Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2024

Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are at the heart of digital transformation when looking to improve operations management. What necessitated companies to modify their supply chain planning? The global pandemic has fundamentally altered the landscape of supply chain planning. A 3 per cent reduction in COGS.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

Delivery management platform, Scurri , today reported an increase in the total gross merchandising value (GMV) of goods processed through its platform, which totalled over €12 billion in 2023.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Takuya Saito, managing director of Muji Australia, spoke to Inside Retail about the company’s plans to grow its bricks-and-mortar presence in Australia and the strategy behind it. We now have four stores across Sydney and Melbourne, and by the end of the year we plan to have six. IR: What is the timeline for this?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Retail Focus spoke to Daniel Astarita, Managing Director at Kesslers London & Proportion London, about the companies’ push toward sustainability, led by their innovative EcoForm mannequin. We recently engaged in a project with Birmingham City Football Club, where we designed a brand-new range for them.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns , shares with Inside Retail advice on getting started in the US market, some tips on cross-border shipping and logistics – including managing returns in a way that builds customer loyalty – and how to drive repeat business. The post Planning to sell online in the US?

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The report found that the majority of Gen Z shoppers plan to spend more or the same on Christmas gifts compared to last year and that visiting stores during the festive period is a top priority. Despite being digital natives, 88% plan to visit a physical store during the Christmas shopping period.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Woolworths Group has pulled the plug on plans to open a Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin after an independent panel ruled that the development should not go ahead. The Gilbert Review has made it clear that we did not do enough in this community to live up to the best practice engagement to which we hold ourselves accountable.

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Compliantia

JULY 4, 2023

Understanding how to manage seasonal sales and promotions is key to running a successful store. This job of managing promotions becomes more complex when you start adding multiple locations into the mix. This job of managing promotions becomes more complex when you start adding multiple locations into the mix.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

Craig Flanders, managing director of full-service creative agency Spinach, compared the move to search engine giant Google running TV ads. This could be a play by Amazon to engage those people,” Flanders said. “I The Wall Street Journal offered few details about the look and feel of the stores Amazon is reportedly planning to open.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

Managing director Simon Schofield discusses the new bricks-and-mortar experience and the brand’s revitalised product range. We were able to engage our store teams to assist with online fulfilment. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In just 10 years, Vietnamese fashion retail operator Maison Retail Management International (MRMI) has built a network of more than 120 retail stores across 18 high-profile international fashion brands. The post Exclusive: Vietnamese fashion operator eyes international expansion plan appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2023

Oayda hopes that the new Bondi store will positively impact the brand’s online sales, while also enabling Bondi Active to partner with other businesses, and engage with the local community. The post Bondi Active on its new flagship store and international expansion plans appeared first on Inside Retail. A moving target.

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Compliantia

MARCH 31, 2023

The good news is, with proper planning, not only can you ensure that the right, in-demand products are available to customers when they need them, but also avoid ending up with excess inventory. This is where a merchandising plan can help. What is a merchandising plan and why should retailers care? Let’s get started.

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Parker Design

JUNE 13, 2023

Gamification – ignore the ‘game’ in the name Including gamification as a key element in your employee engagement strategy could really boost engagement levels across businesses of any size. And that’s where gamification can help as a key element in your employee engagement strategy.

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Retail Bound

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When creators talk about building and planning to launch their crowdfunding campaigns, the first topic that comes up is, the funding goal! Do you have a plan for when you succeed? You will absolutely have to have a content strategy in place for keeping your backers informed, engaged and excited! Have Content Strategy in Place.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2022

They found that the least effective managers had three-four times as many people who were quietly quitting when compared with the most effective leaders. You might need a workplace wellness plan appeared first on Inside Retail. It’s a reminder that leadership has and always will matter. The post Concerned about quiet quitting?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Here, Ludovic Dellazzeri, managing director of Ghd Australia , discusses the secret to customer satisfaction and whether or not the brand plans to establish a direct-to-consumer bricks-and-mortar offering in pursuit of delivering an impeccable customer journey. IR : What are the key priorities for Ghd Australia over the next year?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Our focus remains on seeking to drive further and sustainable cost efficiencies and inventory management,” he added. Over the last five years as CEO, King has been enacting his ‘customer-first plan’ which has re-established Myer as Australia’s 8th most trusted brand, according to Roy Morgan.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Despite the multiple challenges over the last two and a half years, Carmen Chiu, regional managing director, Asia Pacific at Fortnum & Mason, is confident that the brand has built a solid foundation and engagement strategy with the domestic customer through its retail and hospitality businesses. “We

