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. The implementation of the strategy is paying dividends, cementing Touchwood’s position as the region’s must-visit retail destination.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

One recent study by ChannelAdvisor and Dynata surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers about their current shopping habits and how they expect these habits to change in the near future. As you might expect, the research shows Australians are doing more of their shopping online than they were before the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here, he shares the new tech that has caught his eye, and how changing consumer behaviour is affecting the business. The average store manager or team member walks on average 25,000 steps a day – how hard-working is that? What are the major consumer trends that are on your radar, and how is Woolworths preparing for those?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As the annual Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) shopping season nears, it’s not too late to review strategies to optimise sales during this key annual retail festival. To help retailers plan for the shopping festival, Klaviyo has created a helpful guide in the form of a BFCM content calendar.

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RetailMinded

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re diving into how a dash of philanthropy and a strategic approach called moves management can create an unbeatable combo. Now hold up, what’s this move management deal? Stick around as we unpack this strategy! But here’s the kicker: we take that special-sauce strategy and lay it down in retail land.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the ever-evolving retail landscape, technology has swiftly moved from being a novelty to becoming the linchpin of both operational and customer-centric strategies. Today’s consumers might browse products online and then feel, try and buy them in physical stores.

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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. I’ll then suggest some effective strategies that independent retailers can use to stay ahead of the competition. So let’s get to it!

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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. I’ll then suggest some effective strategies that independent retailers can use to stay ahead of the competition. So let’s get to it!

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. Retailers must also consider their consumers, and modern consumers are prioritising sustainability.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 29, 2022

Keeping pace with consumer trends and changing behaviours is key to the success of retail operations, particularly when managing the impact of current global events on supply chains to ensure they’re able to consistently meet demand. . Three of six key trends identified in ASCG’s latest eBook research include: 1) Spread the cost.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A 2023 BFCM Aftermath Report by Klaviyo – an intelligent marketing automation platform – found that 25 per cent of all consumers and 32 per cent of Gen Z consumers are still holiday shopping post-BFCM. The most successful retailers know that with smart planning, the real rewards can run on long past the end of November.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

This year, shopping online takes no more than a few clicks – but getting those carts to checkout and beyond? Let’s unpack three trends to get a snapshot of the powerful delivery strategies top retailers are using in 2024… Same-day delivery: from ‘nice-to-have’ to necessity This year, speedy delivery has become essential.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

Lockdowns with little advance notice, panic buying, supply chain disruptions, hastily made changes to health and safety regulations, and extreme swings in consumer needs and expectations. How did they fare and how have consumers changed due to their pandemic experience? Consumers unevenly impacted. Changed shopping behaviours….

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Discount retailer The Reject Shop has returned to profitability in FY23 as cash-strapped customers shop for lower-priced goods. Due to higher cost-of-living strains, the company says customers gravitated towards low-priced consumables that represent value. Overall sales increased 5.8 per cent to $819.3 Tax-paid profit grew 63.4

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Legacy denim brand, Levi Strauss & Co has rolled out a direct-to-consumer first strategy across its East Pacific Asia market. Inside Retail sat down with Nuholt Huisamen, managing director of Levi Strauss & Co for East Asia Pacific, to unpack what the future of the DTC-first strategy means for the Asia market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

Lacoste Japan, operator of the French premium casual brand, has collected zero-party data based on the consent of the consumer in preparation for the upcoming restrictions on the use of cookie data. Consumers were asked to choose their favourite long sleeve polo colours and vote against other colours. Campaign objectives.

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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. “The

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Parcel Pending

APRIL 30, 2024

Once ripe with opportunity, the parking management industry is now at a crossroads due to economic and societal trends reshaping urban mobility. Stagnant demand in traditional markets, fierce competition, low cost of entry, and sustainability pressures are compelling parking management services and parking lot owners to adapt and innovate.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2021

A post-pandemic uptick in Australian e-commerce is here to stay, according to a new study conducted by order and delivery management software company ShipStation. The business surveyed 2000 global consumers to compile the data, releasing the report to highlight retailer opportunities that continue to arise in the sector.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The use of videos as part of a retail marketing strategy is a tried and tested method to catch consumers’ attention and drive sales. From TV shopping channels to online shopping, videos have demonstrated that they are the best method to connect with customers at the convenience of their own home.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

Thanks to rapid innovations in supply chain management, AI technology and digital marketing, e-commerce is increasingly playing an integral role in the lives of everyday Aussies. With this momentum continuing into this year, it’s the perfect time for retailers to reexamine their strategies and restructure with growth and scale in mind.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As consumers manage cost of living pressures, it’s led to a pullback in spending across the retail landscape, particularly in non-discretionary categories. CommBank’s latest Consumer Insights Report shows that around one in four Australians have not enough, or just enough, to meet household expenses.

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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

JUNE 1, 2022

E-commerce businesses are fighting for consumers’ attention at an extraordinary rate. In an industry that’s already heavily saturated, hundreds of emerging digital channels have made it increasingly difficult to stand out, writes Simon Kelly, solutions manager, Apac at ChannelAdvisor. Sell where consumers shop.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Elijah Etri, Skippy’s Fresh Frootz manager at Victoria Point, Queensland, has started a new Tiktok challenge, encouraging viewers to head into their local supermarket and check the prices of comparable produce and products. Private-label brand sales account for 18.1 per cent overall of all FMCG retail sales.

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Parcel Pending

APRIL 25, 2024

This blog will explore the trends currently impacting plumbing distributors and wholesalers, as well as share ways to improve your business’s inventory and supply management to deliver more value for your customers and contractors – in 2024 and beyond. In 2023, it managed an impressive 52.3

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. The best-in-class checkout tools can be used at permanent shops, pop-up stores, or events and staff can take payments with the confidence of 99.9

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RetailMinded

APRIL 2, 2024

Stats say that 43% of the people in the USA would rather shop online than go to a physical store, and with the current trends, the numbers can only go up. So, let’s talk about strategies where your customers’ wishes and yours best meet. You can have a team of professionals external to your business, helping you create a strategy.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The retail sector has undergone an upheaval during the pandemic, with a dramatic shift in shopping behaviours online and in-store. According to the CommBank Consumer Insights Report May 2021, the experiences during the pandemic last year greatly impacted how consumers think, act and shop. The holistic shift to digital.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Euromonitor International, a global market research company, recently unveiled its report on the top global consumer trends, which delves deep into the dynamics shaping consumers’ values and shopping motivations, shedding light on the profound influence of artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability initiatives, and socio-economic factors.

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CAAD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The answer to today’s dynamic and highly competitive business context is called Consumer Centricity. Companies must ensure that their strategies provide fast, personalized and fluid interactions , regardless of the moment or communication channel chosen by the user. Now: what does it really mean to be consumer centricity?

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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. Have a look and see if you can incorporate these into your retail strategy. Social shopping.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 4, 2024

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

This year, shopping online takes no more than a few clicks – but getting those carts to checkout and beyond? Let’s unpack three trends to get a snapshot of the powerful delivery strategies top retailers are using in 2024… Same-day delivery: from ‘nice-to-have’ to necessity This year, speedy delivery has become essential.

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