Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Armadale’s High Street has become one of the most expensive shopping destinations in Melbourne and the row of retailers is essentially a who’s who of Australian fashion. All the connotations that come with high street shopping carry through to Armadale’s High Street with its pedestrian walkways lined with shops.

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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

MAY 27, 2024

Because on one hand, consumers spent record amounts during cyber weekend last year, leading to large year-on-year growth for retail in November. Through interviews with retail leaders, we’ve continually heard that many brands participate in these sales reluctantly, acknowledging they train consumers to shop early and demand big discounts.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Retailers and brands need to evolve their channel-mix for consumer engagement in an age where trust is harder to earn and keep, says Bernd Bude, CEO of ADvendio. We are now well past the time when consumers went to a single place to source information about a product they were thinking about buying.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consumers in Southeast Asia (SEA) find themselves at the crossroads of economic uncertainty, grappling with surging inflation and heightened concerns about their overall financial well-being. As the region looks ahead to 2024, consumers across SEA are actively adjusting their spending behaviours to cope with economic challenges.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

The rise of online shopping scams presents significant reputational risks for e-commerce businesses of all sizes if they don’t take proactive measures to help protect consumers. million to online shopping scams, and over $92 million to scams overall, according to Scamwatch. So far this year, Australians have lost more than $1.2

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2024

Enforcement has been a bit patchy to say the least, and because consumers love them for their convenience and ease of use some retailers still dole them out. That is an incredible failure of public policy and consumers paid for it. So why did the supermarket chains and other retailers roll over? Time for some pushback?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Social platforms such as TikTok , Line, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram are popular within the APAC region. It offers a full feature in-app e-commerce store, or virtual shop fronts for brands. While Meta also offers shops on Facebook and Instagram, TikTok now offers checkouts and payments within the app. Live shopping.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In a new report from Emarsys, All I Want for Christmas , 1000 Australian consumers shared their concerns about shopping for gifts this year. With the busiest shopping period of the year almost upon us, it’s vital marketers and retailers understand what consumers want, how they shop for Christmas and their frustrations.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2022

“We intend to invest in both the artist and consumer experiences, to improve loyalty and retention and to ensure long-term growth,” said Michael Ilczynski, CEO. Last year, the business hit $144 million in profit, up by 118 per cent, reflecting its strong consumer demand over the holiday period.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is not just a transient trend but a robust response to the changing consumer, who now craves the tactile satisfaction of in-store shopping along with the personalisation and convenience of online commerce. Today’s consumers might browse products online and then feel, try and buy them in physical stores.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. But there are some visionary developments that seek to stretch the definition and model of traditional shopping centres – delivering environments that celebrate innovation, wellbeing , community and, critically, creativity.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

Neil Saunders, MD of GlobalData, said the moderate growth was in line with expectations given the general trend in the luxury market. “In per cent, the retail segment – which includes all the sales made direct to consumers in-store and online – grew 5.8 per cent as slower economies in some markets dampened consumer spending.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2022

Australians are returning to shopping malls as Covid fears subside with Scentre Group reporting customer visitations up 12 per cent on 2021 levels during the first quarter. Scentre group’s figures came out on the same day as the latest consumer confidence data from Westpac shows a decline of 5.6 per cent to 90.4 per cent in 2022.”.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull has continued to expand its leading offer with the arrival of Spanish fashion retailer Mango. Ardent UK acquired Touchwood in summer 2021, the first major shopping centre acquisition since the onset of the pandemic, in a deal that effectively called the retail investment market.

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Retail Bound

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This unique combination of entertainment, convenience, and shopping is not only helping to redefine retail, but also to foster a sense of community that allows brands to connect with their audience on a unique global level. Looking Ahead Shopping on TikTok — or any social platform, in general — isn’t going away any time soon.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2023

Social commerce and live shopping. Browsing and shopping directly on social media platforms has long been a hallmark of e-commerce in China, now, it’s finally coming to Australia. Half of the GTV of e-commerce in China now comes from live shopping. Live shopping is essentially the modern-day, more sophisticated version of TVSN.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

According to ARA boss Paul Zahra, much of this spending is set to be bargain-driven, as consumers seek savings where possible. However, many consumers are searching for value as well as price in their gift-giving, and want to buy products in line with their values. per cent on the previous year.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

