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Moshi Moshi eyes expansion beyond Thailand, targets 200 stores by 2025

Inside Retail

Its not a bad ploy and it fits well with the broader expansion strategy, but even so, this is a company with much greater ambition than selling pens to students. According to the company, Thailands retail sales increased by 8.9 Indeed, 2025s business plan includes piloting large-format stores in such locations.

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Why Vinnies’ op shop finally added e-commerce to its business model

Inside Retail

Liz Randle, Vinnies Victoria’s head of merchandise and retail innovation, has been with the company for over 13 years and has witnessed the op shop’s evolution from a network of bricks-and-mortar stores into an e-commerce platform. We have created an environment that heroes our values and honours the donation, said Randle.

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Australian retail sales are looking strong

Inside Retail

Australian retail sales reached a record high in the last three months of 2021. This was due to relaxed virus restrictions and end-of-year holiday shopping, which underpins a robust economic recovery. The fourth quarter sales data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed an 8.2 per cent increase in sales.

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Central Retail: Expansions and omnichannel drive growth

Inside Retail

The retail sales mix is nicely balanced, with 30 per cent hardlines, 39 per cent food and 31 per cent fashion. A third aspect of Centrals progress over the past year is the expansion of its new Go Wholesale chain to 10 units, readying it to compete with the sector giant, CP Axtras Makro. stores in Vietnam. billion Thai baht.

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Are we entering a bricks-and-mortar renaissance? Here’s what the data says

Inside Retail

In a rollercoaster year for retail sales, a survey of retailers has indicated an optimistic outlook for store network growth. In what the national property agency CBRE described as a ‘flash survey’, 83 per cent of Australian respondents across a snapshot of the Asia Pacific region indicated expansion plans.

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Amazon expands parcel pick up network to Western Australia

Inside Retail

The expansion of its pick up network comes after the surge of Australians having tried online shopping for the first time during the Covid-19 crisis, with the network now available at more than 750 locations across the country. According to the latest NAB Online Retail Sales Index, Australians spent $46.9

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“Makes sense on paper”: Premier backs spinoff, but analysts have doubts

Inside Retail

Solomon Lew’s plan to spin off Premier Retail into individual business units, announced in August, appears to be moving full steam ahead, as kids’ stationery brand Smiggle and sleepwear brand Peter Alexander investigate potential international expansions. We’ve got businesses in Singapore, and Thailand.

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