Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of the Supa IGA store in Karabar, NSW has been opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Supa IGA Karabar is an independent supermarket that sells a range of groceries and liquor along with an attached liquor store (trading as Liquor Boss) located in Karabar, NSW. The regulator concluded the transaction of the entities would likely “substantially lessen competition in the supply of groceries in the local area”.

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Sophie Allport has won its first ever five star stand award for Chelsea Flower Show and has seen a rapid increase in sales for the collection. Please see full release attached as well as details below and some attached imagery.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Gourmet fast-food restaurant chain Hell Pizza has launched a buy now, pay later (BNPL) scheme where customers don’t have to pay for their pizza until they’re dead under a legally binding agreement. Dubbed ‘AfterLife Pay’, customers eligible for the scheme will be invited to sign a real amendment to their wills, allowing payments for their pizza to be collected upon death.

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Greggs and Sainsbury’s are teaming up to bring customers a new type of concession in Sainsbury’s petrol stations for the first time. The new Greggs shop opens in Sainsbury’s Biggleswade petrol station, creating 12 new jobs for the area.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Retail spending rose 4.2 per cent year-on-year in April as consumers spent more than $35.2 billion in stores and online, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Although discretionary spending was low, restaurant and cafe services continued to do well. By category, cafes, restaurants and takeaway services registered an increase of 13.2 per cent followed by department store sales at 6.5 per cent and clothing, footwear and accessories sales at 4.9 per cent.

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following the success of its first-ever out of home campaign in summer 2022 which saw double digit growth for the brand, Cawston Press unveils a new UK media campaign to promote its soft drinks range and core messaging of ‘Made with Pressed Fruit, No Jiggery Pokery’.

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Design Wanted

MAY 25, 2023

From Doppelgänger to Calvin Klein, Natural Material Studio, Evolution Music, Zuzanna Skurka, Stella McCartney and Radiant Matter – today designers and brands are constantly finding innovative […] The post 5 projects that explore different uses for bioplastics appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Esprit is continuing with its global relaunch despite recently falling into the red again. In March, the struggling brand posted a 15 per cent sales decline to HK$7.063 billion (US$900 million) for the year, and estimated a loss attributable to shareholders of up to HK$700 million (US$89.2 million). But that hasn’t deterred CEO William Pak from his plan to return the brand to its former glory.

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Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

MAY 25, 2023

Greetings, gentle readers, and welcome to a deep dive into the scintillating world of event semantics. Today, we will take a look at the tricky labyrinth of business event terminology. Have you ever wondered what separates a tradeshow from a conference? Or an exhibition from an expo? And what on Earth is a summit doing in this lineup? Well, wonder no more.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

James Chan, head of marketing for Reebok Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) chats with Inside Retail about the brand’s partnership with Brand Collective, how Reebok is aiming to be the fastest-growing sports brand in the world, and how he continues to push the envelope within in his profession. Inside Retail: Can you discuss your career journey, and your involvement with Reebok prior to becoming head of marketing in the Pacific region?

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

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! cardfactory has launched its first UK-wide Click and Collect service. Based on the success of a trial period across 87 stores, the service has now been rolled out across the UK. The card and gifts retailer’s new service for shoppers is available via its website, app and at over 1,000 stores.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

More than 6 million Australians have used the “buy now, pay later” lending services offered by Afterpay, Zip and more than a dozen other companies. Buy now, pay later offers an easy and convenient alternative to credit card services. Consumers can sign up and have their loan approved almost immediately. One reason for this is that buy now, pay later companies aren’t regulated by the same consumer-protection rules that apply to other credit providers.

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Global Shop

MAY 25, 2023

When independent accounting contractor JoAnn Agee closed the year-end books for Global Shop Solutions in 2007, she had no intention of going to work full time for the global provider of ERP software for manufacturers. A few months later the company’s Chief Financial Officer invited her to do just that, and this year Agee celebrated her 15 th year as the company’s Controller, adding another member to Global Shop Solutions’ growing cadre of employees who have achieved this milestone.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Increasingly popular and worn by the rich and famous, luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose is planning to spread its wings in Australia via a partnership with Melbourne-based fashion house Brand Collective. Sold in over 60 countries and with 50 retail stores internationally, the Canadian brand is scheduled to launch an e-commerce platform in Australia, as well as boutique stores in Melbourne and Sydney over the coming year.

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of The Very Group’s figures for the 39 weeks ending 1st April 2023; Tash Van Boxel, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Through the robust performance of its financial services, as well as continued investment in price and stock availability, The Very Group has managed […]

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Aje Collective announces new chief product and merchandise officer By Dean Blake Fashion firm The Aje Collective has announced Teneille Oakley (pictured) will serve as the business’ chief product and merchandise officer effective June 2023. Oakley formerly served as general manager of merchandise at Kennedy, a luxury watch and jewellery retailer in Australia, and had prior stints at David Jones, Myer and the UK’s House of Fraser.

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Retail Times

MAY 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of Pets at Home’s figures for the year ending 30th March 2023; Jamel Boughedda, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Pets at Home achieved good growth in its FY2022/23 as it came up against strong comparatives following the pandemic-induced growth in pet ownership over recent [

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Like them or loathe them, middle managers are both a corporation’s greatest opportunity and their biggest problem. In the work I do with mid-level leaders, we’ve identified a new breed. These are not the middle managers of cartoon jokes — they’re the new, power middle — we call them B-suite leaders. B-Suite leaders are more poised, more productive and more promotable than their peers — they operate more like C-suite leaders, just further down the organisation.

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

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

Retail crime in the US is becoming a real issue that is hurting the profitability of major businesses. Most recently, Brian Cornell, chair and CEO of Target Corporation stated that theft and organised retail crime is expected to reduce the company’s profitability by more than US$500 million compared with last year. Factoring in the roughly US$700 million of inventory shrinkage that occurred in 2022, mainly attributed to retail crime, the company is on track to lose up to a total of US$1.2 billio

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

We’re at the very start of the retail media age with PwC forecasting retail media will grow from $850 million to $2.14 billion in the next five years. While the industry finds its feet, there are going to be profound impacts across the retail spectrum. Not just on the balance sheet with the attractive 90 per cent margin retail media monetisation. But, also in the way retailers view and plan their business as a result.

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