Inside Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The move marks the end of the company’s ambitious expansion plan in Asia, shifting focus to the Australian market for the foreseeable future. CY: We opened a restaurant in Singapore in September of 2019, and we opened the second restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, KLCC Centre, in February of 2020. CY: Yes, 100 per cent.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

Schai said Lindt’s bricks-and-mortar strategy revolves around three store concepts: the cafe, the outlet, and the boutique. The Homebush store is the first of Lindt’s next-generation outlet centres, and in a few months, the brand will be launching its second boutique store in the Australian market at Warringah Mall in Sydney.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 4, 2024

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. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The Australian market currently accounts for 16 per cent of its sales, and the company aims to grow that to 38 per cent by 2025. Since 2019, the business has grown revenue by 300 per cent, with $4.3 The company’s growth strategy includes building brand awareness, developing new products, and expanding its team members.

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All Work

JUNE 10, 2022

During Mental Health Awareness month, RSP’s Kari Smith discusses how the right workplace strategy can support wellbeing at work and help people thrive. In the workplace, that has translated to widespread burnout across industries, markets and sectors. Nearly half (44%) reported physical fatigue, which was a full 38% increase over 2019.

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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

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. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

Huddle joined Vicinity in 2019 and is responsible for the company’s property management, leasing, operations, development, and marketing functions while leading an integrated and customer-focused team. Huddle said the company has the “right strategy in place” to deliver long-term growth. “I

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

Founded by then-21-year-old Cami Téllez in 2019, Parade was initially created to fill a gap in the market for stylish and size-inclusive bras and underwear for Gen Z consumers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

First introduced in 2004, the annual fashion show was put on hiatus in 2019 after the show reported its lowest-ever ratings in 2018. However, the impact of these marketing shifts remains to be seen. Last week, the retail industry was buzzing with the news that Victoria’s Secret’s fashion show is coming back.

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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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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

The iconic brand raised interest again when, in 2019, it partnered with the video game franchise League of Legends. We wanted to investigate why this strategy appeals to Chinese luxury consumers of the post-1990s generation. Business managers call this approach the luxury strategy.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 27, 2022

In connection with this action, the FTC sent letters to 10 third party review management companies notifying them that avoiding the collection or publication of negative reviews violates the FTC Act. Retailers should be vigilant to treat all reviews equally, solicit reviews neutrally, and responsibly outsource third-party review management.

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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 4, 2022

Results in the past two years were bolstered by Covid management strategies, including landlord rent concessions and government JobKeeper payments. However, the 2022 performance was much “cleaner”, with sales over the pre-Covid 2019 financial year 17.8 per cent to $1.5 billion and net earnings up 4.9 per cent to $285.2

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2022

Asia Pacific travel retailer Heinemann has named George Tsoukalas as the new managing director of Heinemann Australia. Tsoukalas has been with Heinemann Australia since 2019 and is currently head of marketing and category management. Walmart launched its InHome delivery service in 2019.

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Inside Retail

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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Akeroyd, who took over in April, will present his strategy alongside first-half results that will show the lingering impact of lockdown restrictions in China, Burberry’s biggest market. He has already made his key appointment in choosing Daniel Lee to replace Riccardo Tisci as chief designer at the 166-year-old label.

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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. As a result we’ve got a lot of global attention from the Lego community and the senior management team in Denmark.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2022

After all, the willingness to adapt quickly was central to the mid- and post-pandemic success of innovative market leaders such as Guzman Y Gomez, Coles, and Woolworths. These companies, along with others, managed to thrive by implementing futuristic strategies that streamlined their operations while also increasing service quality.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Our 2024 report features C-level executives with decades of leadership experience, alongside start-up founders and digital specialists with a wide range of skills, from marketing to logistics. Five regional storefronts with independent marketing and digital for each one. That’s how I work out if we have a new market opening up.”

