Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

The consensus within the retail industry is that Nordstroms partnership deal with the Mexican retail group will improve the department store retailers chances of thriving at a time when many legacy players, like Macys, are struggling to survive. However, long-term success for Nordstrom wont come without further changes.

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Retail Focus

MAY 16, 2022

Dyson has unveiled its innovative new technology space in Harrods, Knightsbridge. Yvonne Foley, Senior Direct Retail Manager said: “ Dyson operates more than 300 Dyson stores worldwide, and our Dyson Demo store at the world’s leading luxury department store, Harrods will add to our growth plans for the future.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Architecture studio OMA has revealed images of the first completed part of its renovation of Berlin department store KaDeWe, a retail and event space connected by wood-clad escalators. Wood-clad escalators sit in the centre of the space. The quadrant encompasses the beauty department.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2024

Central’s acquisition move is not unusual,” Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, International Association of Department Stores managing director, told Inside Retail. Central Group made the headlines again in 2022 after snapping up Selfridges Group, making it the largest luxury department store operator in Europe.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Barker and Stonehouse have teamed up with Fenwick to open its first in-store concept spaces in the Fenwick’s Newcastle and Bentalls Kingston department stores. The Newcastle concept store will span 10,000 square feet while the Bentalls space will be slightly smaller.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

If physical stores are meant to be the embodiment of a rag trader’s brand, any absence of identity and vision will be on display for customers alongside the racks of clothing. Today, a physical presence is a brand’s most manageable, tangible, and measurable marketing tool,” Gray reaffirmed.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Sydney Airport and Heinemann will jointly introduce Australia’s first domestic terminal “department store” concept next July at T2 and T3. Spanning 1765sqm in T2 and 506sqm in T3, the new retail space’s offerings range from apparel, accessories, watches, jewellery, perfumes, and wines to spirits.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While the headlines have largely focused on the number of stores and sales Myer will add to its business if the acquisition is approved, the biggest opportunity could lie in the loyalty space. Where is Myer’s Wirth now Many experts recognise Wirth’s strong background in loyalty as one of the department store’s greatest assets.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Tough times “We’ve poured everything into it, given it every opportunity and it got to the point where it just couldn’t work,” Ross Poulakis, Harrolds Group’s managing director, told Inside Retail. The luxury retailers that are thriving have managed to find that sweet spot between their digital and physical offerings,” Gray said.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. The post David Jones is the latest department store to embrace resale.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

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. The Premier brands could also provide the department stores with expanded merchandise range options.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At Myer’s annual general meeting this week, outgoing CEO John King predicted that trading activity on Black Friday would likely surpass Christmas, with the department store preparing stock ahead of time to mitigate any logistical delays related to potential industrial action. per cent increase in total sales to $3.36

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Department store Myer has enjoyed the fruits of a rebounding retail environment in FY21, with total sales up 5.5 The business’ Myer One loyalty program has also been a solid driver of customer spending, and throughout the year Myer hit record levels of customer satisfaction in store and net promotor scores online.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Results in the past two years were bolstered by Covid management strategies, including landlord rent concessions and government JobKeeper payments. Good management no doubt but also quite likely a strategic move to position Premier Retail for further acquisition opportunities. per cent to $1.5 billion and net earnings up 4.9

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Local governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main streets. So what types of stores and services do they want? Overwhelmingly, participants considered the pharmacy the most important store or service for an ideal main street.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Bunnings is looking to improve the customer experience for its trade customers with an expanded range of specialty products, tailored customer service desks in stores, dedicated self-checkout, load-and-go spaces and a fully transactional e-commerce site. Kmart, Target and Catch working smarter, not harder.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2022

Department store David Jones has launched a re-sale clothing initiative called Reloop in partnership with fashion rental company GlamCorner. Bridget Veals, David Jones GM of womenswear, footwear and accessories, said the company is committed to ethical, environmental and climate-conscious practices in the retail space.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2022

Earlier this week, discount department store Kmart finished a major refurbishment. It wasn’t a store that had been transformed, but Bowen College: a 15-student school in Sydney that focuses on young people who are experiencing extreme disadvantage, and have become disengaged from mainstream education.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2022

