Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

In a rollercoaster year for retail sales, a survey of retailers has indicated an optimistic outlook for store network growth. In what the national property agency CBRE described as a ‘flash survey’, 83 per cent of Australian respondents across a snapshot of the Asia Pacific region indicated expansion plans. CBRE didn’t provide a breakdown of the number of Australian retailers responding about their 2023 growth plans, but 61 per cent of them indicated they were planning to increase the quality of

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2023

The Industrial Revolution transformed the manufacturing industry and led to the development of assembly lines, mass production, and mechanization. Today, another revolution is underway, one that is fueled by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This new era is revolutionizing industrial automation, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing safety.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

It turns out Dan Murphy was a real person and not just a corporate avatar designed to make customers feel they’re buying local when, in fact, they’re getting their alcohol from one of Australia’s largest liquor retailers. Endeavour Group was previously part of Woolworths and subsequently spun off and listed (along with BWS, and hotel and gambling assets) on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2021.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2023

Payroll is the process of paying the employees of your business. In order to get a payroll going you need to track the hours that they have worked, calculate their pay, distribute those payments, and keep track of work benefits. While you might be able to do this yourself if you have a small business, if you have dozens or even hundreds of employees, then outsourcing the payroll processing is going to take time.

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Speaker: DeAnna McIntosh, Retail Growth Strategist

The past three years have forever changed the retail landscape. Companies of all sizes were forced to welcome change with open arms and surrender to total flexibility in order to be agile in the ever-evolving economic environment. In 2023, we are navigating inflation and its impact on consumer spending, various lasting side effects from the pandemic, and a looming recession in the back half of the year.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

One of the biggest trends hitting the retail industry today is the return to bricks-and-mortar shopping: with customers, left bereft of in-store shopping during the pandemic, returning to shops in droves. And while pureplay and direct-to-consumer brands have largely stayed online throughout the pandemic, a number have started playing with pop-ups as a means to get themselves in front of customers.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2023

Diamonds are an eternally important resource; one which has stood the test of time and remained relevant in spite of changing fashions and tastes. However, the superficial stability of this market is one that’s really down to retailers being quick to adapt to trends, and forge new paths when obstacles present themselves. To avoid your firm falling behind the times, here are the main things shaping the diamond industry at the moment, and why they matter.

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Fashion Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

This is a very interesting article from RBC Capital Markets about the current status of the apparel industry in relation to different variables impacting the value chain, specially de ones affecting COGS and OpEx (March 06, 2023 RBC Elements™: European General Retail Profit is sanity…).

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

WA hospitality and brewing group Triple-1-Three is set to launch a ‘Brewlounge’ concept at Perth Airport in partnership with US-based hospitality company, Delaware North. The business’ craft beer brand Otherside Brewing Co will offer travellers local beers and experimental releases at the new ‘Otherside Brewlounge’ situated in Terminal Two (T2). Otherside’s MD, James Legge, said the brand wanted to “challenge the norm” and create something really special for Perth Airport.

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Retailing Insight

MARCH 13, 2023

M anifesting benefits from you being open and willing to be vulnerable. It nudges you to ask hard questions about the life you want. It draws out your deepest desires, fears, and insecurities as you become more honest with yourself. Essential oils can be a gentle tool that makes manifesting easier. Aromatherapy is known for filling your environment with peace and clarity.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Queensland’s largest fashion runway event – the Brisbane Fashion Festival – will return this year from August 21 – 25. The event, its 16th iteration, will be held in Brisbane’s King George Square and City Hall featuring a range of programs including a fashion High Tea, food events and runway shows from both established and emerging creatives. Brisbane Fashion Festival director Lindsay Bennett said the event provides a vital platform to celebrate local design talent on a world-class stage.

