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

Inside Retail

According to a report by Fung Business Intelligence (FBI) and China Commerce Association for General Merchandise (CCAGM), the consumer goods market in China is expected to grow in 2024 with the proactive policies of the government and the recovery of consumer confidence. per cent and 6 per cent respectively. Two thirds (66.3 Approximately 65.4

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Department Store Offers Shoppers a Calming, Biophilic Space

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Originally scheduled for an October 2020 opening, the seventh location for this family-run department store was caught in the middle of the global predicament – to build or not to build, to cancel or push on? Opening any store requires an exact timeline. Each setback has a domino effect.

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Even Japan’s Takashimaya can’t escape department stores’ woes

Inside Retail

We have ‘iconic’ shopping centres, ‘iconic’ retail stores, ‘iconic’ restaurants, ‘iconic’ hotels, ‘iconic’ rock groups. But Takashimaya, a retailer of 1831 vintage and still the largest department store chain in Japan, is surely genuinely deserving of the word. The amount of department store floorspace declined by 6.1

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Retail’s new range: The evolution of merchandise planning

Inside Retail

This is creating new challenges for retail operations, including a particular demand for agile merchandise planning and supply-chain processes. These activities require frequent decisions on product assortment, store, and floor-space allocations. Retailers are finding omnichannel fulfilment complex.

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Analysis: Why Harvey Nichols’ new NFT retail space is “a wildly clever idea”

Inside Retail

Luxury department store Harvey Nichols recently announced the opening of the first blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) retail space at its Pacific Place Hong Kong store. The new retail space caters to first time buyers and NFT experts, with prices ranging from HK$5,000 ($850 AUD) to over HK$1,000,000 ($170,000 AUD).

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A marriage of convenience? Myer’s acquisition of Premier’s apparel brands

Inside Retail

It could also potentially offer to divest its My Chemist and or the My Beauty Spot chains to focus on its format warehouse stores which are estimated to generate around 70 percent of sales from retail merchandise. The Premier brands could also provide the department stores with expanded merchandise range options.

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The strengths and weaknesses of Nordstrom’s bid to go private

Inside Retail

Earlier this month, several members of the Nordstrom family, including the company’s CEO Erik Nordstrom and president Pete Nordstrom, offered to acquire the legacy department store chain for US$3.8 The department store division has various structural challenges, while the off-price Rack division is starting to produce some good growth.