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Retail expert on China’s department store dilemma and potential growth drivers

Inside Retail

In the landscape of global commerce, few sectors evoke as much intrigue and promise as the consumer goods market in China. With higher than expected growth , a burgeoning middle class, and evolving consumer preferences, China stands at the forefront of the retail revolution. per cent and 6 per cent respectively. Two thirds (66.3

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Retail sales increase 2.3 per cent in July

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Australian retail sales moderately improved in July, which Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data attributed to the continuation of mid-year sales. billion, with the ‘other retailing’ segment, which includes cosmetics, sports, and recreational goods, recording the highest growth, of 5.5 Food jumped 3.2

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Analysis: How Australian department stores can thrive in a post-Covid world

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Those brands that have avoided bankruptcy have often been forced to undertake aggressive cost reduction and store closures. Department stores have been particularly impacted, with consumers forced online during the pandemic now choosing to buy direct from brands or from more price-competitive online marketplaces.

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Why department stores are thriving in Japan even as the US sector shrinks

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For once, department stores are leading a retail sales recovery instead of lagging it. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) reports that retail sales in the first quarter amounted to 39,781 billion yen (about $434 billion at current exchange rates), up 6.5 per cent from a year ago.

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How Korea’s big 3 department stores are killing it right now

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First quarter results for calendar year 2022 are in for the three biggest Korean department store retailers, and the numbers are encouraging. Shinsegae, Lotte, and Hyundai account for the top nine department stores in the country (coming in at number 10 is Galleria’s high-end flagship in Seoul). trillion KRW ($2.1

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Inside Shinsegae: The Korean department store with a golden boot

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Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

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In fact, China saw its economy strengthen in November 2020, with retail sales expanding by five per cent. Hopefully, as vaccines roll out across Southeast Asia, and the eventual relaxation of the MCO, will set the retail industry firmly on the path to recovery and growth. You can download it here.