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Eye on ESG

MARCH 31, 2023

On 30 March 2023, the UK Government published an updated Green Finance Strategy (the “ Strategy “). Key themes The Strategy discusses how the UK Government intends to achieve these objectives via three chapters: (1) Foundations; (2) Align; and (3) Invest.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As an ode to its “spiritual roots” the brand will release the archival ‘BADDIES’ collection exclusively to the Australian market and the Beach House will carry further limited-run offerings to its guests.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2023

Anticipating that the cost of doing business will remain elevated in financial year 2024, Bunnings has invested heavily in its in-store technology and stock management systems to drive productivity. billion in earnings for the year reflected a “remarkable period of growth” for the brand, up 42 per cent since 2019.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2022

South Australian supermarket chain Drakes is working together with plant-based meat brand V2foods as it looks to position itself at the forefront of the meat alternative market. According to forecasts by GlobalData, the alternative meat market’s value in Australasia is expected to jump 570 per cent in the next few years, reaching $1.4

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This means adopting new-generation technologies such as digital signage, powered by a robust operating system, enabling remote management, personalisation and interactivity with in-store signage. “As We work alongside marketers and store-improvement teams from building the vision for in-store digital signage to deploying it.”

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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. is downsizing to increase its market share. Think reality show. Most savvy U.S. How can you.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

On Friday, system outages plagued McDonald’s locations across some of its biggest global markets, including Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom, forcing many stores to temporarily take only cash or shut down entirely. Tech is the strategy du jour of virtually every major fast food chain. It’s not just McDonald’s.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Last week, lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret dumped its Angels, the thin, leggy supermodels that once dominated its marketing campaigns and sashayed down the runway during its infamous fashion shows. According to a report in The New York Times, the brand had 32 per cent of the intimates market in 2015, which fell to 21 per cent in 2019.

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2021

What has been most important has been to build a phenomenal team that is able to understand our customers’ needs, then implement our strategy to such a high standard – that is what I am most proud of from the past five and a half years,” Sharp said. Booktopia restructures marketing team.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ikea piloted the concept in the UK in 2019 before launching two permanent stores in its home market Sweden last year. However the company earlier said the return and reuse strategy would help it meet its goal of becoming a circular business by 2030. “At The pilot began this week and ends on September 19.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

Centre occupancy currently stands at 98% and footfall 10% up on 2019 levels with current trends suggest a record year in 2023, outperforming the already positive performance for physical retail more broadly across Ireland. Blanchardstown Centre is Dublin’s largest retail and leisure destination, covering over 1.1 million sq ft.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Inside Retail was the first to report earlier this month that Wesfarmers has cut 100 jobs at Catch , with the redundancies impacting key departments including marketing, product and technology, and finance. Many of the category managers have also left, taking jobs at MyDeal, Kogan and MySale. They basically self-sabotaged,” they said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2023

Joined by his management team, McMillon met with suppliers, merchants, grantees, artisans and MSMEs (micro and small to medium enterprises) across the company’s programs, such as Walmart Sourcing, Walmart Vriddhi, Flipkart, PhonePe, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Global Tech In India and Walmart Foundation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

American management consulting firm Bain & Company reported that global luxury sales were down by 22 per cent with the onslaught of the pandemic in 2020. By 2021, luxury sales had fully recovered, rising 32 per cent to surpass 2019 numbers. What a difference a year makes.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

In India’s fast-paced beauty and personal care market, where trends evolve, and consumer needs emerge, Nat Habit stands out as a beacon of authenticity and commitment to natural wellness. After dedicating over five years to engineering and a stint with Apple, Das launched Nat Habit in 2019. There’s a huge upside for us to cover.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Group CEO and managing director Don Meij said the twin approach to Europe and APAC, each region with a population base of about 180 million people, will deliver significant opportunity for both organic growth and acquisitions. Meij said local expertise will strengthen marketing and store roll-outs. This will remain unchanged. “A

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