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E-commerce sales fall as cost-of-living pressures hit consumers

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As inflation and rising interest rates start to bite and reduce consumers’ spending capacity and confidence, Australian e-commerce sales declined sharply in July. . This shows that consumers are researching online to find the product they are after before they head to a retail store to buy it. Representing 19.3 Search engines.

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Australians return to the malls despite a plunge in consumer confidence

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Australians are returning to shopping malls as Covid fears subside with Scentre Group reporting customer visitations up 12 per cent on 2021 levels during the first quarter. Scentre group’s figures came out on the same day as the latest consumer confidence data from Westpac shows a decline of 5.6 per cent to 90.4 per cent in 2022.”.

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Ikea and Sephora: Why businesses need to go beyond the bottom line

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Sephora CEO and president Jean-André Rougeot at this week’s National Retail Federation’s State of Retail and the Consumer conference. It also makes us more successful commercially because there is such a diverse consumer now in America. If we need to succeed in the long term, we need to be able to talk to those consumers.

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Post-Christmas trading period to hit $21 billion: ARA

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Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said high vaccination rates across most of the country would contribute to higher in-store spending, and that two years spent in relative isolation will have allowed many consumers to build up a savings chest – allowing retailers to target higher spending levels.

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Tween beauty: Are brands crossing the line?

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As I listened to the ongoing debate among consumers, I wondered how brands were responding. After all, good business dictates that wherever a market exists, there is potential for financial gain, especially considering that tweens are the next generation of consumers. billion from 2021 to 2026, with a steady annual growth rate of 6.5

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AFC leading scheme to create ‘clothing circularity’ in Australia

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Launching in November 2021 and ending in March 2023, the scheme will provide a roadmap to hit ‘clothing circularity’ in Australia by 2030, in line with the National Waste Policy Action Plan targets, and is powered by a $1 million grant from the Federal Government.

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Why Asian e-commerce giant GoTo is cutting costs despite top-line growth

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For GoTo, the company formed in May 2021 by a merger between Tokopedia and Gojek, 2022 is shaping up to be the year that it has made serious strides toward profitability. per cent in 2021. per cent in the first 9 months of 2021. Part of the spending was aimed at poaching the best talent from other companies. per cent last year.

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