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Are we entering a bricks-and-mortar renaissance? Here’s what the data says

Inside Retail

In a rollercoaster year for retail sales, a survey of retailers has indicated an optimistic outlook for store network growth. The scale of a renaissance in bricks-and-mortar store openings may well be modest but it does contrast with an extended prior to and through the Covid-19 pandemic of store network pruning.

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August retail figures show impact of prolonged lockdowns

Inside Retail

National retail sales fell 1.7 The data, care of the ABS, demonstrates the prolonged impact lockdowns around the country are having on the retail industry: clothing, footwear and personal accessories sales fell 17.4 Retail brought in $29 billion during August. per cent compared to the same time last year.

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How beauty retailer Ella Bache is navigating the consumer spending slowdown

Inside Retail

Hallas’ comments come at a time of economic uncertainty for many retailers, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest retail sales data noting that spending across all categories, except food, fell in the year to June. Changing spend Ella Bache is no stranger to this.

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Food sales fall in October as other retail sectors increase slightly

Talking Retail

Sales from food stores fell by 1% in October, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning. The fall contrasted with a small rise of 0.6% in overall retail sales, with increases in all the main sectors except food. The ONS said food store sales were now 4.1% below their.

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Asos pins hopes on cost savings after Christmas sales slide

Inside Retail

In Britain, its biggest market Asos saw sales fall 8 per cent in the four months to December 31, hurt by Christmas delivery problems, which shook customer confidence in online, and a tough comparison against last year when, by contrast, the pandemic pushed people to shop online. per cent on the year.

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Why short-term data alone won’t cut it for retailers in 2024

Inside Retail

But 10 years later, advertisers are falling back into old habits ditching long-term brand-building efforts to purely focus on activation campaigns that deliver sales in the short term. And that applies equally to retail sales data. It’s all too easy to get stuck dissecting the monthly ABS retail data. billion and $1.6

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It’s not e-commerce anymore – it’s just commerce

Inside Retail

While the percentage year-on-year growth in sales made through online channels has fallen since the heights achieved during the pandemic, we continue to see a ‘locked-in’ step change in the volume of sales being made online: that means the investments made to expand the utility and reach of this channel continue to be a valuable base for retailers.