Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Claus the fame she deserves as Adjoa shows off a ‘werkshop’ unlike anything you’ve seen before, with an epic outfit change and a swipe of No7 lipstick, she captivates viewers as the driving force behind festive gifting preparations. Sol de Janerio, and Laneige. Sol de Janerio, and Laneige.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

“While Australians continue to face cost-of-living pressures, particularly in a high-interest rate environment, we’ve seen that they’re still willing to spend, particularly on others during key gifting moments like Black Friday,” James Holloman, David Jones’ chief marketing officer, told Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Experience gifts and exciting days out offer a unique opportunity to create lasting memories and share incredible moments together. Children can learn about different species, their habitats, and the importance of conservation in a fun and engaging way. For more days out gift ideas, check out WonderDays.

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Inside Retail

JULY 29, 2024

Giving as the new gifting Social good is at the forefront of consumers’ minds. Beyond the holidays: Relevance, measurement, and AI In addition to these five shifts, there are ongoing opportunities for retailers to engage with their consumers to ensure they engage them past the point of the holiday hustle and bustle.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The search for that perfect Christmas gift turns out a fun journey when it starts approaching the season. Wonderdays offers an amazing gift universe with unusual and never-forget experiences in the UK for those who are looking beyond the usual ones. How does the WonderDays gift card work?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Digital gift-card provider Prezzee is mulling a float on the Australian Securities Exchange, and is looking at funding options in light of Square Inc’s impending $39 million Afterpay acquisition. The post Gift-card retailer Prezzee looking to go public appeared first on Inside Retail. million it generated in FY21 and the $6.4

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This isn’t just a form of brand promotion but a powerful way to attract fan engagement through individuality and storytelling,” she added. The inherent unpredictability of these items replicates the thrill of receiving an unanticipated gift. Emerging markets Global expansion is now a major growth driver for the business.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2025

An increasingly diverse and inclusive celebration Valentine’s Day in Australia has shown varied engagement levels in recent years. This change reflects a broader trend of valuing shared experiences and meaningful connections over material gifts, and of notions of love diversifying beyond the romantic or hetero.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 7, 2025

Weve focused hugely on social media, on both our content and our regular engagement with a community of food enthusiasts and influencers. BM: Weve seen continuous growth in online gifting, so we will continue to lean into this with some really exciting gifting options.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2022

The engagement takes place in five locations, including East Village (Zetland), South Village (Kirrawee), Moonee Ponds Central (Melbourne), Orion Springfield Central (Queensland), and Rhodes Waterside, with each venue having its own sets of programs and activities. The Bark Fest festival runs until Sunday, August 28.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Poppi gifted full-sized pink vending machines to 32 high-profile influencers stocked with soda cans in anticipation of the 59th Super Bowl. The prestige only gets you so far before the engagement stops converting or having real impact, Walsh elaborated. Second, learn to apologise.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The plan, according to Oroton’s chief executive Jenny Child is to inspire customers to come in-store to check out the technology, as well as invite passersby to engage with the mirrors. Oroton has been a ‘go to’ gifting brand for so many Australians over the decades, and we are working hard to make sure we continue in that role,” she said.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Many beauty retailers are reliant on physical experiences, but as we remain in lockdown, savvy brands are reimagining how to deliver new engaging experiences virtually by leveraging new technologies. Small Gestures’ is a feature that allows TikTok users in the US to send promotional gifts and treats to their contacts. Valued at USD $3.73

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In a new report from Emarsys, All I Want for Christmas , 1000 Australian consumers shared their concerns about shopping for gifts this year. According to the report, 30 per cent are worried their gifts will be delayed. Choosing the wrong gift.

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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. How has customer behaviour changed?

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This happens during gift-giving and for more involved purchases say a shopper is buying a rug, but isnt sure about the dimensions or materials. And people are interested: 64% of UK shoppers say that when theyre not sure what to buy, theyd definitely or probably be willing to engage with an AI assistant for help and recommendations.

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Theatro

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 78% of Holiday Shoppers Concerned about Store Safety This Year, New Theatro Survey Shows Despite safety concerns, one in four shoppers say they plan to shop more in-person for holiday gifts–but with higher expectations, lower patience and delayed purchases as economic pressures and tech annoyances loom large.

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Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

Newly engaged couples are struggling to find wedding venues, booked up far in advance.? The Wedding Shop will offer bespoke gift lists and through dedicated services, customers will be able to make appointments for everything from wedding day makeovers and styling appointments to custom-made floral arrangements and canapé consultations.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2021

The Australian Gift & Homewares Association (AGHA), which operates the Gift Fairs trade shows, has launched a collaboration with TradeSquare to provide its members with a means to wholesale trade homewares through their own dedicated landing page and member portal.

