Retail Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2022

With 2022 as the first year of MAPIC’s fully-fledged return post-pandemic, the atmosphere has been optimistic and energetic, with people looking forward to the experience of in-person retail and interactions. Attractive to younger generations, leisure can help to bring physical commerce back to consumers who strayed from it during COVID.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its count of business entries and exits for the 2022-2023 financial year on Tuesday, revealing the formation of 406,365 businesses, or 66,000 fewer than in 2021-2022. per cent in 2021-2022, outlining the post-lockdown boom in consumer spending. per cent of businesses.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The 2022 MAPIC Conference Programme has been released. The opening keynote at MAPIC 2022 is on the future of retail and will consist of two parts. The psychologist and author of the bestseller Why We Buy: The Science Of Shopping , will shed light on the evolution of consumer habits in our post- pandemic world.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

Covid has dramatically changed how businesses and consumers behave. We’ve seen panic buying, the rise of the “homebody economy” and a strong shift towards contactless shopping. Consumption patterns changed significantly due to closed borders, restricted shopping, stay-at-home orders and general uncertainty. Pandemic purchasing.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sensormatic Solutions , the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls , today announced its predictions for the UK’s busiest shopping days of Peak Trading 2023. Retailers around the world are likely to have another strong holiday season this year,” said Tony D’Onofrio, President at Sensormatic Solutions.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2022

It’s that time of year –time to start talking about holiday shopping. The 2022 retail holiday season is going to be much different than in years prior. Read to the end to learn seven actionable strategies to maximise your 2022 holiday sales. Surging inflation and cautious consumer spending behaviour.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 7, 2022

MAPIC is launching its Retail Village concept for MAPIC 2022. The new consumer, including new generations such as Millennials and Generation Z-ers, is making increasingly niche and specialist choices in their consumption habits and becoming less mainstream: from veganism to the circular economy and reducing waste.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

As inflation and rising interest rates start to bite and reduce consumers’ spending capacity and confidence, Australian e-commerce sales declined sharply in July. . This shows that consumers are researching online to find the product they are after before they head to a retail store to buy it. Representing 19.3 Search engines.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2022

Australians are returning to shopping malls as Covid fears subside with Scentre Group reporting customer visitations up 12 per cent on 2021 levels during the first quarter. Scentre group’s figures came out on the same day as the latest consumer confidence data from Westpac shows a decline of 5.6 per cent in 2022.”.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2023

Add to that global lockdowns and travel restrictions, and well-being has emerged as a key focus for many consumers – and thus, for many retailers as well. When it comes to retail, well-being is defined as a shopper’s perception of the extent to which the shopping centre contributes to their overall quality of life.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 29, 2022

Keeping pace with consumer trends and changing behaviours is key to the success of retail operations, particularly when managing the impact of current global events on supply chains to ensure they’re able to consistently meet demand. . Trying before buying’ will play a big part in contributing towards the growing volume of returns in 2022.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

Online shopping platform Zalora expects e-commerce to remain resilient despite the economic uncertainties facing businesses in Southeast Asia and an increasingly dimming global economy. One example of this in the world of fashion is the transition from live streaming to augmented reality shopping.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

Australian consumers are increasingly turning to marketplaces to search, discover and purchase new products, offering major opportunities for local brands. New research from Pattern’s Marketplace Consumer Trends Report – 2023 highlights that 92 per cent of consumers plan to shop on a marketplace this year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2022

A softening of consumer demand . Both 2020 and 2021 saw record-breaking levels of consumer demand brought about by the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. While there are some signs of inflation beginning to correct itself, it could be some time yet before general consumer costs return to normal.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Covid-19 hit the reset button on consumer behaviour. But it is not just the initial seismic shifts in consumer behaviour that have thrown down the gauntlet for retail. But it is not just the initial seismic shifts in consumer behaviour that have thrown down the gauntlet for retail. Shopping with purpose.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2022

Forced to adapt to a permanent shift in consumer behaviours and expectations as a result of the pandemic, the industry accelerated its digital transformation dramatically last year. Retailers large and small embraced technology solutions able to meet the needs of the post-pandemic consumer, and that was just the beginning.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With sales almost entirely online, the retailer generated about US$23 billion in global revenue in 2022, according to research firm Coresight. Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M. Shein introduced 1.5

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For nearly two years, retailers have faced Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions, with e-commerce changing consumer expectations and the role of physical stores and online channels. Evolve to create a one-stop shop for customers. The shift to online shopping over the last 18 months shows no signs of slowing.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

And while physical stores have long since reopened, the average consumer still faces plenty of challenges. All of which has a knock-on effect for retailers and could prompt a worrying trend – especially as we approach peak shopping and shipping season in 2022. The post Are you ready for peak season 2022?

