Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Scentre Group has reported funds from operations of $1.0942 billion for last year, a 5.2 per cent increase on 2022. The group operates 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand, which saw total customer visitation of 512 million, up 32 million or 6.7 per cent. Net operating income rose 8.8 per cent to $1.951 billion, while the group’s portfolio was valued at $34.3 billion as of December 31.

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Design Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

waterfrom aims to explore the principles of materials, experimental combinations, and magnify the often-overlooked incomplete aspects in the design process. The post waterfrom embraces an ‘unfinished’ spatial narrative for anest collective boutique in chengdu appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Godfreys, the vacuum cleaner retail group that collapsed into voluntary administration , has attracted the interest of multiple prospective bidders ahead of the deadline for indicative offers next week. An unspecified number of potential buyers have proceeded into the data room as part of the stage one phase of due diligence, including “multiple leading retail brands and investment groups” according to the administrators. “The strong interest from potential acquirers of the res

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail. If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. With brands already doing their part, it is only right, and smart, that retailers follow suit and take similar steps to improve their sustainability.

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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.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Discount variety retailer The Reject Shop has reported sales of $458.3 million for the first half of FY24, a 4.2 per cent increase year on year, with comparable store sales up 2.3 per cent. The company said the growth was driven by an increase in customer transactions and units per basket, which it attributed to a new and improved merchandise offering.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In recent years, consumers filed a spate of class actions claiming that retailers misrepresented the retail price on discounted goods to mislead consumers into thinking they were obtaining a bargain. Many of those cases settled or were dismissed for lack of injury because plaintiffs failed to allege that the purchased item was deficient in an objectively identifiable way.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Being stuck in an endless phone queue, achingly slow wi-fi, sitting in traffic and spam calls have been revealed as the main culprits making the nation feel like its blood pressure is raised. Cancelled trains, drivers failing to indicate and people playing loud music on their phones also get a mention on the list of […] If you want more information

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Wife-and-husband duo Seema Bansal Chadha and Sunny Chadha’s journey to launching one of the floral industry’s most talked-about brands started from a romantic gesture gone wrong. The entrepreneurial couple spoke with Inside Retail about launching their luxury gifting company , plans for building up the brand in the year ahead, and how they maintain a peaceful work-life balance.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Ahead of the start of 2024’s British berry season, British farmers’ Hall Hunter, has launched an extensive recruitment programme to entice seasonal workers to join their team. With an impressive yield of over 8,000 tonnes of British soft fruit grown by them last year, the company supplies to all major UK supermarkets with British strawberries, […]

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When Australian toothpaste brand Gem first launched in 2020, the oral hygiene market was dominated by major global names like Colgate and Listerine, but the response from consumers shows there was clearly a gap in the market for a disruptor brand. “My mission with Gem has always been to redefine the entire oral care experience,” Georgia Geminder, Gem’s founder, told Inside Retail.

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Mindful Design

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Before your customers can indulge in your sweet treats, they need to find their way to your door. That is why designing great outdoor signage for dessert shops plays a crucial role in the store’s business success by catching their eye and setting the tone for what’s inside. Your dessert shop’s exterior signage is not […] The post Sweet Signs of Success – How to Design Outdoor Signage for Dessert Shops appeared first on Mindful Design Consulting.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

David Jones has launched its Autumn-Winter 2024 season including 50 new and exclusive womenswear, menswear, footwear, and accessories brands to its portfolio. Bridget Veals, David Jones GM of womenswear, footwear and accessories, noted that minimalism and understated luxury such as wardrobe staples and sleek evening wear are in trend this season, as she explains the newly launched collection. “Tailored separates were in almost every collection, alongside tonal dressing with the occasional

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Expanding on the popular NIO House concept – a series of member’s lounges where NIO owners can relax, connect and.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Consumers shopping in physical stores are seeking a more personalised and relevant engagement with retailers today, based on their needs and desires – they want more than conversations with sales associates merely trying to sell them something. Yet while retailers with an omnichannel presence are investing in ensuring their online success, in-store technology that would enhance customer engagement is being neglected, explains Ben Cook, regional VP of growth Apac, with Newstore, a mobile-first Un

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

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We’d like to start by thanking everyone for nominating for the Design Middle East Awards KSA 2024. A big shout out to our loyal Gold Sponsors— Havelock One, Numai, Lutron, Oikos, and Sedus. Please reserve your table for the gala dinner on March 4 at Voco Riyadh, as there are only a limited number of seats available. For table booking enquiries, please contact: Joaquim D’Costa jo@bncpublisging.net +971 50 4402706 For editorial enquiries, please contact: Roma Arora roma@bncpublishing.net PRO

