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How luxury gifting company Venus et Fleur is disrupting flower retail

Inside Retail

The entrepreneurial couple spoke with Inside Retail about launching their luxury gifting company , plans for building up the brand in the year ahead, and how they maintain a peaceful work-life balance. IR : What is your approach to work/life balance? SBC: We realise there may never be a true balance but we try to juggle it all.

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Rituals open first store in Gretna’s Caledonia Park

Retail Focus

says Maria Averkina, Asset and Development Manager at Railpen. Annemarie Forsyth, Managing Director, Rituals Cosmetics (UK & Ireland), says: “We are so excited to be opening this store in the Caledonia Park Designer Outlet, expanding the Rituals interactive experience in the UK.

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How to become someone people actually want to work for

Inside Retail

Managing people is not easy. They also have different expectations of their manager and different ways of communicating. However, even with all these differences, becoming a manager that people want to work for is within our own control. Managers need to be professionally good and of good character.

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In conversation with Aesop general manager, Preet Bains

Inside Retail

Here, Australia and New Zealand general manager Preet Bains discusses the brand’s omnichannel strategy, the sensory appeal of its unique stores and the key to maintaining the relevance of a legacy brand. . It is our aim to stimulate all the senses and keep a healthy balance between mind and body.

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How Toys ‘R’ Us aims to bring joy and wonder back to the brand

Inside Retail

Here, she discusses her philosophy for finding and managing good people, the global company’s sprawling plans for expansion, the importance of an exciting customer experience in toy stores, and more. For example, we’re looking at ways that our AI can help gift-givers choose something that’s perfect for their specific loved one.

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Koko Black, Godiva Australia on driving sales in a cost of living crisis

Inside Retail

They care about value, and are choosing treats and gifts that are handmade [and] natural, made in Melbourne and [that] celebrate local ingredients,” he said. Georges also said that roughly half of the brand’s sales come from gifting, which has been resilient to customer cutbacks. “At

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The Very Group Renews DemandTec Markdown Optimisation

Retail Focus

The Very Group carries products in an array of categories, including toys, sports, electrical, beauty, gifts, jewellery, and accessories – many of which are seasonal items that must be sold by the end of the season to make way for the next season’s items.

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