Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The accessories brand’s managing director reveals the two women who have inspired her most and the biggest lessons she’s learned. Visions without a plan are often hard for team members to embrace and deliver. SR: We have recently carved out a bold and ambitious strategic three-year plan.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2024

Here, Alias Mae’s general manager Kendra Anastasiadis speaks to the evolution of the business, which she joined in 2017 as the customer service and wholesale manager, how it diversified into direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce, and what is next for the business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Renowned Australian footwear business Munro Footwear Group (MFG) recently acquired the popular but beleaguered New Zealand kids’ footwear brand Bobux, as part of a plan to consolidate its presence in the children’s market. The long-term plan is still being finalised,” he said. The initial focus is on stabilisation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Co-founded by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger in 2015, the company quickly became a hit amongst Silicon Valley-types and raised over US$200 million from venture capital investors, including Tiger Global Management, Lerer Hippeau, and Maveron. Its valuation surged to over US$4 billion on its first day of trading in November 2021.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In a move that underscores the burgeoning potential of the Asian luxury market, Taiwan-based second-hand luxury site PopChill has secured US$1.9 With monthly gross merchandise volume (GMV) exceeding US$1 million in Taiwan alone, the platform plans to export its success by addressing specific pain points in online luxury transactions.

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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. For FLANNELS by Argent Design. For FLANNELS by Argent Design.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

James Chan, head of marketing for Reebok Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) chats with Inside Retail about the brand’s partnership with Brand Collective, how Reebok is aiming to be the fastest-growing sports brand in the world, and how he continues to push the envelope within in his profession. The opportunities are endless.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In just 10 years, Vietnamese fashion retail operator Maison Retail Management International (MRMI) has built a network of more than 120 retail stores across 18 high-profile international fashion brands. Since the beginning of this year, MRMI has been rapidly rolling out new stores, introducing three international brands into the market.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As a pureplay e-commerce business, Australian fashion brand Petal & Pup was in a strong position to manage lockdown pressures this year, and the pandemic didn’t stop the business venturing into new categories and new markets. IR: What were your biggest learnings over that period in terms of e-commerce marketing?

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GMG plans to open 11 SSS stores – and 100 new stores overall – in Southeast Asia by 2025. With an existing presence in Singapore and a commitment to the Southeast Asian market, this office symbolises our dedication to delivering unparalleled experiences and services to customers in the region,” he told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

Professor Shahriar Akter, the lead author of Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action in Industrial Markets , was pleasantly surprised by the study’s findings. The precedent for big fashion retailers to integrate AI-driven technologies into their environmental performance and market performance is already there.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

As a result, Surfstitch has shifted its focus to improving its conversion rate and increasing its basket size, and one of the key ways it plans to do so is by expanding its offering. Where we invest our capital now is in marketing to those customers and growing our customer base,” he said.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2022

Earlier this month, it announced a new, multi-year partnership with licensing management experts IMG to relaunch Laura Ashley as a standalone fashion brand. It plans to offer apparel, footwear and accessories and is currently seeking global partners with sourcing and design capabilities to licence the brand.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

It now plans to open Ikea Oxford Street in autumn 2023, following the planned launch of its Hammersmith store later this winter. This property offers great potential for retail space, and we firmly believe in the long-term value of the real estate market in London.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

Four years after launching online, Australian accessories brand Maison de Sabré has opened its first bricks-and-mortar store, an 85-square-metre pop-up on Pitt Street in Sydney that will serve as a testing ground for creative store concepts and services as the brand looks to expand its physical presence around the world.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2024

OHTNYC is a New York-based accessories and apparel brand founded by Jinsol Woo, a one-time engineering student turned jewellery designer. Woo attributes his success to his heritage as a South Korean-raised New Yorker, which gave the brand a point of difference and access to an international market from the beginning.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Colette by Colette Hayman has bought luxury online accessories brand The Daily Edited after a three-month search for a buyer. Key staff will be retained, gift cards will be honoured, and we have developed a strong plan to stabilise and then continue to build the brand whilst investing in stores and online.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But in the past, it was a lot harder to market to A.P.C. IR: When do you plan to launch the new websites? IR: Were those stores planned and delayed due to Covid, or has there been a recent increase in demand? DL: We hired a new marketing manager, new buying manager, new creative brand manager.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2023

Hard Yakka marketing manager Jayne Willmott told Inside Retail that the brand is currently in a growth phase, with sales and traffic continuing to increase. She also noted that accessories – such as socks and underwear – have been a particularly strong performer for the brand in recent months.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

Managing director Simon Schofield discusses the new bricks-and-mortar experience and the brand’s revitalised product range. SS: The market trends are consistent with what Witchery has experienced in the past 12 months. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year?

