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Five ways to encourage intrapreneurship – and why it’s important to do so

Inside Retail

Entrepreneurs are credited with being the driving force of innovation. So how does an entrepreneur scale up their entrepreneurial capacity other than work themselves into an early grave? With great difficulty, is the first response. It seems counterintuitive that an entrepreneur would delegate the authority to implement great new ideas while still baring the financial risk themselves.

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Myriam K Salon Brings Parisian Flair to Dubai

Retail Focus

Parisian-born, female-owned hair salon Myriam K has teamed up with Formroom to create a unique and luxurious space for their new salon located in the heart of Dubai. Catering to the most discerning and fashion-forward clientele, the project aimed to adapt Myriam’s Paris salon concept to the distinct demands of the Dubai and UAE market, all while maintaining the essence of French ‘savoir-faire’ Formroom conducted comprehensive research to profile target consumers and analyse com

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“A real no-brainer”: Vacay Swimwear expands presence in North America

Inside Retail

Six years after its launch, Vacay Swimwear now has a presence across Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and parts of Asia. Here, we catch up with co-founders Jordan Kallios and Corey Decandia to talk about what’s next for the brand. Inside Retail : To start with, can you tell us a bit about Vacay Swimwear and how it came to be? Corey Decadnai: We’re in our sixth year of operations now.

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VM & Display Awards Winners Celebrated at a Glamorous London Event

Retail Focus

The VM & Display Awards, an annual event honouring the most exceptional talents in retail visual merchandising and display, announced this year’s winners at a dazzling awards ceremony held in London last night. The Leonardo Hotel St Pauls served as the perfect backdrop for this prestigious gathering, as suppliers and retailers convened to celebrate the industry’s top achievers.

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Retail Reimagined: What It Means To Be An Innovative Retailer

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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How loyalty programs enable Qantas, Myer customers to keep spending

Inside Retail

Qantas has rejigged its loyalty program with the introduction of Qantas Marketplace, a new platform where members of its frequent flyer program can purchase products from over 900 premium and household brands. The marketplace replaces the Qantas Rewards stores and represents a major expansion into online retail for the airline. Customers can spend accumulated Qantas Points on over 20,000 products, more than 1,000 more than the previous platform, and brands on board include Apple, Bose and Dyson.

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Unique eco-friendly kitchen products for a sustainable future

Design Wanted

From products including Great Wrap Film to GoneShells, Re:Mix, Carbonator 3, Snoot and Mill Kitchen Bin – designers across the globe are looking for more eco-friendly […] The post Unique eco-friendly kitchen products for a sustainable future appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Observability In Retail Digital Transformation – A Complete Guide

RetailMinded

Digital transformation is good, but it has challenges that can become persistent blockers to its potential. A good example is the inefficiency of traditional monitoring tools in examining data flow in the systems involved in running a business. As a way of conquering emerging problems, business managers and owners in the retail industry have had to employ new approaches, such as observability, to help in data management.

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Nicobar, the mindful Indian brand that is on the cusp of global expansion

Inside Retail

Nicobar is a modern lifestyle brand and design studio in India. Founded in New Delhi in 2016, it’s a company that believes in culture as much as commerce and telling stories through its products. The retailer’s recent spring collection for the home, Traveller’s Trunk, features shades of yellow, ivory and blue, and calls to mind memories of Myanmar. From cups and saucers and platters, to napkins, placemats, bed linens and cushion covers, there is something for everyone.

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Kerry launches SucculencePB: a game-changing taste technology that creates meat alternatives while improving nutrition and sustainability

Retail Times

Kerry, a global leader in taste and nutrition, is pleased to introduce SucculencePB, its game-changing solution for plant-based meat alternatives that re-creates the delicious, juicy taste of meat craved by consumers everywhere. SucculencePB also delivers a much-improved nutritional profile and environmental impact and, importantly, solves the “dry mouth” taste challenge in cooked plant-based meat alternatives.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

HoMie co-founder, CEO steps aside By Dean Blake Co-founder and chief executive of Melbourne fashion brand and social enterprise HoMie, Nick Pearce, has revealed he will step aside from the job to focus on his role as a father. Pearce, who co-founded the business with partners Marcus Crook and Rob Gillies, said it was an incredibly difficult decision to make.

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How to Address the Needs of the Next Generation of e-Commerce Customers

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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TikTok Shop UK launches new ‘Parent & Baby’ product category

Retail Times

New parents can now buy ‘Parent & Baby’ products on TikTok Shop UK from some of the UK’s best known baby brands, thanks to a new product category launched on the platform.

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Why gratitude at work matters

Inside Retail

When organisations analyse their culture and determine their values, ‘gratitude’ isn’t a trait that is likely to appear, and yet it is increasingly evidenced as critical for well-being and success. In a working world that’s constantly changing and throwing up obstacles and challenges, the ability of leaders and employees to withstand stress and adversity and be resilient is critical.

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Surge in orders from September helps cushion DFS, says GlobalData

Retail Times

Following today’s release of DFS’ figures for the 26 weeks to 25 December 2022; Matt Walton, senior retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “DFS has overcome a challenging summer for orders due to the cost-of-living crisis to outperform the upholstery market with revenues falling by 2.6% to £546.

