Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Myer’s online sales have more than doubled since John King took over running the department store in 2018, and the CEO believes they can double again to reach $1 billion in the not-too-distant future. But while online sales boomed in FY21, Myer’s in-store sales suffered from forced closures during lockdown. Myer reported $539.5

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Dr Vranjes Firenze’s launch in the Australian market last December through a partnership with David Jones could be a sign of further global expansion to come, following L’Occitane Group’s recent acquisition of the luxury Italian home fragrance brand. Its work with premium Australian department store chain David Jones is an example of this.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A fundamental question about the future of David Jones was put to rest this week, after the retailer’s parent company Woolworths Holdings announced the sale of the department store chain to Australian private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners on Monday. Growing in a shrinking market.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

Selfridges, the iconic British department store, is ushering in a new era of sustainable retail with its ambitious plan to ensure 45% of transactions come from circular products and services by 2030. These initiatives further highlight the potential of integrating sustainability and innovative retail design.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Since the retailer’s establishment in 1858, Macy’s has become one of the most well-known department stores in the US, if not the world. Like many retailers, both in the US and internationally, Macy’s has been impacted by the decline in consumer interest in shopping in traditional department stores amidst the rise of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

For the past few weeks, reports tha t Amazon is planning to open mini-department stores in the US have been making headlines and capturing industry attention, despite the lack of details and comment from the e-commerce giant. . In the Western world, we’ve all grown up shopping from a young age.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2022

Department store giant David Jones unveiled the latest Spring/Summer collections this week in its Elizabeth Street flagship in Sydney. Nation, Carla Zampatti, Matteau, Balmain, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. After having spent so much time at home there’s a thrill about getting dressed up again,” Veals said.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Currently available in Melbourne and Sydney, Gimme was started by Matt Bartalotta, Christian Charisiou and Lahiru Perera to solve one of the biggest pain points of online shopping: waiting for the order to arrive. Online shopping is convenient, but it often falls down when it comes to delivery times,” Bartalotta told Inside Retail. “It’s

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

The UK-based online platform for independent and ethical brands Wolf & Badger opened its first bricks-and-mortar location in London in 2010, before adding stores in New York in 2017 and Los Angeles in 2022. Today, the US is its largest market. GG: We increasingly see consumers looking to be more conscious in how they shop.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2021

Australian discount department store business Best & Less plans to raise about $72.3 The retailer aims to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in mid-June with a market capitalisation of $271.2 million through an initial public offering at $2.15 So best quality and lowest price.”.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

In recent years, India has emerged as a major market for luxury brands. 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. And Apple is far from the only premium brand eyeing the opportunity.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And the latest global research from ESW shows that 73 per cent of Millennial shoppers plan to spend the same or more online this year, making this generation the leader in global e-commerce spending. So how can retailers capitalise on the Millennial market and what drives this generation’s interests? And, why wouldn’t they?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, is accelerating its expansion in the United Kingdom with the opening of three new stores this autumn to bring the total to almost 50 by 2022, combining its physical presence in shopping centres with standalone stores and corners in department stores.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Burberry’s new chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd will on Thursday set out his plan to finish the job started by his predecessor: boosting growth at the British luxury brand to the levels of its European rivals. He raised prices, limited distribution to its own shops and high-end department stores and cut discounting.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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? These are pressing questions that many in the industry will be asking themselves in the final few big shopping days of the year. Here is what’s happening.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

The first store will open later this year at The Americana at Brand, a shopping centre in Los Angeles, and reportedly be around 30,000 square feet – much smaller than a typical department store, which is around 100,000 square feet. Amazon Style claims to be a “new way” to shop and discover fashion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

It offered a smorgasbord of independently owned shops, national and international chain stores and department stores. These were located in laneways, shopping arcades, main streets and multistorey shopping centres. A visit to the CBD on a Saturday was more than just a utilitarian shopping trip.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2023

After first appearing in the United States and United Kingdom, retail media has started to gain a foothold in the Australian market. According to owned-media company Sonder, the Australian retail media market is worth $3.9 We really want to be that one-stop-shop to talk to the Australian premium shopper,” he said. “We

