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Australian AI tech promises a re-imagining of the on-demand shopping experience

Inside Retail

Australian online personal styling service Threadicated has launched its Curated Collection, an AI technology to provide a new personalised shopping experience. Curated Collection offers a selection of items for clients to view and purchase based on the information supplied in their style profiles and preferences.

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New Balance opens first Australian UCC concept store in Sydney

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Sports footwear and apparel store New Balance has opened its first UCC retail concept store at Bondi Junction in Sydney. It features a curated collection of footwear and apparel, including its made in USA products. The store is one of New Balance’s eight UCC-style stores in the world.

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Retailers, are you ready for it? Swift’s Eras tour a gold rush of economic karma

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Airport jewellery retailers including Colette are accommodating the gold rush by stocking up on friendship bracelets, cowgirl boots, accessories and Taylor Swift reading materials. Other accessory trends given cult status by the singer, such as heart-shaped sunglasses and cowboy boots are also up by 55 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively.

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Lee expands into golf with first-ever men’s range

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. “We’ve been selling technology-infused casual apparel for years, and we know our customers love the versatility of our products across a wide range of wear occasions,” said Jimmy Shafer, SVP at Lee.

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Why retail giants like Walmart are tapping into the booming pet-care market

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The centre features a grooming salon with self-service options, a full-service veterinary hospital, a curated mid-tier and high-end merchandise assortment, a cafe specifically designed for a canine clientele, and more features to serve the needs of man’s best friend and their owners.

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Levi’s GM for Southeast Asia explains why the region “holds immense potential”

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This includes the Levi’s Tailor Shop, an embodiment of craftsmanship where denim aficionados can breathe life into their apparel through bespoke touches of embroidery, patches, and fabric panelling. One example of this is the Tailor Shop, where shoppers can make their apparel truly their own.

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Fashion and retail are ripe for disruption: The promise of generative AI 

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It speculated that future fashion collections could be made with a creative director and an AI program to bring clothes and accessories to market faster, more efficiently and improve the CX factor as well. An article from McKinsey & Co explores this idea in some depth.

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