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Why beauty brand Fluff turns on its website just four times a year

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based beauty brand Fluff was founded in 2018 by Erika Geraerts, one of the original co-founders of Frank Body. The brand has gone through many evolutions since its conception, and is now experimenting with an unusual drop model, which sees it open its website to sell products just four times a year for one week at a time. “We

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How Hue’s Nicole Clay is making the beauty industry more inclusive

Inside Retail

However, even though Black women, and the BIPOC community more broadly, are the largest driver of sales across multiple beauty product categories, they are often the least represented in the multibillion-dollar industry. per cent of total beauty industry ventures. And thus, Hue was born. The trio ended up raising approximately $2.1

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Analysis: Why all retailers need a jab of health and wellness

Inside Retail

And I was recently reminded (while presenting to TerryWhite Chemmart) that one of the best areas for inspiration today is health and wellness. Health and wellness is a $2 trillion-plus category, growing at 5-10 per cent annually. Before I turn to why, let’s look at the ‘what’. What is the category exactly?

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Exclusive: The thinking behind Coles’ revamped Chadstone flagship store

Inside Retail

Coles is using the store revamp to trial key concepts that it identifies as being important to the customer, including an elevated “fresh and healthy” offering, as well as greater “convenience” and “value” offerings. “In The project soft-launched in February and officially opened on March 6.

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How Noonie’s world-first ‘padsicles’ are smashing post-pregnancy taboos

Inside Retail

Here, we chat with Dolan about the development process behind her products, the business’ future plans and the rise in female entrepreneurs aiming to break the silence around women’s health. How did you come up with the concept for it? This isn’t the best recipe for improvement in women’s health. You’re not alone there.

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Remedy: A Malaysian brand redefining sustainable personal care

Inside Retail

Remedy is a multi-label concept store in Kuala Lumpur with an emphasis on eco-friendly and all-natural personal care products. The story so far Lee doesn’t see Remedy as competing with other companies; he has always regarded his business as a “humble retail concept store” which he hopes to make self-sustainable through community support.

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Proximity retailing and current retail environmental paradoxes

Retail Focus

This conflicting situation is a result of many environmental factors influencing the health of proximity retailing: the brand/the business, the commercial environment, the competitive environment, and the consumer. Urban proximity concepts are becoming more relevant, and rural proximity concepts are retreating to less relevant formats.