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Ikea Australia lets customers buy second-life products

Inside Retail

Ikea Australia has launched an online platform allowing customers to browse and reserve second-life Ikea furniture and homeware products. A new ‘ As-Is Online ’ section on the Ikea website lets customers access discontinued items, used showroom display items as well as pre-loved goods returned through the business’ Buy Back service. Once reserved online, customers can make the purchase by visiting their selected store’s As-Is area, located near the checkout area.

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Innovative eco-friendly alternatives and industry circularity stemming from flower waste

Design Wanted

An ongoing research of ways to sustainably valorise flower waste – ‘Flower Matter’ by Finland-based Irene Purasachit aims to cut down this waste stream by seamlessly […]. The post Innovative eco-friendly alternatives and industry circularity stemming from flower waste appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Australia’s Venroy opens its first store in Europe

Inside Retail

Australian fashion label Venroy has launched its first store abroad – in Italy’s Ise of Capri – the first step in an international expansion plan. The Mediterranean island store was designed by in-house architect Sarah l’Anson. Venroy says its new store in Europe is the brand’s most important expansion to date and embodies its hotel idea by using carefully chosen furnishings and works of art to exhibit merchandise.

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Company Spotlight: Ryde

E Delevry

Interview with Duncan Mitchell CEO and Co-Founder of Ryde. What does your company do and what is your USP? Ryde equips businesses with the technology, people, and vehicles they need to establish an integrated logistics solution – we focus on same day delivery with the technology to make it cheaper and more efficient than any other delivery option.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

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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There’s $1 trillion of untapped potential in resale: Vestiaire Collective CEO

Inside Retail

It’s no secret that consumer interest in resale has risen In the past few years, particularly as major brands from H&M to Burberry have expressed an interest in entering the category. In fact, last year, Gucci parent Kering announced its investment into luxury resale online marketplace Vestiaire Collective, catapulting the company into unicorn status.

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You Must Fix Your Shop Floor. Here’s How.

Global Shop

Drop your costs. Up your profits. Maximize your ROI. There’s a reason the most successful and profitable manufacturers use ERP software: it’s all about the ROI. And the bigger and faster the ROI, the better. But where do you start? You’re beyond busy…filling customer orders, managing equipment maintenance, scheduling and managing employees, controlling costs, maintaining on-time delivery, improving quality control, working to meet revenue goals and more.

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How do you make a biodegradable jacket? Kathmandu tells all

Inside Retail

After more than four years in development, Kathmandu’s biodegradable jacket, NXT-Level BioDown, launched earlier this year, and last month it received a coveted ISPO Award at the outdoor and sports industry’s leading international trade fair. We spoke to Kathmandu’s head of product innovation and sustainability, Manu Rastogi, about the process of developing the jacket and how it will help the company achieve its goal of 100 per cent circularity by 2025. .

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Meet the Southeast Asian tech-enabled cafe chain out to conquer the world

Inside Retail

Launched at the time when Asia’s coffee industry was caught in the first Covid-19 wave, Southeast Asia’s Flash Coffee saw a gap at the affordable end of the cafe market for a tech-driven solution catering to busy coffee connoisseurs. Whether the striking yellow and pink store colour scheme appeals to customers or not, it certainly leaves an indelible impression on anyone who has seen it.

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