Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

Renowned Australian footwear business Munro Footwear Group (MFG) recently acquired the popular but beleaguered New Zealand kids’ footwear brand Bobux, as part of a plan to consolidate its presence in the children’s market. The long-term plan is still being finalised,” he said. The initial focus is on stabilisation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Co-founded by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger in 2015, the company quickly became a hit amongst Silicon Valley-types and raised over US$200 million from venture capital investors, including Tiger Global Management, Lerer Hippeau, and Maveron. Its valuation surged to over US$4 billion on its first day of trading in November 2021.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Having found out that “traditional” management tools have become less relevant, brands were forced to rethink their processes to survive, stay relevant and true to their audiences. . In addition to perfecting each brand touchpoint’s management, it is the liaisons that matter the most in an omnichannel context.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. The first location is expected to open in New York City later this year. Can Whole Foods successfully launch a small-scale grocery store chain?

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2023

Australian consumer electronics giant JB Hi-Fi announced a major expansion of its New Zealand operations last week , unveiling plans to double its store count in the next three to five years. He revealed that JB Hi-Fi also plans to move its e-commerce site to the Shopify platform in the future.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. The proposal also includes plans to continues Woolworths’ focus on sustainable energy, with rainwater harvesting, solar panels and electric vehicle charging facilities.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

Wendy’s Burgers is ramping up its expansion in Australia , after announcing plans to enter the market last year. Inside Retail : Why do you believe the Australian market needs a Wendy’s burger given the small population and highly competitive marketplace? IR: How localised are menus and marketing campaigns?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GMG plans to open 11 SSS stores – and 100 new stores overall – in Southeast Asia by 2025. Singapore’s strategic location in Southeast Asia, stable business environment, and robust infrastructure were instrumental in our choice. The current state of affairs GMG’s CEO Mohammad A.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

This fleet of electric bikes that travel around the country gives everyone the chance to experience riding them on location for free,” Andrew Garnsworthy, CEO of 99 Bikes’ parent company Pedal Group, said. I started as general manager of Advance Traders in October 2008,” Garnsworthy added. The company achieved an 82.6,

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In just 10 years, Vietnamese fashion retail operator Maison Retail Management International (MRMI) has built a network of more than 120 retail stores across 18 high-profile international fashion brands. Since the beginning of this year, MRMI has been rapidly rolling out new stores, introducing three international brands into the market.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Announced in 2019 , the 34,000sqm store will be located at Sylvia Park in Auckland. Ikea Group’s expansion manager Fabian Winterbine told Inside Retail that New Zealand has been considered something of a “missing piece” for many years. In terms of online shopping, New Zealand rates highly compared to many markets.

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RetailMinded

MAY 17, 2024

Managed IT support. Managed IT services improve how well a business runs, making customers happier and, ultimately, increasing sales. What Is Managed IT Support? They also promote innovation and growth by offloading the direct management of IT resources.

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Compliantia

MARCH 31, 2023

The good news is, with proper planning, not only can you ensure that the right, in-demand products are available to customers when they need them, but also avoid ending up with excess inventory. This is where a merchandising plan can help. What is a merchandising plan and why should retailers care? Let’s get started.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2023

The brand – which has positioned itself as a healthy, QSR option – has opened seven new locations across just Queensland over the last 12 months, with its newest, Surfers Paradise store opening this month. Our focus is on maintaining that quality, and we have to be really careful about finding the right locations.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Now, it is focused on building momentum through more aggressive above-the-line marketing — it has mostly spread through word-of-mouth up to now — and opening new bricks-and-mortar showrooms. “We That has gone really well, and it’s something we’re looking to roll out to additional locations,” McGowan said. “It’s

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Retail Bound

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The most basic function of a marketing plan is to meet whatever objectives it sets out to achieve and ultimately convert customers, if it does this then it can be considered to be successful. So, just like a pie has a recipe, a good marketing plan needs a framework. Get intimate with the market. Easy as pie.

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Retailing Insight

MAY 2, 2024

M edia Marketing is comprised of many forms of advertising and is the process of creating desirable products or services and distributing them in such a way that increases their charisma. I will not be giving all the methods but have tried to cull the best media marketing for retail stores, publishers and product makers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

The Amazon Salon, located on Brushfield Street in London’s East End, will offer a full range of hair styling services by independent salon Neville Hair & Beauty and will range an extensive selection of professional hair care products – but being Amazon, it’s got a high-tech approach. “We The post Can Amazon blow out the hair care market?

