Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Bright Data , the global industry leader in making public web data accessible to all, has today released new research that reveals consumer sentiments around the 2021 holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The research, carried out by Vanson Bourne , surveyed 4,000 consumers across the US and UK.

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Retail Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Shopping centres are so much more than a place to purchase a new outfit or a loved one’s birthday gift. Online shopping continues to grow even post-pandemic, meaning it’s never been more important that these complexes continue to differentiate themselves from online retailers, cementing their place in society.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Aptos , a leader in unified commerce solutions, today announced the findings of its 2023 Golden Quarter Consumer Survey. The report found that the majority of Gen Z shoppers plan to spend more or the same on Christmas gifts compared to last year and that visiting stores during the festive period is a top priority.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2023

Consumers believe that sellers, distributors, and e-commerce stores share responsibility for ensuring product authenticity, with a desire for more ways to verify authenticity and reliable customer service. Our goal is to create a seamless shopping experience based on the foundations of great value, convenience, and trust,” he stressed.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The holiday shopping season is teed up for its annual explosion of spending. Retailers know this, consumers know this, cybercriminals know this, and are unfortunately ready to take advantage of any weak link that can be found to steal vital consumer and business data. Why target retail? This effort does pay off.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sovereign Centros has announced that local homeware and gifts retailer, Fig & Fox, has opened at Festival Place , one of the UK’s top 25 retail and leisure destinations. The Festival Place location also features a takeaway counter serving barista-crafted hot drinks from local coffee roasters, Moonroast Coffee.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Local governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main streets. Our research is the only-known Australian study to ask shoppers about the key elements, and shops and services, they regard as contributing to the ideal main street.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For many Australian retailers, the start of November marks the beginning of peak season and all that comes with it: packed stores, products flying off the shelf, big discounts and major online shopping events. Will the rising cost of living cramp consumer spending in the most important quarter of the retail calendar?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Covering the pre and post-Christmas shopping periods, that figure would represent a 3.9 Quoting the organisation’s Consumer Sentiment Report, interim NRA CEO Lindsay Carroll said buyers are preparing for the holiday shopping season by modifying their spending habits in order to afford Christmas events and gifts.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2023

“Launching iSwii by Angry Birds is a perfect way to bring locals and Angry Birds fans back to fun in-person experiences,” said the executive director of Asset Management of SCG America, Robert Leck.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Even before thinking about the specifics, the timing of these sales appears challenging for both retailers and consumers, not to mention supply chains. Noticing these challenges, we teamed up with Associate Professor John Hopkins to explore how BFCM might be impacting Christmas, from supply chain to consumer behaviour.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

People were shopping in stores and Black Friday, Cyber Monday were becoming successful sale events on those specific days. But people were starting to shop for Christmas around that time. It’s kind of elongated and stretched out,” noted Adam Ioakim, managing director, APAC at Emarsys. E-commerce was on a steady rise.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 23, 2023

To compliment Red Run’s direct-to-consumer offering, the brand has partnered with ASICS to retail a select range of sneakers that have been specifically selected by Creative Director, Megan Kimmance to be styled with its fashion forward, versatile collections to offer customers a full provision of style from head to toe.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2024

Steiff’s rich legacy, spanning over 140 years, traces back to Margarete Steiff’s humble beginnings in 1877, when she founded a felt clothing shop and inadvertently birthed the world’s first child-friendly toy – the “Filzelefäntle.” Steiff recognises the enormous potential of the Chinese market, especially in high-quality toys and gift items.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

The rise of the stationery market Research and Markets attributes the rise of this seemingly old-fashioned consumer product category to a few factors, including consumers’ preference for a tactile writing experience, the power of influencer marketing and the growth of e-commerce.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Like any market, there are both positive and negative aspects to consider regarding consumer experiences. In this article, I explore the effects of Christmas markets on consumer behavior, researching into the positive and negative dimensions. Handcrafted Gifts: Handcrafted gifts and ornaments are a staple in European Christmas markets.

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RetailMinded

JULY 29, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company , 75% of consumers are exploring new shopping behaviors, indicating a significant change in their preferences and priorities. Understanding Changing Consumer Behavior The retail industry is undoubtedly no longer what it used to be; customer shopping habits and preferences are quickly changing.

