Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Window shopping is about to get a whole lot more exciting, with Australian designer fashion brand Oroton launching augmented reality try-on mirrors across the window displays of its stores in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building and Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall. We want to grow, learn, and evolve alongside our customers’ shopping behaviours.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2022

SMS marketing is a staple in today’s direct-to-consumer toolkit, opening new opportunities for customer engagement, retention, and revenue growth. The channel’s reach and popularity have extended to all corners of the world, including in Australia, where more brands and consumers are going mobile to not only communicate but shop.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

We talked with leading retail experts from Adore Beauty, T2, Coco Republic, Jeanswest, and 2XU about customer loyalty, seamless commerce and customer engagement when the headwinds abound. However, some retailers arent seeing social media engagement translating into sales.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

In a press release, Jean-Marc Bellaiche, Printemps Groupes chief executive officer, stated, “We think we can bring something unique, both to its engaged local consumer base and the strong tourist flows the city welcomes We plan to pioneer a new format of experiential retail in this fast-changing and demanding market.”

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Supply chain issues and pandemic-related shortages continue to impact retailers worldwide, while the ever-accelerating shift to online shopping has left gaps in the high street – with House of Fraser the latest big name to announce it is closing its Oxford Street store in January. . Despite this, there are some bright shoots of recovery.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Geopolitical tensions, global trade challenges and increasingly frequent natural disasters are all affecting the manufacture and flow of goods, from securing raw materials to delivering finished products. Supply chains are becoming more complex and unpredictable than ever. This affects costs as well as product availability.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Lack of representation in marketing When plus-size women shop, they rarely see models who look like them. Alternatively, some brands rely on loose, flowing styles that don’t reflect current trends, further alienating plus-size consumers who want to wear fashionable, well-fitted clothes. But there is still a gap in the market.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

In today’s new normal, the shopping experience is no longer defined by the boundaries of bricks-and-mortar, but by the customer journey as a whole. Consumers now expect retailers to engage them whenever and wherever they want, with a shopping experience tailored to their individual needs. Creating cohesive customer experiences.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Their customers aren’t engaging with the brand as much – but without the experimentation process, you might not know for six, nine or 12 months why it didn’t work, because you’re just guessing. In the past, he says, a company might have been super creative in designing a site but missed the mark in sales performance.

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All Work

APRIL 9, 2024

Coffee shops serve as dynamic work environments where the ambient noise and social presence can boost productivity and creativity for many individuals, in contrast to the quiet, sometimes less stimulating office spaces. Coffee shops sometimes function as high-octane coworking spaces.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2022

Just from witnessing the return of physical stores and the response from our customers, it’s become more obvious that they love to shop in person – seeing, touching and having a genuinely engaging experience with the store,” Staton said. “The role of the store is going to change very fast in the near future.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Such economic strain is leading to behavioural changes in the way consumers are shopping and planning their festive budgets. This means getting through to your consumers and understanding what they need, when they need it, through a range of channels that entice and engage them. But this is just one layer.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

Designers mourn loss of long-running stockist Small businesses which have worked with Design A Space are mourning the loss of what they see as instrumental to reaching new, curious, and highly engaged customers. Further interest rate hikes are a live possibility, with the full impact of previous raises yet to flow into the broader economy.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The four-day-long omnichannel shopping festival Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) – one of the peak retail trading seasons for Australian retailers – provides a massive opportunity not only to optimise sales but to strategically attract new customers. Prioritise text messages during the time of day the customer is likely to be most responsive.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Significance of New Bond Street in 2024: An Evolving Luxury Landscape New Bond Street has long been a destination for luxury shopping, yet 2024 has brought about an exciting transformation. The street now finds itself at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, reflecting broader shifts within the luxury sector.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2022

Consumer engagement by specific channels will ebb and flow, but retail will always be omnichannel. Capgemini’s recent research shows us that physical shopping interactions are exceeding pre-pandemic levels. This is where we start to see how a customer-first approach across all channels can build engagement and loyalty.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Self check-out solutions have increasingly become a critical aspect of the supermarket shopping experience for consumers, with an estimated two-thirds of shoppers reporting a preference for automated technologies over interacting with a human check-out operator.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sporting events have also proven to be invaluable for brands as a means of aligning themselves with and engaging the public. Scentre Group’s head of destinations Elena Petroska said that it was part of the shopping centre’s focus to attract more people to its Westfield destinations.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The economics of pharmacy retail also support digital engagement. Many FMCG brands sold in pharmacies have high margins and the FMCG industry is keen to partner with retailers to engage digitally with consumers. Pharmacy purchases would be a natural extension of managing one’s health via digital platforms.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2023