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Princess Polly rolls out in the US with Pacsun

Inside Retail

Australian fashion boutique Princess Polly has teamed up with specialty retailer Pacsun to expand its offering into the US. The brand – which previously sold in pop-up locations – will now be stocked in 15 Pacsun retail stores and online. A variety of Princess Polly’s pieces will be showcased in dedicated presentation areas within Pacsun stores giving shoppers access to their favourite brands.

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Industry Shake-Up: 2023 Commerce Trends To Rock Your World

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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Morphy Richards unveils two new covetable compact kitchen must-haves

Retail Times

Morphy Richards has today unveiled two brand new compact kitchen must-haves, perfect for budding baristas and culinary connoisseurs, with the launch of its Compact Espresso Machine and Compact Blender.

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Luggage brand July launches New Zealand e-commerce store

Inside Retail

Australian luggage brand July has expanded its offering into New Zealand, launching an online store. Established by frequent travellers Richard Li and Athan Didaskalou in 2019, the brand aims to “fix” a category that is selling poorly-designed products at a premium price. The company’s flagship product – July Carry On – features an ejectable battery to charge phones and laptops, SilentMove’s 360 spinner wheels, an unbreakable 100 per cent German polycarbonate shell and a lifetime warranty.

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Too Good To Go announces new global milestone: 200 million meals saved

Retail Times

Too Good To Go, the social impact company behind the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food, is excited to announce an extraordinary milestone of saving 200 million meals from going to waste.

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Australia’s entrenched e-commerce platforms poised for industry disruption

Inside Retail

Australia’s e-commerce boom has given rise to a healthy ecosystem of online shopping merchants commanding a sizable user base of local consumers – many of whom managed to weather the pandemic by riding a surge of digital sales. Observers may have expected that this would give rise to a competitive playing field of e-commerce platforms offering attractive service pricing and features, but the opposite has in fact occurred.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Waitrose & Partners fails to keep up with rivals as consumers seek lower prices, says GlobalData

Retail Times

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Myer to quit Brisbane flagship, unable to agree on rental rate

Inside Retail

Department store Myer will exit its Queen Street Mall flagship in Brisbane’s CBD after unsuccessful negotiations with the landlord on lease renewal terms. In a trading update, the retailer said it will continue to search for alternative locations for its CBD flagship. Myer CEO, John King, said: “Whilst we remain committed to the Brisbane market, we have been unable to negotiate a reasonable commercial outcome with the landlord and as such will continue to look for an alternative CBD locati

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Bonus is scrapped as John Lewis Partnership suffers amid the cost-of-living crisis, says GlobalData

Retail Times

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Local Green Health-Food Restaurant

Retail Design Blog

The restaurant is located on the ground floor of an office-building in Athens city center. The store frontage faces a.

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Britvic invests £13 million in fifth canning line at UK manufacturing site

Retail Times

Leading soft drinks business, Britvic, is announcing a further £13 million investment into a fifth canning line at its Rugby factory.

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Messe Textile Showroom Office

Retail Design Blog

The new showroom office of Messe Textile, which supplies innovative and high quality fabrics to the clothing industry, was designed.

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Kerry launches SucculencePB: A game-changing taste technology that creates delicious and juicy meat alternatives while improving nutrition and sustainability

Retail Times

Kerry, a global leader in taste and nutrition, is pleased to introduce SucculencePB, its game-changing solution for plant-based meat alternatives that re-creates the delicious, juicy taste of meat craved by consumers everywhere. SucculencePB also delivers a much-improved nutritional profile and environmental impact and, importantly, solves the “dry mouth” taste challenge in cooked plant-based meat alternatives.

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J&T International Office by Vacons Architects

Retail Design Blog

ACCELERATION – Acceleration and non-stop development J&T International is the global logistics service company of J&T Expess, with a new.

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Mobile technologies to embrace a new retail age

Retail Times

Just as the age of the internet necessitated the development of websites, and the era of social media drove the need to improve retail visibility, mobiles are a part of modern retail that can’t be overlooked.

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Food Halls: A Rising Trend

Chutegerdeman

The post Food Halls: A Rising Trend appeared first on Chute Gerdeman.

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Baileys Chocolate expands Easter range with brand-new egg

Retail Times

Leading Irish chocolatier, Lir Chocolates, is expanding its Baileys Chocolate range introducing a new Easter egg alongside the return of seasonal favourites for Easter 2023 to help retailers maximise the key confectionery sales period.

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2023 The Why & How of Joules 

Edge

A wonderful piece on the story behind Joules Head Office, designed by Edge ‘The Why’ & ‘How’ of this short-listed building for the 2023 RIBA East Midlands Awards.

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AF Blakemore launches ‘short supportive stories’ book to recognise their ‘Women in Blakemore’ following a week of awards

Retail Times

AF Blakemore, one of the UK’s largest independently owned businesses, has the announced the winners of their first Women in Blakemore Awards, via a story book. The book launch amalgamates the stories of the winners and their nominees.

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VM & Display Awards, 2023

Retail Store Windows

If you missed the VM & Display awards last night, then you really did miss a corker of an evening. This year was hosted by the brilliantly funny Kerry Godliman (we're huge fans) with winning Visual Merchandising from some of the greats on the high street including some our favourites such as Harvey Nichols, Fortnum and Mason and Selfridges. Congratulations to all of the winners 2023.!

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B Corp’s giant ‘B’ to visit Warner’s Distillery as part of B Corp Month

Retail Times