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Beauty trends are a funny thing, aren’t they? They’re fascinating because they can define a generation or an era in time just with a few key looks. Well, this particular year is being defined by six key looks (in my humble opinion), that will have something for everyone to enjoy. So sit back and take note. Skin minimalism The pandemic had everyone and their grandmother adopting an elaborate 10-step skincare routine.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Biscuiteers, the original hand-iced biscuit company, has unveiled a collaborative collection. Featuring 13 exclusively curated designs, the lemon-flavoured biscuits will be available to buy online and in-store from the end of February and can be shipped worldwide.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Jewellery brand Lovisa saw a strong uplift in revenue for the fiscal first half along with new store openings and market entries. The company’s revenue surged 18.2 per cent year on year to $373 million. Comparable store sales dropped 4.4 per cent but saw an improving trend later in the half. The Australian-headquartered retailer opened 74 new stores and ended the half with a network of 854 across more than 40 markets.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Spanish fashion brand Hoff has appointed strategic retail property advisor Newmark Retail UK & EMEA to support its ambitious national and international retail growth strategy. Newmark Retail will work with Hoff to secure stores in key target locations across Europe, including the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Benelux.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

David Simon, CEO of Simon Property Group (SPG), presides over one of the strongest and most diverse mall portfolios in the world, including enclosed malls, megamalls, lifestyle centres and factory outlet centres in more than a dozen countries on three continents. He is entitled to be ebullient when his company has a good year, which was mostly the case last year.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Cooplands Bakery has installed Cybake ISB software to plan and manage in-store sandwich production across its entire retail estate. Cooplands Bakery was founded in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1885 and is the second largest retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Everyday fine jewellery brand Kklue has unveiled its first offline pop-up store in Hong Kong’s iconic Harbour City mall. Founded by Kellyn Zhou, who stepped away from a successful career in corporate investment to pursue her passion for jewellery design and gemology, Kklue is known for its meticulous attention to detail and dedication to originality, quality, and transparency.

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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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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Leading soy sauce brand, Kikkoman, is to roll out a new limited edition of its iconic 150ml dispenser bottle. Around 400,000 of the new bottle design will be made available and will appear in supermarkets from February 2024.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid transit times, more than ten industry sources said. Shein, PDD Group’s Temu and ByteDance’s TikTok Shop, which recently began online shopping in the US, ship the majority of their products directly from factories in China to shoppers by air in individually addressed packages.

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dubai’s skyline is set for a transformation with the Address Residences Zabeel, designed by Mirage. This collection of four luxury residential towers connected by an elevated podium is not just another development—it’s a practical blend of luxury, functionality and sustainability. Gateway to Dubai’s Future Positioned at the start of Sheikh Zayed Road, the Address Residences Zabeel serves as a gateway to Dubai, making a bold statement with its distinctive design.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Victoria’s Williams Landing Shopping Centre has been sold for $60 million after owner Cedar Woods accepted an unconditional offer which also includes one hectare of adjacent development land. The shopping centre has a Woolworths supermarket, 30 specialty stores, a childcare facility, and two levels of office space. The property development company expects a net profit tax of about $16.8 million directly from the sale, most of which will be realised this year. “Having developed Willia

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Café de CO Cabanyal is a restaurant located in the heart of the Cabanyal-Canyamelar neighborhood, on the roof of the.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dempstah has been named as the recipient of Ebay’s $100,000 Circular Fashion Fund this year. Ebay, in partnership with the Australian Fashion Council, launched the Circular Fashion Fund aimed at supporting innovation in the fashion industry to reach circularity by 2030. “The fund will go towards establishing a micro mill in North West Tasmania, which will allow us to house and operate fibre recovery machinery and develop greater insight into this milling process,” said Dempstah

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Bay Cities

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having recently celebrated his 27th anniversary with Bay Cities, we wanted to sit down with sales superstar Marty Moore and learn what keeps him coming back to the Bay after all these years.

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Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Location scouting for trade shows is an adventurous and strategic quest, almost like a treasure hunt for the perfect spot to showcase your brand’s brilliance. Imagine being an explorer, navigating through vast halls and venues, each with a unique vibe and specific potential. The goal? Find that ideal location where your trade show booth can shine, attract maximum foot traffic, and promote your brand or product.

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Speaker: Shaunna Bruton - Associate Director of Product Strategy at Orium | Sam Panzer - Director of Industry Strategy at Talon.One | Frank Passantino - Director of Product Management at Bloomreach

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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