There was no one-size-fits-all solution to running the businesses: “We just had to make sure that we ebbed and flowed with government requirements in each of those individual markets,” he said “The main thing for us at the start was that we wanted to make sure we protected our people.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

New store openings are expected to increase customer engagement by making the brand more accessible to a wider community of new and existing shoppers, and allowing for products, culture and events to be showcased. As an omnichannel retailer, making it easier to shop the brand is the main priority, Shaughnessy told Inside Retail. “A

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Retail Focus

MAY 9, 2023

Retail environments are becoming increasingly engaged as retailers recognize the importance of creating a one-of-a-kind, memorable customer experience. Visual merchandising should go hand in hand with space layout, if brands want to help customers live a shopping experience effectively.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2024

Throughout every year, a multitude of major and minor calendar events offer great opportunities to engage with customers at a time when they are open to shopping for friends, families or themselves. This is a highly effective tool for reaching your most engaged customers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2023

At Meta, 80 per cent of our investment goes towards our artificial intelligence-powered ads [such as] Advantage+ Shopping,” said Tan. According to Poole, this involves analysing the customer experience and keeping an eye on key engagement metrics, such as the add-to-cart rate for traffic coming through, and time on site.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2022

35 Savile Row the store is just up the street from the first shop that Edward Sexton worked from with his then business partner Tommy Nutter when they co-founded Nutter’s of Savile Row in 1969 which makes this return to the Row particularly poignant as Sexton moves into his sixth decade working in bespoke tailoring. Located at No.35

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Creative Displays Now

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Well-designed retail displays can showcase products effectively and enhance the shopping experience for customers. Learn how to boost sales with creative food and beverage retail displays by knowing what attracts consumers and keeps them engaged in the store. How Do Displays Increase Sales?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

One example is Femmze, an age-inclusive undergarment brand that provides support for anything from bladder leaks to irregular flows or for extra support postpartum. World-building As the world becomes more globally engaged across cultures and languages, retailers need to embrace a future without traditional borders in place, such as language.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2024

The report found that investments in advertising and marketing on TikTok during FY23 generated $1 billion in direct revenue for Australian businesses, and with flow-on impacts, the GDP contribution grew to $1.1 In fact, millions of people have visited a restaurant or shop, or purchased music or bought concert tickets after watching TikToks.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) will have been a customer data goldmine for every retailer, delivering a huge increase in traffic and engagement across websites and messaging. That represents a massive opportunity to engage prospects and convert them into customers. What were your top-performing campaigns and flows?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

We ask that customers stay calm, shop normally and be respectful to our hard-working team members.”. We have plenty of stock of most essential items, with more continuing to flow through from our distribution centres.”. It seems Coles has been the most proactive in limiting purchases.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2023

With connectivity across the entire marketing, sales and fulfilment journey, it can collate, curate and analyse all the data empowering a business to better understand its customers – right down to their individual journeys of engagement – and then customise and personalise communications, feeding into email and SMS flows.

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Creative Displays Now

JANUARY 2, 2025

They use gravity to enable products to flow forward naturally, maintaining a stocked-up and neat look. Frustration-free engagement: The easier accessibility helps shoppers quickly add products to their carts, which prevents frustration and negative associations with the brand. They benefit both customers and businesses.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Retailers have been using visual merchandising and props to draw in customers for as long as shops have been open. Keep consumers engaged Up first is Propability, which, as its name may suggest, specialises in the supply of props and similar solutions to the market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2024

Systems have been streamlined over the years allowing for faster shipping times and happier customers and our stronger presence on social media means that we can truly engage with our community. We work as a collective in the office, which I believe keeps everyone feeling passionate and their creativity flowing.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Throughout every year, there are many events and days where causes are recognised or celebrated that offer opportunities for brands to engage with their customers. Use Klaviyo’s customisable in-built campaign flows to build a campaign starting a week or more out from June 30, and follow up with additional offers right up to the date itself.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We asked Shoplight’s Focusing Manager, Terry Vann, why focusing is so important in retail lighting: Focusing allows you to control the spread of light and pops of colour on the shop floor. These tools can make a store more visually appealing and engaging.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2024

Whether it’s through storytelling, design, or engaging the senses, art resonates with consumers in a way that lingers long after the experience. Art has been proven to enhance cognitive and emotional activity, release dopamine, and even increase blood flow to the brain.

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