Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Premium tea retailer T2 Tea has teamed up with emerging Australian creatives to unveil a ‘Kiss The Future Hello’ teaware range. Last year, the Australian company challenged artists to design a mug that represented their version of a “brighter, more positive future”. Based on votes, winning designs by Elaine Li, Sian Downey, Tammy Zhang and Alexandra Truong will be printed on fine bone china mugs, finished with 24k gold details and paired with a stainless-steel infuser.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

For over thirty years, Jeroboams have been at the heart of some of London’s oldest neighbourhoods; offering a wealth of experience in fine wines, as well as beers, spirits, charcuterie and cheeses. Just last month, Impact Retail designed and implemented a beautiful retail identity for the Jeroboams Wimbledon store. Launching mid-December, the revamped store kicked off the festive season but the brand have big plans for the years ahead including innovative wine tasting and insight into investment

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Following a population decline amid Covid-19 restrictions, the Federal Government’s Centre for Population report predicts that Melbourne will overtake Sydney as Australia’s largest city within the next 10 years. The implications will be felt by every industry, including Melbourne’s retail sector, but how so, and to what extent? According to The Age , Melbourne’s population size is set to increase by 1.8 per cent over the year to June, and is forecasted to rise by about a million people, to over

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Creative studio Spacemen looked to biophilic design principles to construct a tree-like installation covered in moss, which forms the centrepiece of a flagship outlet for luxury leather brand Braun Büffel in Malaysia. Described by Shanghai-based Spacemen as a store that straddles an art gallery and a laboratory, the studio wanted to create an interior that would attract a younger audience and serve as "an abstract oasis" in Putrajaya's IOI Mall.

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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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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court against Super Retail Group (SUL) and four subsidiary companies, alleging underpayments. Super Retail Group’s subsidiaries include Rebel Sports, Super Cheap Auto, SRG Leisure Retail trading as BCF and Ray’s Outdoors and Macpac Retail. Between January 2017 and March 2019, it is alleged that employees were underpaid a total of approximately $1.14 million for their work.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

C-A-L Ranch Stores (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Coastal Farm & Home (Albany, Ore.) have merged , creating a 54-unit farm-and-ranch retailer in the Western U.S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nolan Capital (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Coastal’s current majority partner, will retain a majority stake in the combined business. “There are great synergies between the two companies,” said Tom Yearsley, CEO of C-A-L Ranch and the newly combined company.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Analysis from IRI’s data (from actual sales of FMCG products across Europe) for the year ended August 2022 reveals new trends across the global water category. Value sales in water-based drinks (excluding tea, coffee, juices & nectars and water additives) in Europe – has grown by circa 9% in 2022 on inflationary trends. It is.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

For most people, owning a pet is one of life’s most fulfilling experiences, so when a pet’s time comes to an end, it’s often a devastating moment. Pet Lovers Centre, the largest pet care retail chain in Singapore and Southeast Asia, aims to ease its customers’ pain through a new joint venture with pet crematorium and columbarium, Mandai Pets Sanctuary.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The FTC announced an enforcement action against Instant Brands LLC, manufacturer of Pyrex-brand products, for allegedly marketing certain glass measuring cups as “Made in USA” and “American as Apple Pie” while importing those products from China. A proposed consent order would require Instant Brands to pay a monetary judgment of $129,416 and comply with the agency’s requirements for marketing a product as made or assembled in the United States.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Former Coles exec becomes new Cashrewards CEO By Aron Lewin Cashrewards has appointed former Flybuys and Coles senior executive Anthony Seymour-Walsh as its new CEO. Most recently the chief commercial officer at Flybuys, Seymour-Walsh was reported to be responsible for the brand’s loyalty offer, which oversaw partner relationships, rewards, and digital marketing.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2022 were $677.1 billion, down 1.1 percent from the previous month, but up 6 percent from December 2021, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau also found that retail sales for 2022 were up 9.2 percent from 2021. “Even when adjusting for inflation, which was roughly flat month-over-month in December, sales dropped,” Principal Economist Eric Lundh of the nonprofit think-tank The Conference Board wrote in his analysis

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you work for an organisation that believes diversity can increase organisational performance and employee well-being, we have a secret to share with you: despite what is commonly espoused about diversity, very few organisations have actually achieved benefits through current diversity approaches. There is no question that diversity and accessibility in the workplace has value — diverse workplaces are more welcoming, more productive and have better retention of employees.

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VMS

JANUARY 19, 2023

Tanishq, an India-based jewelry brand, has opened its first store in the United States. The 3750-square-foot, two-story showroom in Iselin, N.J., offers gold and diamond jewelry, as well as solitaires and colored stones. The brand says the store aims to meet the evolving needs of Indian Americans, who comprise 4.35 percent of New Jersey’s total population and are 387,000 strong.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Recent years have seen rapidly evolving changes in all areas of consumer behaviour and there is little doubt it will continue in terms of the products and services that people want, who they want them from, and where and when they want to access them. While recent shifts have been driven by management of the pandemic – from isolation to suppression, then immunisation – consumer behaviour is now being impacted by the twin effects of ‘Covid-19 normality’ and rampant inflation.

