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GoTo and Alibaba lead the charge in Asia-Pacific’s booming retail market

Inside Retail

Top 10 fastest growing retailers Amid the dynamic and competitive retail landscape in 2022, ‘GoTo Gojek Tokopedia PT’ and Singapore’s ‘Sea Ltd’ emerged as standout performers, achieving retail sales growth rates of 44 per cent and 43 per cent, respectively.

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Squad shopping and self-improvement: Five consumer trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

Recent years have seen rapidly evolving changes in all areas of consumer behaviour and there is little doubt it will continue in terms of the products and services that people want, who they want them from, and where and when they want to access them. Rather than talking about what we do when we’re out there, it’s about how it makes us feel.”

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Tips from a travel retail expert on tapping into passenger demand

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Brands that had previously relied on bricks-and-mortar sales had to accelerate their e-commerce strategies, TikTok became an extremely effective advertising and marketing tool, and certain retail categories like travel retail saw their sales drop virtually overnight. The market is expected to grow to US$126.48

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From stock levels to financing: How interest rate hikes impact retail

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Following nine consecutive interest rate increases in Australia – with more likely to come – retailers are having to navigate a challenging economic environment, as consumers are looking to cut back their spending across a range of categories. per cent drop in consumer spending.

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Abercrombie & Fitch delivers ‘exceptional’ first-quarter performance 

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Executives are very focused on the consumer and are ever keen to understand what they want. Of course, this is how all retailers should operate; but the blunt truth is that so many have lost the basic skills of retailing and lack the attention to detail in the front end of the business. Neil Saunders is MD at GlobalData.

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Lululemon achieves double-digit growth as it continues to build market share 

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per cent increase, the Canadian company is still performing much better than others in the retail market, especially during a time of rising consumer caution, according to Neil Saunders, MD of GlobalData. Although the growth is not as impressive as the prior year’s 28.8 billion and operating income jumped 19 per cent. “The

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Skechers continues to make its mark in the Singapore marketplace

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Skechers has selected actor Lawrence Wong as its Singapore brand ambassador for the second year running, in an ongoing effort to strengthen its appeal to a broad consumer demographic in the saturated market. She noted that culture and weather play a huge role in shaping the Singapore retail market.

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