Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Coles Group weathered what it described as significant Covid and flood-related disruptions during the third quarter to post a 3.9-per-cent lift in sales to $9.295 billion. . The company said staff absenteeism related to isolation requirements during the Omicron outbreak led to “availability challenges and short-term impacts on Coles’ promotional program and disruptions to stores and distribution centres”.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 27, 2022

Dalziel & Pow partnered with Victorinox to create a new retail design concept and brand experience. The store in Brunnen, Switzerland, is the first to feature the innovative design concept that focuses on Victorinox’s values of quality and innovation. The concept uses fresh and honest materials in combination with functional design and refined details, that reflect Victorinox’s design heritage.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Earlier this week, reports emerged that Woolworths has submitted a development application for its first standalone, contactless drive-through grocery site in Rose Bay, Sydney. The site would be converted from an existing Caltex petrol station, should the local council approve the redevelopment, and would allow residents in neighbouring suburbs to order their groceries online, set a time for pick-up, park their car in a dedicated parking zone, and have their groceries delivered to their car with

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Retail Focus

APRIL 27, 2022

As a small business owner, efficiency and productivity are always at the top of the list of your priorities. All systems, processes and tasks within the business need to be running smoothly to be efficient. But efficiency isn’t something that happens by coincidence; it takes planning and active steps. If you’re looking for ways to save time in your business and improve overall efficiency, here are five tips that can help.

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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

APRIL 27, 2022

Rising demand for secondhand sneakers has helped turn Singaporean resale platform Ox Street into a $10 million business with a presence in multiple markets in Southeast Asia. And it’s only the beginning. Since being acquired by Asian e-commerce unicorn Carousell at the end of 2021, the four-year-old start-up has launched a local resale offering in Australia and New Zealand , and expanded into new categories, such as apparel.

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Design Week

APRIL 27, 2022

A methane-capturing collar for cows and chemical-free outdoor performance textile are among the four winners of the inaugural Terra Carta Design Lab. The design lab is a collaboration between the Royal College of Art (RCA), Jony Ive and Prince Charles’ Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), which aims to find low-cost, high-impact solutions to tackle environmental problems.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

Fridge Raiders, a proud part of Pilgrim’s Food Masters, has today announced the launch of its brand-new Meat-Free Tasty Bites. The new launch will be available in Sainsbury’s from the 27th of April with further rollout in May across grocery and convenience channels.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Linfox Logistics has unveiled a new electric truck for Coles, boosting the sustainability cred of both companies. The Fuso eCanter will service several Coles stores in NSW, loading products from the Eastern Creek Distribution Centre and stopping at Coles supermarkets and Coles Local stores. Executive chairman of Linfox, Peter Fox explained how the switch to electric vehicles can make a difference.

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Dezeen

APRIL 27, 2022

Social media brand Meta , formerly the Facebook Company, is opening its first permanent Meta Store for customers to purchase its virtual reality products as a "gateway to the metaverse". The 1,550-square-foot shop will open on 9 May in Burlingame, California, near the company's Reality Labs campus – a research and development hub for virtual reality products.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

With all the disruption that businesses have had to face over the past two years, we are now emerging from the pandemic era into an arena of not only increased competition but also great pressure to improve the retail experience. Throughout the months of lockdown and quarantine, shoppers have become far more demanding than ever before – and their expectations of immediate service, payment and deliveries have accelerated beyond all forecasts made prior to the advent of Covid-19.

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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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Mindful Design

APRIL 27, 2022

One of our go-to solutions for wall treatments with great visual impact is wallpaper with bold designs. This is exactly what Ever Wallpaper, a London-based company that sells online throughout the world, offers business owners and designers who want to create one-of-a-kind spaces. Their huge collection of high-end products bursts with creativity, comes at affordable […].

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

The SPAR Lancashire School Games baton has reached Burnley this week and had a roaring start as schoolchildren from St Stephen’s CE Primary School were joined by a tiger mascot.

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Parcel Pending

APRIL 27, 2022

It’s time to add another acronym to your ever-growing retail vocabulary: PUDO Pick Up Drop Off. Joining the likes of BOPIS (Buy Online, Pick-Up In-Store) and BOPIL® (Buy Online, Pick-up in Locker), PUDO is another parcel delivery option that creates convenience for both retailers and consumers. In this blog, we’ll explore what it is and more importantly, how it works.

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Design Wanted

APRIL 27, 2022

Seamlessly encompassing organic LED’s thin and light characteristics, Seoul-based industrial designers Hyeona Kim & WooSeok Lee conceptualize a 43-inch portable smart home display system – ‘Easel’. […]. The post Unwind, sit back and relax appeared first on DesignWanted.

