Retail Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Retailers have continually adapted to changing consumer demands, technological advancements, and shifting societal values. Looking at retail disturbances in an oversimplified way, the first major disruption in retail was the emergence of department stores. This era was often described as consumer warfare.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2021

Australian online clothing rental company GlamCorner is adapting its offering as more brands look to launch their own branded rental service amidst major changes in consumer behaviour. According to Future Market Insights, the global online clothing rental market is currently worth US$1.9 The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Lately, the internet and the retail industry alike have been buzzing about Stanley’s ‘Galentine’s Collection’ of 40-ounce tumblers for the US department store chain Target. This is where acute marketing tactics come into play. Within days, influenced readers bought out The Buy Guide’s entire inventory of the Quencher.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2022

per cent – retailers might be expecting tough economic conditions, as consumers are expected to cut back. . Customers were spending more on clothing, footwear and personal accessories, department stores and cafes and restaurants in July 2022, compared to the 12 months prior, and consumer sentiment was also up, by 3.9

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

The board of directors of MRG, the umbrella that owns accessories brands Colette and The Daily Edited, appointed Domenic Calabretta, Mitchell Ball, and Richard Lawrence of Mackay Goodwin as voluntary administrators on Wednesday, citing an unexpected downturn in sales starting in October last year. making the current 84.4

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

The growing middle class Amisha Jain, senior vice president and managing director of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa at Levi Strauss & Co, told Inside Retail that the store “reflected the significance of India as a priority market” for the company. billion direct-to-consumer shipments by 2030.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So how can retailers capitalise on the Millennial market and what drives this generation’s interests? Sustainability, but at a price Macro trends pull and push consumers when it comes to how they spend their hard-earned money. These consumers are looking for brand experiences and attributes that are centred around sustainability.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The company’s latest business update for the Stock Exchange of Thailand states that The Chalong mall has 17,000sqm of net leasable area, and is anchored by an 8,000sqm Robinson department store. On the ground floor is the large, single-level Robinson department store that caterpillars up one side of the mall.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

But while the strategic acquisition makes a lot of sense on paper – expanding Tapestry’s portfolio in the over $200 billion global luxury apparel, handbags, accessories and footwear market, and delivering an anticipated $200 million in run-rate cost synergies – industry experts question remain cautious. “As

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

per cent) and department stores (down 0.4 But clothing, footwear and accessories are up 2 per cent, food retailers are up 1 per cent while cafes and restaurants are also enjoying a 1.3 Regardless of the size of your business, now is the time to review your marketing plans. per cent bump.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The demise of department stores has given physical retail operations a bad reputation, but the new guard of multibrand retail boutiques is proving there is still demand for in-store shopping. Independent boutiques like Chinatown Country Club are not restricted by the same limitations as heritage department stores. “We

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The French Government’s international trade agency, Business France, has launched an online showroom to connect French fashion and accessories brands with industry professionals in the APAC region. We really hope that 2022 will allow us to be able to invest in marketing campaigns again,” she said. “We

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2024

Collaboration and reinvention through marketing can make or break a brand, and paramount to this is remaining authentic and evolving with the times. Australian watch brand Maxum recently reopened its online store, providing a direct-to-customer sales (DTC) channel after years of only being available through retail partners.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 13, 2022

Frasers Group plc today unveils plans to advance its investment into the Irish market, introducing FLANNELS into the Republic of Ireland for the very first time, with three new FLANNELS stores set to open across the country in FY23. For FLANNELS by Argent Design.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

According to the post, Amazon Style will offer women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories from hundreds of popular and emerging brands, and include several innovative features, such as tailored, real-time recommendations. Amazon has not shared the names of any labels that it plans to carry in the store. “It

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). These brands, often unique or even unknown to the market, satisfied the desire for individuality. Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, last month Designworks, the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, a leading house of lifestyle brands in Australia, announced that it was relaunching Pavement in the marketplace through the discount department store Big W. The brand and product hits the sweet spot that appeals to both parents and daughters.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Australian online marketplace The Iconic added a new string to its bow last week with the addition of the Home category, extending its 80,000-strong product range with contemporary homewares; from bedding, kitchen and bath accessories to tech, aromatherapy and artwork. Tapping into Millennial market.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2021

On Thursday, Ikea will be launching a limited edition 10-piece clothing and accessories range in Australia, both online and in-stores. It has also successfully created a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) among some consumers. New news and noise could test another way of driving bricks-and-mortar frequency, and online traffic.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2023

