Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In case anyone was still questioning the ability of organic content to catapult retail sales, kitchen tool company OXO reported a dramatic increase in sales when the cucumber salad was at its social peak. “[Our

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

With 2024s peak shopping season in the rearview mirror, consumer spending behaviours and responses to major retail sales events are coming into focus. Examining where and when people shopped reveals valuable insights for retailers as they hone their strategies ahead. per cent to $51 billion.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

According to data provided by Adobe Analytics, online Black Friday shopping in the US hit new heights in 2024, with consumers spending a record US$10.8 To put these numbers into perspective, that is more than double what US consumers spent online on Black Friday 2017, which drove US$5.03 billion online on Friday,​ up 10.2

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Retail Focus

APRIL 2, 2025

Regarding marketing and selling products to consumers, product imagery is unquestionably one of the most important selling points. When considering the prevalence and dominance of e-commerce and digital shopping channels, traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores may question where this leaves them.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Alibaba Group Holding missed analysts’ estimates for second-quarter sales on Friday, as persistent economic uncertainty sapped consumer spending in China and weighed on the e-commerce group’s domestic business. per cent rise in sales across all major e-commerce platforms, according to data provider Syntun.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

Indeed, many retailers will happily say goodbye to 2024, a period when high inflation and interest rates remained persistent and an ongoing cost-of-living crisis crushed consumer sentiment to its lowest in 45 years, all of which resulted in anaemic national year-on-year retail sales growth. How did they adapt?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale events have turbo-charged Christmas trading, with the month of November overtaking December in total retail sales for each of the past three years. Retailers are hoping for more Christmas cheer this year from Black Friday on 25 November and the Cyber Monday promotion three days later.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 29, 2025

Caledonia Park achieved record-breaking performance in 2024, with total sales surpassing 2023 levels and footfall up 8%, underlining the impact of its targeted leasing strategy tailored to evolving consumer demands.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Vincom Retail is Vietnam’s biggest mall operator by dint of opening malls here, there and everywhere, but is this the right strategy? Its continuing stagnation in key operating metrics on a year-over-year basis, despite rising retail sales and a sound economy, is concerning. per cent in the first nine months of the year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Its economic data analysis will include retail sales at its August meeting with speculation around another increase in interest rates. Retailers are praying for a most unlikely cut to interest rates or, at least, a hold on them at the August board meeting. per cent fall in seasonally adjusted sales.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2024

The bad news was that company CFO Mat Friend admitted that Nike fell short of its plan, telling investors on its June 27 conference call: “We experienced meaningful shifts in consumer traffic in key markets – particularly in Greater China, where brick-and-mortar traffic declined as much as double-digits versus prior year.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the big two dominating the retail landscape with 65 per cent of the retail market, most consumers have limited choice when it comes to buying groceries. As consumers are feeling price-stressed and inflation hits our pockets, there are increasing questions as to whether they really have our best interests at heart.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The retailer also expanded its vision centres and pharmacies with private screening rooms, and placed digital touchpoints throughout the store to provide information of products and services. And it added new “dollar shops” for consumers to pick through seasonal, more affordably priced items. billion in 2017.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“It is quite the milestone, it does mean we’ve officially taken the designer crown of being the longest-running consumer fashion event in Australia,” Matthew Flinn, MFW senior manager, told Inside Retail. Since 2020, MFW has delivered $80 million in economic impact for the city of Melbourne.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2023

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. METI says Japan retail sales in the January-May period totaled 66,050 billion yen (about $693 billion at current exchange rates), up 6.0 per cent from a year ago.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 16, 2025

Note that although Makro is billed as a wholesaler, its customer base includes an enthusiastic consumer segment that prefers the Makro bulk-buy experience and uses it as an alternative go-to for products it cannot get at a regular supermarket. Revenues for this segment amounted to 3.6 billion baht (US$100.7 million), slightly down (-1.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2022

Locally, the retail industry sustained substantial growth throughout the first pandemic affected year (2020-2021). For the year to June 2021, consumer retail spending grew by 9.1 But most significantly, I think it shows how quickly our new retail habits have become second nature, with 9.4 Yes, you read that right.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2022

The retail industry has cause for a touch of optimism entering the next financial year but it is unlikely that the rollercoaster ride is over for everyone. Retail sales for the first four months of 2022 are showing encouraging growth but the devil is in the detail, with the underlying driver of the increased revenue levels being inflation.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) states that retail sales were up 6.8 In September, sales were up 5.5 So the latest data hasn’t altered the top-line growth story too much, other than a small drift downward. This, too, is roughly in line with the trend for the first nine months of the year.

