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JUNE 30, 2021

The retail industry in Malaysia has struggled during Covid, but shopping centre Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur has continued to find a way to reach consumers. Businesses that offer customers both physical and online store options tend to see higher customer engagement and sales. The demand for personalised customer experiences has increased.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Recent research has revealed that luxury Australia retailers aren’t doing enough to capture the attention of, and drive consumer spending by, migrants of Asian background and heritage. In order to do so effectively, she stressed the importance of understanding the various factors and intricacies that inform their consumer behaviour.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

So as more and more retailers integrate the benefits of AI into their growth strategy, what will be next for this transformative technology? Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience. The post Generative AI is supercharging retail, what does this mean for consumers? And how will it shape the way we shop?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a dynamic shift in consumer behaviour, three out of four shoppers are now exploring multiple online marketplaces before making a purchase. The surge in popularity of challenger marketplaces has resulted in consumers now visiting an average of three marketplaces every time they shop online.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Australian activewear brand Do You Even marked the start of its Big W retail partnership and its first range being stocked in the discount department store with a consumer launch event. The Do You Even range at Big W officially rolls out in over 150 stores nationwide on Monday, October 28. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

Shepard was inspired to start the brand based on his own experiences searching for such products, and he knew other consumers were looking for the same thing. An untapped apparel market Consumer demand for gender-neutral clothing or unisex fashion styles has been growing in recent years.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2022

The department store giant’s adjusted operating profit rose 85.5 The first principle, knowing your customers, is incredibly important to a luxury department store business like David Jones, Fyfe said. The post David Jones’ turnaround strategy buds as conditions normalise appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Earlier this month, several members of the Nordstrom family, including the company’s CEO Erik Nordstrom and president Pete Nordstrom, offered to acquire the legacy department store chain for US$3.8 The department store division has various structural challenges, while the off-price Rack division is starting to produce some good growth.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Myer currently operates 56 department stores across Australia, as well as its online business and in-house brands including Sass and Bide, Marcs and David Lawrence. It’s no secret that consumer-facing retail has had a tough year trying to stay price-competitive for customers. million and now account for 21.3

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

However, the merger plan faces a likely regulatory hurdle after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated a number of competition concerns. The Premier brands could also provide the department stores with expanded merchandise range options.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Following its 2020 marketing strategy rebrand, Parfums de Marly felt now was the right time to enter the Australian retail space with its French vision of excellence and luxury in opposition to standardisation, through in-store customer experience. For Australia, our strategy is pretty simple.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2024

IR : You’ve mentioned a few brands in the portfolio that are quite big in Australia; is there any consumer demographic in particular in Australia that is loving these products? NA: Well, in consumer demographics, not only talking about Australia, many of our brands have extremely healthy consumer demographics.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Where is Myer’s Wirth now Many experts recognise Wirth’s strong background in loyalty as one of the department store’s greatest assets. Under Wirth, Myer has hopefully redefined its strategy, streamlining operations for a balanced omnichannel approach,” Nick Gray, the founder of I Got You Consultancy, told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

L’Occitane purchased Dr Vranjes Firenze in January this year for a reported US$164 million, or approximately 12 times its core earnings, from Bluegum Capital Partners, a European private equity fund that specialises in consumer brands. Its work with premium Australian department store chain David Jones is an example of this.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Since the retailer’s establishment in 1858, Macy’s has become one of the most well-known department stores in the US, if not the world. Like many retailers, both in the US and internationally, Macy’s has been impacted by the decline in consumer interest in shopping in traditional department stores amidst the rise of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

A recent Myer trading update will have analysts and investors thinking long and carefully about the bold proposal by the department store for a merger with Premier Investments. The review of the Myer department store business and Myer Specialty Brands was initiated by John King, who retired as CEO in June.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

Australian omnichannel direct-to-consumer retailer Institchu has been offering made-to-measure suits since it launched 10 years ago, but now it’s on a growth trajectory, with the launch of its software-as-a-service product, Taper, and entry into new product categories. They think, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to a department store.’