It’s a tricky course being a heritage brand, especially a mass-market fashion one. But Bonds is owning the space and pushing it out to mass market Australia. It’s a brand that can do edgy yet still sell good value undies and loungewear both in its own stores and site, in department stores or even at the supermarket.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2023

Marquee Retail Group, the parent company of Colette by Colette Hayman (CBCH) and The Daily Edited (TDE), is aiming to expand its market share through acquisitions and expansions. Colette by Colette Hayman Marquee Retail Group acquired CBCH, a fashion accessories and jewellery brand, out of administration in September 2020.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A decade ago, the advertising and marketing sector was taken to task by Peter Field and Les Binet. per cent, department stores up 3.6 per cent, clothing, footwear and personal accessories up 2.9 The Group pointed the finger at low consumer sentiment and a weak household savings rate. billion and $1.6

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How will consumers be spending their dollars in the week leading up to Christmas, what are retailers doing to entice consumers in-store and which retailers will benefit from this? These are pressing questions that many in the industry will be asking themselves in the final few big shopping days of the year.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

With over 200 stores and a slew of international brands, including Celine, Ganni, Levi’s and Reebok, United Arrows is one of the country’s largest select shops, which is a kind of mini department store. Brothers Omar and Zane Sabré (l to r) started the accessories label in 2017. Image: Supplied. Focus on Asia.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Her savvy for social media not only sells out products but landed her a role as head of sales for ANZ at LTK, the world’s largest premium influencer marketing platform. At first it started as a fashion blog; we launched a small clothing line that didn’t get so much traction and then pivoted into leather accessories.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Both brands were able to maintain their wholesale relationships, with Bardot seeing a different type of consumer on its websites, compared to in-store, prior to the closure of its 72 stores in 2019. We’re looking to expand [Bardot Junior] through these department stores, [as well as] through our digital channels,” he said.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Australian retailers generally fared well over the last 18 months during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite temporary store closures as part of government-imposed lockdowns, although headwinds may be on the horizon. A look at consumer sentiment and spending . Consumer sentiment fell by 3 per cent to 81.2 Retail sales increased by 1.3

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

The first is the perennial issue of whether or not the various markets can absorb the new space becoming available as developers open the doors of their newest projects. The normalisation of tourism in markets such as Singapore and Bangkok also helped landlords lease space and stabilise rents. Three factors are of special concern.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

Established as a denim brand in Italy in 1981, Replay sells a comprehensive range of apparel, accessories and footwear for men, women and children under the Replay, Replay & Sons and We Are Replay brands. PAS Group plans to open three to five Replay stores before deciding on a broader rollout. Fills a gap. 550 million company.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year. Let’s go after it.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Skims’ dive into the menswear market On the expansion into the menswear category, Jens Grede, the CEO and co-founder of Skims explained that the brand’s decision “was reinforced by a growing number of men who have already embraced the brand’s existing product offerings, with men accounting for over 10 per cent of Skims’ existing customer base.”

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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. In the UK, the business is already sold through a number of department stores and third-party retailers, but Seafolly’s new website will allow customers to buy directly from the brand.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2022

David Jones on Wednesday unveiled the final stage of the $50 million revamp of its Bourke Street flagship store in Melbourne, which includes innovative spaces for luxury brands and a world-class sunglasses destination on the ground floor, as well as a pop-up bar on level two. That’s been one major learning for us.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2023

Despite many consumers cutting back on discretionary goods amid financial pressures, LVMH’s oldest luxury fashion house, Loewe , has opened a new store in Melbourne’s CBD. The location – which stocks ready-to-wear apparel, bags and small leather goods among other items – is the first Loewe store to stock menswear in Australia.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2021

US department store Nordstrom has teamed up with Instagram page-turned-online marketplace Black Owned Everything to spotlight four up-and-coming Black-owned fashion and accessories brands alongside global sneaker giants Nike and Jordan as part of its Nordstrom x Nike initiative. Major retailers step up.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

“The journey that our business has been on with Anchorage Capital over the last six or so years is really one of turnaround and investment into our digital business and into our direct-to-consumer retail business,” Brown said. There’s no doubt that Shoes & Sox is the market-leading retailer of children’s shoes,” he said.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Following its launch in Australia in 2016, Danish retail group Bestseller has firmly entrenched its presence in the retail market, with the company making strides in its sustainability and circularity initiatives. It works with more than 500 supply partners, with its products manufactured across over 800 factories.

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