Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

Managing director Simon Schofield discusses the new bricks-and-mortar experience and the brand’s revitalised product range. Simon Schofield : Despite the impact 2020 had on the retail sector, it certainly was a special year for Witchery. Inside Retail : Last year, Witchery celebrated half a century since it launched.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2022

What they discovered was “an incredible library” of exclusive prints and designs just waiting to be reinterpreted for a modern consumer. Earlier this month, it announced a new, multi-year partnership with licensing management experts IMG to relaunch Laura Ashley as a standalone fashion brand. We know consumers want it.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Covid-19 hit the reset button on consumer behaviour. Retail brands quickly realised that it was no longer business as usual after the pandemic set in, and marketing plans, execution, creative, and channels had to be re-thought wholescale. This leaves the obvious question: how exactly has Covid-19 altered consumers?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2022

After Pas Group merged with Brand Collective earlier this year , the brand was reorganised to sit within the same team that manages Superdry in Australia and New Zealand – under general manager Antony Hampson. Hampson said the team managing Replay would seek to avoid these pitfalls.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Not only did the troubles of 2020-22 feel well and truly behind us, with retail and travel booming, but we got our first taste of ChatGPT and spent the holidays putting it to the test by writing greeting card messages, composing music and, more recently, creating new artwork. The 2024 Australian Retail Outlook is out now.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. The online marketplace model is a key part of Prainito’s plan to take Robinsons back to its roots as a value player.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Bright Data , the global industry leader in making public web data accessible to all, has today released new research that reveals consumer sentiments around the 2021 holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The research, carried out by Vanson Bourne , surveyed 4,000 consumers across the US and UK.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Backed by an impressive lineup of investors, including Who Gives A Crap founder and CEO Simon Griffiths, Athletic Ventures managing partner Matt de Boer and Tripple executive director Bec Milgrom, the business is under pressure to reach the next level. We’ve got some really exciting plans in that space,” Miller said.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Innovation, adaptability and swift implementation were the bywords for surviving 2020 and continue to be drivers for the sector. James Sinclair is CEO and managing director of Signature Hospitality Group, which operates The Sporting Globe and TGI Fridays. We plan to have both centre sites and high street sites across Australia.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In 2020, Australian teen fashion brand Pavement joined a large list of retailers that entered voluntary administration, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a major factor contributing to their exit from the retail landscape. Are there plans for expansion beyond this partnership? IR: How significant will Pavement’s presence be across Big W?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

THG specialises in taking brands directly to consumers with divisions spanning the beauty, wellness and commerce industries. Back when THG was first publicly listed in September of 2020, it floated with a valuation of US$7 billion. Fast forward to November 2023, and THG has a market cap of US$1.31

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Parcel Pending

APRIL 12, 2023

Virtually every property now receives more packages than they did prior to 2020. It doesn’t help that handling packages has a hidden cost – multiple hours of staff time spent managing packages, which can sometimes require a part-time or full-time headcount. What is the Parcel PLUS Subscription Plan and How Does it Work?

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Parcel Pending

APRIL 12, 2023

Virtually every property now receives more packages than they did prior to 2020. It doesn’t help that handling packages has a hidden cost – multiple hours of staff time spent managing packages, which can sometimes require a part-time or full-time headcount. What is the Parcel PLUS Subscription Plan and How Does it Work?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Even before thinking about the specifics, the timing of these sales appears challenging for both retailers and consumers, not to mention supply chains. Noticing these challenges, we teamed up with Associate Professor John Hopkins to explore how BFCM might be impacting Christmas, from supply chain to consumer behaviour.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2021

Despite launching an e-commerce site and new look stores in mid-2018, the Healthy Life franchise struggled to make an impact on consumers. The health brand will be ingrained into the wider Woolworths business, with plans for a select range of HealthyLife products to be offered on the highly anticipated Woolworths marketplace.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

While there’s no doubt that 2020 was a tough year for all retailers, Australian denim brand Jeanswest had a steeper hill to climb than most, starting out the year under voluntary administration with the closure of 37 stores, the loss of 263 staff and owing $50 million to creditors. Yeung said there will be store growth in all states.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

According to a recent Euromonitor report, while consumer food-service value nears pre-pandemic levels in 2024, dining-in at restaurants will not return to pre-pandemic level until 2028 in Asia Pacific. The report predicts that regular dining out will be off the menu for cost-conscious consumers until 2028. trillion in 2023.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Since entering Southeast Asia in 2020, GMG has opened 31 stores in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. GMG plans to open 11 SSS stores – and 100 new stores overall – in Southeast Asia by 2025. This move also enhances the company’s ability to serve Southeast Asian consumers. The current state of affairs GMG’s CEO Mohammad A.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2021