As inflation and rising interest rates start to bite and reduce consumers’ spending capacity and confidence, Australian e-commerce sales declined sharply in July. . This shows that consumers are researching online to find the product they are after before they head to a retail store to buy it. Representing 19.3 Search engines.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

Discount stores are booming in post-Covid Europe as price-sensitive consumers seek out bargains amid inflation and the devastating impacts of the pandemic. It also recently added a private label skincare line to its Believe Beauty brand with 11 new items, all at $5 or less. All consumers love a good bargain.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2024

Cost-of-living has gone from crunch to crisis and with this new economic reality has come new consumer behaviours. This shift in shopping behaviour is not particularly surprising for retailers but it does present a unique marketing challenge.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

A new online shopping site is set to launch in Australia this month that aims to update the traditional outlet mall experience for a Gen Z and millennial audience. In contrast, TheDOM.com plans to provide an “inspirational” and “elevated” shopping experience through its site design and tone of voice.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 9, 2021

Affinity Sterling Mills Outlet has agreed deals with three new retailers, including Next Outlet, taking a combined 14,000 sq ft of retail space at the Scottish outlet shopping destination. The post NEXT in line at Sterling Mills as Affinity Outlets signs 14,000 sq ft of new Retail appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 7, 2022

Of all the habits consumers have established in the past two years, some are more likely to stick than others and the uptick in online shopping is certainly one of them. Even people that were ‘tech fearful’ prior to Covid lockdowns – like my 85-year-old mum – have become more comfortable with the online shopping process.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

The concept was initially launched in Guangzhou, China in December 2022, followed by Boston, Massachusetts, in February 2023, before rolling out in Singapore’s Paragon Shopping Centre, Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction and now Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping centre.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. However, outside of this committee, there has been a publicised difference in opinion across political lines.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

Shopping strips are facing increasing challenges, and not just because of retail competition. While there is still a lingering Covid shadow on some shopping strips, including those in capital city central business districts (CBDs), other factors are impacting the viability of suburban retail precincts.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Dr Jason Pallant, a consumer behaviour expert at Swinburne University of Technology, said that while checkout-free technology is on the rise, shoppers either love it or hate it. Some consumers love the convenience, and the ability to get in and out without having to line up or even talk to others,” Pallant told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail opened the doors to its second eat-shop-play lifestyle centre on the Thai island of Phuket on 6 October. The eat-shop-play moniker is not a bad descriptor. The line of fashion shops can also include a Watsons health and beauty store and a Starbucks. What is the winning formula?

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Retail Focus

MAY 20, 2022

Online shopping has revolutionised how we consume goods and has also changed how businesses and companies market and sell their products and services. It has even eliminated the need for a shop front altogether. . But why do Brits, in particular, love online shopping? Less Stress. Ease of Use. Discounts and Specials .

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Retail Times

APRIL 6, 2021

We don’t need to tell you that the days of traditional shopping are behind us. Whether it’s curbside pick up, cause based marketing, or social shopping — the way retailers are doing business is rapidly evolving. Innovation in the retail industry is critical to staying competitive — and maintaining a healthy bottom line.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tom Mercer, commercial director at business consultancy GAIN LINE, predicts some key trends for retailers in 2024 Over the past three years, we have seen a steady stream of much-loved retail brands shut up shop for one last time.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2024

There’s enough written about inflationary pressures, consumer uncertainty, and increasing competition that if you’re not feeling the pinch, you should feel privileged. It would be great if broader environmental factors like inflation and cost of living made things easier on consumers soon, but what should retailers do in the meantime?

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

The grand reopening of Levi’s Bangkok flagship at CentralWorld marks a significant milestone in the brand’s direct-to-consumer trajectory and speaks to its commitment to the region. The region holds immense potential, with its vibrant markets and growing consumer base of young millennials and Gen Z shoppers.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

European fashion retailer and Creative Retail Awards winner Modivo, has turned to display technology from PPDS to create and open a futuristic new store in Warsaw, combining the benefits of online and physical shopping for a highly unique and transformative customer experience. .

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Inside Retail

MARCH 18, 2024

“We’ve decided to prioritise repair with the focus on ensuring the garments we are producing are being worn for longer, with the hope that our garments can be kept in a suitable condition to be able to offer resale or repair down the line,” Shona Joy’s chief operating officer, Danielle Millar, told Inside Retail. “As

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