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Gift Flick redefines digital gifting

Inside Retail

The exponential growth of e-commerce on a global scale has been revolutionising retail since the pandemic, meeting consumers’ demands for convenience, personalisation and diverse buying opportunities. This signals the end to online shipping deadlines,” says Gift Flick co-founder Helen Marsh.

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How Country Road dials up personalisation with free digital gifting service

Inside Retail

Iconic Australian retailer Country Road has taken an innovative tech-led approach to maximising gift sales. Gift Flick is an e-commerce plug-in that enables consumers to virtually send any product or gift voucher in an e-tailer’s store. An end to order deadlines for online gift shopping.

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How Salvos aims to break the stigma around secondhand Christmas gifts

Inside Retail

The tradition of gift-giving at Christmas drives billions of dollars in retail sales every year. In Australia alone, consumers are expected to spend $63.9 million gifts in Australia and 300,000 gifts in New Zealand will end up in the bin this year, and a further 4.32

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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 : My best time management tip is… SBC: What works very well for me is to write everything down on a to-do list and physically cross it off.

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Ikea launches new service to make gift giving easier

Inside Retail

Ikea Australia has launched a gift registry service to make gift giving and receiving easier for customers. On the Ikea Family account, customers need to create a ‘Gift Registry’ with their desired products and share this list with their family and friends to browse, choose and complete purchases online or at an Ikea store near them.

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Flowers and sex toys: How retailer LVLY does gifting differently

Inside Retail

After LVLY co-founder Hannah Spilva came to Australia, she turned her desire to connect with her own friends and family back in the UK into a thriving flower-and-gift business. Now, fresh off the launch of a new, locally sourced specialty line, she talks pandemic gift-giving, thoughtful marketing and the power of spreading joy.

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How, where and what shoppers are buying in the final week before Christmas

Inside Retail

How will consumers be spending their dollars in the week leading up to Christmas, what are retailers doing to entice consumers in-store and which retailers will benefit from this? Food for thought Natalie Davis, managing director of Woolworths Supermarkets, shared with Inside Retail that Woolworths expects to sell 2.8

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