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Wellness booms and so does the share price of pharmaceutical retailers

Inside Retail

Retailers within the pharmacy sector are evolving and exploring ways to best cater to consumers with the creation of one-stop-shop pharmacy retail spaces and superstores. This growth is largely attributed to an ageing population, rising health concerns, and a shift towards preventive healthcare.”

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Tween beauty: Are brands crossing the line?

Inside Retail

If you weren’t aware, tweens have been shopping up a storm, or at least heavily influencing the purchasing decisions of their parents, and leaving a wreckage of product testers in their wake. The term ‘Sephora Kids’ has been circulating on social media for some time now; just check the hashtag on TikTok.

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Why Snapchat is investing in Gen Z resale fashion app, Galaxy

Inside Retail

Livestreaming has increased exponentially in recent years, due to the rise of livestream commerce in China, social media app TikTok, and streaming platform Twitch for gaming. The Galaxy audience – Gen Z – is already familiar with both creating video content and buying online, having grown up with social media.

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Pent-up shoppers jump onboard retail’s Freedom Day reopening

Inside Retail

Images of customers lining up at midnight openings for Kmart stores and queueing for their first haircut in some time are already circulating social media. As New South Wales retailers open their doors today for the first time in months, Monday 11th has been dubbed “Freedom Day” for many frustrated shoppers and retailers alike.

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Analysis: How Vietnam’s malls are riding the wave of recovery

Inside Retail

On 12 July, a rumour circulated on social media that the chairperson of Vingroup, which includes Vincom Retail, Vietnam’s largest mall operator, had been barred from leaving the country. Later, the government refuted the report and a Hanoi resident alleged to have been behind the fake news was marched out for the media.

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Three interesting ways retailers are using TikTok

Inside Retail

Compared to more established social media platforms, TikTok is still beefing up its solutions and services for businesses, and shopping functionality (outside of China) is still some way off. But there are plenty of ways for retailers to engage with users. The ‘TikTok made me buy it’ hashtag currently sits at 3.8

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Can anything take the Shein of China’s e-commerce titan?

Inside Retail

Over the course of the pandemic, Shein has doubled its revenue to US$10 billion and dethroned Amazon as the top shopping app in the US. This loophole will enable more Chinese cross-border e-tailers to thrive as well, as customers choose to continue shopping online even well after the pandemic. a consulting firm based in Hong Kong. “If

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