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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Woolworth’s play is the latest in a string of acquisition offers for API, from a proposed merger with Sigma in 2018 , to an offer of acquisition from Wesfarmers in 2021 , which was rivalled by Sigma , and now Woolworths. The post Woolies blocks Wesfarmers’ plans for API with $872 million bid appeared first on Inside Retail.

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APRIL 27, 2021

The development application is subject to approval from the NSW Department of Planning, and will support 440 jobs during its construction phase and a further 250 once operational. The site is expected to begin construction in 2021, with an operational launch date in 2024.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Family-owned Harris Farm Markets has always been about providing premium quality food to Australians who want the best-of-both-worlds experience of a fruit and vegetable market offering in-season produce and their local providore’s fine array of meat, cheese, and accompaniments. An old market trend is back on top.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With the 2021 holiday sales period shaping up to be the biggest to date, here are three reasons why now is a critical time to cut through the noise and win over customers ahead of the main event. Take your marketing a step further and do outreach to ensure you’re included in third-party sales round-ups and seasonal gift guides.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2024

Tea has traditionally been marketed with images of classic sets of teapots and cups or cozy vignettes involving couches and knit cardigans. According to data collected by market research firm The Brainy Insights , the global tea market was valued at US$52 billion in 2022, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.2

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2021

Mexican fast food chain Guzman y Gomez (GYG) is planning to open an additional 30 drive-thrus in Australia over the next 12 months, which will bring the company’s total store count to over 180 locations across Australia, Singapore, Japan and the US. GYG plans to have another three to four stores up and running in the US by the end of 2021.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Our focus has been to get our product and marketing strategies right with superior fits and top-tier campaigns,” Santamaria said. Seafolly has a strong presence in the UK through our wholesale partners, so it was an easy decision to launch our UK website to further strengthen our brand presence in the market,” Santamaria said.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

Chinese fashion retailer Shein is reviving plans to list in New York this year and its founder is considering a citizenship change to bypass proposed tougher rules for offshore IPOs in China, two people familiar with the matter said. Both sources declined to be named as the plans are confidential. The US is its biggest market.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The New Zealand export product market to China is growing significantly, leveraging the upgraded free trade agreement between China and New Zealand that came into effect on January 2021,” the business said. The post AuMake’s plan to capitalise on growing desire for New Zealand exports appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Eye on ESG

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Singapore launched its key environmental strategy in 2021 with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 , a comprehensive roadmap laying out the Lion City’s sustainability vision for the next decade. The post SINGAPORE’S CARBON REGULATIONS: PAVING THE WAY FOR THE GREEN PLAN 2030 appeared first on Eye on ESG.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2022

Statista estimates China’s collectible toys market was worth around US$1.4 In contrast to the conventional toy market, the customer demographic of collectible toys is dominated by adults. Certain collectable toys have a high rate of return, which has attracted a lot of investors to this market. Rivals are turning up the heat.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2021

As customer expectations change beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s come into stark focus that most businesses need to re-evaluate the way they plan and run their operations. With an even more competitive environment brewing in 2021, now is the time to better integrate operations into a smoother, more visible model.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2022

In August 2021, the New Zealand-based Restaurant Brands reported its Australian operations grew 24.1 per cent during the half-year to June 2021, to NZ$117 million ($107.1 The business revealed in its half-year results it was on track for nine to 12 new restaurants in FY22, with at least 55 new restaurants planned by 2028.

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Eye on ESG

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2021, at COP 26, the UK Government announced its intention that the UK would become the world’s first net zero aligned financial centre. It also launched the Transition Plan Task Force ( “TPT” ) with a view to producing a Gold Standard Disclosure Framework for transition plans. What is a Transition Plan?

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

SS: The market trends are consistent with what Witchery has experienced in the past 12 months. In the past year, one of our proudest initiatives has been formalising our commitment to Reconciliation through our first Reconciliation Action Plan. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2022

Italian denim brand Replay is gearing up to enter the New Zealand market, as it looks to capitalise on the brand awareness it has built from sponsoring the All Blacks rugby team for the past two years. In Australia alone, the luxury fashion market is estimated to be worth US$2.6 Leveraging high-profile sponsorships.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

A marketing campaign by Mixue offering “1000 Sydney students to have a drink for free” was launched for the brand’s first location in Sydney. As several milk tea companies have begun to expand in the market over the past two years, Australia appears to be a promising market for milk tea players.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We Kicks Crew has had quite an eventful year so far.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We Kicks Crew has had quite an eventful year so far.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2021