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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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Design Week

JANUARY 19, 2023

Danish bicycle brand Kildemoes has a new visual identity designed by Scandinavian studio Everland, including three variations of its short-handle logo to reflect its different types of bikes.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Global plus-size fashion retailer City Chic is gearing up for a loss in its December half earnings as “volatile” demand has led to poor sales. In a trading update based on unaudited accounts for the period to January 1, the business recorded a sales decline of 8 per cent to $168.6 million. Online sales fell 21 per cent. An underlying EBITDA loss of between $2.5 million to $4 million is also likely due to reduced revenue and higher fulfilment costs.

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Design Week

JANUARY 19, 2023

Creative agency Interstate has rebranded sport, adventure and lifestyle video production agency Aurora to allow the agency to “confidently present” its body of work. Interstate worked across brand strategy and positioning, and created a new brand identity and visual refresh, a custom-built website and brand implementation for film content.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Chinese fashion retailer Shein is in talks to raise up to US$3 billion at a reduced valuation of $64 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the negotiations. The latest valuation would be nearly 36 per cent less than the $100 billion the company was reportedly valued at in a funding round last year. Big tech and growth stocks bore the brunt of a prolonged rout last year, worsened by aggressive interest rate hikes that sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq Compos

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Retail Times

JANUARY 19, 2023

Strong consumer demand, better than expected food sales and a successful World Cup helped steady the health of the retail sector in the final quarter of 2022 according to the latest assessment by KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) members.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Non-alcoholic beer brand Freestar has announced its year-on-year website sales quadrupled during the first week of Dry January. The brand revealed its sales spiked by +427% compared to the same period in 2022. Freestar said Dry January is a key sales period for the no- and low-alcohol category.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 19, 2023

SML RFID, an end-to-end RFID solution provider for global retailers, has today announced the launch of part one of its State of Retail 2022/2023 report, finding that 48% of retailers believe frequently out-of-stock items cause the biggest challenge to them serving customers in today’s retail environment. With an additional half (48%) of retailers reportedly seeing improving the in-store customer experience as a top priority throughout 2022, the report casts light on industry focuses and trends g

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite meat consumption forecasted to continue to increase in Europe over the next 10 years, UK consumers have slowly been moving away from meat in recent years and not just during Veganuary. As of June 2022, 10% of 20-29-year-old UK citizens were already on a meat-free diet and, over the last decade, the UK as.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 19, 2023

Leading UK furniture manufacturer and retailer, HSL, is proud to announce that it has achieved carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust – a milestone achievement.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Lotus Biscoff has announced its first social media led campaign to coincide with Pancake Day. Launching three weeks prior to the feast day (21 February), the campaign aims to encourage consumers to upload their Biscoff-created pancakes to social media with the hashtag #ShowOffWithBiscoff. The six-figure campaign is set to target over seven million users between.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 19, 2023

Old El Paso™, the UK’s number one Mexican food brand, has kicked off 2023 with the latest campaign to sit within its category-defining ‘Make Some Noise’ creative platform.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

PayPoint Group’s trading update for the three months ended 31 December 2022 reveals a strong performance across the Group with accelerated net revenue growth across all three divisions. Group net revenue from continuing operations increased by 9.8% in the quarter to £32.5m (Q3 FY22: £29.6m). Highlights: PayPoint Group – Net revenue from continuing operations increased.

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More and more, customers are expecting a better personalized CX. But can retailers actually deliver? Data from McKinsey shows that companies that excel in personalization increase their revenue by 40%, but despite these numbers, retailers struggle to implement customer personalization strategies. So what are the potential solutions? Join us to gain a better understanding of the current retail landscape and learn what you can do to translate personalization strategies into practical implementatio

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Retail Design Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Clinic for aesthetic medicine and dermatology is situated in a busy part of Vilnius, neighboured by skyscrapers and modern offices.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

ACS (the Association of the Convenience Stores) is calling on the government to take urgent action to provide Trading Standards with adequate resources to tackle the trade of illegal vaping products in the UK. A new survey has highlighted concerns from Trading Standards about the sale of illegal vapes and the sale of any vaping.

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Retail Design Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

In today’s ever-changing society, cyber security is more than just knowledge. It is something that should be reinterpreted as the.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 19, 2023

British sweet manufacturer Swizzels will be running their successful Big Night In campaign for a fourth year offering one lucky retailer a chance to win a cash prize of £1,000 when they buy any three cases from the Swizzels hanging bag range.

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