Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In fashion, where the majority of brands design up to only a size 16, the plus-size market (women who wear size 18-plus) is often neglected, leaving limited options for millions of women. Lack of representation in marketing When plus-size women shop, they rarely see models who look like them. But there is still a gap in the market.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

US thrift giant Savers has opened two new megastores in Australia this year, and the “Got it at Vinnies” campaign is transforming charity shops into trendy vintage hotspots. As an occasional buyer and seller of second-hand fashion, I’ve been watching the trend with interest. Thrifting is huge right now.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

High-profile fashion collaborations are nothing new, but does making luxury accessible and marketing it to a younger audience come at a cost? For 80 to 1,100 Snap Tokens— users can shop designer collections from Valentino, Prada and Miu Miu for their Bitmoji avatars. billion Bitmoji avatars globally.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Australian fashion label delivers a unique in-store retail experience. Its just the way I like to shop. It’s a personalised experience and we wanted the customer to feel like they’re in a beautiful home when shopping in-store, Bartel said. If the Apple store was a womenswear boutique, it would be Henne.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Their ability to create highly curated experiences that are tailored to regional tastes, cultural preferences, and local consumers is made possible by this approach. In a world where consumers value authenticity, it’s important for brands to reflect the cultural heritage of a location to avoid appearing detached or overly globalised.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Australian consumers are becoming more conscious of the social, environmental, and economic implications of their purchasing choices. A recent report by Baptist World Aid, based on responses from over 2000 Australians surveyed by research firm McCrindle in September, revealed an increased awareness of the impact of consumer choices.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull has continued to expand its leading offer with the arrival of Spanish fashion retailer Mango. Ardent UK acquired Touchwood in summer 2021, the first major shopping centre acquisition since the onset of the pandemic, in a deal that effectively called the retail investment market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

Fashion has embraced technology at every turn from social media to virtual change rooms, yet consumers’ wardrobes have remained analogue. A closet full of clothes and nothing to wear is an age-old problem that has only been exacerbated by the convenience of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Hot on the heels of being named the Australian Fashion Laureates Emerging Designer of the Year, Gabriella Pereira this month opened the doors to the first physical retail concept this month for her label Beare Park. My legacy is about creating things that last and are loved, not just consumed. GP: Interestingly, no.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Window shopping is about to get a whole lot more exciting, with Australian designer fashion brand Oroton launching augmented reality try-on mirrors across the window displays of its stores in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building and Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall. We are only just scratching the surface.”

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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 7, 2023

The intersection of technology and sustainability is redefining the fashion landscape in Asia, and one of the leaders of this movement is Smthgood, a marketplace with a mission. Smthgood is a social commerce platform that combines user-generated lookbooks with a fashion marketplace that is focused on conscious fashion brands.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2025

million Australian households shopped online last year, with the highest expenditure on online marketplaces (almost $16 billion), food and liquor ($13.6 billion), and fashion and apparel ($9.6 Five billion people now use social media, and retailers cant ignore the progressive shift to shopping on social channels.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Emporium Melbourne shopping centre has welcomed a slew of high-profile retailers in the past month. By introducing first-to-market brands like On and Ganni, alongside globally recognised flagships like Lululemon and Uniqlo, we ensure that our retail mix resonates with Melbourne’s diverse, fashion-savvy audience.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2025

While some retailers have reversed course on their support for changing the date after the failed Voice to Parliament referendum and public backlash, Melbourne-based social enterprise and fashion label Homie is standing in solidarity with First Nations people on January 26.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Australian fashion label Ena Pelly has opened its first physical store in Melbourne, coinciding with the introduction of EP Athleisure, a new sportswear line. EP Athleisure Collection 01 is available to shop via the Ena Pelly website.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2024

Australian online personal styling service Threadicated has launched its Curated Collection, an AI technology to provide a new personalised shopping experience. Threadicated primarily offers consumers tailor-made apparel and accessories that are precisely suited to their individual style and body form.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2023

This week, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week saw fashion designers and brands descend on Sydney’s Carriageworks to showcase, and define, what’s next for the industry. The Australian fashion and textile industry is at a pivotal moment,” wrote AFC CEP Leila Naja Hibri. The future, according to Eisen, is looking green.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

In the world of fashion, it has been speculated that it could be possible that future designs on the runways of London, Milan, New York and Paris, could come from generative artificial intelligence programs. According to Sarah Neill, CEO and founder of Mys Tyler , the world of fashion has been ripe for disruption for a long time now.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Silk Laundry was founded by Katie Kolodinski in 2015 and has earned a reputation in the fashion industry for its considered approach to design. Kolodinski’s personal ethos of sustainability is a thread that seamlessly runs throughout the fashion brand, from fabric sourcing to the design and construction of Silk Laundry’s garments. “I

