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Piccolo Me appoints new group GM

Inside Retail

Piccolo Me has appointed David Ciantar as its new group general manager, effective 7 July, 2024. Ciantar moves to the cafe chain with more than 30 years of franchising and senior management experience. He has held senior key roles at McDonald’s Australia, Pizza Hut, Gloria Jeans Coffees, Telstra, Pirtek, Aramex, and Anytime Fitness. Most recently Ciantar was a senior executive at consultancy firm Franchise Ready.

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AXOR x Starck: Celebrating a Design Partnership of 30 Years

Design Middleeast

Why has design become so important for the way we furnish our lives and organize our everyday lives? And why has design played a key role in the development of the sanitary industry in recent decades? For design to shape our perception and influence our everyday culture, it must find the right expression for a need, a Zeitgeist or a new function. Of course, this is easier said than done, because the “right” forms and the necessary functions are easier to recognize in retrospect than in the momen

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Here comes the Gen Z bride

Inside Retail

From acquiring an engagement ring to buying a wedding dress, few life events are as rife with retail opportunities as planning and hosting a wedding. Last year, the average wedding cost around US$38,000. In 2019, that number was US$28,000, reports The Knot, a global technology company that provides content, tools, products and services for couples planning weddings.

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Say hello to ZOE: exclusive product launch marks the start of an exciting new partnership with Waitrose

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! ZOE, the science and nutrition company, is launching a first-to-market daily whole food supplement, exclusively in Waitrose stores on 17th July and available as part of the £5 Food to Go meal deal. ZOE’s Daily30+ is a savoury mix of seeds, herbs, nuts, legumes and functional mushrooms, formulated to provide the diversity of over 30 […] If you want

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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Mecca unveils biggest store in WA

Inside Retail

Cosmetics retailer Mecca has opened the revamped 555sqm Carousel store in Cannington, marking its biggest location in Western Australia. The store rounded out a five-year expansion initiative to provide the services, brands and experiences customers are looking for, The West Australian reported. Since 2019, Mecca has expanded its presence in Western Australia with the redevelopment of its Karrinyup, Subiaco, Booragoon and Carousel stores, which paved the way for the entry of 60 additional beauty

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Can innovation help Nike maintain its market dominance?

Inside Retail

There was good news and bad news in Nike’s earnings announcement last week for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2024, which concluded on May 31. The good news was that, regionally, Greater China remained its strongest growth area, with an increase in sales of 2.9 per cent for the quarter and 4.1 per cent for the year as a whole. (Excluding currency fluctuations, growth was actually about eight percent for the year.

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