2021 has been a year many retailers would like to forget, but none more so than online accessories brand The Daily Edited (TDE), which has not only had a global pandemic to grapple with, but also the shocking exit of co-founder and creative director Alyce Tran following allegations that she had misused company funds. . TL: Yes, I do.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2022

July launched into the US in [2021] when travel in opened up again, and, while its budget pieces didn’t perform well in that market, it’s more premium ‘trunk’ style products are in constant demand and the business “literally can’t make them fast enough”. We want to expand our physical retail presence as much as we can.”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Founded in July of 2021, Scent Journer is a Singapore based perfume house that focuses on mindfully formulated fragrances to empower women with scents. It currently has an e-commerce presence and has four locations in the Singapore market. The brand’s founder has plans to expand its footprint in the near future. “At

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Inside Retail

MAY 14, 2024

The shift dates back to 2020/21 when Pandora overhauled its business strategy to focus on crafting high-quality jewellery for the mass market and becoming the most desirable brand in the accessible luxury jewellery market, globally. “If In 2021, the business launched its first lab-grown diamond range in the UK.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fast forward to November 2023, and THG has a market cap of US$1.31 A new power player in the beauty industry While the valuation of THG has decreased since its initial public offering, the group’s successful and attempted acquisitions signal optimistic plans for growth. billion, according to Companies Marketcap.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2021

This program was set to run until the end of September 2020, later extended to the end of March 2021, albeit with changes to eligibility and rates. Product and range planning will be even more challenging due to shifting consumer trends as retailers look to create the right product mix to produce targeted sales and margin outcomes.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Love, Bonito has recently entered into the booming activewear market with the acquisition of Butter – to be rebranded as Cheak – and a small stake investment in Singapore-based natural healthcare start-up Moom Health, marking its first acquisitions in its 10-year history. Asia Pacific’s activewear market was valued at US$125.6

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The launch forms part of a wider plan to increase the brand’s international presence, representing the first of many physical stores planned across the continent. We are excited to bring our brand and product to market.”. Lids president Britten Maughan concluded: “London is a natural fit for Lids.

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Eye on ESG

MARCH 21, 2022

Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) released its Draft FHFA Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2022-2026 (the “2022 Strategic Plan”) for public input. This year, FHFA added a novel objective to this plan – to identify options for incorporating climate change into FHFA’s governance of the entities it regulates. housing system.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

During the years affected by Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, when freedom of movement was restricted, Australian retailers redoubled their efforts to consolidate their position in the local market. Our B2B operations have reliably served as a litmus test of the wider market, serving hundreds of wholesale customers.

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VMS

MAY 5, 2021

The Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) is pleased to announce the launch of the all-new VMSD Scholarship. The deadline to apply for this opportunity is July 18, 2021. The application deadline is July 18, 2021. The post PAVE Announces 2021 VMSD Scholarship appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

The travel retailer also plans to increase the Melbourne Airport store’s footprint to 5800sqm in the future, eyeing annual sales of $243 million. The company expanded into the Australia-New Zealand travel retail market in 2018 after acquiring five duty-free shops in the region from JR Duty Free.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As this story went to press, Target had already opened 20 new stores thus far in 2021, with plans to open another dozen by year-end. (In As for renovations, 140 such remodels are planned for this year, joining the 800-plus stores that have already been upgraded in the past four years. “We In all, it has just over 1900 stores.)

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Sydney-based gelato brand Gelatissimo is to enter the US market this year – and will accelerate its expansion plan in Australia. Global expansion is at the heart of our strategic plan for 2021/22,” said Filipe Barbosa, CEO at Gelatissimo, in a statement. “We

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Chief development officer Abigail Pringle told the Australian Financial Review “We believe Australia is a lucrative market for long-term growth. We think that the Australian market could be hundreds of restaurants.” Wendy’s has already dipped its toes in the Australian market.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earn-out structures, while uncommon in the consumer and retail sector, are increasing in frequency in a challenging market for mergers and acquisitions as a way to reconcile price differences. Roark took the view that the restaurant market is too fragmented for the deal to raise competition concerns, the sources added.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the past few years, the lab-grown diamond market has grown exponentially. billion in 2021, according to global research and consulting firm Allied Market Research, it is expected to reach US$55.6 The rise of the synthetic diamond market The first known batch of lab-grown diamonds was created by General Electric in 1954.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Reimagining and expanding a core product offering with capsule collections and brand collaborations to tap into different markets are two ways established brands can provide greater value proposition to existing customers and when executed right, can be a real power move. Globally, the swimwear market was valued at US$19.79

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