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

Fashion brand Farage has launched a five-story concept store in Sydney, as it marks its 25th year in the industry. The post Fashion label Farage opens five-story concept store in Sydney appeared first on Inside Retail. Meanwhile, creative offices on the fourth level act as the hub for Farage’s design and commercial operations.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 18, 2024

The term “circular fashion” serves as both a challenge to the fashion industry’s traditional model of take-make-waste and a solution to its environmental impact. But while luxury fashion houses are well-versed in repairs, discussions around circular fashion for premium brands are often limited to rental and resale marketplaces.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The odd one out Last week, LVMH reported a 3 per cent fall in sales for the third quarter, which the company attributed to China’s weak consumer confidence. Fashion and leather goods fell 5 per cent to €9.15 The company has posted a sales increase of 11.3 billion, while watches and jewellery dropped 4 per cent to €2.39

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

Apart from giving to the needy (Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam), giving cash handshakes (salam tempel) and splurging on their traditional homecoming (mudik) during the festival of Eid-al-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan, they also like to shop for stuff if they have the means.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2023

The fashion industry has long found itself in a race to be the fastest. The latest brand to capitalise on this trend is luxury fashion house Incu, which, in a partnership with Uber Direct, can now deliver its products to customers in under two hours. We’ve been working really hard at that.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Armadale’s High Street has become one of the most expensive shopping destinations in Melbourne and the row of retailers is essentially a who’s who of Australian fashion. All the connotations that come with high street shopping carry through to Armadale’s High Street with its pedestrian walkways lined with shops.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Today, the Salomon customer includes Pilates princesses whose ‘fit checks’ on social media have contributed to the virality of the shoe styles, whilst the brand still caters to its core original consumer of adventure seekers. Providing consumers with more paths to purchase the brand has helped drive Salomon’s viral success in recent years.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Earlier this year, the company quietly removed Monki’s larger sizes “due to low demand” and to cut costs, a move not well received by consumers. “The logic is what it is, but the decision is difficult to swallow for consumers,” said the news outlet. Weekday has 47 stores in 14 markets and 29 regional online stores.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Indian retail conglomerate Reliance Retail has introduced an app in India to sell Sheins fashion products through a licensing agreement, marking the Chinese brand’s return after a five-year ban due to diplomatic tensions. This stand-alone app will be expected to compete with other fashion retailers like Walmart-owned Myntra.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Australian knitwear brand Mia Fratino is on a mission to disrupt the fashion industry and change for the better the way stores – and consumers – buy clothes. IR : Earlier this year, you called on the fashion industry to realign the sales calendar with the seasons. But when it comes to fashion, we’ve got a fair way to go.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

But before you start overhauling your supply chain or re-thinking your business’ carbon footprint, here are some insights from consumers on what makes a successful – and authentic – sustainable retailer. Here’s why a shopper will choose to shop with you. Consistency is key. Shoppers want to contribute. Download the report here.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

Spanish retailer Mango is honing in on adaptable clothing to help customers adjust to wild swings in temperature as climate change makes fashion less seasonal, Chief Executive Toni Ruiz told Reuters. “Before, when you came back from summer, all the shops were full of winter clothes,” Ruiz said in an interview.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These leading retail executives discussed key factors in creating a unified and satisfying customer experience, such as building a multi-tier shopping experience or curating an optimal product selection. Both fashion-focused executives explained that it includes taking the difficult but often necessary step of cutting underperforming brands.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The brand also plans to open a “shop-in-shop” in the iconic department store in May this year, affirming that wholesale remains a key pillar of Levi’s DTC-first strategy. Lucia Marcuzzo, Managing Director of Europe at Levi Strauss & Co says : At Levi’s, DTC-first doesn’t mean DTC-only.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. Platform is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter shopping centre – indeed, it acts as a platform for independent brands to thrive. Major department store, tick. Supermarket giant, tick.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

. “Priceline’s relentless innovation and continued efforts to refine its digital and physical retail offering have positioned it at the forefront of the Australian market not just as a pharmacy but a leading omnichannel shopping destination for consumers,” said the judges.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

AirRobe is a fashion tech company that is aiming to kick the resale market into high gear. Inside Retail : Resale has been on fashion’s radar for a few years now. The customer who wants to shop in the primary space and easily resell their wardrobe later is very distinct to the customer who wants to shop pre-loved.

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