Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It will also offer new-season boots, apparel, and accessories, a Marine Blue Comfort Craftsman exclusive to the store, and the brand’s largest women’s offering in the UK. ” Aside from the physical stores, RM Williams also sells its products through 90 wholesale partners in the UK. .”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

However, both were short lived and less complex and less expansive than the Sigma customer base. The acquisition of Just Jeans, Portmans, Jacqui E, Dotti and Jay Jays by Myer provides a new growth channel after several years of reducing department store floor space and trying to find a fashion edge.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

“Our focus has been to get our product and marketing strategies right with superior fits and top-tier campaigns,” Santamaria said. In the UK, the business is already sold through a number of department stores and third-party retailers, but Seafolly’s new website will allow customers to buy directly from the brand. “The

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Adelaide Central Plaza at Rundle Mall will house Tag Heuer, Tiffany & Co, along with exclusive brands within the David Jones department store, the company said. Louis Vuitton will also open a pop-up store at Adelaide Central Plaza from October 13 to December 28.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

When business was booming, Revlon’s strategy was to expand sales through mass market department stores, as well as buying expensive advertising. Like other legacy brands, they invested in magazine editorials which drove shoppers into stores, where sales would be converted through personal selling and glossy displays.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2023

One example of this is the recent expansion of Vero Moda. She believes that Bestseller’s partnerships with Myer and David Jones had been particularly significant in Australia, due to the department stores’ size and strong reputation. This reflects the growing demand for good quality fashion at competitive prices.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

BBRC also owns the discount department store chain Best & Less and has stakes in footwear giant Accent Group and fashion brand Dissh, among others. With strategy to implement and execution during difficult retail trading conditions of utmost importance, it is vital that experience and focussed leadership is at hand,” Brookes said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

The company’s strategy is to nurture the presence of international anchor players, complemented by Vietnamese brands. The real engine of occupancy growth is likely to be the expansions of the latter. The post Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Despite the multiple challenges over the last two and a half years, Carmen Chiu, regional managing director, Asia Pacific at Fortnum & Mason, is confident that the brand has built a solid foundation and engagement strategy with the domestic customer through its retail and hospitality businesses. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

However, it is possible to do it – A Bathing Ape has regained momentum and Stussy is on fire despite the founders having long departed. EssilorLuxottica cannot be greedy, this process has to be a long-term strategy,” he added. Opportunity in Asia In the past year, Supreme has ramped up its expansion in Asia.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

When it comes to future expansions, feedback from our customers will help guide new brands and categories, so watch this space.”. GFG see themselves as a fashion and lifestyle business, so the move into homewares is clearly on-strategy for The Iconic. Tapping into Millennial market.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Expanding abroad Having established a solid reputation in Mainland China, the brand has just begun to explore expansion abroad. One of those investors, L’Oréal’s venture capital fund, will likely be an invaluable resource in Zhaoran’s overseas expansion ambitions. They don’t push us; they don’t lead us. Creation also means business.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

There is also a view that the breakup strategy could fund further acquisitions, including the Myer department store chain in which he has already built a substantial shareholding. Peter Alexander’s sales have more than doubled from five years ago and the brand is now targeting larger formats and offshore expansion.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, last month Designworks, the wholesale arm of Brand Collective, a leading house of lifestyle brands in Australia, announced that it was relaunching Pavement in the marketplace through the discount department store Big W. Are there plans for expansion beyond this partnership?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

A recent Myer trading update will have analysts and investors thinking long and carefully about the bold proposal by the department store for a merger with Premier Investments. The review of the Myer department store business and Myer Specialty Brands was initiated by John King, who retired as CEO in June.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2022

They think, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to a department store.’ IR: Can you tell me what that strategy looks like? Then we’ve done bus wraps, too, but most importantly, we’re tying all of that into a digital strategy with Google AdWords – retargeting, paid social. It’s only just beginning.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Dr Vranjes Firenze’s launch in the Australian market last December through a partnership with David Jones could be a sign of further global expansion to come, following L’Occitane Group’s recent acquisition of the luxury Italian home fragrance brand. Its work with premium Australian department store chain David Jones is an example of this.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

