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Australian Retail Outlook 2023: Paradigm shifts and fresh perspectives

Inside Retail

In the face of drastic increases in the cost of essentials, most consumers made rapid and wide-ranging spending cuts. With interest rates still high, even the normalisation of costs for many food items has not reassured consumers, and many intend to continue a cautious spending approach in 2023.

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“Running is on trend right now”: New Balance expands hybrid retail model

Inside Retail

The New Balance UCC (uncommonly common concept) store is redefining the traditional retail experience by placing people, not products, at the forefront of the retail experience. New Balance sits at the intersection of sports and cultural heritage and its new UCC concept stores aim to reflect that.

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Polestar is bringing its award-winning retail concept, Space, to Australia

Inside Retail

The ‘Space’ retail concept enables customers to interact with the Polestar brand, meet product specialists and take a test drive in the all-electric Polestar 2. The concept was recently named “Most Immersive Brand Home” by leading design publication Wallpaper*. I think consumers these days are very used to buying things online.

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

It acted as a platform for consumers to interact with and learn about a rotating variety of omnichannel and digitally native brands, by way of QR codes. Showfields made the mistake of over-paying for real estate and then expanding a concept that had rather limited appeal. Can Showfields make a comeback? Can Showfields make a comeback?

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High-low: Bianca Spender, Nobody Denim join forces as consumers go casual

Inside Retail

Despite not being an incredible consumer of denim, I had admired the way that Nobody Denim developed their manufacturing, washing processes and sustainability initiatives locally in Melbourne,” Spender, the label’s namesake founder and creative director, told Inside Retail.

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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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A step back in time: Piaget’s Sydney store blends old with new

Inside Retail

Taking inspiration from the brand’s very first Salon which opened in Geneva over 60 years ago, the new store concept is designed to be a warm, inviting environment in which customers can learn about the heritage of the brand. Inside Retail: Is this Piaget’s first standalone direct-to-consumer (DTC) store in Sydney?

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