Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The use of videos as part of a retail marketing strategy is a tried and tested method to catch consumers’ attention and drive sales. From TV shopping channels to online shopping, videos have demonstrated that they are the best method to connect with customers at the convenience of their own home.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Covid-19 hit the reset button on consumer behaviour. But it is not just the initial seismic shifts in consumer behaviour that have thrown down the gauntlet for retail. But it is not just the initial seismic shifts in consumer behaviour that have thrown down the gauntlet for retail. Shopping with purpose.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Booktopia is being taken to Federal Court after an ACCC investigation found it had misled consumers about their rights in the event of receiving faulty or damaged goods. These stipulations fly in the face of Australian Consumer Law, argued ACCC chair Rod Sims. The ACCC is seeking penalties, declarations, costs and “other orders“.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

Now more than ever, it’s critical to understand the latest consumer expectations — and be ready to adapt. Looking ahead to the future of online shopping, three key trends in particular are likely to have lasting implications. Direct-to-consumer selling. Australians spent an unprecedented $50.46 Fulfilment of the future.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2021

Australian consumers are poised to lead the country’s economic recovery through shopping, though retailers will need to compete for their dollars as more opportunities for spending open up. per cent throughout most of 2020-21 – the highest growth in a decade – though a modest 0.9 An astonishing 5.5

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Retail Focus

APRIL 20, 2024

Despite the Government refusing to overturn the abolition of the duty-free shopping for tourists in the Spring Budget, now half (50%) of UK consumers want the scheme to be reinstated, according to the latest research from Retail Technology Show (RTS), the leading event that connects retail’s changemakers and leading tech innovators.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

The business surveyed 2000 global consumers to compile the data, releasing the report to highlight retailer opportunities that continue to arise in the sector. As shown in the study, Australian consumers have consistently reported lower spending hesitancy on e-commerce platforms since 2020 as a result of Covid-19. “In

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Freshippo’s items will be available through Ebest’s shopping app and website, with a product selection tailored to the Australian market, including Chinese delicacies such as snacks, juices, tea drinks, and culinary sauces.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2022

per cent in November compared to the same period of 2020, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Tuesday, while online spend, driven by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, rose 22.8 ” One thing that has remained consistent, however, according to eStore Logistics’ Leigh Williams, is the continuing popularity of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

The continued rise in online shopping has delivered online bookseller Booktopia another strong period, with third quarter underlying EBITDA up 267 per cent to $4.2 This third quarter, however, is cycling against the first trading period impacted by widespread lockdowns and the initial burst of online shopping that followed. “It

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Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

In support of the capital’s creatives thriving through the pandemic, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City are hosting social media brands that originated as side hustles in 2020 to support small business as non-essential retail re-opens. Fairholme Studio – Fairholme Studio is a candle brand; born during the lockdown in 2020.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

million at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. It acted as a platform for consumers to interact with and learn about a rotating variety of omnichannel and digitally native brands, by way of QR codes. Showfields closed its Miami and New York City locations in July and September, respectively. Can Showfields make a comeback?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2024

Little Birdie is an AI-powered price-comparison shopping platform that launched in 2021, with $30 million in funding from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, before suspending operations in May. Our vision is to be the ultimate shopping companion,” Anthony Seymour-Walsh, CEO of CashRewards, told Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 19, 2022

Long before Covid, retailers were lacking a certain originality having become too transactional, but in the years leading up to 2020, imaginative changes were already being made to re-engage consumers. Something that’s prevalent in articles from 2020 and in recent months, is the need for stores to be agile and flexible.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2021

The initiative will double the number of Australia Post parcel locker locations to more than 1000 giving customers more options for receiving their online shopping and parcels. More than 9 million households shop online, the postal service reports.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social commerce – shopping on social media platforms – is expected to reach US$1.2 As far back as May 2020, an Ipsos study indicated that two-thirds of Americans were buying directly on, or discovering products through, social media. TikTok’s Hashtag Challenge Plus enables users to shop for products associated with a sponsored hashtag.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2022

AR has a wide variety of potential applications, from allowing consumers to virtually try on clothes or see how products fit within their own homes, to enabling employees and designers to better explore product features. Our survey asked respondents about their general experience with AR in shopping situations (57.9

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Emerging shopping platforms. It’s no secret that online shopping became more prevalent during the pandemic, so naturally social media platforms adjusted to this and became an increasingly popular shopping outlet. The number of Australian consumers who made purchases through social media in 2020 was 5.3

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2022

During the Covid lockdowns, Costco remained a ‘destination shop’ for Melbournians as members travelled long distances to shop at the store, buying in bulk when regulations allowed. billion in 2020 to $2.8 billion in 2020 to $2.8 “Melbourne is a growth area and we’d like build there as soon as we get the approvals.”.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the Black Friday 2024 shopping frenzy approaches, Australian retailers are gearing up for their biggest challenge yet – managing skyrocketing demand while staying efficient. To seize this massive opportunity, retailers must ensure smooth, scalable shopping experiences, and automation is the way forward. The key to thriving?