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RetailMinded

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How, where and who we shop with is changing at breakneck speed. Over the past six months we’ve seen seemingly infallible household brands declare bankruptcy, shopping malls have become ghost towns and the ecommerce industry has boomed to the point where data suggests that it will almost have doubled in size by 2022. .

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2023

As Australian retailers see consumers returning to in-person shopping, the drive to present eye-catching fitouts to a digital-savvy customer base has become critical in strengthening brands and creating unique and immersive shopping experiences.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I’ll start with a particularly interesting one that has strong voices on either side: what proportion of sales will be online in 2022? We’ve all seen the massive increase in online shopping, and those of us in Melbourne have lived with it as our only method for most of the year. Why online will grow: consumer trial.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2022

As the end of the year approaches, retailers and shopping centres in Malaysia are seeing increased foot traffic and sales volumes, as shoppers come back with a vengeance to purchase gifts and other items for Christmas and New Year festivities. Changing consumer behaviour. Early signs of polarisation.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

The concept was initially launched in Guangzhou, China in December 2022, followed by Boston, Massachusetts, in February 2023, before rolling out in Singapore’s Paragon Shopping Centre, Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction and now Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping centre.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Discount variety retailer The Reject Shop has reported sales of $458.3 With cost of living pressures remaining elevated, customer demand remained robust for low-priced consumables that represent great value, particularly branded products,” the firm said. million for the first half of FY24, a 4.2

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

Shopping strips are facing increasing challenges, and not just because of retail competition. While there is still a lingering Covid shadow on some shopping strips, including those in capital city central business districts (CBDs), other factors are impacting the viability of suburban retail precincts.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

The playing field for retailers and their vendors has shifted thanks to evolving consumer behaviour. The pandemic has accelerated the rise of e-commerce spending ( with 80 per cent of shoppers now doing over 50 per cent of their shopping online ). With more people shopping online our expectations coming into 2022 are higher than ever.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2023

Heubel, in discussion with Inside Retail managing editor Heather McIlvaine, highlighted the US and global retailers at the forefront of the industry who are introducing cutting edge innovations, and are shaping the way that consumers shop and spend. You can watch the Masterclass sponsored by Adobe here.

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Retail Times

MAY 31, 2022

Spryker, the fastest-growing enterprise digital commerce platform for B2B, B2C, Enterprise Marketplaces and Unified Commerce, has today launched its UK Online Grocery Report 2022.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lids offer an immersive shopping experience of extensive licensed and branded merchandise. Lids is known for its signature Custom Zones, allowing consumers the opportunity to custom embroider a hat or apparel piece of their choice in-store, including from the retailer’s numerous options of player numbers and autographs.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

New technologies have sprung up to connect consumers at a time of increasing distance. Substack, Patreon, Discord, and Clubhouse have enabled consumers to become one-click content creators, and mind-sharers whilst connecting people globally. Go voice shopping with Amazon Alexa (voice shopping will reach USD $40 billion by 2022 alone).

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

At least two significant forces are reshaping how and where consumers shop and their expectations of brands. Encouragingly, consumers are ready to increase participation in the circular economy. Consumers want businesses to make it more convenient to take part.” . Circular initiatives in action.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Today, we are inching toward 2022 with the understanding that the pandemic is still a part of our world and the new normal is here. This coming year will set the new shopping trends in stone for the next decade and create a new standard for retailers to pay attention to and master. FASTER & FREE SHIPPING Consumers will pay more!

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

They have absolutely loved the new look and layout and we can’t wait to roll this out even further in 2022. Customers can also now shop Witchery on The Iconic, which gives us an opportunity to bring the brand to even more customers through this famous marketplace. The feedback from customers and media has been phenomenal.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

Brian Olsavsky, Amazon’s chief financial officer, said on a call with reporters that faster speeds have meant Prime loyalty customers are “shopping more often.” Such investments, offset by lower fulfillment expenditures, are down from $59 billion in 2022. billion, beating estimates of $131.5

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Not only that, but the pandemic has also changed consumers’ expectations of retailers, with customers increasingly seeking convenience, speed, and transparency from the brands they shop with. The four elements highlighted in the report include peak season, hybrid shopping, returns, and sustainability.

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