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The Berry Tea Shop launches equity crowdfunding to scale business

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Craft tea retailer The Berry Tea Shop has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign via Birchal as it seeks to scale the business and expand its product portfolio. Founded in 2010 by Cliff and Paulina Collier, The Berry Tea Shop offers a selection of more than 48 varieties of loose-leaf tea, tea wares and accessories and includes a cafe.

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Melbourne retail vacancy rate plummets as F&B sector eats up space

Inside Retail

Melbourne’s shopping strips have made a staggering recovery as vacancy rates drop below pre-Covid levels, according to new research. Vacancy rates across 36 key shopping strips fell from 10.3 Service retail such as hair, beauty, nail salons and gyms plunged by 3 per cent to 26 per cent since 2019 while specialty tenancies fell from 37.7

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How Chadstone became Australia’s most profitable shopping centre

Inside Retail

Australia’s Fashion Capital, also known as Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. In that time, the way people shop has changed dramatically. Here, we ask Whitehead about the role of the shopping centre in the age of e-commerce and what retail trends he’s got his eye on.

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Trentham Shopping Village bucks the national trend with 98% occupancy

Retail Focus

The ‘offline’ retail experience at Trentham Shopping Village is proving a hit with businesses and visitors alike. With an occupancy of 98%, the popular North Staffordshire retail destination – to the south of Stoke-on-Trent – is thriving despite the challenges of Covid-19 and online shopping. visitors per year.

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Google's opens first physical retail space in NYC by Reddymade

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Google has opened its first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea , designed by architecture studio Reddymade to include cork furniture and recycled materials. Cork furniture by Daniel Michalik is dotted around the space. The Imagination Space creates an enclosed area for shoppers to experience Google products and technologies.

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Aldi UK’s latest Special Buy: checkout-free shopping

Inside Retail

In 2019, 7-Eleven Australia removed physical checkout from the store at its head office in Melbourne. It will be interesting to see whether Aldi follows the trends in this space or looks for ways to take it in a different direction,” Pallant said. “An Other retailers have followed suit with checkout-free tech.

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Proud local creates shop window for Barossa producers

Inside Retail

In so doing, she identified the need for a collaborative space for the region’s freelancers and small businesses. Cox established Workspace Barossa, the region’s first co-working space, in July 2019. But it wasn’t long before Cox realised that there was an opportunity to create something bigger than a temporary shop. “I

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