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast-growing Australian online retailer Canningvale plans to relaunch the iconic Singaporean department store Robinsons as an online-only business this month after acquiring the company’s digital assets for an undisclosed sum. The online marketplace model is a key part of Prainito’s plan to take Robinsons back to its roots as a value player.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

“We also allege that in many cases both Woolworths and Coles had already planned to later place the products on a ‘Prices Dropped’ or ‘Down Down’ promotion before the price spike, and implemented the temporary price spike for the purpose of establishing a higher ‘was’ price.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Play up the engagement element – whether it is local manufacturing, the slickest user experience available, or using transport fuelled by green energy. Planning is essential to ensure products and materials arrive on time. When the plan breaks down, it is one of the biggest generators of stress in business owners.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an industry where customer service and emotional engagement is more critical than ever before, this collaboration between human workers and machines is key to maintaining a productive and enjoyable shopping environment, for both staff and customers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

Our plan is to really expand our network to have a true omnichannel experience, which will be a collection of on-the-ground physical retail, own retail and an online store experience,” Omar de Sabré, Maison de Sabré’s creative director and CEO, told Inside Retail. “Now, But now, they’ll also be able to visit Maison de Sabré stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2022

And while the business’ sales stayed flat compared to FY21, Endeavour Group has managed to diversify itself across the alcohol retail space, with a number of new brands and offers now online, signalling new potential moving forward. We’ll continue to respond flexibly, adapting and optimising both our retail and hotel offers as required.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Nearly four in 10 Australians admitted to having either engaged in online return policy abuse or fraudulent behaviours themselves in the past year or know someone who has, according to a recent study.

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Eye on ESG

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It also launched the Transition Plan Task Force ( “TPT” ) with a view to producing a Gold Standard Disclosure Framework for transition plans. The UK has committed to moving towards making the disclosure of Transition Plans mandatory. What is a Transition Plan? banking, asset management etc).

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RetailMinded

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Effectively managing a retail supply chain is essential for meeting customer demands and maintaining a competitive edge in the market. UPS utilizes route optimization software to plan the most efficient delivery routes, reducing fuel consumption and delivery times.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Now, Mosaic’s presumably ‘core brands’, Millers, Noni B, Rivers and Katies, are also on the chopping block as the retail group looks to accelerate its rationalisation plan and attract new customers across metropolitan and regional Australia through the administration process. The post Is a large store network the key to success?

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2024

The reported closure of Microsoft’s brick-and-mortar stores managed by authorised retail partners in China has raised questions about the tech giant’s strategy in the world’s second-largest economy and whether the move is counterintuitive when the market’s consumer electronics sector has seen a sign of recovery.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Rather than investing in and delivering on their brand promise, they focus on other, often supplementary, marketing strategies such as launching engaging campaigns, brands may believe they can substitute competence with warmth. Swift’s brand promise has always centred on quality products.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2022

Here, Australia and New Zealand general manager Preet Bains discusses the brand’s omnichannel strategy, the sensory appeal of its unique stores and the key to maintaining the relevance of a legacy brand. . We seek to promote our brand integrity at all times, while providing exceptional products through engaging customer service.

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Parcel Pending

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If coming up with corporate holiday party ideas or planning your office Christmas party idea fills you with dread, it’s time to flip the switch on the stereotypical “office holiday party” event and look at new ways to engage your employees. Here are 17 office holiday ideas to get you thinking (and planning) in a new direction.

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VMS

JULY 29, 2021

Association have agreed to a formal management relationship beginning September 1, 2021. Retail has faced both tremendous challenges and an ongoing evolution, and with SmartWork’s management and communications experience, SHOP! The post SmartWork Media To Manage SHOP! SmartWork Media and SHOP! SmartWork Media will support SHOP!,

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2024

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. 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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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Earlier this month, Desigual partnered with Melbourne-based brand management firm O’Rourke Showroom to unveil its spring-summer collection, further expanding its retail distribution in Asia Pacific. IR: What are the plans for Desigual in terms of new market entries or product developments in Asia Pacific?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The City of Sydney council has approved a new plan to upgrade Dixon Street Mall in the Chinatown precinct, including spending $5 million on public amenities. The reinvigoration will include restoring its framed gates, and installing new seats and lighting overlays along with improved services to support events.

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