAM was created!

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Dr Vranjes Firenze’s launch in the Australian market last December through a partnership with David Jones could be a sign of further global expansion to come, following L’Occitane Group’s recent acquisition of the luxury Italian home fragrance brand. Italy, the Middle East and Japan are currently the three main markets for the brand.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Moving out of London in search of other opportunities, Steyn noticed a gap in the market for a truly bespoke hat making process, and subsequently began making hats in his garage in 2019. Now the brand is opening its second location at the home of bespoke tailoring, Savile Row.

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VMS

JANUARY 8, 2023

Some of this elevated foot traffic can be attributed to the chain’s impressive expansion, going from 900 stores at the end of the 2019 fiscal year to 1,190 at the end of the 2021 fiscal year. Last year was huge for many regional QSR chains, with In-N-Out Burger, Culver’s and Cook Out all gaining visitation share in their respective markets.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 14, 2021

The signing of ZARA – the pinnacle brand of global fashion leader Inditex – is a demonstration of confidence in the resilience of Cardiff, and in St David’s as a market leading shopping destination in the UK. St David’s Cardiff is already home to sister Inditex brands Bershka and Stradivarius, which both opened in 2019.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2022

Located at Westfield Chastwood on Sydney’s North Shore, it will be followed by another in November this year, this time at Sydney Central Plaza in the CBD. We are discussing entering the Thai market, and we will try to enter the European and American markets that we have not yet explored.”. billion in 2019.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

In transaction volumes, the market experienced 10 per cent growth in 2023, outpacing the rate of new outlets opening, which remained at 3 per cent growth. Nevertheless, Lim believes that the challenges faced by these brands would include price competition in a saturated coffee market, as well as financial support as brands expand.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2019, it agreed to make changes to its ads platform as part of a settlement over housing discrimination issues. CEO Mark Zuckerberg estimated in 2019, for example, that politicians’ ads would make up less than 0.5% of Facebook’s 2020 revenue. presidential election. presidential election.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Since 2019, it has relaunched its online offering in Australia, rolled out dedicated e-commerce sites and fulfilment centres in New Zealand and the UK, and upgraded its warehouse management and order management systems, leading to significant efficiency gains and growth. “It The US market could be next on the list.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

The outdoor pedestrian mall, located in the heart of the CBD and on the doorstep of major cultural attractions, has found its post-pandemic prime as South Australians and interstate tourists find a new normal. Fashion, street and sportswear retailer Glue Store chose Rundle Mall as the location for its first South Australian store.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2022

‘Iconic’ is quite possibly the most overused and devalued word in business marketing, the go-to term for marketers in their media releases to spruik anything they happen to be pushing at the moment. trillion in 2019, a decline of more than 22 per cent. Before the Covid horror show, in 2019, Takashimaya’s sales were YEN848.5

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

“We anticipate that our continued growth will create over 400 new jobs over the year and contribute to the recovering economy and job market,” said Oscar Wylee director of retail operations Kane Ford. Ford also said the business is “always” looking for new locations to launch stores in throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The luxury marketplace While Chinese consumers were largely unable to travel overseas during the pandemic, the domestic luxury market continued to grow. She went on to say that Hong Kong has long been recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury markets, and is home to a highly concentrated number of HNWIs.

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