Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2023

On the sales front, the CEO forecasted continued volatility. In Britain, its biggest market Asos saw sales fall 8 per cent in the four months to December 31, hurt by Christmas delivery problems, which shook customer confidence in online, and a tough comparison against last year when, by contrast, the pandemic pushed people to shop online.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A decade ago, the advertising and marketing sector was taken to task by Peter Field and Les Binet. But 10 years later, advertisers are falling back into old habits ditching long-term brand-building efforts to purely focus on activation campaigns that deliver sales in the short term. And that applies equally to retail sales data.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2024

Words used for praise in marketing have a tendency to get overused to the point of being meaningless, thus requiring replacement every couple of years. The brands in Luxe Galerie are a who’s-who of luxury, laid out in a breathable open plan that contrasts with the often charmless siloing of boutiques in many luxury precincts.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While the percentage year-on-year growth in sales made through online channels has fallen since the heights achieved during the pandemic, we continue to see a ‘locked-in’ step change in the volume of sales being made online: that means the investments made to expand the utility and reach of this channel continue to be a valuable base for retailers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This was in stark contrast to the previous quarter’s 1.2 Interestingly, it was reported that the tumbling Yen has sparked a growing secondhand market in the smartphone category. He feels that the market for second hand smartphones can grow by four or five times from its present 5 per cent penetration rate in Japan.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This was very new, as the perfume industry was mainly marketing driven and creation was just a component at the service of a marketing-led story. For us, marketing had to be at the service of creative ideas and to act only as an amplifier. MC: The Maison’s main market is the US. IR: What is MFK’s physical store strategy?

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Barber Design

JANUARY 12, 2017

Hot off the press, the figures published in the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor report that the total amount of retails sales climbed to 1.7% However, according to Retail Week, this represented the lowest three-month average growth in total non-food sales since October 2012. A Steady Market.

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Creative Displays Now

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A contrasting black against gold accents communicates luxury and exclusivity, while a mix of pastels can elicit nostalgia and softness. You will commonly see this hue in stores catering to children or retailers who want to promote a cheerful shopping experience that grabs and holds a customer’s attention.

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