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Speaker: Jenn VandeZande, Head of Digital Engagement Strategy at SAP Customer Experience | Beth Scott, VP, Business Operations - Supply Chain | Nikki Grigsby, PHR, Chief Operations Officer at Syndigo | Levana Wang, Content Creator, Gen Z Expert

Post-2020 life has changed the world in many ways — not the least of which is accelerating our reliance on digital commerce. Furthermore, there's the growth of social commerce, evolution of omnichannel commerce, in-store transformation, and online/offline hybridization, all of which are becoming e-Commerce trends that will inevitably shape the 2022 innovation landscape.

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MARCH 13, 2023

Buying software has always been a complex process in a CPG enterprise. In my almost nine years of selling B2B productivity software, I found the hardest part of closing the deal is not getting my foot in the door to do an initial exploratory call or a demo.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Etsy on Monday resumed payments to merchants with Silicon Valley Bank accounts after the e-commerce platform paused their payouts over the weekend following the US government shutdown of the bank last week. Approximately 0.5 per cent of Etsy’s active sellers -or around 2,700 merchants- had their payments delayed on Friday related to SVB’s collapse, according to Etsy. “We are working to pay these sellers today, and we’ve already started processing payments via another payment pa

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Retailing Insight

MARCH 13, 2023

Ideas & Inspirations for Small Businesses I don’t know about you, but I am a goal setter and a list maker. These processes help me to become clear on what to do for my business to go to the next level. Part of that is being honest with myself about what is working to enhance my business and what is not. As a small business owner, it seems to be a continual conversation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

The notion of a garage startup is often romanticised. Practically speaking though, the idea of your own business busting out of your garage leaves much to be desired. So does the idea of waiting for stock to arrive which never makes it on time. In the past, small retailers would take on stock, turning garages all over into mini fulfilment centres. Then, the model changed: what’s known as ‘just-in-case’ became a ‘just-in-time’ way of operating.

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Speaker: Ashlee Aldridge - Reach Partners LLC | Bill Mirabito - Chameleon Collective | Ronak Shah - PSA Retail & CPG, Amazon Web Services | Wayne Teigen - Pivotree

What trends can online merchants expect after more than two years of exponential growth? Companies must expand on the trends that exploded during the pandemic if they want to see continued growth in their businesses while facing a recessionary economy. From social commerce to BOPIS, the name of the game is to meet and sell to customers wherever they are, through multiple channels.

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Retailing Insight

MARCH 13, 2023

E ndless work to-do lists, family obligations, social responsibilities, it can all seem like a lot. And it is. But it doesn’t have to be that way. What if we could manifest a different type of life? One that is more focused on our health and well-being rather than managing emotional gymnastics on a daily basis? Do Less and Notice More When I was struggling with physical clutter in one of the rooms in my home, I actually couldn’t see the clutter.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Anrealage, a Japanese fashion brand, gained attention at Paris Fashion Week after displaying a colour-changing collection of apparel that was activated by suspended moving UV lights. The Anrealage Fall Winter 2023 collection is influenced by old 1950s fashion, with a concentration on long designs. Colour is changed in clothes sourced from materials such as faux fur, velvet, lace, knitwear, jacquard, and satin using the brand’s latest technological innovation.

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Retailing Insight

MARCH 13, 2023

M anifesting is a topic I love speaking on, mainly because so many people are often confused by the process itself. For the most part, the art of manifesting is taught and practiced like you are making an online purchase. See something you want, declare it will be yours and then get upset when it does not land on your doorstep like your Amazon prime package.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Research by Reluv, an online fashion retailer, in partnership with Monash University students, has revealed that about 75 per cent of Australians purchased used clothing last year. According to their Fashion Resale Report 2022, economic considerations follow sustainability as the primary two motivators of second-hand clothing purchases. The study found that 73 per cent of Australians said they purchase pre-owned apparel, 80 per cent believe they wear less than 60 per cent of their wardrobe, and

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MARCH 13, 2023

E ach new year in business brings fresh challenges and opportunities. Those fluctuations derive from the changing economy and changes in customer preferences and habits… No matter if your business is brick-and-mortar, has an e-commerce model, or is a business you are planning to launch this year, you need effective marketing strategies — whether you are seeking to grow or just to ‘keep the lights on.