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In partnership with the airport, high-end retailer Heinemann is set to launch a new shopping precinct in 2023 with a range of services that will target travellers and non-travellers alike. Heinemann Australia managing director George Tsoukalas told Inside Retail that the domestic department store is not constrained to targeting travellers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

But he believes that the company’s impressive sales growth is set to continue as it emphasises the initiatives that underline its ‘Customer First Plan.’ They include the refurbishment of its store network, the rollout of its national distribution centre , and the relaunch of Country Road Group in July this year. per cent to almost $1.85

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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.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The new Nike Unite store will cover 10,300 sq ft and will occupy a prime position on Level One of the centre, close to UK luxury fashion retailer Flannels, which is set to open a new 43,000 sq ft department store in December – its first store in Ireland. The work involved a full mall upgrade.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

They arrived with great fanfare but many international retail brands have found the Australian retail market has been a graveyard. In some cases, the failed Australian ventures were part of a flawed strategy to breathe growth into struggling home market operations.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

From the vibrant Sunday morning markets to the revamped Battersea Power Station, it felt like London had its mojo back. The M&S store I visited was renovated in June, extending the food department on one side by 30 per cent and decreasing the size of the apparel section on the other. That’s pretty extraordinary.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

New concept stores, wholesale distribution and an online shopping site are set to roll out early next year. . This is a fantastic new partnership for PAS and we’re very excited to launch Replay into the Australian and New Zealand markets in the first quarter of 2022,” he said. “We The first store is set to open in February.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2021

A gap in the market. Earlier this year, the department store chain, which is primarily known for its kitchen and home products, launched an exclusive range of women’s fashion designed by wrap-dress queen Leona Edmiston. It recently opened its first store in central Sydney since it was acquired by the Spotlight Group last year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The ‘secret sauce’ for Sheet Society is bringing the look, feel and shopping experience of clothes fashion to manchester and bedding. Hayley Worley: Sheet Society was, at its core, born of a desire to make shopping for sheets uncomplicated and accessible. HW: Traditionally, we shopped for sheets in department stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2022

The discount department store has just launched its first range of DIY products, including wallpaper, flooring, curtains, blinds, furniture paint and adhesive tiles, with the aim of making it easier than ever for customers to hack its products. Australia’s home improvement market is valued at $26 billion, according to IBISWorld.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Spearheading this move are two flagship stores nestled in prime locations: one at the prestigious Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taipei’s vibrant Xinyi Xintiandi district, and the other at the iconic Dubai Mall. If I can’t find something on the market, I create it.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2023

The aim is to make all items and products that can be Pinned – or bookmarked – by users available for purchase, with the ability to shop integrated across the entire user experience. According to in-house research, over half of users expressed that they use Pinterest as a place to shop.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

Since March, David Jones has closed three of its food stores and in recent weeks, it announced that it was ending its partnership with convenience chain BP. The Woolworths Holdings boss attributed the downfall of David Jones Food to a failure to adapt the Woolworths food strategy to the Australian market. “I Flawed from the outset”.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2023

I came away with an anecdote that sums up the conundrum facing retailers and marketers today. They are more and more likely to shop elsewhere. US data shows that expectations are highest for supermarkets and convenience stores, followed by department stores and fashion retailers. And if they don’t?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Amazingly, the savage string of rate rises so far this year doesn’t seem to be affecting the shopping habits of Aussies overall, although there has been a dip in sales figures for household goods (down 0.8 per cent) and department stores (down 0.4 per cent bump. I’d say it’s a little more complex than that.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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Retail Design Institute

AUGUST 4, 2021

Macy’s is proudly America’s Department Store. And we are rapidly evolving our company to remain a market leader for the next 160 years. Vendor shop design reviews and their successful integration. Manage the design and planning coordination role on capital project post bid and construction phases.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

He opened his first stores in Hong Kong in 2013, then a flagship in Kyoto in September 2014. Back then I had been frustrated that most coffee shops in Japan were copycats of Melbourne or Portland cafes,” he recalls. The response to the Kyoto cafe was overwhelming as he received franchise applications from all over the world.

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