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RetailMinded

JULY 29, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company , 75% of consumers are exploring new shopping behaviors, indicating a significant change in their preferences and priorities. Understanding Changing Consumer Behavior The retail industry is undoubtedly no longer what it used to be; customer shopping habits and preferences are quickly changing.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Usually – and especially for consumers shopping online – the first physical impression someone has of your brand is when they see it in its packaging. “So So it’s vital to make that experience count,” explains Alexandria Jurcic, national marketing manager, at Australian corrugated cardboard and packaging specialist Abbe. “It

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Parcel Pending

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As a property manager , you undoubtedly recognize that turning over a unit has a significant price tag – from cleaning to marketing to maintenance costs (especially in current market conditions ). To retain residents, here are 14 key property management incentive ideas to keep your residents in place. 6 Give the Gift of Clean.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Consumers might be being more careful with their cash as the cost of living crisis bites, but one payments expert predicts the upcoming Black Friday Cyber Monday season promises a bonanza for savvy Australian retailers. Australian consumers are pretty savvy. So how should retailers prepare for this?

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Retail Focus

JUNE 9, 2023

The UK’s fourth Dyson Demo store opens at Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent, making this the first store in the Greater London area. Since 2022, Dyson will have opened three new Demo Stores in the UK. It’s home to Dyson’s full portfolio of technologies, including the new Dyson Zone headphones.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2022

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. . PB: Luxury consumers are spending more on beauty and skin care each year; however, they are also becoming more discerning.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2022

Pattern Australia has released its fourth annual report on consumer considerations and e-commerce. Impressively, Amazon has managed to hold onto the accelerated gains it made in the last two years when consumers were in lockdown, and the research finds that e-commerce shoppers have no plans to slow their spending on the marketplace in 2022.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2023

As cost of living pressures continue to rise, a large proportion of their consumer base is pulling back on non-essential items to ensure they can afford to pay bills and other essentials. More and more, consumers are looking for an alternative to cheap, sugary chocolate from the supermarket.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

billion in 2020 (Mordor Intelligence, 2021), Australians are major consumers of health and beauty products worldwide. Progressive retailers should be leveraging this white space to provide replacement experiences that give consumers an equal sense of belonging and connectedness to the brand, and to their family and friends, from home.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

When managed efficiently, this data becomes the roadmap to winning over consumer hearts and wallets for the upcoming year and beyond. Think of it like finding a pile of gifts underneath the Christmas tree. The less you know about your customer’s preferences and the way you are managing your data, the more risk you assume.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Retailers are enduring dynamic and challenging times as supply-chain disruption continues and consumer behaviour changes, both brought on by living in the Covid era. Consumers increasingly want a seamless and consistent shopping experience across a growing number of offline and online touchpoints.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Starts at 60, the online news and community hub aimed at seniors, has just launched an e-commerce platform as it looks to become the go-to destination for the growing number of baby boomers shopping online. Older online shopping ‘boom’. A race to reach baby boomers. But that changed last year.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2023

“We have seen a strong shift back to retail as customers look to in-person shopping experiences, and engage with our products and staff in-store,” Koko Black’s senior brand manager Kyle McKnight told Inside Retail. It’s] one of the most significant changes in consumer behaviour during the pandemic,” Datson told Inside Retail.

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E Delevry

APRIL 22, 2022

A further 8% initially assumed the parcel was a gift from someone else. Julian House, managing director of www.myfavouritevouchercodes.co.uk, said: “We’re capable of doing many things under the influence of alcohol that we don’t initially recall, but it’s interesting to hear that so many people choose to go online shopping.

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VMS

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“Our retail customers use Matterport technology in a variety of different ways, whether that’s creating a virtual showroom where consumers can shop for holiday gifts or using digital twins to remotely manage store design and operations,” said Conway Chen, Vice President of Business Development of Matterport.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2022

Railpen, the investment manager responsible for the safekeeping and administration of over £37 billion AUM for several pension schemes has announced the award winning, independent Cornish Bakery, will open later this year at Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premier design village, marking a national debut for the brand.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

The country’s growing economy and expanding middle class have created a favourable environment for global brands to set up shop and tap into a new consumer base. billion Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) shipments by 2030. In recent years, India has emerged as a major market for luxury brands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2021

The partnership heralds a new chapter of rapid beauty delivery, with couriers connecting retailers to consumers in the time it would take to whip up fries – and for the same price. I believe this type of service ensures optimum convenience to shoppers who are seeking more options on ways to shop from retailers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2024

Even though the Lunar New Year officially begins on February 10, and festivities will last through February 24, US retailers and eager consumers have already begun celebrating in earnest. million, with searches experiencing a 5.7 per cent increase in comparison to the year prior.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2021

Ananth Sarathy, former general manager of digital experience at WooliesX, will lead the newly launched online HealthyLife business as managing director. Sarathy has held a number of other leadership roles in digital within the Woolworths Group over the last eight years, including as general manager of loyalty and data solutions.

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