Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

I think bringing on 600 or 700 smaller stores only dilutes management focus, he added. The challenge Brian Walker, founder and executive chair of Retail Doctor Group, told Inside Retail that the deal puts Myer under significant margin pressure, given its significant lease liabilities and overhead costs.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Bastion Insights client coordinator Vedant Bhusari noted that department stores Myer and David Jones are considered by many to be operating in luxury retail.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

While the everyday consumer has become pri c e-sensitive with the growing costs of living in the US, the 1 per cent is still spending – to a point where the luxury shopping market has become more competitive than ever. The retail expert noted that “for discretionary luxury shopping in physical retail, this is paramount”.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while Central Group’s publicly listed subsidiary, Central Retail, has denied any involvement in the transaction, multiple reports suggest that another division of the conglomerate is involved in the talks. Central Group is one of the ‘big three’ Thai retailers and shopping centre developers/operators.

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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. The closures are a part of the retailer’s plan “to create a more modern Macy’s, Inc. However, the legacy retailer’s reputation has been on shaky ground of late.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

It felt very real when we got our first major international department store when the business was six months old. In the US, we are ranged in Goop and have also just launched into all 15 Credo Beauty stores, which provides our customers additional places to shop and refill their Emma Lewisham products.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

The place to be and be seen In Australia (and elsewhere), the CBD was at the epicentre of the evolution of discrete retail spaces. It offered a smorgasbord of independently owned shops, national and international chain stores and department stores. In short, the CBD was the place to see and be seen.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

So, it came as a surprise to some when the LVMH-owned retailer announced on its Korean social media accounts that it would be gradually terminating all its operations in South Korea, including its app, online store, and physical stores, beginning May 6. billion won (US$9.26 million), 14.5 billion won (US$10.6 billion won (US$12.9

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Loft, which has only two stores in Thailand. Loft is a combination stationery, accessories and gift shop that offers beautifully designed products, many from Japan, in a manicured, engaging store ambience. It’s an extraordinary store and it scrapes in – just scrapes in – to both the new concept and flagship store categories.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

While Shepard was already aware of the needs of trans and non-binary consumers, reviewing the research and seeing the overwhelmingly positive response to the launch of Both& has shown the necessity of having such a brand in the retail market. “So So maybe the surprise is that there weren’t more surprises,” Shepard mused.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2021

IR: Do you see rental, resale, and repairs one day making up the majority of the retail market? PZ: I think it will head that way, that’s why we’re seeing in department stores around the world now having a rental option.

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RetailMinded

MARCH 17, 2021

The latest data from Statista suggests that Amazon may account for 50% of the entire e-commerce retail market this year. Analysis conducted by IBM found that COVID had accelerated the shift from physical stores to online formats by five years.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2023

Central to this initiative is offering shoppers an even more bespoke shopping experience. Google’s smart play will be continued expansion in retail – worldwide including Europe – John Lewis and Kingfisher make up less than one per cent of the European retail market.

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RetailMinded

JULY 6, 2024

Retail education support can significantly help you in mastering product strategies, as it provides valuable insights into understanding the market, customer needs, and product selection. You need to connect with your customers and understand their shopping habits and preferences in order to increase sales.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

They arrived with great fanfare but many international retail brands have found the Australian retail market has been a graveyard. The German hypermart chain Kaufland, and potentially the Lidl supermarket chain, were sizing up the Australian market in 2017 but decided not to proceed.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2023

Central Retail’s Tops Club, a 15,000sqm affair unveiled at Central Rama 2 shopping mall in south Bangkok last September, is a good example. Shopping at Tops Club also requires membership but the fee is likely to be more like gravy than a key component of revenue needed to drive profit, as it is with Costco.

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Greater Group

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Experiential retail has developed out of the need to adapt to the changing market due to the rapid growth of the online market. While a considerate percentage of shopping nowadays takes place online – especially among millennials and Gen Z – it remains favourable for brands to keep one foot on the ground. STORY at Macy’s.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

But how does this really work and is the cultural component of mall space, which unarguably is rising in multiple respects, reaching the broader shopping public or just a thin sliver? In Japan this has been the case for a hundred years, with department stores sprouting in the early 1900s from their roots as kimono shops.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

Retailers who get these shifts can change their product mix accordingly, pushing value over premium until conditions improve. The Role of E-Commerce in Inflationary Periods During times of inflation, online retailers have an advantage over physical stores. Retailers prioritize durability and versatility over luxury or status.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is worth remembering what retail is about at the broadest level possible: It’s about making people happy by giving them things they want and helping them enjoy the process of shopping for them. Likewise, in places like Orchard Road in Singapore, where Japanese and Chinese department stores are genuine cultural icons.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Here, we speak with CEO Graham Dean about the challenges of scaling a business at the right pace, the importance of a consistent growth strategy and how global department stores can compete with specialty retailers. Inside Retail : Harris Scarfe is marking 175 years of trading this year. It began back in Adelaide in 1849.

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