Inside Retail
JUNE 12, 2025
If the retail world needed any reminder that cultural relevance drives conversion, look no further than TikTok. What began as a Gen Z playground for dance challenges has matured into a global trend machine with direct purchase influence, and it’s reshaping how retailers think about product, placement and promotion. TikTok’s impact on retail is no longer speculative – it’s commercial.
Retail Bound
JUNE 10, 2025
In the fast-paced world of retail, managing inventory is crucial for maintaining profitability and brand reputation. One challenge that product manufacturers often face is dealing with excess inventory. Whether it’s due to overstocking, seasonal changes, or product obsolescence, excess inventory can become a significant burden. This blog post will explore effective strategies to liquidate excess inventory, ensuring your brand remains competitive and financially healthy.
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Bay Cities
JUNE 10, 2025
In a world where uncertainty is the only certainty — from shifting tariffs to supply chain breakdowns — more companies are waking up to the risks of overseas manufacturing. It’s no longer just about price. It’s about control, reliability, and protecting your brand.
The Retail Doctor
JUNE 9, 2025
Retail's dirty little secret? Most of our systems don’t talk to each other. For years, we’ve bolted on new tech in hopes it would create clarity. Instead, we ended up with disconnected software—each tool with its own data, interface, and logic. The warehouse couldn’t see labor needs. POS had no idea what was stuck in the receiving area. Scheduling was a guessing game.
Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA
The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.
Retail Focus
JUNE 10, 2025
As global supply chains become increasingly complex, the demand for transparency has never been greater. Retailers face mounting pressure from consumers, regulators, and stakeholders to demonstrate ethical sourcing, sustainable practices, and operational accountability. Traditional supply chain systems, built on fragmented and often manual processes, struggle to offer real-time visibility.
Design Boom
JUNE 11, 2025
Bershka’s new Ibiza flagship redefines the retail experience Bershka unveils a new flagship store in the heart of Ibiza , redefining the traditional retail concept with a sculptural, sensorial space conceived as a living environment. Developed in collaboration with architecture and interior design studio El Departamento , the store departs from conventional retail typologies, positioning itself as a hybrid environment influenced by the island’s social and cultural context and resonating with Gen
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VMS
JUNE 12, 2025
Inditex (A Coruna, Spain), operator of Zara and six other fashion brands, has reduced its overall store fleet by 136 over the past year, bringing its total number of stores to 5562. (See the end of this story for a brand-by-brand breakdown of the closings – and the one flag that did grow, albeit just by two units.) The retailer disclosed those numbers in its financial repor t for the first quarter of 2025, during it which it posted increases in both net sales and gross profit as compared with th
Retail Focus
JUNE 12, 2025
Interval, an independent running specialist and community hub in Edinburgh, brought Andy Matthews Studio – the London architecture practice responsible for Tracksmith’s flagship UK store – on board to design the brand’s home base on Easter Road. Interval by Andy Matthews Studio. Copyright Jim Stephenson 2024 Working collaboratively with Interval, the intention was to make the most of the modest budget with a functional, hard-working store emblematic of the brand’s values – community, honesty and
The Retail Doctor
JUNE 12, 2025
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Inside Retail
JUNE 8, 2025
Family-owned pet retailer PetO will cease the sale of live animals across all 58 of its stores nationwide, citing growing concerns over animal welfare and a lack of regulation in the industry. The decision comes as scrutiny increases over the ethics of live animal sales, particularly in a market dominated by large chains and global players. With two-thirds of Australian households now owning a pet, PetO says the industry’s current practices are failing to meet community expectations.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
VMS
JUNE 10, 2025
Walmart is rolling out a new ad campaign to “reintroduce itself” to the shopping public by emphasizing the breadth of its merchandise and service offerings. The campaign’s ads incorporate The Who’s 1978 song, “Who Are You,” with a twist: overdubbed on the title phrase is “Who knew?” The inaugural spot features veteran actor Walton Goggins, who skyrocketed to fame in the past couple of years due to his role as Rick Hatchett in the HBO series, “White Lotus.
