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Retail Roulette – Why Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts are a complete gamble for retailers and consumers alike

Retail Focus

Now, securing sought after products at the best price is becoming increasingly chaotic for consumers, with prices fluctuating during a number of weeks across the Golden Quarter. Forget deal or no deal, it’s more like deal or disappointment for consumers, leaving much to be desired in terms of results for retailers.

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How GMG plans to win Southeast Asia’s sports retail market

Inside Retail

The country has a well-established retail ecosystem with high-traffic shopping malls, premium retail spaces and a digitally engaged consumer base. Despite its rapid expansion, GMG remains focused on a localised approach, tailoring its retail strategies to consumer behaviours in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

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Experts discuss Printemps’ chance of success in the US retail market

Inside Retail

The official opening of Printemps US marks a bold move on the French players part in an era when many luxury retailers are struggling to keep up. Jean-Marc Bellaiches mission to put hospitality as a central feature of Printemps New York is unique in US retail and the market is hungry for this, Driscoll noted.

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Why retailers must rethink their Meta and Google ad strategies in 2025

Inside Retail

The digitalisation of media has seen advertising budgets diverted towards social media campaigns and search engine marketing in Australia, 70 per cent of digital advertising spend goes to Meta and Google. For many retailers, these platforms have grown to consume the whole marketing funnel and their templated options have become the default.

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Immune to interest rates, young Aussie consumers are splurging

Inside Retail

According to Colliers’ research, Australian consumers have spent 27 per cent on dining and restaurant services in the year’s first quarter. The luxury retail market also expects spending to increase through 2027, up 5.4 million of the population. per cent annually, mainly by the same category.

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Why luxury Aussie retailers are missing a major consumer segment

Inside Retail

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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Super Retail Group’s sales rise in first 16 weeks

Inside Retail

. “The outlook for the consumer remains uncertain, given ongoing cost of living pressure on household budgets,” said Heraghty. ” The post Super Retail Group’s sales rise in first 16 weeks appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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