Retail Focus

AUGUST 31, 2022

Icon Outlet at The O2 is the perfect location to expand Superdry’s UK outlet store collection, as well as increasing our presence within the capital. Sales at Icon Outlet were up +54% over the August bank holiday weekend versus 2019, with the Entertainment District posting similarly strong results.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

The ACCC said that The Good Guys ran 116 promotions between July 2019 and August last year, offering consumers a store credit or StoreCash if they spent a certain amount on qualifying products in its online or physical stores.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

The nine affected workers engaged in cashier, baker and kitchen-hand positions at eight 85 Degrees locations in Sydney in 2019. The FWO discovered the contraventions when it conducted proactive audits at the company.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The deal marks Australia’s largest single regional asset transaction since December 2019. Located in Perth’s fast-growing north-eastern metropolitan corridor, Midland Gate has a gross lettable area of 68,600sqm, anchored by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, in addition to Kmart, Big W and Target.

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Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2024

The Australian Retailers Association and the National Retail Association have finally signed a heads of agreement on a proposal to merge, a plan that was called off in 2019. The merged entity will truly represent the whole Australian retail sector, irrespective of size, segment or geographic location,” said Tim Schaafsma, NRA chair.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Since its entry online in 2019, the company says US sales have made up the majority of its revenue. Established in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Wez and Eirin Bryett, the Gold Coast brand sells on-trend women’s clothing for predominantly Gen Z consumers.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 5, 2024

The outlets traded as Sushi Bay, except for one store located at Miranda Westfield, which traded as Moduwa Ramen and Bar. In 2019, Shin and Sushi Bay ACT faced penalties of $124,416 for underpaying workers, many of whom were migrants. The Federal Court imposed penalties of $3.2 million against Sushi Bay Pty Ltd, $5.8

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Footwear and accessories brand Novo Shoes has returned to Canberra, opening two locations in Woden and Belconnen. Six years after it left the market, the brand debuted its Woden store last month and will open its second location this Friday.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Independent parcel carrier Yodel is recruiting more than 4,300 new staff across its 50 nationwide locations to help it manage the peak period this year. Yodel handled 190 million parcels last year, a 30% increase in volume in 2020 compared to 2019. The roles include couriers, parcel sorters and warehouse operatives across the UK.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Europe has always been a cornerstone of our global expansion strategy and we had our sights on France since we relaunched the brand in 2019,” said Barnes. The coffee chain increased the number of its stores from nine in 2022 to 24 locations worldwide across 11 countries in North Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Mexican franchise La Cabra will open its seventh restaurant on Thursday; the Ballarat site is its first regional location. Founders Joshua Smith, Sherinder Kohli and Derrick Chandra started the Melbourne-based business in 2019. ” La Cabra’s tacos, burritos and hot wings are popular signature dishes.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

The Nasa-tech-inspired eyewear brand is opening its first US-based bricks-and-mortar location, a 500-square-foot storefront at 436 West Broadway. Robinson recalled that the company originally had plans to set up the shop back in 2019, “But we know where this story ended up. billion in 2019 and generated US$3.48

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Meanwhile, its sister brand Salomon has seen significant growth in China, with its store count growing from 13 in 2019 to 136 today. billion ($5 billion) acquisition by Chinese athletic wear giant Anta Sports in 2019, Amer Sports has maintained strong growth under Anta’s 44.5 Following its €4.6 per cent ownership stake.

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Inside Retail

MAY 28, 2024

Am I simply reading some archived stories from more than a decade ago and as recently as 2019 when merger proposals were abandoned ? Great news but, again, we have been here before as recently as 2019 when the NRA walked away from amalgamation plans claiming it was not in the interests of small retailers. Or are they?

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Waterfront Limited Partnership, a joint venture between AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, who own and operate Icon Outlet and the Entertainment District at The O 2 , has announced iFLY , the indoor skydiving experience, is set to open at The O 2 mid-December 2022, in what will be the company’s first London location.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2023

Clothing retailer Cotton On has opened its first physical location in Manhattan, New York, propelling its international expansion. The 1850sqm store is located at 512 Broadway, in the heart of Soho’s retail area, and boasts warm timber tones, heritage denim jackets, and a tiled entryway.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Two projects named winners at the 2019 Sydney Design Awards. From concept development though to delivery, this adaptive re-use project was a comprehensive fit-out located on level 5 of The Georges Building, one of Sydney’s oldest and most prestigious heritage buildings. Our retail blog is proud to speak about it in details.

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JUNE 25, 2019

The “real” retail experience – shopping, touching, tasting, feeling – is alive and well in 2019. That’s the goal for the remainder of 2019, and as we prepare for holiday shopping season. 2019 Holiday Shopping - Retail Experiences. And the pickup site is often strategically placed in a merchandise-rich location.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Snøhetta also designed the Sydney flagship itself, Aesop’s largest retail space, which opened in 2019 and was inspired by rocky coastlines. The Aesop Sydney flagship store opened in 2019. Internationally-renowned architects Snøhetta designed Aesop’s Sydney flagship store and The Sensorium.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2022

The retailer says it wants to divert resources to its rapidly growing online business and develop stores near the Frankston location, such as Southland, Chadstone, and Fountain Gate. Department store Myer has announced it will close its Frankston store in Victoria. .

