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JYSK to open two new stores in Greater Manchester

Retail Focus

“We are thrilled to be opening two stores in Greater Manchester to make our affordable and much-loved furniture even more accessible in the North,” says Jenny Johnston, JYSK Sales and Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland. The post JYSK to open two new stores in Greater Manchester appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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Why a standalone Woolworths drive-through is a “no brainer”

Inside Retail

This model is in response to a sustained increase in online shopping that is seen within the existing supermarket network, while also providing a reduced Covid-19 risk for customers,” a Woolworths spokesperson said. Who doesn’t want to get in, pick up their shopping and get out? “I I hope there’s one on every corner.”.

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Why a major rent reset didn’t occur following the Covid-19 pandemic

Inside Retail

For a while, it was looking like a meaningful downward rent reset at shopping centres was a real possibility. Why this hasn’t occurred The trouble is that leases turn over on a gradual basis, somewhere between 10-20 per cent of leases in a shopping centre every year, depending on the country and what kind of shopping centre it is.

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From poverty to billions. Vale: Leonardo del Vecchio, founder of Luxottica

Inside Retail

At the end of 2021, he was Italy’s second richest man, behind only Giovanni Ferrero of the Nutella-making group, according to Forbes. He learnt metalwork in a tool shop before setting up a business supplying components for glasses in Agordo, a village in the Dolomite foothills in north-east Italy where land was offered to new companies.

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Refundid raises $3 million for tech turning BNPL model on its head

Inside Retail

E-commerce veteran Paul Greenberg, who also founded the National Online Retailers Association, also invested and will join Refundid’s advisory board. Founded in July 2020 and launched in February 2021, Refundid is a fintech tool designed to cut, or essentially eliminate, waiting times for refunds for products bought online.

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Why this global CEO wants more mainstream retailers to sell sex toys

Inside Retail

Meet the modern sex shop. Those offline stores that manage to transition from a shady store by the train station into a bright, fancy, centre-located store with very well-educated staff will survive and will grow.”. The French adult retail chain Passage du Désir is a good example of this, Plettenberg said.

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Analysis: The driving force behind Hong Kong’s retail revolution

Inside Retail

Retailers and consumers have been urged — or forced — to take their transactions into the digital marketplace. But for Mainland China, this online shopping behaviour has long been considered normal. In particular, many non-grocery retail chains were perceived as not putting customer safety first. billion yuan in 2019.

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