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

Managing director Simon Schofield discusses the new bricks-and-mortar experience and the brand’s revitalised product range. SS: The market trends are consistent with what Witchery has experienced in the past 12 months. Inside Retail : Last year, Witchery celebrated half a century since it launched.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Customer relationships and product differentiation are critical for retaining market position amid price hikes. Is the cost of shipping materials from an overseas location spiralling? Is your location worth the rent? Planning is essential to ensure products and materials arrive on time. Softening the blow for customers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

JANUARY 30, 2023

Read below for helpful marketing insights, from reserving the best booth location to measuring ROI. For a conference of this size, marketers and trade show coordinators may already be feeling the pressure over next year’s edition. In fact, the new NADA 2024 floor plan is already available for exhibitors to view.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 8, 2024

The family-run business opened its first shop in the Royal Arcade in the Sydney suburb of Double Bay in October 1989 and currently has three locations after opening and closing stores locally and overseas. During this time the business expanded into Melbourne and other markets.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Located about 9km north of the Sydney CBD, Chatswood Chase is a major regional shopping centre with an average household income 32 per cent above the city average. The asset is expected to be fully leased before settlement in March next year and continues to be managed by Vicinity Centres.

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RetailMinded

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Effectively managing a retail supply chain is essential for meeting customer demands and maintaining a competitive edge in the market. UPS utilizes route optimization software to plan the most efficient delivery routes, reducing fuel consumption and delivery times.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Dymocks’ three-year plan will see the bookstore chain add another 20+ retail outlets to the network. CEO Mark Newman told Inside Franchise Business Executive there will be a mix of suburban and regional locations in the new store plan which will spread the book chain further into the north of the country.

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RetailMinded

MAY 3, 2023

Managing inventory is a crucial element of every retail business. Retailers know that inventory management is time-consuming and can pose difficulties. Thanks to technology-enabled best practices, managing inventory is easier than ever. Read on to learn the best practices in retail inventory management.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Woolworths Group has pulled the plug on plans to open a Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin after an independent panel ruled that the development should not go ahead. I’d speculate that we will be heading back into supermarket war territory shortly as the two big brands go head to head to claw back sales and maintain market position.

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Parcel Pending

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The key to meeting these demands and bridging gaps in service offerings is efficient delivery management. This blog post discusses how effective delivery management benefits industrial distributors, as well as service delivery operation strategies and methods distributors can use to improve their delivery management systems.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Legacy denim brand, Levi Strauss & Co has rolled out a direct-to-consumer first strategy across its East Pacific Asia market. Inside Retail sat down with Nuholt Huisamen, managing director of Levi Strauss & Co for East Asia Pacific, to unpack what the future of the DTC-first strategy means for the Asia market.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008. Some analysts have described Peter Alexander as an “unproven” brand outside of Australian and New Zealand markets. million for its first-half sales results.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

Our plan is to really expand our network to have a true omnichannel experience, which will be a collection of on-the-ground physical retail, own retail and an online store experience,” Omar de Sabré, Maison de Sabré’s creative director and CEO, told Inside Retail. “Our Outside of the APAC region, the US is a key market for Maison de Sabré.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 6, 2021

A host of retailers have confirmed reopening plans for April 12 as shoppers look forward to a return to bricks and mortar shopping after more than three months. John Lewis outlined its plans for April 12 for its remaining 32 shops in England (John Lewis/PA). Its Glasgow store will open on April 26 and its Edinburgh site on May 14.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Around 90 per cent of surveyed restaurateurs in Australia say they plan to expand their businesses in the next 12 months by offering new products or opening additional locations, and 80 per cent report feeling more optimistic about the future of their restaurants.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The 900sqm store is the first Lego store in Australia to have a street frontage, rather than being placed in a shopping centre, and signifies the culmination of years of bricks-and-mortar expansion in the market. Rather, the brand was looking for a suitable flagship location, and when the Pitt Street Mall site came up, it ticked both boxes.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This week, Macy’s announced plans to shut down 150 “underproductive” stores, more than one-fifth of its department store assemblage, over the next three years. The closures are a part of the retailer’s plan “to create a more modern Macy’s, Inc. The closures are a part of the retailer’s plan “to create a more modern Macy’s, Inc.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

In what was a challenging environment for the foodservice market over the period, KFC Australia increased market share and grew its userbase through marketing and menu items that resonated with consumers, as well as a clear focus on guest experience and convenience.”.

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