Retail Focus
JUNE 9, 2025
As UK consumers navigate ongoing cost-of-living pressures, affordability and convenience remain decisive factors in where and how they shop. According to new research conducted by Ipsos, online marketplace Temu is rapidly gaining favour among British shoppers — not just as a source of budget-friendly goods, but also as a platform driving creative and entrepreneurial activity.
Talking Retail
JUNE 13, 2025
Smoking and ‘next-generation’ tobacco products have been a cornerstone of the UK independent convenience sector over the years. It’s a massive revenue stream, especially since vaping has emerged as the UK’s fastest-growing retail category, with sales more than doubling to £1.7bn in 2024.
Inside Retail
JUNE 9, 2025
Food, liquor and hardware retailer Metcash will merge its Independent Hardware Group and Total Tools Holdings to strengthen the brand’s hardware pillar. The merger will bring together Metcash’s hardware brands, including Mitre 10, Home Hardware and Total Tools. Metcash says the merger will result in the company having a single, leading, scaled hardware business serving home builders, professional tools and commercial trades, and the DIY home improvement sector.
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AI agents already analyze trends, draft content, and trigger actions across leading commerce platforms. Yet most organizations still rely on workflows built for human‑only teams, losing speed, margin, and customer loyalty. Humans + Agents: Rethinking Enterprise Commerce in the Age of AI Collaboration shows how to close that gap. In one concise read you’ll see where agent gains surface first, how early adopters prove ROI, and which lean controls keep innovation moving without risking data or bran
VMS
JUNE 10, 2025
Casey’s General Stores Inc. (Ankeny, Iowa) plans to either acquire or build up to 80 new stores this year. Casey’s – one of the c-store industry’s larger players with just over 2900 stores – announced that plan in a news release on the results of its 2025 fiscal year ended April 30, which saw the chain register strong gains in revenue and net income.
Retail Focus
JUNE 11, 2025
EE is bringing the future face of retail to Nottingham with the launch of a new Experience store – the latest iteration of a cutting-edge retail experience concept created in partnership with global strategy and design studio, Dalziel & Pow. The Experience store is part of EE’s new strategy, which seeks to reinvent the role of retail in the telco industry by putting innovation, personal experience and community front-and-centre.
Talking Retail
JUNE 13, 2025
The government’s spending review, revealed this week, offers little in the way of support for beleaguered small businesses, says the Fed.
Inside Retail
JUNE 8, 2025
Peter Halkett will become the new CEO of Oroton Group later this month, succeeding Jenny Child. Halkett, who had been CEO of women’s clothing label Rebecca Vallance since January, will assume the role on June 16. He previously held leadership roles at Brandbank Group, Moochi and APG & Co. “Oroton is an iconic Australian brand with a proud heritage and significant opportunities ahead,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
VMS
JUNE 13, 2025
Vera Bradley (Fort Wayne, Ind.) announced that its CEO and CFO are leaving. The specialty retailer disclosed those departures at the same time as it put out a separate release on its first quarter earnings, which showed a drop in revenues and a widening net operating loss. Those exiting the retailer are CEO Jacqueline Ardrey, who joined the company in late 2022 and will stay with the business until November, and CFO Michael Schwindle, who will be replaced by Martin Layding at the end of this mon
Retail Focus
JUNE 10, 2025
Asteri, the pioneering female-founded Saudi Arabian beauty brand named after Asteria, the Greek goddess of falling stars, has added two new stars to its constellation with the opening of new concept stores in Festival City Mall in Doha and Panorama Mall in Riyadh. The brand spaces, both designed by global strategy and design studio Dalziel & Pow , represent the region they are located in, celebrating local heritage and the beauty and diversity of Arab women.