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Chief executive office and co-founder of Telegram – the parent company to stationary, office and lifestyle accessory brand Milligram – Scott Druce told Inside Retail that the back to school period is like a second Christmas, and requires just as much planning.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2021

But in truth, he was a retail pharmacist working for Boots, and it was at a time when the company thought it was important to move their management every three years so they could bring fresh thinking into the stores and the regions. JM: I definitely didn’t have a grand career master plan. PZ: Were you naturally an ambitious person?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2022

Inside Retail : I understand Sheike is planning to expand to South Australia. Sandra Kennedy: We’re planning on opening the store in the middle of this year, and we’re very excited because it’s actually our first SA store in the portfolio, and it will also be our first strip store, so our first store outside of a centre.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2022

Bridget Veals, David Jones’ general manager for womenswear, footwear and accessories, told Inside Retail that Australians are ready to shop for fashion again, with events back on the menu and borders open. The runway featured local and international brands such as Aje, Camilla and Marc, Hugo Boss, P.E.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2023

According to Volley’s partnership manager Renee Jaeger, the NGA approached the brand after seeing Volley’s Wear it with Pride campaign. Volley’s content and marketing manager Anna Geason told Inside Retail that the best collaborations happen when there is an authentic connection between partner brands.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The 900sqm store is the first Lego store in Australia to have a street frontage, rather than being placed in a shopping centre, and signifies the culmination of years of bricks-and-mortar expansion in the market. As a result we’ve got a lot of global attention from the Lego community and the senior management team in Denmark.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“There are weekly masterclasses that consumers can attend to expand their skills and knowledge about all things coffee and De’Longhi, and, in addition, customers can schedule a 1:1 session with our knowledgeable coffee experts,” De’Longhi Group’s marketing manager Sarah Knox told Inside Retail. Grounds for expansion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Dr Abas Mirzaei, a marketing lecturer at Macquarie University, told Inside Retail that “Woolworths is a household name, where consumers are exposed to the brand cues on a daily basis.” The Woolworths Group are currently implementing their third Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Inside Retail

MAY 1, 2024

After two years of declining revenue and profit, the American footwear retailer Foot Locker appears to be progressing on its turnaround plan, dubbed Lace Up, with its launch last week of the first “store of the future” at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, New Jersey. billion in annual revenue by 2028. What inspired Foot Locker’s revamp?

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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. Toys “R” Us Australia CEO and managing director Dr. Louis Mittoni told Inside Retail that the past 12 months had been “interesting.”

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

It’s offering all that accessory product around it,” said Putman. In 1962 their manager Brian Epstein took a tape of the group to its in-store recording studio. Having liked what he heard, the studio manager started a chain of events which culminated in Epstein meeting George Martin, who became the Beatles’ producer.

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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. In an interview with Inside Retail , he discussed how CBCH and TDE are rebounding following collapse, as well as his plans to expand in the years to come.

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Inside Retail

MAY 14, 2024

The world’s largest jewellery brand Pandora is placing sustainability at the cornerstone of its ‘Phoenix’ growth strategy and even tying bonuses for top management to environmental targets to incentivise progress. Focusing on that, we launched into this big plan to transition to exclusively using recycled silver and gold,” Twomey-Madsen said.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2024

In the fast-paced world of footwear and fashion, few mass-market brands have managed to leave an indelible mark quite like Skechers. Behind the scenes of its Southeast Asia success story is Zann Lee, a powerhouse with 24 years of experience in sales and retail, currently serving as the managing director of Skechers Southeast Asia.

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