Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

The potential merger of Lew’s retail interests after the decision to spin off the growth brands, Smiggle and Peter Alexander, into new listed entities cleans up his investments. The problem with spinning off those two well performed retail chains was that it left Lew and Premier Retail’s less dynamic apparel brands stranded.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Pet Lovers Centre (Singapore) Pet Lovers Centre is collectively the only pet care retail chain in Southeast Asia, with more than 170 stores and an online shopping portal. The outputs reflect the stores distinctive sentiment and style so it can be immediately applied to business operations.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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 billion in partnership with Mexican retail company El Puerto de Liverpool. Today it is valued at just US$3.7

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2023

So much so, that several retailers are starting to make more dedicated efforts to stamp it out. Myer, for example, recently announced that it would be partnering with undercover police officers to curb theft in its department stores. That’s not to say that a retail chain shouldn’t protect itself.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

SM Investments, the holding company for separate business units involved in retail, property and banking, has given investors an encouraging update on its business performance and strategy, along with its annual report released on April 8. Some of these naturally occupy space in SM Prime’s malls.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2023

Beck reviewed the available academic literature for his 2016 article, “Amplifying Risk in Retail Stores: The evidence to date on making shop thieves think twice” and found that most studies are either low quality or outdated. None of the participants were detected by store employees. What deters shoplifters?

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