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Trade Group

AUGUST 18, 2021

What can you do to engage guests and fulfill your trade show goals of leads, signups, or purchases with only a few days to create an impression and stand out from comparable companies on the floor? This approach begins with engaging and converting visitors in a setting with a variety of different possibilities. Everyone Loves Gifts.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Use this time for training, upskilling, onboarding, and securing engagement, which is critical as a retention strategy. The post This Christmas, give your business the gift of hiring appeared first on Inside Retail. Consider hiring during this period an investment, not a cost. This is the season to be jolly and recruiting.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 11, 2023

The Sephora Store of the Future Shanghai edition features seven touchpoints, including care analysis, AI-generated look analysis, lift and learn, mobile POS, and personalised gift packaging. Sephora will also have a purpose-built Beauty Live Studio to gather Sephora’s beauty community for exclusive events or masterclasses.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In the short term, it will be important to engage and prepare teams adequately for what’s ahead, and to generate excitement about what can collectively be achieved. Not only does this fulfil a role requirement, it deepens loyalty and engagement across the organisation. For those organisations looking to recruit, competition is fierce.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 8, 2021

I feel with confidence that anyone who walks through our doors and has an engagement ring made here, no matter what the budget, will walk out with something stunning that will last a lifetime. A lot of people haven’t been able to travel, so they are splurging on gifts for special anniversaries and birthdays instead.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We are transforming our brand experience to deepen our engagement with kids and kidults in Asia,” Leo Tsoi, CEO at Toys ‘R’ Us Asia, told Inside Retail. Customers appreciate the interactive and engaging environments, enjoying hands-on experiences that go beyond traditional retail.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Typing a few words into a search engine is a key starting point for shoppers looking online for gifts or buying for themselves in Black Friday sales, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season on the day after US Thanksgiving.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The interesting thing is we started to see a few retailers starting Black Friday and Cyber Monday a few days earlier and starting to pull some of that early customer engagement into their pipeline,” observed Ioakim. We saw a 59-per-cent increase in e-commerce sales from the previous year. Global supply chain fear.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 17, 2023

Collaborations might be for cash or in exchange for gifts. Mys Tyler says brands can make use of the Contributor Hub to find creators for projects that involve developing user-generated content and imagery for their media channels including websites, social platforms and advertising campaigns.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The holiday season’s magical air of celebration and joy influences how people shop and engage with brands. Furthermore, I assess their impact on the visibility of a brand, customer engagement, and overall success. Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Aside from payments, we know merchants are also looking for simpler ways to integrate gifting, loyalty and direct marketing platforms to engage customers while maintaining direct relationships.”. In the US, retail giant Walmart introduced an app known as Walmart Pay that holds credit, debit and gift card information for customers.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2024

Stallworthy credits this to a well-executed prelaunch campaign that built an engaged database ready to buy or rent. “We Your Reformer’s business model is diversified across the retail and software space, creating a robust business that engages customers at multiple touchpoints throughout their buying lifecycle.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

But the random mixture of gifting and gadgets, impulse buys and small electrical appliances has never found its purpose — as attested by the always-present clearance bins and yellow tickets. And yet every site has its own floor space left over to retail.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

21 per cent of shoppers are drawn to gift cards and various gift choices. Thus, retailers need to set out the objective of each channel, she says – such as sales, engagement or awareness – and monitor activity on them to determine if each channel is underperforming or not.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 7, 2021

This is a relatively easy additional level of engagement to add to your customer experience, and it can have a considerable upside. If you have people spending a lot of money with you, send them a note saying thank you, or even a little gift. People are excited when they have purchased something new.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The Gilbert Review, led by Australian lawyer Danny Gilbert AM, gathered feedback from a large number of stakeholders and determined that the retailer had failed to engage with the community properly. We know that our customers want one, but we need to do it in a more responsible, engaged, thoughtful manner,” he said. “We billion.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 18, 2024

But customers are the main winners from a successful unified commerce approach – they can shop wherever they want, whenever they want and they know their order history is there, they know every gift card they’ve purchased is going to work and they know that the promotions are seamlessly integrated across the platforms as well.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Segmentation ensures that communications are relevant to each customer group, increasing the likelihood of engagement. Did customers engage with product recommendations, or were they ignored? Building loyalty programs Loyalty programs are an effective way to keep customers engaged year-round.

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