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The four trends defining online retail in 2024

Inside Retail

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. Customer retention With both consumers and retailers feeling the pinch of increasing costs, customer retention will be a key theme of 2024.

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Australian fashion brands seek supply-chain sovereignty

Inside Retail

This is just part of the conversation happening with fashion brands and retailers across the country as pressures mount to gain control over notoriously complex supply chains and work towards circular, sustainable business practices. Externally, brands are feeling pressure from consumers and regulation. Earlier this year, R.M.

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How global beauty brands will benefit from JD.com’s latest logistics move

Inside Retail

Evri’s partners will gain valuable insights into the Chinese market, including consumer behaviour, marketing and pricing strategies, product selection advice, and online operational strategies tailored to the unique demands of the Chinese market.

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Ultra-fast fashion is undermining efforts to make the industry more sustainable

Inside Retail

Now, just when the fashion industry should be waking up and breaking free of this vicious cycle, it’s heading in the opposite direction. The amount of natural resources consumed and waste produced is snowballing. At the same time there is limited transparency or accountability around clothing supply chains.

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Starbucks Australia pursues plastic-free future with new cup and start-up

Inside Retail

Since then, Starbucks Australia has continued to struggle to compete with local competitors, but now, 15 years later, it is collaborating with Australian tech start-up Phantm to deliver a different value proposition to the local market, which could win over consumers and sustain the retailer’s future down under.

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How Hydragun aims to ride the wellness wave to reach 1 million households

Inside Retail

Aloysius Chay started Hydragun, a direct-to-consumer wellness brand offering premium products to aid recovery and relieve aches and pain, after suffering a training injury and realising how big the market for such products was. We localise our assets and content as much as possible.

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The webinar tackling sustainability in retail and why it matters

Retail Focus

More consumers are choosing to spend with brands and retailers that demonstrate a commitment to sustainable retail practices, such as fair labour practices, ethical sourcing, and other initiatives.

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