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MARCH 13, 2023

The leading distributor has deployed Parcel Pending by Quadient smart lockers, including the new line of oversized lockers, in direct response to customer demand Global Wire – March 23, 2023 Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT ), a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels and a major global parcel locker operator, announces Ferguson , a leading distributor providing expertise, solutions and products from infrastructure, plumbi

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Retailing Insight

MARCH 13, 2023

Journey Around the World: Spiritually Travel to Thrilling Places Spring is a time of rebirth and exciting possibilities. After being stuck inside, people desire a change of location. They want to joyfully explore what our world offers. Showcase these new decks to your customers so they may begin their dazzling intuitive journeys. Lorenzi Tarot By Irene Lorenzi, Author & Artist Lorenzi’s potent dualism art merges nature and technology, plus ancestral and modern worlds among the human and anim

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

By Francois Chaubard, the CEO of retail AI company Focal Systems Retail has only increased the rapid pace of new technology adoption in recent years. In part mandated by the Covid pandemic and the need for less face-to-face interaction to increase customer and employee safety, these stores have enabled many new technologies and processes.

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MARCH 13, 2023

A new ERP and mobile hardware investment is helping this trailer manufacturer reduce labor costs and simplify production. By replacing its legacy ERP software, adding mobile hardware and new Wi-Fi infrastructure, Felling Trailers automated workflows while reducing software licensing and support costs. If there’s one exception to the adage, “You get what you pay for,” it may be with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and Felling Trailers is an excellent case in point.

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

In The Style, the womenswear fashion brand with an innovative influencer collaboration model, announces its first brand partnership with Happy Mum, Happy Baby, featuring Giovanna Fletcher. The partnership officially launches on 12th March 2023, with the ‘Not Just a Mother’ range which is designed to celebrate and empower every kind of woman.

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Design Wanted

MARCH 13, 2023

For the Norwegian urban furniture producer Vestre, taking a leading role in sustainability initiatives is second nature. The decision of using SSAB‘s solution will make Vestre […] The post Vestre is the world’s first furniture company to use a revolutionary fossil-free steel appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

By Francois Chaubard, the CEO of retail AI company Focal Systems Retail has only increased the rapid pace of new technology adoption in recent years. In part mandated by the Covid pandemic and the need for less face-to-face interaction to increase customer and employee safety, these stores have enabled many new technologies and processes.

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Design Wanted

MARCH 13, 2023

Bebo Objects is a brand with a different approach on how its collection can be used, and how sustainability is approached. With only one year on […] The post Indoor, outdoor, anywhere! Bebò Objects sustainable collection is made to be used in any space appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

With brands across the UK already launching campaigns to engage British Muslims around Ramadan and Eid preparations, new research reveals spending this year is set to be very different.

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Retail Store Windows

MARCH 13, 2023

You really have to see this scheme in person to truly appreciate it. It is also quite unusual for schemes to come out of the window spaces too, at least here in the UK unless there is some sort of security watching over it. The props here are just exquisitely produced with what looks like straw and woven so beautifully and so detailed. This whole scheme produced worldwide kept an awful lot of people very busy for quite some time.

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

Countries indexing highest on brand affinity scores reported increased cross-border sales in the last six months of 2022, creating a map of global demand for brands looking for international growth opportunities in 2023, the latest research in A Brand Guide to International Expansion from ESW, the global DTC ecommerce leader, shows.

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Retail Times

MARCH 13, 2023

Simply Roasted, the UK-based fancier crisp brand, is continuing to shake up the mindful snacking world through their newest customer offering; a new-age subscription (or ‘subcrisption’) service with exclusive access to new flavours, and stress-free sign-up and switching.

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