They are now so big and so powerful that Amazon is the default,” Nathan Bush, director of e-commerce strategy at eSuite, told Inside Retail. “Many domestic retailers were not strong on digital, especially department stores which offer similar home product ranges,” she told Inside Retail. . Amazon’s Achilles’ heel.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Following its 2020 marketing strategy rebrand, Parfums de Marly felt now was the right time to enter the Australian retail space with its French vision of excellence and luxury in opposition to standardisation, through in-store customer experience. For Australia, our strategy is pretty simple.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2024

Once considered a lost cause, the business has gone from strength to strength since embracing a ‘lowest price’ strategy following its acquisition by Wesfarmers in 2007. We have gone in as the brand that sits underneath Zellers, so the go-to-market strategy has been to leverage the Zellers brand. IB: We’ve got a dedicated team.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Walmart is not resting on its laurels.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This week, Macy’s announced plans to shut down 150 “underproductive” stores, more than one-fifth of its department store assemblage, over the next three years. However, Saunders warned that this expansion strategy alone won’t be enough to restore Macy’s to its prior status.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2023

Best Buy Chief Financial Officer Matthew Bilunas, however, predicted continued growth of the company’s health services would contribute to gross profit rate expansion even as it anticipates cooling demand throughout 2023. Best Buy’s comparable sales declined 9.3

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

After forging a successful corporate career as a strategy and marketing executive for Japanese tech company Brother International, Lewisham was inspired to reflect on the potentially harmful ingredients in the skincare she was using after a series of personal events.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

With over 200 stores and a slew of international brands, including Celine, Ganni, Levi’s and Reebok, United Arrows is one of the country’s largest select shops, which is a kind of mini department store. While the business is primarily direct-to-consumer, wholesale is an important part of its strategy in Japan.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Australian fashion label SIR is about to celebrate a decade in business and as its tenth birthday approaches its co-founders and creative directors, Nikki Campbell and Sophie Coote, are reflecting on the brand’s DNA as it moves into an era of expansion. “As

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The French Fashion Corner showcases ten local brands across footwear, swimwear, jewellery, eyewear, and accessories, with each participant eager to explore APAC markets as part of their post-Covid commercial strategy. Hair accessories business Valerie Valentine is hoping it will be second time lucky for the brand’s Australian expansion.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

These include Nike, which will debut its new Nike Unite concept store later this year, and UK luxury fashion retailer, FLANNELS , which recently opened its 45,000 sq ft department store – the first in the country. Blanchardstown Centre is Dublin’s largest retail and leisure destination, covering over 1.1 million sq ft.

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Inside Retail

MAY 21, 2024

International expansion Viktoria & Woods has carved out its market share internationally and now graces the racks of prestigious British retailers Selfridges and Harrods, in addition to a few niche boutiques across the US. “I I thought we were well-known when I opened the [pop-up] store.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Founded amidst the opulent settings of Marrakech’s Dar el Bacha palace in 1910, this Moroccan coffee brand has recently made waves with its ambitious expansion into new territories. While my strategy is to open in the major capitals of the world, I focus first and foremost on quality rather than quantity.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Eye on the prize With a solid presence outside of Asia and a network of five physical stores in Hong Kong, Azoulay felt it was a logical step to continue the brand’s expansion into Mainland China. The biggest challenge has been finding local partners to help the brand achieve its goals of global expansion, he said.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

US-based apparel chain Old Navy is reportedly exploring a possible expansion to India. In November last year, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail entered into a strategic partnership with French department store chain Galeries Lafayette to open luxury department stores and a dedicated e-commerce platform in India.

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Inside Retail

MAY 28, 2024

In an exclusive interview with Inside Retail , global CEO Pierre Arnaud Grenade discussed the brand’s expansion plans. The store opening, together with laser-focused integrated marketing strategy, will definitely help accelerate the growth of brand awareness and momentum of the brand,” he added. “We per cent in digital, 68.9

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

As the founder explained, many fashion labels use superficial strategies to appeal to trans or non-binary consumers, such as using LGBTQIA+ models in their campaigns without making any changes to their products. I think part of being a founder is deciding what fires you’re going to let burn and what things you are going to focus on.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

per cent year on year, Myer CEO John King spoke positively about the department store’s strong growth since the pandemic, and its future expansion centred on omnichannel retail. For King, the key to ensuring constant growth lies in its ‘good, better and best’ merchandising strategy.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2022

A similar pattern is beginning to emerge in Asia too, for example with the preeminence in Thailand of Central Group, which has dominant malls in major urban areas around the country, each anchored by a department store also owned and operated by Central Group and, surprise surprise, named Central Department Store.

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