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Amazon is set to take off in Australia this year, get ready

Inside Retail

Amazon, the $2 trillion gorilla, arrived on our shores officially in December 2017, just in time for Christmas. And some seven years on, much to the dismay of retailers, it is now starting to shake the tree and become a real force in the market , as Australian shoppers increasingly turn to alternatives to manage the cost-of-living crisis.

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Welcome to the new customer experience

Inside Retail

Consumers now expect retailers to engage them whenever and wherever they want, with a shopping experience tailored to their individual needs. Generally, customers and brands engage in a value exchange, whereby the former agrees to share their information for personalised incentives catered to their preferences.

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Telstra fined $50m for unconscionable conduct toward Indigenous Australians

Inside Retail

Telstra has been hit with the second-biggest fine in Australian history, $50 million, for engaging in unconscionable conduct against more than 100 Indigenous customers across Australia between 2016 and 2018.

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“Not surprised”: Experts react to Amazon’s reported department store plan

Inside Retail

More recently, the company’s offline efforts have been in the convenience space, with the launch of its cashierless Amazon Go stores, and grocery, following its acquisition of the upscale US grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017. This could be a play by Amazon to engage those people,” Flanders said. “I

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How to recruit and retain the retail industry’s top talent according to experts

Inside Retail

At the World Retail Congress in Paris, industry executives and experts weighed in on a panel to advise retailers on the best strategies to improve employee retention, create jobs that meet needs and ensure effective management. We are terrible at explaining why retail is a great industry to work in… How do we make it more exciting?”

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How Aussie footwear brand Alias Mae stays on trend in a fast-moving market

Inside Retail

Here, Alias Mae’s general manager Kendra Anastasiadis speaks to the evolution of the business, which she joined in 2017 as the customer service and wholesale manager, how it diversified into direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce, and what is next for the business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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How Amazon more than tripled its profits in Q1

Inside Retail

While other retailers arguably offer a better, more engaging and more personalised online shopping experience than Amazon, they don’t have Amazon’s same ecosystem of services, from video streaming to same-day delivery, which has enabled the online retailer to attract more than 200 million paid Prime members worldwide. . billion in 2019. “As