Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The store features giant head kinetic objects highlighting the brand’s compelling visual narratives. The flagship follows the openings of the label’s travel retail boutique at Sydney International Airport in November 2022 and a shop-in-shop at David Jones department store in Sydney last October.

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AUGUST 28, 2022

Living in a building of historic importance gives one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury department store companies that extra little bit of cache — the trick now is to find ways of being a retailer of future importance, a stiff hurdle upon which so many department store companies are stumbling. Footfall was up 6.4%

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. It also offers second-hand items in its London flagship store through a partnership with online resale platform Vestiaire Collective.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Sydney Airport and Heinemann will jointly introduce Australia’s first domestic terminal “department store” concept next July at T2 and T3. Spanning 1765sqm in T2 and 506sqm in T3, the new retail space’s offerings range from apparel, accessories, watches, jewellery, perfumes, and wines to spirits.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Japan’s storied department stores are riding a wave of overseas tourists, and although there is no sign yet of a wipeout, the cautious pronouncements of company executives indicate that it’s a wave they can’t ride on indefinitely. On the surface of it, department stores still have their mojo: sales in October rose by 5.3

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The biggest swing occurred in department store spending, which saw a 14.3 Especially in department stores, where the consumer appetite to spend appears to have fallen so dramatically between November and December? When it comes to the big department stores, there needs to be a differentiation.

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APRIL 27, 2021

Mosaic Brands is seeing positive results from the implementation of a digital department store strategy across several of its core apparel brands, including Noni B, Rivers, Millers and Katies. Mosaic’s department store move isn’t exactly unique in the fashion industry. Leveraging loyalty. million names in June 2020.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

An old TopShop store in north London’s Brent Cross shopping centre has been revived after two years of sitting empty since the fast fashion brand closed down. It’s now a vibrant pop-up department store selling pre-loved clothing organised collaboratively by 10 charities. We believe in the circular economy and the good pound.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Department stores globally are adjusting their product offer to reflect rapid changes in the menswear category as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the category wears off. But last year menswear rebounded to its pre-pandemic levels, reaching on average 14 per cent of total department-store sales.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

” Department store sales climbed 3.7 billion, while clothing, footwear, and accessories rose 0.5 “Department stores fared particularly well, capitalising on the Boxing Day sales and the final few weeks before Christmas with a range of promotional events.” per cent to $1.83 per cent to $14.18

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APRIL 30, 2024

per cent while clothing, footwear and accessories fell 0.4 Department stores dipped 0.3 “The Taylor Swift-inspired boost in turnover for fashion and accessory retailers last month has proved to be temporary with an instant reversal this month,” said Ben Dorber, ABS head of retail statistics.

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JULY 3, 2024

Meanwhile, clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 0.2 Department store sales also declined 1.7 The discretionary categories are being hit the hardest, as seen with household goods, clothing and department stores,” said Fleur Brown, chief industry affairs officer at the Australian Retailers Association.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

The store joins RM Williams’ existing locations in London’s New Bond Street and Berwick Street, Soho.  Another UK store will open in Cambridge in December. The store will feature RM Williams’ new retail design concept, which it introduced at its Sydney flagship last year.

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MAY 3, 2023

billion in stores and online, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). per cent, department store sales at 4.7 per cent and clothing, footwear and accessories sales at 3.6 Retail spending rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year in March as consumers spent more than $35.3 Other retailing increased by 1.6

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JUNE 22, 2021

Luxury goods group LVMH unveiled on Monday the revamped La Samaritaine, a 150-year-old department store designed to help it grab a greater slice of tourist spending once pandemic travel curbs are eased. A view inside the revamped Samaritaine department store ahead of its reopening in Paris, France, June 21, 2021.

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MARCH 27, 2024

This led to increased spending on clothing, merchandise, accessories and dining out,” ABS head of retail statistics Ben Dorber said. ” ABS data showed that clothing, footwear and accessories sales rose 4 per cent, the strongest growth across all categories. Department stores’ sales increased 3.7

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JUNE 28, 2022

Department stores saw the strongest growth at 5.1 On the contrary, clothing, footwear, and personal accessory retailing recorded a decline of 1.4 Seasonally adjusted Australian retail sales grew in May by 10.4 per cent year on year according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). per cent and 0.8

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JULY 30, 2024

Department stores came in second as its sales grew 4.2 Clothing, footwear, and accessories sales jumped 2.2 The ‘other’ category, which includes cosmetics, sports and recreational goods, saw the strongest growth of 6.3 per cent, with sales hitting $5.68 per cent to $ 1.89 billion, followed by food, which increased 3.1

