Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Before joining New Zealand healthcare brand Comvita , Andy Chen worked in HR and project management at Walmart for 10 years. We recently sat down with him to learn about his career highlights, best leadership tips and how he approaches the work-life balance conundrum in this day and age. Inside Retail : Tell me about your career journey. How did you get into the industry, what are some of the different roles you’ve held along the way?

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Prince, Robin Williams, Nile Rodgers, Cher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Bowie. These are some of the faces you might have found in the nightlife hotspot of late 1970s Los Angeles known as Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace. Now, in archive photography blown-up on the walls, these same faces look down on visitors to the new Flipper’s, as it bids to revive its West Hollywood heyday in the west London.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The City of Sydney council has approved a new plan to upgrade Dixon Street Mall in the Chinatown precinct, including spending $5 million on public amenities. The reinvigoration will include restoring its framed gates, and installing new seats and lighting overlays along with improved services to support events. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the local community breathes “new life” into the historic area and the renewal is important for the city to work with.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Next week sees the 10th annual staging of Small Business Saturday, a campaign designed to celebrate independent retailers. Backed by American Express, the campaign is encouraging small retailers to make the most of the spotlight as they enter the peak trading period in the run-up to Christmas. Small businesses taking part in the campaign celebrate. This story continues at Annual tribute to small businesses returns.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Melbourne-based Puzzle Coffee has moved abroad, making its Singapore debut. . Puzzle Coffee is set to open its first cafe in the bustling Ion Orchard Shopping Centre, marking its international debut after opening three stores at home. The brand also plans to add a new store in Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre. . The cafe design features wooden aesthetic elements.

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Retail Design Institute

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Madison Décor Studio, North York. Design: dkstudio architects inc., Toronto. Photography: Michael Muraz, Toronto and dkstudio architects inc., Toronto. Madison Décor Studio is a 3300-sq.-ft. design center in North York devoted to the Nobu Residences in Toronto, a multi-phase, multi-structure project. The dkstudio team was asked to elevate the often mundane process of choosing finishes and detail for condo homeowners in the Madison low-rise residential building.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Barr Soft Drinks has re-designed its packaging and will launch the new look in December. Adrian Troy, Barr’s marketing director, said: “This new look will refresh the brand and draw in even more shoppers, particularly from the younger generation, who are looking for a fun and fruity entry into the category and already love our. This story continues at New look for Barr as soft drinks buck own-label shift.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Are you a morning or evening person? Studies show we have strong differences in when we feel most creative and do our best work during the day. These differences go far deeper than just personal preference. Whether you like to get up early (a “lark”) or go to bed late (an “owl”), and when you are more productive, is a biological predisposition related to the settings of your internal body clock that synchronises your bodily functions with the rotation of the planet.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Tobacco maker JTI has called for tougher measures against the illegal tobacco and vape trade. The manufacturer gave evidence to the UK parliament this week on the scale of the illegal trade and asked for stronger powers and additional funding for trading standards departments to tackle the issue. Test purchasing undertaken for JTI has gathered. This story continues at Manufacturer asks MPs for greater effort in battle against fake tobacco.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

From the food replicator in Star Trek to Dumbledore summoning food in Hogwarts’ banquet hall, we love the idea of instant food on demand. This week, Australian supermarket giant Coles appealed to that love by announcing a pick-and-collect service that takes less than 60 minutes , shaving 30 minutes off its existing promise. You’ll be able to order up to 40 items from a list of more than 20,000 products online, then drive to one of 400 Coles supermarkets offering the “Rapid Click & Collect” s

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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Payment services provider PayPoint increased its income from continuing operations to by 6% to £59.5m in the six months to 30 September, the company said this morning. Pre-tax profit for continuing operations also increased slightly, to £22.5m and PayPoint said it would be paying a higher dividend of 18.4p per share, up slightly from the. This story continues at PayPoint adds retailers and boosts profits in latest figures.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Foodland Supermarkets is set to open a unique “community-minded” liquor chain in South Australia early next month. Dubbed ‘Local Cellars’ – the stores will sell local wines, craft beers and spirits depending on the region or location – while providing customers with what Foodland describes as “a premium shopping experience” Foodland Supermarkets CEO, Franklin dos Santos, said launching the liquor chain was the “next step” in the retailer’s growth pipeline.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Camelot, the outgoing operator of the national lottery, has revealed its highest half-year sales, up 2.6% to £4.6bn for the six months to 24 September. But most of the rise was attributed to online sales, which were up 13%, with store sales falling by 4.7% to £2.2bn. Camelot said its retail partners were affected by. This story continues at Lottery sales jump online but fall in stores.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Luxury fashion retailer Marais has launched its first location for men in QV Melbourne, which it dubs a “fashion lab” for menswear design. The retail space showcases the brand’s offerings with floor-to-ceiling digital video screens, a projector, and LED lighting, and features a white aesthetic, mirror, glass accents, and suspended railings.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Beijing Hutong meets Shanghai old western style house The restaurant is a small gray building, tall, straight and simple, with.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Sephora appoints new president and CEO. by Dean Blake. Guillaume Motte has been named president and CEO of Sephora’s global operations. Motte previously served at parent company LVMH as its deputy chief executive, and had previously worked as Sephora’s president of Europe and Middle East as well as CEO of French menswear brand Celio. CEO of the LVMH selective retailing division and former president and CEO at Sephora Chris de Lapuente welcomed Motte to the position.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Located at Hall 2 in the second-floor atrium of the Fusen Mall, Chengdu, China, the store has an outstanding and.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

With this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales season coming amid a tight economic landscape, shoppers are looking to stretch their dollars further, giving retailers an opportunity to compete on value for money and sustainability, not just price. New research from Shopify which gathered responses from over 4000 consumers and 500 businesses across Australia and New Zealand revealed that value for money is a top desire among shoppers at the moment, along with a growing interest in sust

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Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The flagship store of the Spanish slab brand Techsize is located in a street park of Nanjing where the unique.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Reusable water bottle company Rolla Bottle calls the summer months ‘water bottle season.’. Director Katy Reed explains that the silicone product – which is sold online, and stocked across Australia – is a year-long product, with sales typically increasing in summer as people go on holidays, and enjoy the outdoors. But, as Australia faces its third consecutive La Nina weather event, the weather has been colder and wetter than normal across large parts of the country.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

People talk about the speed of change, and in our sector of retail in particular, CEOs and boards are really concerning themselves with change. How fast is that change? Is it possible to measure that rate of change? Yes, it’s possible. Universities around the world measure this, and one of the trending measures right now is known as the measure of human knowledge.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

More often than not, the drive to start and build a business from scratch is motivated by far more than money alone. Martin Zwilling supports this claim in Forbes Magazine when he outlines the six motivations of entrepreneurs. These include making a difference in the world, finding personal meaning from building a business, satisfaction of doing something great, personal growth and accomplishment, seeing the real value of one’s beliefs and helping others achieve their goals.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

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