Earlier this week, discount department store Kmart finished a major refurbishment. It wasn’t a store that had been transformed, but Bowen College: a 15-student school in Sydney that focuses on young people who are experiencing extreme disadvantage, and have become disengaged from mainstream education.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2024

billion last year, retail analyst and GlobalData managing director Neil Saunders told Inside Retail. It’s all about experience Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, the managing director of the International Association of Department Stores, said there are three main types of retailers that cater to the 1 per cent.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W. Designworks’ divisional general manager Brooke Norton told Inside Retail that the brand sells about 15 million units each year and is heading towards $200 million in wholesale sales. This, she contends, would be a positive thing for the company. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The company currently has stores in New York and Los Angeles and also sells through partnerships with retailers including End, Matchesfashion, Browns Fashion and upscale department stores Selfridges and Harvey Nichols. . The post Denim brand Ksubi to open first standalone store in London appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

CEO and co-founder Nathanel told Women’s Wear Daily the pandemic played a role in the business’ collapse, accelerating the inherent lack of flexibility in retail, but he also said it was important for the management team to take responsibility for what happened. Did we execute everything perfectly? We have learned so much.”

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

The message of Heal Country is such an important one, and there is no better way to celebrate the message with all of our communities than through art,” Mirvac’s general manager of retail, Kelly Miller, said. In line with our new Reconciliation Action Plan, these activities also bring to life our goal of creating spaces for connection.”.

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VMS

AUGUST 13, 2021

(Brampton, Canada), owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, is partnering with WeWork (New York) to open co-working spaces in former Saks department stores in the New York metro area, reports Inc. The partnership is structured so that the spaces, dubbed SaksWorks, will be managed by WeWork, which won’t pay rent.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Retail environments were already evolving to become more engaging spaces when Covid-19 hit, but the pandemic has underlined just how important the social experience is to us. But for retail stores and shopping centres re-imagining the spaces they provide, just as important is the need to get construction projects right the first time.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Japanese retailer Uniqlo is investing heavily in radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to accelerate supply chain efficiencies, with an ambition to embed RFID into its global product range, facilitating improved inventory management and the customer self-checkout experience. Watch this (air) space.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Housed in the world’s most famous department store, the space will provide an immersive customer experience, as retailers reopen their doors following months in lockdown. Within Selfridges , Roper and Diagon have created a captivating space to reflect the ethos and core values of Pangaia.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Supreme was never a good fit for VF,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData. That said, EssilorLuxottica has strong distribution capabilities and is good at brand management, so Supreme fits better with them than it did with VF,” he said. However, it’s uncertain whether Supreme is the right choice for EssilorLuxottica.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2023

After 17 years of running its discount department stores separately, retail conglomerate Wesfarmers announced earlier this week that it would be consolidating the back end operation of Kmart Australia and Target Australia. We’ve done a lot of listening to customers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

India is the world’s fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. Big brands The recent news surrounding Apple opening its first company-run retail store in India’s financial hub of Mumbai is an indication of how important the market is in this niche space. billion Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) shipments by 2030.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Target Australia managing director Richard Pearson is just the latest person to attempt a turnaround at the perpetually underperforming retailer, but nearly one year into his role, this time, he says, is different. It’s enough to make him “really confident” that the department store is on its way to being a successful business again.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Make the Space, a petition started by Rebecca Willink in April, is calling on supermarkets to stock a more diverse range of foundation colours and has gained over 6000 signatures to date. For example, Maybelline’s foundations are stocked in full in only three stores in the whole of Victoria.”. Supermarkets respond.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2021

Discount department store The Reject Shop’s full year results tell an interesting story – one of business suffering under the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, but also one of a strong reset to an ailing business model. Total sales in the chain fell 5.1 per cent over the course of FY21 to $778.7 Total sales in the chain fell 5.1

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2023

Yet Bonds manages to make it look simple. But Bonds is owning the space and pushing it out to mass market Australia. Bonds somehow manages to do all of this without alienating any of its customers. It’s a lot to navigate. A big part of it boils down to putting diversity and inclusion at the centre of the brand.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2022

The discount department store has just launched its first range of DIY products, including wallpaper, flooring, curtains, blinds, furniture paint and adhesive tiles, with the aim of making it easier than ever for customers to hack its products. Now, the retailer is getting in on the action.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

However, if anyone needs to sober up, they only need to look at the latest trading numbers from the luxury group,” Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, told Inside Retail. To be fair to Capri, there is a slowdown in the luxury space which is dampening the growth of all players, so a little softness in the numbers is to be expected.

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