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The store offers the brand’s celebrated collections including tutus, dresses, resortwear, and accessories crafted for young fashion enthusiasts. ­­The Children’s couture brand Tutu Du Monde has opened its first flagship location, in Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Meanwhile, clothing, footwear, and accessories fell 1.7 billion and department stores slid 1.3 Cafes, restaurants, and takeaway sales grew 2.5 per cent to $5.38 billion while food sales went up 1.9 per cent to $14.23 per cent to $2.93 Household goods declined 1.4 per cent to $5.77 per cent to $1.88

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Department store giant David Jones unveiled the latest Spring/Summer collections this week in its Elizabeth Street flagship in Sydney. The runway featured local and international brands such as Aje, Camilla and Marc, Hugo Boss, P.E. Nation, Carla Zampatti, Matteau, Balmain, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen.

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MAY 27, 2024

Clothing, footwear, and accessories sales suffered the largest decline of 2.5 Department store sales also decreased 1.3 National Retail Association interim CEO Lindsay Carroll said the April retail trade had gone backwards in real terms, given that the 0.1 per cent, according to the ABS data. Household goods fell 1.3

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Originally scheduled for an October 2020 opening, the seventh location for this family-run department store was caught in the middle of the global predicament – to build or not to build, to cancel or push on? The wrong clothes and accessories at the wrong time of year could be the nail in the coffin to an already bad year.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Department store David Jones has launched a re-sale clothing initiative called Reloop in partnership with fashion rental company GlamCorner. Bridget Veals, David Jones GM of womenswear, footwear and accessories, said the company is committed to ethical, environmental and climate-conscious practices in the retail space.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

“July sales for clothing, footwear and personal accessories, department stores and cafes and restaurants were up significantly compared to 12 months prior, highlighting the impacts on those businesses at this time last year when they had to close their physical stores,” he said. “The per cent and 1.2

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JULY 10, 2023

Japan’s department stores bear a striking resemblance to cruise ships: they’re big, luxurious, move glacially and serve an ageing customer. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) reports that department stores led the retail sales recovery through the first five months of the year. per cent gain.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Clothing, footwear, and accessories grew 0.5 billion, and department stores went up 0.1 July turnover grew 2.3 per cent year over year to $36.16 billion, with the ‘other retailing’ segment, which includes cosmetics, sports, and recreational goods, recording the highest growth, of 5.5 per cent, reaching $5.66

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Department store sales increased 0.4 ” Sales fell in the household goods, clothing, footwear, and accessories categories, attributed to the decline in discretionary spending. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed that retail turnover amounted to $35.77 billion during the month, up 1.2 Food sales rose 3.3

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MARCH 29, 2022

Despite supply chain disruptions, departments stores recorded a 5 per cent increase after months of decline. Clothing, footwear and personal accessories recorded a 17.8-per-cent Retail sales continued to perform well in February recording a 9.1 per cent.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Clothing, footwear and accessories rebounded from a decline in July, up 1.4 per cent), while department stores dropped slightly by 0.6 The growth was largely driven by sales from the cafes, restaurants, and takeaway industry, which rose 8 per cent, followed by food with a 3.5 per cent increase. per cent in August.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

billion, while department store sales went up 1.3 Clothing, footwear and personal accessory sales inched 1.1 . “Food and takeaway again led the spending growth, and this is consistent with what we’ve seen all year – shoppers are prioritising the essentials in a cost-of-living crisis,” said ARA CEO Paul Zahra.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The data, care of the ABS, demonstrates the prolonged impact lockdowns around the country are having on the retail industry: clothing, footwear and personal accessories sales fell 17.4 per cent, department stores 15.9 per cent, household goods 5.9 per cent and cafes, restaurants and takeaway food 0.8 Food retailing rose 2.7

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APRIL 18, 2023

per cent and clothes, footwear and personal accessories at 2.8 Department-store sales were strong with 7.4 This year’s Easter sales were driven by food retailing contributing $3.6 billion – up 8.6 Sales from cafes, restaurants, and of takeaways rose 4.6 per cent, followed by other retailing at 3.9

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JUNE 23, 2024

Department store group Myer has proposed to combine its business with Premier Investments’ Apparel Brands, comprising Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Portmans, Jacqui E and Dotti. The proposal is non-binding, indicative and conditional.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

Department stores and the foodservice sector drove “unprecedented” Boxing Day sales growth across Australia according to data from the Australian Retailers Association and Westpac DataX. per cent on 2021, with department-store sales of $149 million up by 23.6 Spending on apparel and accessories surged 19.8

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The brand has grown to have a presence in 80 countries through a distribution network encompassing 1200 points of sale across stand-alone stores, franchises, department stores, multi-brand leather goods stores, travel retail and e-commerce websites.

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