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Retail Bound

MARCH 27, 2025

In this post, well explore why training matters, the challenges retailers face, and actionable strategies to make it workhighlighting how tools like the Coherence Training Hub can elevate success in tech and consumer electronics retail. Measuring Training Effectiveness You cant improve what you dont measure.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Australian consumers are continuing to tighten their budgets as the cost-of-living crisis – including high interest rates – bites into their disposable income. per cent increase in retail sales, Tasmania up by 0.7 By state, SA and ACT are expected to record a 1.2 per cent, WA by 0.5 per cent, the NT by 0.3 per cent and 0.2

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’m all about making sure our [retail partners] like Saks have the same amazing customer experience [as our consumers], even though it’s business-to-business. We still have to make sure we’re able to facilitate an international business,” Cusack told Inside Retail. The initiative is back again this year.

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Retail Bound

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore how product videos can benefit retail sales and why they should be an integral part of any brand’s marketing strategy. This, in turn, can help to increase customer loyalty and drive repeat sales. This not only builds trust with customers but also increases the chances of making a sale.

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Compliantia

JULY 28, 2023

The 4th quarter is essential to a retailer’s bottom line. It is the biggest quarter for retail sales in the United States. Q4 is an opportunity a retail business simply cannot pass. The biggest quarter for retail sales The months between October and December are “the holiday season”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Thai economy has a fit of the wobbles and the government wants to do something to get consumers up and spending. But in the annals of retail spending stimulus programs, the digital currency handout scheme that the new national government has in the works is just a little bit weird.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The bottom line is also blossoming, with after-tax profit up 63 per cent year on year for the first nine months. It also operates a smaller format called Vincom+ to address the needs of consumers in secondary locations (15 malls), and Vincom Center (7 malls), another CBD concept with a GFA of 40-60,000 square metres.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I’ll start with a particularly interesting one that has strong voices on either side: what proportion of sales will be online in 2022? Last year, I interviewed Jonathan Reeves from Eagle Eye for my Shopology show and he predicted that online would account for half of retail sales by 2030. Why online will grow: consumer trial.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 14, 2021

The Guardian reported that retail sales jumped over 5% as Covid restrictions started to be eased in April 2021. This is a boon to the retail sector in the UK and it is hoped that this is a sign of the high street re-emerging. Any retailer that ignores ecommerce is letting a potentially huge sales opportunity slip by.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The store line-up at Fukaya-Hanazono features leading high-end brands that Japanese shoppers love, including Bally, Dsquared2, Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, Valentino, and Versace. The format is far from saturated and the global economy is likely to slow in 2023, increasing consumers’ motivation to look for bargains.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Weiss launched Glossier at a time of intense investor interest in direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies. The brand also faced allegations of toxic internal work culture and backlash from consumers disappointed by the lack of an inclusive product shade range. What’s been going on with Glossier?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2023

Ten consecutive cash rate rises, as well as grocery price increases of almost 10 per cent during the three months to December 2022, could set the scene for the next major retail sales event: Easter. per cent on 2022, and which outstrips base-line inflationary increases. billion during Easter – a figure which is up 14.5

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RetailMinded

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Last year, almost 17% of retail sales were returned, amounting to more than $760 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. How can online retailers prepare for the slew of inevitable returns during holiday season? Consumers will be using more caution while spending this holiday season.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It makes investments only in energy efficiency and technology that will have a clear benefit to the bottom line. The top line benefited somewhat from currency fluctuations but not enough to take away from a fundamentally sound result. However, retail sales have somewhat defied the odds, rising again in December by 7.4

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2023

With the pandemic fading in the rearview mirror, inflation becoming more subdued and consumer confidence returning, the home improvement sector is heating up along with Thailand’s summer weather. The company believes sales are now on a sustainable pathway, following 7.5 per cent growth in 2022, bringing total retail sales to 65.1

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2022

IR: With the rise of e-commerce, why do you think these physical retail experiences are still important for retailers and consumers and do you see it becoming a larger part of MCoBeauty’s strategy in the future?

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Creative Displays Now

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sellers sometimes ask why using temporary displays is required to maintain their sales or gain new customers consistently. A temporary display can make a difference in your retail sales, reaching an audience that might spend less time on the internet than your online shoppers. Drawing Interest. Providing Information.

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