Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Universal Store Holdings expects higher sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, thanks to improved performance in the majority of its segments. The fashion retailer – which sells more than 100 ‘trend-led’ apparel, footwear and accessories brands including Champion, Perfect Stranger, Tommy Jeans, Thrills, and Wrangler – forecasts annual group sales to rise 9.7 per cent from last year to $288.5 million.

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Retail Design Blog

JULY 18, 2024

Oktra transformed Entain’s two-floor office in London into a top-tier workspace, focusing on sustainable design elements, sports integration, and biophilic.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Australian retailers are calling for stricter laws and deterrents for retail crime , emphasising its negative impacts in the industry and the economy. At the 2024 Retail Crime Symposium in Melbourne, the soon-to-merge Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) highlighted opportunities for further collaboration in the sector to help businesses. “Good progress has been made to provide legislative protections for frontline workers, but the coverage is no

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Retail Design Blog

JULY 18, 2024

Tasty Coffee is not only a production, but also an entire ecosystem for wholesale and retail clients, which includes a.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Four in five Australian consumers are cutting down on something to save money as the cost of living crisis bites – and more than half of consumers in the country are looking for the best value when they shop. But are retailers up to the task of responding to these new pressures, and how are they adapting to remain competitive? The statistics come from the newly released Shopify Australian Retail Report 2024 ( available for download free here ).

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Retail Design Blog

JULY 18, 2024

It’s on P.C. Hooftstraat, Amsterdam‘s golden mile of luxury shopping, where high-end eyewear brand DITA has opened its largest store.

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Retail Design Blog

JULY 18, 2024

TOKYO NODE cafe is a cafe with an attached lab located on the 8th floor of Toranomon Hills Station Tower,

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Earlier this month, the University of California, Berkeley published its findings after testing mainstream tampon brands for toxic metals – the results were alarming. According to UC Berkeley’s research, toxic metals including lead, nickel, mercury and arsenic are present in popular tampon products. However, for sustainable menstrual product brands like Hello Period, the most shocking part of UC Berkeley’s study was that it is the first of its kind to measure the presence of metals in tamp

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Design Wanted

JULY 18, 2024

If all roads lead to Rome, how many roads lead to Design? At DesignWanted, we are constantly driven to discover […] The post Design Doha – Celebrating design excellence in the MENA region appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Luxury fashion houses Dior and Armani are being probed over allegations they used “Chinese factories” in Italy that underpaid and overworked their staff. Italy’s competition watchdog AGCM has launched an investigation into possible violations of the consumer code in the way the companies promoted and sold clothing and accessories. “In both cases, the companies may have issued untrue statements about their ethics and social responsibility, particularly regarding working co

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2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Retail Times

JULY 18, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Jewellery brand, Sacet, has launched in five Austen & Blake stores across the UK, allowing Austen & Blake to introduce an ethical range into these five stores for the first time in 6 years. The Austen & Blake stores, which have introduced Sacet’s range of ethical jewellery collections, are located in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Malin + Goetz CEO Bradley Horowitz has more than 25 years of experience in the beauty industry, working across a number of global brands. Here, he discusses his passion for skincare products, why hard work is still the most important way to succeed in your career and the challenges of finding the right work-life balance. Inside Retail : What do you think is it about the beauty industry that has led you to stay in the industry for as long as you have?

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Retail Times

JULY 18, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! While the weather hasn’t been roasting, the nation’s food choices have been, according to new supermarket sales figures. New demand data from Ocado Retail, the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket, shows that sales of items associated with hearty winter dishes have leapt over the past two weeks following a cold, wet start to July in [

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Adore Beauty witnessed higher revenue in the last fiscal year as the number of returning customers increased. The skincare and cosmetics retailer delivered annual unaudited revenue of $195.7 million in the year ending June 30, up 7.4 per cent. The company saw a record number of returning customers – 519,000, up by 5.8 per cent year on year. Moreover, active customers grew 1.6 per cent to 814,000.

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Retail Times

JULY 18, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! The way we shop online is evolving, making use of cutting-edge technology, as well as taking cues from other industry sectors which pride themselves on customer experience and immersion. Today’s consumers are more demanding than ever before, so customer service, personalisation, accessibility, and functionality are at a premium for any e-commerce busines

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Bradley Horowitz is a legend within the beauty retail sector. With over 25 years of strategic, sales, marketing and management experience, Horowitz has worked for brands including Clarins, L’Oréal, and Amorepacific. The executive has built his reputation on understanding what the modern consumer is looking to purchase for their vanity table and medicine cabinets.

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Bish

JULY 18, 2024

At Bish, the power of collaboration and the magic that happens when diverse talents come together. Our commitment to innovation and excellence The post Discover our Secret Ingredient appeared first on Bish Creative.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Significant market trends are impacting retail businesses today – the migration of consumers online, supply-chain challenges and the cost-of-living crisis to name just a few – but there is a more obvious reason many retailers are struggling. Working with retailers across Australia and New Zealand, Quantiful CEO Jamie Cormack has identified poor planning outcomes as one of the significant causes forcing retailers to contract and even close stores today.

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Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.

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Retail Times

JULY 18, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! New data from Adobe, powered by Adobe Analytics, revealed that online spending around Prime Day reached record highs again this year, hitting £1.3 billion as retailers across the e-commerce universe joined Amazon in offering deals during the two-day event.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

Jeweller Michael Hill anticipates higher group sales in the last fiscal year on the back of better results in Australia and Canada. The company forecasts total sales to have grown 3.8 per cent to $641.4 million as its Australian segment sales rose 10.5 per cent to $359.7 million and Canadian segment sales increased 0.3 per cent to C$156.0 million in the year ended June 30.

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Retail Times

JULY 18, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Ritter Sport is excited to unveil its latest innovation: Ritter Sport Duo. The Ritter Sport Duo range features three unique bars, each combining two perfectly paired flavours for a double indulgence experience.

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Design Middleeast

JULY 18, 2024

Sealing its reputation as the go-to destination for luxury hospitality experiences, three groundbreaking concepts are set to launch at ICD Brookfield Place, Dubai, later this year from D.ream, the highly respected, innovative global restaurant group behind acclaimed international venues including Amazonico, Coya, and Zuma. Following Paris and London, D.ream’s renowned culinary concepts Bar des Prés and Il Gattopardo will expand their global presence with openings on the 51st floor, extending ove

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