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Melbourne restaurant Calia collapses, owing $2 million to hospitality platform Liven

Inside Retail

Chang also serves as non-executive director of Puzzle Coffee, which operates four locations across the Melbourne CBD. For now, both Calia’s Melbourne locations and Puzzle cafes remain open for business. Diners were able to pre-purchase credits for use at both venues through the Liven platform, similar to a traditional gift card system.

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With new store, Nere seeks to elevate travel for the mass market

Inside Retail

Australian luggage brand Nere is anticipating strong sales this holiday season, thanks to the ongoing travel boom, growing appeal of practical gifts like suitcases, and high-profile location of its first stand-alone store, which opened in November. Nere releases new colours and accessories every season.

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Revealed: Customers’ biggest Christmas shopping fears this year

Inside Retail

In a new report from Emarsys, All I Want for Christmas , 1000 Australian consumers shared their concerns about shopping for gifts this year. According to the report, 30 per cent are worried their gifts will be delayed. Choosing the wrong gift. You can’t really replicate that experience on a website.

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The story behind The Ripped Bodice, an indie bookstore for romance lovers

Inside Retail

In the spring of 2016, the two opened the first location of The Ripped Bodice, one of the first and only romance-focused bookstores in the US, in Culver City, California. IR : What led you to launch The Ripped Bodice’s second location in New York and what were the factors behind picking this city specifically? LK: So many!

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From Navatars to NCoin: Inside Nars’ virtual debut

Inside Retail

Nonstop Nars Virtual World blends elements from these experiences, Nars offline Travel Retail locations, and its TR dedicated WeChat account to seamlessly connect online and offline (O + O) touchpoints. Every NCoin gained will be saved in the user’s NWallet, and can be redeemed for exclusive rewards and gifts with purchase.

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Stores underwater, staff displaced: Floods take major toll on Aussie retail

Inside Retail

And there are photos of almost completely submerged Dan Murphy’s and McDonald’s stores circulating on social media. Its head office, located just 200 metres away from the Brisbane River in Newstead, QLD, wasn’t as lucky. “In In some areas, there was about a metre to a metre-and-a-half of water.

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Content is (Still) King

Retailing Insight

L et’s face it, the past several years have been challenging for retail owners and managers of bookstores, mind-body-spirit boutiques, gift stores, and most retail businesses. Marketing content generally consists of blogs, newsletter articles, podcasts, video blogs (vlogs), classes, virtual events, social media efforts, and more.