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

While the everyday consumer has become pri c e-sensitive with the growing costs of living in the US, the 1 per cent is still spending – to a point where the luxury shopping market has become more competitive than ever. The retail expert noted that “for discretionary luxury shopping in physical retail, this is paramount”.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As restrictions ease, and consumers in Australia’s most populous states regain some basic freedoms, the recovery can now get underway. However, while retailers and consumers alike would be eager to put 2021 behind them, the research suggests recent events have yet again reshaped the way people shop and spend.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

The unprecedented disruptions of 2020 unravelled retail assumptions and exemplified retailers’ resilience in the face of drastically changed customer demands. Shopping at the edge” will expand. Digital, mobile, chatbots, social, curb-side — shopping now happens anywhere and anytime. Personalisation is the new black.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As Chinese consumer spending on luxury goods continues to surge, luxury brands are doing everything they can to enhance their overall appeal. According to Euromonitor research, Chinese consumer spending on luxury goods is expected to hit $88 billion by 2028.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Australian liquor retailers are facing stiff competition for a share of consumer spending, according to consumer intelligence company NIQ (Nielsen IQ). “Online liquor sales experienced a boom in 2020 to 2021, and we are seeing this taper off and normalize”, Sheridan concluded.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

The March rebound also reflected the increase in spending relative to the start of the COVID-19 period in March 2020. The HSI covers around 55 per cent of Australia’s total consumer spend across seven categories: home buying, retail, travel, education, entertainment, motor vehicles, and health and fitness.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2020, 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services, leaving them at risk to devastating but preventable diseases,” said UNICEF Australia chief executive Tony Stuart. Through the platform, Adyen absorbs the cost of the donation, which allows 100 per cent of the donation goes directly to the charity.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

billion in 2020 (Mordor Intelligence, 2021), Australians are major consumers of health and beauty products worldwide. Progressive retailers should be leveraging this white space to provide replacement experiences that give consumers an equal sense of belonging and connectedness to the brand, and to their family and friends, from home.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

Online shopping platform Zalora expects e-commerce to remain resilient despite the economic uncertainties facing businesses in Southeast Asia and an increasingly dimming global economy. One example of this in the world of fashion is the transition from live streaming to augmented reality shopping.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Consumers will be even more selective, payment flexibility and innovation will be vital, and new tools to boost online security will gain momentum. million Australians shopped online, marking a new record. Looking more closely, the drivers of digital activity reflect the circumstances and preferences of Australian consumers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

During the economic and social crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers went from valuing long-standing relationships with their favourite brands to focusing on price and availability above all else. What they want now, more than ever before, is a truly personal shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The relative success of some prominent retailers can’t mask the vacant shopfronts in shopping malls, let alone the tenancies that remain open courtesy only of short- or even long-term rent concessions.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

He said, however, that there is strong support from many consumers for a Dan Murphy’s store in the NT, but he wouldn’t confirm whether it’s something Woolworths would consider in the near future. “We According to Bowden, now more than ever, consumers expect brands to deliver upon moral, social and ethical goals. “At per cent at Coles.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

With consumer confidence sinking to its lowest in 30 years this week, most retailers now have a negative outlook of their businesses for the next three months according to the Australian Retailers Association. . Meanwhile, ARA CEO Paul Zahra expressed concerns about seeing low foot traffic in major shopping destinations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2023

There was huge momentum behind the ‘shop local’ movement over the last few years, as consumers were restricted to certain locations during Covid-19 lock-downs, and felt connected to the success and survival of local businesses. Consumers are certainly continuing to support local stores, and localism is still going strong.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2021

While there’s no doubt that 2020 was a tough year for all retailers, Australian denim brand Jeanswest had a steeper hill to climb than most, starting out the year under voluntary administration with the closure of 37 stores, the loss of 263 staff and owing $50 million to creditors. Yeung said there will be store growth in all states. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2024

The reported closure of Microsoft’s brick-and-mortar stores managed by authorised retail partners in China has raised questions about the tech giant’s strategy in the world’s second-largest economy and whether the move is counterintuitive when the market’s consumer electronics sector has seen a sign of recovery. billion, in 2023.

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