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2024

The store is situated in Charter Place, a prime location in the centre, which is now fully let for first time since the development completed in 2019. We are also delighted that Charter Place has reached the significant milestone of being fully let – following completion of the extension in 2019. The store, which covers c.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As the troubled department store retailer tries to reight-size its portfolio in the wake of consumers moving online to shop, Myer said the Blacktown store closure was the fifth under its Customer First Plan launched in January 2019. Since then it has closed stores located at Logan, Hornsby, Emporium and – most recently – Knox, last August.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 6, 2021

In the past 12 months, the brand has opened eight new outlets, three of which are located in New Zealand. “In In 2019, the business completed a comprehensive reset of our forward strategy and despite the challenges of Covid-19,” Sacha Laing, CEO at General Pants Co.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2023

It currently has hundreds of locations in countries and territories such as Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines, thanks to the strong support of its parent business, Jollibee Foods Corporation. Milksha was first introduced in Taiwan in 2004 and is known as ‘Milkshop’ to its Taiwanese fans.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The American Book Association (ABA) measured 2,185 bookstore businesses, 2,599 locations, and over 300 more members in 2023 than it had in 2019, making its highest membership levels in over 20 years. In August 2019, Daunt was appointed as Barnes & Noble’s CEO, presumably to “save” the retailer in a similar manner.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

After experiencing a shaky series of starts and stops, the brand closed down in 2018 and experienced a total re-birth after being acquired by Europerfumes in 2019. Inside Retail : What inspired you to purchase Commodity in 2019 and become the brand’s “re-founder”? If so, what locations are in mind?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Battersea Power Station Located in London, UK, Battersea Power Station has transformed a 170,000sqm development in the heart of central London into a community of homes, shops, bars, restaurants, cafes, offices and over 19 acres of public space. The centre is located 17 kilometres southeast of the Melbourne CBD.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

After opening its first global duty-free popup at Singapore’s Changi Airport last month, Decathlon has recently unveiled its strategic plan to expand to 37 “2-hour Click & Collect” locations islandwide by 2026. Two new Click & Collect stores are slated to open at Lot 1 next month and Jurong Point in October.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Located in a prime location on the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, the store originally opened to the public on July 11th 2019. Location: 253-259 Regent Street, London, England W1B 2ER. As part of our Revisited series, Retail Focus took a journey to the Microsoft Flagship in London.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Founded in 2019 with an 18,000sqft flagship outlet at Marina Square in Singapore, Kiztopia has carved out a niche operating mega indoor edutainment playgrounds for kids. The company is opening two new locations in Singapore soon. The second location will be at the Jewel Changi Airport, and is a collaboration with Toys ‘R’ Us.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Service retail such as hair, beauty, nail salons and gyms plunged by 3 per cent to 26 per cent since 2019 while specialty tenancies fell from 37.7 These spaces present fast and cost-effective Covid-proof opportunities to remain active, or to expand into new locations and markets.”. per cent last year to 6.7 per cent in 2017 to 30.9

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2023

Located at Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Foodle offers a combination of grocery shopping, dining, and take-home options. According to Roy Morgan Research conducted in 2019 , three of the four most popular cuisines favoured by Australians include Chinese, Thai and Indian cuisine. million in 2015. “For

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

The two stores that closed are located at Westfield Bondi Junction and in the Strand Arcade in Sydney’s CBD. Founded in 2002 by Sydney-based sisters Alexandra and Genevieve Smart, private-equity investor Alquemie Group took a majority stake in the business in 2019.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Showfields closed its Miami and New York City locations in July and September, respectively. It has three remaining bricks-and-mortar locations, in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Brooklyn. The Brooklyn store will be expanded by 2,500 sq feet, to 14,000 sq feet, to accommodate brands relocating from the two stores that closed.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2023

Meg’s Flowers is an online retailer owned by Flowerscorp that receives customer orders for floral and other gift products through its location-based websites or via its Brisbane call centre. The business does not operate any local shopfronts and fulfils orders through its network of subsidiaries.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2023

Retailers, particularly in tourist locations, were licking their chops, as well they might after so long when often the only sound they had been hearing in their stores was pins dropping. In the first six months of 2019, the Singapore Tourism Board recorded 9.32 million visits. This year in the same six-month period, arrivals were 6.28

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

In 2019, Kizik’s parent company, HandsFree Labs, received a minority stake investment from footwear giant Nike and last year the brand was stocked in five Nordstrom stores in the Midwest and West Coast. Innovative sneaker brand Kizi already has a firm toehold in the footwear industry.

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