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After the Christmas high comes the returns, here’s how to break the cycle

Inside Retail

The high volumes of unwanted gifts and remorseful sale purchases have implications beyond the bottom line the environmental impact of emissions, repackaging and damaged goods is becoming excessive. This helps lower material use and reduce space in delivery trucks, ultimately lowering emissions.”

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Sensible gifting took centre stage as consumers embraced practicality this Christmas

Retail Focus

This Christmas, UK shoppers showed a clear shift towards sensible spending, prioritising useful, practical gifts over luxury and indulgence. Office goods saw revenue increase 35% as people look to kit out their space for homeworking.

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How to embrace the ‘gifts’ in challenging situations

Inside Retail

If you are encouraged to share successes and challenges at home, at school and amongst your social network, you will be more likely to be open to a ‘gift’ mindset. This mindset is all about embracing the gifts in both the challenging and positive experiences we encounter and then using these to progress ourselves and others forward.

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Lululemon’s ANZ boss talks menswear, personalisation and a new, premium flagship

Inside Retail

We aim to create a seamless navigation experience for guests, providing a space that not only tells compelling brand and product stories but also supports and inspires our retail team, making it a place they’re excited to work in. IR: More dedicated retail space for menswear is a notable feature of Lululemon’s new flagship.

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Ecoya CEO on why Metro Martin Place was a perfect fit for its new Sydney store

Inside Retail

But the experiential element of the product drives an equally successful offline presence, where consumers are more likely to make impulse buys, whether for themselves or as a gift. “I I don’t think we could ever be too heavily weighted one way or the other,” Barnes said about Ecoya’s mix of online and offline sales.

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Clarins ANZ MD Jerome Bellony on the beauty brand’s new concept store in Sydney

Inside Retail

He explained how the brand’s new store in Sydney’s QVB building is a space where beauty meets innovation and the values that have defined Clarins for the past seven decades — care, commitment, and community — manifest into an immersive, personalised and exceptional customer experience. IR : How many DTC stores are in the works for the region?

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New Balance bottles its scent and enters the beauty space with Grey Store

Inside Retail

Customers will need to shop in-store if they want to get their hands on this unique Christmas gift, and for now, it’s a gift money can’t buy, with only the first 100 customers to make a purchase in-store receiving a bottle of Distilled.

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