Retail Times
JUNE 10, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! A new study released today reveals the staggering cost of payment system failures to UK retail and hospitality businesses, estimating losses of £1.6 billion annually. The research, conducted by FreedomPay and Dynatrace in partnership with Retail Economics, highlights the increasing frequency and impact of these disruptions on day-to-day trading, with con
Inside Retail
JUNE 13, 2025
The latest report into past performance of collapsed fashion retailer Mosaic Brands has revealed the possibility of the company’s years-long insolvent trading and voidable transactions. The report was prepared by FTI Consulting, Mosaic’s administrators, for creditors to help them make an informed decision about the company’s future during the second creditors’ meeting later this month.
Speaker: David Nisbet, 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.
VMS
JUNE 11, 2025
Earlier this year, Pennsylvania-based Wawa opened its first c-store in the Cincinnati market, in the far north suburb of Liberty Township. Across the street from that store is a recently renovated UDF, a representative of an 86-year-old brand whose 30-some outlets had long ruled the roost in greater Cincinnati’s c-store sector. Wawa is just one of several competitors invading UDF’s turf, The Cincinnati Enquirer noted in a recent front-page story on that subject.
Retail Focus
JUNE 13, 2025
Silverburn, the prime retail and leisure asset located in Glasgow, owned by Henderson Park and managed by Eurofund Group, has secured Stradivarius as the latest addition to its retail line-up. The Inditex-owned brand will be taking over a 6,462 sq ft unit which represents the brand’s first store in Glasgow. The arrival of Stradivarius means that Silverburn will soon host four Inditex brands in a line-up including the newly opened Zara flagship and Pull & Bear, and a new Bershka scheduled
RetailMinded
JUNE 9, 2025
Running a retail business comes with its fair share of financial ups and downs. Whether you’re preparing for a busy holiday season, restocking inventory, renovating your storefront, or simply trying to stay afloat during slower months, the need for fast capital can arise at any time. In such situations, many retail business owners turn to what appears to be a quick and accessible solution: the Merchant Cash Advance, or MCA.
Inside Retail
JUNE 11, 2025
While David Jones’ chief executive Scott Fyfe has positioned the department store’s new loyalty program in partnership with Qantas as a key element in the group’s recovery strategy, retail experts aren’t convinced it’s that simple. “A loyalty program is not the panacea for every business’s long-term growth need,” Adam Posner, The Point of Loyalty founder, told Inside Retail.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.
VMS
JUNE 11, 2025
The Dallas market is welcoming two luxury European brands, The Dallas Morning News reports. They are: • Italian fashion brand La Doule J (Milan), which will open its first store in the market – and second in the U.S. – this fall at the Highland Park Village. “The authentic warmth and generous spirit of the people in Texas (just like that of the Italians) makes opening this store such a natural fit for a brand like us,” said J.J.
Retail Focus
JUNE 11, 2025
Speciality coffee roaster, 200 Degrees , has announced that it is celebrating the launch of its brand-new coffee shop opening at the highly anticipated Cotswolds Designer Outlet by giving away 2,000 free drinks to locals who sign up here. Set to open this summer, the exciting new launch marks the brand’s most southerly location in England, and its 23rd coffee shop across the UK, bringing the signature 200 Degrees experience of great coffee, quality food and a cosy, welcoming space, to a whole ne
Retail Times
JUNE 11, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of Inditex’ figures for the three months to 30 April 2025; Louise Deglise-Favre, senior apparel analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Inditex’s net sales grew only 1.5% to €8.3bn in Q1 FY2025/26, significantly slowing from its FY2024/25 growth of 7.5%.
Inside Retail
JUNE 11, 2025
Alquemie Group has closed down National Geographic Stores in Australia, weeks after selling sister brands Ginger & Smart and Surfstitch to an undisclosed buyer. The National Geographic Stores launched in Australia in 2023 as a partnership between Alquemie and The Walt Disney Company. The stores sold outerwear and adventure clothing and were launched to compete with brands like Kathmandu and The North Face.
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