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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 Times

APRIL 27, 2022

To mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (2nd - 8thMay 2022), Tommee Tippee is welcoming parents and parents-to-be to share their parenting highs and lows at its three-day pop-up Truth Booth at Westfield, White City.

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Eye on ESG

APRIL 27, 2022

The European Commission recently published a series of documents in the context of the Green Deal initiative. One of these is a proposal for a directive on consumer empowerment. With this proposal, the Commission seeks to deliver on its promise to ensure consumers have access to reliable, comparable and verifiable information on products to allow them to make more sustainable choices.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

Innovative food tech company Foodhub has announced customers will be rewarded with discounts the more they order via the app or website, meaning foodie fans can tuck into a tasty takeaway treat for a fraction of the price.

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Design Wanted

APRIL 27, 2022

Headed by designer Tobias Brunner, Zurich-based Bureau Brunner artistically crafts ‘5KG’ – a handheld block of marble and granite without a predetermined function. Creating inclusive and […]. The post Get creative and let your imagination run wild appeared first on DesignWanted.

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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

APRIL 27, 2022

How adapting social proof messaging to include seasonal designs drove a further 1.27% conversion rate uplift and £10k in additional sales in only a week for New Look, which will now deliver a full calendar of seasonal messaging for 2022.

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CAAD

APRIL 27, 2022

Telling a story that the customer can understand and perceive is one of the most common marketing resources, to which storytelling and visual merchandising give a new dimension. Everyone is aware of the importance of storytelling in the retail sector, but how many good examples can we find today? . We are talking about going beyond mere eye-catching design.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

Superdrug, the leading health and beauty retailer with over 800 stores in the UK, has today announced that it will gift over 18,000 workers across the Superdrug and Savers businesses with an additional day off to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

The alarm’s just gone off. It’s 6am and I roll over in bed, bleary eyed, half-awake, hands blinding scratching around for my phone on the side table. Quick email check. GlamCorner has a sale. Aje has released its new collection. Mecca reminds me that my loyalty Loop gift is ready. My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. That’s my dopamine ‘shopper’s high’ for the day.

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Did you know—74% of IT leaders are looking to improve their tech stack to offer better personalization? It’s impossible to ignore the importance of personalization, but it comes with challenges. How do you do it with a tight budget? What about customer privacy and the use of data? The Personalization Playbook is packed with research and insights from Orium, Talon.One, and Bloomreach and gives IT leaders answers to these tough questions, helping them shape 2024 strategies for personalization.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

The start of 2022 has seen the COVID-19 threat replaced by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, driving global commodity prices upwards, increasing inflation and putting severe cost of living pressures on households.

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Robinson Meyer

APRIL 27, 2022

Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Earlier this month, the United Nations–led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the latest volume of its current “synthesis report,” its omnibus summary of what humanity knows about the climate. As I wrote at the time , while the other volumes focus on the impacts of climate change, this newest report narrows in on how to prevent it.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

The UK’s leading specialist baker Finsbury Food Group continues to grow its longstanding partnership with global drinks giant Diageo, after announcing a second collaboration with the best-selling gin brand Gordon’s.

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Design Wanted

APRIL 27, 2022

Reshaping the way people think about pleasure – UK-based industrial design and innovation studio Morrama fabricates a ‘trio of vibrators’ for sexual wellness brand Toy Projects. […]. The post Instagrammable sex toys for women, by women appeared first on DesignWanted.

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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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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

SharkNinja, the leading home technology firm, has partnered with Entrepreneurial Scotland to offer four students prestigious internship opportunities in mechanical engineering and product design engineering.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

Oliver Townend MBE has joined forces with the distillery to create a new gin in aid of two charities.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

Aston Manor Cider has introduced 100% recycled PET bottles across its entire Frosty Jack’s and Crumpton Oaks ranges and removed plastic ring carriers from its full can range, including Frosty Jack’s and Knights cider.

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Retail Times

APRIL 27, 2022

The retail industry is chronically understaffed. Although there is no magic cure to such endemic problems – IoT and real-time data can help fill the gaps, says Sam Roberts, sector director at mpro5.

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Are you considering moving away from a monolith platform and over to composable architecture? Join experts from Google Cloud, GroupBy, and Orium as they discuss the benefits of moving to a modular digital experience platform. In this masterclass, uncover key indicators that show your brand is ready for a modular DXP, and learn how to lay the foundation for composable commerce.

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