Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

The country has a well-established retail ecosystem with high-traffic shopping malls, premium retail spaces and a digitally engaged consumer base. “This store offers exclusive digital and online-to-offline (O2O) services, setting a new benchmark for customer engagement,” Baker said.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Having embraced digital shopping channels during the pandemic, Australian consumers have become well used to the personalisation and tailored content offered online. So how can physical retail stores replicate the experience and deliver an equally personalised interface for customers?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

How has customer behaviour changed? We talked with leading retail experts from Adore Beauty, T2, Coco Republic, Jeanswest, and 2XU about customer loyalty, seamless commerce and customer engagement when the headwinds abound. We can switch on promotions and not get the same result as we did in 2023, Natale added.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2022

SMS marketing is a staple in today’s direct-to-consumer toolkit, opening new opportunities for customer engagement, retention, and revenue growth. The channel’s reach and popularity have extended to all corners of the world, including in Australia, where more brands and consumers are going mobile to not only communicate but shop.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

But if you’re in the habit of just doing a big promotion and blasting it at your customers and followers, you’re in for a rude shock this year. Last November alone, we processed around 34 million messages for ANZ retailers as they hyped up their customers in the lead-up to Black Friday. Here are just some of them. Think again.

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RetailMinded

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Welcome to the world of crafting a unique brand identity and customer engagement in retail. In this article, we will explore the art and science behind creating a retail experience that not only stands out but also forges deep connections with your customers. Then we’ll wrap it up and combine all the insights we learned.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2025

This typically raises incremental spending, promotes omnichannel shopping behaviours, increases customer engagement, and drives brand loyalty. How to gift on-trend Gift cards are also emerging as a solution for Aussie consumers to stay on trend in 2025.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2024

In a supermarket in southern China, live fish swim around in a glass tank bearing a QR code for customers to scan for information about where the fish is from and details of provenance and sustainability in its farming or capture. Spurrell and Xu spoke about the evolution of grocery shopping behaviour in China.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For example: A customer who recently browsed sneakers on your website might receive an email showcasing trending sneaker styles. Enhanced Customer Engagement Engaging emails that provide value, such as exclusive offers, product recommendations, or helpful tips, encourage customers to interact with your brand regularly.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Our research shows that 34 per cent of retail executives say supply-chain efficiencies and improvements are a top customer engagement priority. In times of supply disruption, AI can adjust pricing and promotions based on product availability and demand trends. Another strategy with AI is dynamic pricing.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Its a time of heightened consumer spending, aggressive promotions, and operational intensity. Segmentation allows you to group customers based on shared characteristics or behaviours, such as demographics, purchase history, or geographic location. Was it a specific promotion, product, or referral?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an industry where customer service and emotional engagement is more critical than ever before, this collaboration between human workers and machines is key to maintaining a productive and enjoyable shopping environment, for both staff and customers.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

With 50 acres of parks, the project aspires to build a community around four commitments: achieving zero carbon emissions, ensuring excellent connectivity, promoting sports and recreation, and creating a place where everyone can thrive. By 2029, the project is expected to deliver 3,400 homes.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2023

Pope suggested retailers can try to reduce returns – and thus their costs – by ensuring listings online are as detailed as possible and promoting customer reviews. So retailers really need to be careful with what they are promoting to ensure it does not conflict with their messaging.” But people are also attuned to greenwashing.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

After the success of this campaign, the two companies will continue to work on new methods of collecting consumer data and improving customer engagement using zero-party data. The second was that the preference data they collected in the form of zero-party data can now be used for sales promotions in-store. Campaign objectives.

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Creative Displays Now

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Include Interactive Elements to Build a Connection Interactive elements keep customers engaged with your display and have a ripple effect on brand loyalty. During busy periods, customers might leave other products on your display, making it look unappealing and untidy.

