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“Failed to evolve”: Why customers are pushing back on City Chic

Inside Retail

The plus-size fashion market has grown substantially in recent years, with a bevy of new players entering the market and smaller, more devoted brands opening the sector to new styles and opportunities. According to Research and Markets , the sector was worth US$193.9 billion globally in 2021, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3 per cent until 2030.

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Grill’d to open its first halal-certified restaurant

Inside Retail

Australian home-grown burger brand Grill’d is set to open its first halal-certified restaurant, in Blacktown, NSW. The store’s menu will have bacon removed from specific burgers with meat sourced from halal-certified suppliers and no alcohol will be served on the premises. Ben Goss, Grill’d CMO, says: “We pride ourselves in welcoming all food tribes to experience 100 per cent natural, healthy and nutritious burgers whatever your dietary requirements are.

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“Change in behaviour”: Why Ikea’s Swedish meatballs are selling like hotcakes

Inside Retail

Driven by cost of living pressures, Ikea Australia reduced the prices of over 700 products in May as part of a strategy to reposition the brand as a home for good value and affordability. While the Australian division of the furniture and home accessories chain hadn’t noticed a spike among particular products, the company has seen a surge in spending at the brand’s in-store restaurants – with more customers coming in, and splashing out on meatballs and lingonberry jam.