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

While the vast majority of the French-headquartered company’s sales are still wholesaled through department stores and travel retailers, Moet Hennessy is starting to open more of its own stores in airports, stores-in-stores and standalone boutiques, typically located in the luxury precincts of major international cities.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2023

Consumers believe that sellers, distributors, and e-commerce stores share responsibility for ensuring product authenticity, with a desire for more ways to verify authenticity and reliable customer service. He said that the pandemic and related lockdowns and movement restrictions were a further blow to physical store operations.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This week, Macy’s announced plans to shut down 150 “underproductive” stores, more than one-fifth of its department store assemblage, over the next three years. However, Saunders warned that this expansion strategy alone won’t be enough to restore Macy’s to its prior status. “There are two things we know for sure.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Myer’s executive chair Olivia Wirth gave her first full-year earnings report to investors on Friday since officially stepping into the top job at the department store chain on June 4. Our [e-commerce] strategy is live and has been improving for some time. IR : Myer has come away from heavily relying on discounting strategies.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

The country’s growing economy and expanding middle class have created a favourable environment for global brands to set up shop and tap into a new consumer base. billion Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) shipments by 2030. Both strategies could work, in his opinion. “A billion, this still is a significant group.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Customer experience is almost as important to consumers as the product itself, and the experience of buying a luxury item directly from the designer is an area in which luxury brands are constantly investing. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. billion in 2024.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The beauty refill model In 2018, in line with its launch of lip oils, Fluff introduced its refillable compacts as a way to reduce product waste and lower costs for consumers. The idea was simple: limited supply could focus consumers’ attention. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

With customers continuing to seek more value as cost-of-living pressures bite, Wesfarmers’ Kmart Group is set to benefit from shifting consumer demand, and an increasingly strong value proposition. According to Scott, the result reflected a combination of customers’ changing demands, as well as the group’s solid pricing strategies. “As

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The term 1-per-center refers to the wealthiest 1 per cent of consumers. Which is why Mytheresa North American president Heather Kaminetsky said the ultimate secret to catering to the 1 per cent consumer is offering them the one thing money can’t buy: time. “I

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Retailers without a unified online and offline strategy will find it challenging to address the market requirements and expand their business,” asserts Sun. It is essential that retailers offer the same prices and promotions online and offline, and stock visibility online and click-and-collect are services consumers now expect.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The strategy behind the catalogue relaunch is not a hail mary to return J Crew to its former glory – the company’s sales are close to US$3 billion this year, according to its CEO Libby Wadle – but rather to evoke a sense of nostalgia amongst customers and reposition itself as the pioneer of all-American style.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s all about growing the brand’s direct-to-consumer and omnichannel presence in the region. A changing mindset According to Jain, the consumer mindset in India has also undergone a profound evolution. billion direct-to-consumer shipments by 2030. According to the foundation, new-age logistics players are expected to deliver 2.5

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

From using non-toxic paint in stores to digitising documents to avoid paper waste, more businesses are taking steps to make their physical operations more sustainable. That includes the Japanese department store chain Takashimaya. Takashimaya opened its first store in Kyoto, Japan, in 1831, selling gofuku (formal kimono).

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Anchorage struck gold with the $20 million acquisition of the Dick Smith consumer electronics chain from Woolworths Group in November 2012. Woolworths had written off more than $420 million restructuring the business, which was Australia’s largest consumer electronics chain by store count. No more balance sheet shuffle .

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE), the platform powering global direct-to-consumer e-commerce, announced today its partnership with Harrods, the world’s leading luxury department store, to enhance its international online operations.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the key trends that defined retail in 2023 was pop-up shops and how these experiential shopping experiences have taken hold over millennial and Gen Z consumers. Just this week, American department store chain Nordstrom announced a unique collaboration with the British fashion brand Paul Smith.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). While this seemed like an easy and sure-fire strategy, such linkages no longer appeal to millennials today. CASE STUDY : Neiwai.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The luxury market is a complicated space for multibrand retailers as high-end brands ramp up their direct-to-consumer presence at scale. To combat this, many luxury retailers have turned to discounting, especially online, to continue to attract customers, a strategy that juxtaposes the very essence of luxury.

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JULY 25, 2023

After 17 years of running its discount department stores separately, retail conglomerate Wesfarmers announced earlier this week that it would be consolidating the back end operation of Kmart Australia and Target Australia. Kmart Group CEO Ian Bailey said this was due to how difficult it has been to “get tech into Target”.

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