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JB Hi-Fi sales fall, but online turnover soars

Inside Retail

per cent ahead of the six months to December 2019, before Covid hit. per cent higher than the half-year to December 2019. The company’s The Good Guys appliance retail chain recorded a minor 0.8-per-cent per cent ahead of the December 2019 half. E-commerce revenue for the group now accounts for over 22.7

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JYSK to open two new stores in Greater Manchester

Retail Focus

The two new openings are part of JYSK’s ambitious UK expansion plan which comes off the back of record results in the UK & Ireland during the financial year 2019/2020, with total sales reaching €41M, an increase of 74% on 2018/2019.

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Breaking down the clever approach to Chemist Warehouse’s public listing

Inside Retail

In 2020, the discount chemist opened its first retail store in Ireland and now has just opened its ninth in the country this week, with plans to open two more in January 2024. A flagship store in Zhengzhou, China was opened in 2019 and the country’s current count of bricks-and-mortar stores is seven.

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What Rite Aid’s collapse reveals about the challenges of pharmacy retail

Inside Retail

Since filing for bankruptcy last week, pharmaceutical retail chain Rite Aid has received interim approval to access up to US$3.45 The fall of the pharmaceutical retail chain Rite Aid isn’t the only pharmaceutical retailer in the US that is facing financial challenges.

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Rebel MD Gary Williams on taking experiential retail to the next level

Inside Retail

“I think this really takes us to another level, especially being in the sporting capital of Australia,” Gary Williams, Rebel’s managing director, told Inside Retail. Focus on ‘her’ Williams initiated the RCX project shortly after joining Rebel in 2019. It’s not an easy nut to crack. work in the current environment.

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Opinion: Consumers’ screen times gives shopping centres a headache

Inside Retail

Retail chain results for the latest financial year indicate spectacular growth in online sales and, in many instances, a dip in the average sales per store. per cent of total retail spending in the year to June 2021, after excluding cafes, restaurants and take-away food. In 2019, online sales accounted for 11.3

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“We are still in the early innings”: Liquid Death’s SVP of strategy

Inside Retail

Cessario came up with the name Liquid Death and applied for the trademark in 2017, before officially launching the brand in 2019. Currently, the beverage brand is available in over 113,000 doors around the world in 7-Eleven, Kroger, Publix, Safeway, Target, Walmart, Whole Foods, and several other retail chains.

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