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Jahabow

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Consumers increasingly demand seamless, omnichannel shopping experiences that allow them to easily switch between online and offline platforms. AI-powered tools will help retailers deliver hyper-personalized shopping experiences by analyzing customer data and predicting consumer preferences.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Product displays are transformed with a festive twist, featuring Christmas-themed versions that not only promote offers but also connect products to the joyful and gift-giving spirit of the season. Christmas windows, acting as the gateway to the store, set the stage for a memorable shopping journey.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2022

Customers are now just treating them with a healthy dose of scepticism. At the same time, they’re also far less tolerant of sub-standard shopping experiences, both online and in-store. The brand did this to ensure the online experience was seamless for its new demanding digital customers. About Cheetah Digital.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Fastic , the world’s largest fasting app and AI-driven leader in weight loss and nutrition tracking, has leveraged advanced personalisation to drive user engagement and revenue growth, partnering with MoEngage , the insights-led customer engagement platform.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

By developing decisions based on sound, sustainable analytics-based information, multinational retail consultancy Scalene Group is positively impacting product ranging, category space allocation, store network development and even promotional pricing for retailers spanning three continents.

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Inside Retail

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. It’s encouraging to observe similar trends in countries like China, where trends such as “revenge shopping” are aiding the country’s speedy economic recovery.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The holiday season’s magical air of celebration and joy influences how people shop and engage with brands. Luxury pop-up stores become essential brand levers amid the bustling atmosphere, presenting a distinct and enchanting shopping experience for consumers.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2023

The impact of inflation and the rising cost of living has radically changed the way Australians are shopping, and is creating a turbulent outlook for retailers as shoppers tighten their purse strings. If customers can [find a way to] cut back on costs, they’ll go for a cheap option.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The 2024 prediction was somewhat bearish given that the National Australia Bank reported the actual sales for the four-day Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping event were estimated at $7.1 Cheap prices will not necessarily offset an unsatisfying shopping experience and poor customer engagement, let alone service.

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Retail Focus

JULY 3, 2024

True luxury is characterised by durability and timeless design, often incorporating practices such as recycling materials, providing repair services, and promoting the resale of second-hand luxury goods. This blend of physical and digital experiences helps to create a memorable and engaging retail environment.

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Creative Displays Now

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Well-designed retail displays can showcase products effectively and enhance the shopping experience for customers. Visual merchandising presents products in a way that attracts customers, enhances their shopping experience and ultimately drives sales. Consumers buy with their eyes first, then their hands.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

Already working with hundreds of retailers and brands, Scurri added a mixture of enterprise and mid-market retailers, including The Perfume Shop, BrandAlley, Victoria Plumbing, Loake Shoes, LeMieux and Weird Fish, to its roster of clients last year.

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Retail Focus

MAY 3, 2023

Being able to identify returning visitors – after first-party and session cookies have expired – is key to delivering a frictionless, high-converting on-site shopping experience. It found that none of the retailers audited (0%) showed evidence of being able to ‘remember’ the customer on a return visit.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Hyperphysical experiences benefit retailers, particularly in appealing to the Gen Z audience, who seek more than just a transactional shopping process. The Hyperphysical Retail Revolution Hyperphysical retail is an innovative concept, heralding a new era in the world of luxury shopping. Hyperphysicality is not a temporary trend.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s no secret that consumer-facing retail has had a tough year trying to stay price-competitive for customers. Like many retailers, we have had to contend with inflationary pressures and greater promotional cadence, which has had an impact on profits,” said King.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Previously, the focus has been on using customer demographics and historic purchasing data to tailor the shopping experience, with real-time recommendation engines creating highly curated product promotions. Retailers wont simply be guessing based on customer data. Another example is online grocery shopping.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is not just a transient trend but a robust response to the changing consumer, who now craves the tactile satisfaction of in-store shopping along with the personalisation and convenience of online commerce. Amazon has been at the forefront of personalised shopping experiences.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2024

Throughout every year, a multitude of major and minor calendar events offer great opportunities to engage with customers at a time when they are open to shopping for friends, families or themselves. Use the e-commerce marketing calendar to anticipate these moments and create themed content that resonates with your customers.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Here are the key ways an eCommerce SEO agency can strengthen your customer retention strategy: 1. Enhancing Website User Experience (UX) One of the most effective ways to keep customers coming back is by providing a seamless and enjoyable online shopping experience. One of these strategies is SEO-driven loyalty programs.

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Inside Retail

MAY 21, 2024

In 2014, a decade after the brand was founded, the first Viktoria & Woods boutique was opened as a pop-up on Melbourne’s sought-after High Street shopping strip in Armadale. At the moment our focus is providing a seamless customer experience online and in-store,” Woods said. “We Our technology ecosystem is ever-changing.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The four-day-long omnichannel shopping festival Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) – one of the peak retail trading seasons for Australian retailers – provides a massive opportunity not only to optimise sales but to strategically attract new customers.

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