Fashion and footwear brand Etiko is rolling out new initiatives that bridge the gap between consumers and ethical and sustainable retail. This will] give them a more tangible outlook on how their consumer choice helps people and the planet,” said Etiko founder and director Nick Savaidis. The back story.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2023

For now, the businesses will remain separate in the eyes of the consumer, though they will share systems in the back end, such as having a single tech-stack. Wesfarmers ultimately didn’t move forward with that plan, and instead decided to double down and invest in Kmart and Target independently.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2023

According to a statement provided to Inside Retail by The Iconic, an internal review of the company’s payroll systems identified underpayments and overpayments of casual employees – with 814 current and former employees impacted between 2013-2020. For there to be any real change, the management responsible must go,” she said.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But the business’ advertising manager Damian Lucas told Inside Retail that sleep has never been as important as today. “The As a result, the business then conducted market research for a year and found that while its proposition was incredibly attractive to this group of younger consumers, it hadn’t been marketing to them at all.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Because if this business doesn’t improve, if the consumer does weaken in the second half, one would have to expect that [Catch’s] performance gets a little worse before it gets better.” “We Many of the category managers have also left, taking jobs at MyDeal, Kogan and MySale. How much pain are you prepared to put up with?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Here, we chat with Missfresh about how the DMWs operate, how it’s digitalising fresh markets and its plans for the future. Our DMW model offers an innovative solution to the growing consumer demand for high-quality product offerings and timely delivery, leveraging technological innovation. In June, the brand went public on the NASDAQ.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Julie Therond is the general manager of Longchamp Australia and New Zealand and has worked with the fashion brand since 2012. Therond speaks to how the 2020 pandemic provided an additional challenge just six months after moving to Sydney for her new role. IR: What are some of your career highlights so far?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In 2020, it released its second product, the Impossible Sausage Made From Plants, and it’s just getting started. “So Our market share is up almost 6 per cent compared to a year ago, from roughly 9 share points to 14,” Laurent Stévenart, Singapore’s country manager for Impossible Foods, told Inside Retail. The current state of affairs.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The trend, which has become more obvious as the economy weakens and consumer confidence wanes, is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years. trillion yuan (US$487 billion) in 2020. .”

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Compliantia

MARCH 31, 2022

Values related to sustainability, community, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have become front and center for consumers, which is why many brands have ramped up their CSR efforts over the last few years. Also known as cooperatives, co-ops are stores that are owned and managed by community members. Keep your members engaged.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

My journey with the brand started in late 2016, when I was the global social media manager for Reebok, managing the Reebok and then Reebokclassics social media accounts. IR: Can you discuss Reebok’s plans for growth in the Pacific region? IR: What are the brand’s plans for the future? The opportunities are endless.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2022

Retailers know they need to use technology to enable consumers to shop wherever and whenever they want. It’s no secret that consumers prefer fast delivery. According to a recent survey by Accenture, 66 per cent of consumers say same-day shipping is valuable, and that number jumps to 77 per cent for consumers under age 30. .

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Inside Retail

APRIL 13, 2021

times the valuation of their last private funding round in 2020,” he said. The Food Standards Australia New Zealand Board (FSANZ) determined that there are no health and safety risks and that approving the ingredient would create more choices for consumers wanting to reduce or eliminate animal products from their diet.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It found pre-consumer garment waste including fabric, plastic, rubber, and other materials from the brands was being burned at seven factories. LPP said it plans an awareness day in early 2024 for its agents and factories in Cambodia with a particular focus on waste management.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2021

While the subject of cannabis legalisation still divides countries around the world, there is no denying the influence that legal cannabis products are having on retail and consumer goods. billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.2 per cent from 2021 to 2028.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Launched in 2020 with a glass soap bottle that can be refilled using dissolvable hand-wash tablets, Single Use Ain’t Sexyhas grown rapidly in the years following. There are busy times ahead for the company, as it looks to expand collaborations with partners such as Memobottle, and build on its direct-to-consumer and wholesale business.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2023

Started by Ami Bateman and Sian Murray in 2020, Pleasant State is a direct-to-consumer home care brand that aims to change the way consumers approach cleaning. Here, we speak with Bateman and Murray about why they went into business together, the importance of their subscription model, and what they’ve got planned next.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

The site brings together 70 million products from over 1000 major brands and retailers, including Apple, Samsung, L’Oreal, Coles, Woolworths, Dan Murphy’s, JB Hi-Fi and Rebel, but unlike online marketplaces, such as Amazon and eBay, consumers can’t buy items directly from Little Birdie. until 2020. until 2020. until 2020.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2024

Since joining Asahi Group in 2020 as sustainability chief, Preeti Srivastav has helped the Japanese brewer make several environmental and social pledges but has not got it to disclose all its progress. It has not fully explained how it plans to get there. It has not fully explained how it plans to get there.

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