Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The full merger of Monki into the Weekday platform is slated for next year, covering both online and off-line retail. Monki operates 56 stores in 15 markets and runs online shops in 29 countries. To streamline its brand portfolio, H&M Group will integrate the Monki label into its Weekday brand and rebrand all of its Monki stores.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2023

Social commerce and live shopping. Browsing and shopping directly on social media platforms has long been a hallmark of e-commerce in China, now, it’s finally coming to Australia. Half of the GTV of e-commerce in China now comes from live shopping. Live shopping is essentially the modern-day, more sophisticated version of TVSN.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Designed to be an intimate boutique shopping experience, the store delivers a carefully curated selection of womenswear and accessories, including handbags and footwear. Special previews of new collections and store-unique products are available, and items are refreshed weekly, creating a highly exclusive offer.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Emporium Melbourne presented the ideal location for us to host ANZ’s largest Lululemon store – it’s a premium destination with high foot traffic, allowing us to reach a large audience at a one-stop shopping hub. How do these services align with Lululemon’s vision of providing a premium and personalised shopping experience?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Armadale’s High Street has become one of the most expensive shopping destinations in Melbourne and the row of retailers is essentially a who’s who of Australian fashion. All the connotations that come with high street shopping carry through to Armadale’s High Street with its pedestrian walkways lined with shops.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull has continued to expand its leading offer with the arrival of Spanish fashion retailer Mango. Ardent UK acquired Touchwood in summer 2021, the first major shopping centre acquisition since the onset of the pandemic, in a deal that effectively called the retail investment market.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. But there are some visionary developments that seek to stretch the definition and model of traditional shopping centres – delivering environments that celebrate innovation, wellbeing , community and, critically, creativity.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 7, 2025

Despite tough trading conditions, many Australian and New Zealand retailers continued to invest in CX, leveraging data, technology and innovative thinking to elevate their offerings in line with consumers’ rapidly changing expectations,” said McIlvaine. ” The winners will be announced in Melbourne on February 20.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised. There is also a new AR feature called ‘Shop With Friends’. With that information, a customer’s online shopping cart is filled with the right items at the appropriate time.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In-store shopping has rebounded post-pandemic. However, post-pandemic physical shopping is a different beast to the olden days. However, post-pandemic physical shopping is a different beast to the olden days. But getting the latest model was about the anticipation and the superior experience of shopping at Apple.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It also provided customers with more time to shop these deals. We’ve carefully curated these offers to ensure our customers an extended offer period for a more flexible shopping experience with deeper discounts,” Holloman said. We’re pleased with the initial sales figures, which are in line with our expectations.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2024

His eponymous boutique is located on Glenmore Road in the Sydney suburb of Paddington, where customers can shop his jewellery, fragrance and accessories alongside the gowns. Khalils shoe line is yet to be named, but supplier and manufacturer trips to Italy have seen the idea evolve into a product over the last six months.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Meanwhile, LDO has also enhanced its F&B line up after announcing that Afrikana would be opening a new location early in 2025. Matt Slade, Retail Director at Quintain , said: Outlet retail continues to be remarkably resilient thanks to the unique in-person retail experience it offers compared to online shopping.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 20, 2025

A visit from His Majesty King Charles III on 12th December 2024 was immediately followed by Battersea Power Stations busiest week of the year for sales, from 16th 22nd December, demonstrating how the landmark has become a popular festive shopping destination. Fashion sales performed particularly well in lead up to Christmas, growing 11.7%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2025

Since launching in January 2020, Viv for your V has steadily built its direct-to-consumer (DTC) and e-commerce presence via retailers like Amazon and TikTok Shop. Katie Diasti: While I was shopping for my own period products, I felt that none of the sterile products in the aisle spoke to me as a consumer.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Digital shopping habits are now firmly embedded, and this means that brands that fail to adapt risk being left behind. From the rise of direct-to-brand shopping to the growing demand for personalisation, here are the most important takeaways and what they mean for retailers looking to stay ahead.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As a country, our collective inaction around the often questionable behaviours of big business suggests a fair amount of complacency – until someone crosses the line,” Ritchie told Inside Retail. In the short term, rising prices across the board are most likely to drive a change in a customer’s supermarket choice.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 6, 2025

Holland & Barrett joined The Langham Estate at 146/148 Oxford Street on 20 December, relocating from 52 Oxford Street as part of its strategic expansion on the famous shopping thoroughfare. Retailers are also drawn to this blend of prime shopping and workplace hubs, maximising footfall throughout the week. The deal takes the 11.3-acre

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The 15 brands that have renewed at Merry Hill this year span its diverse line-up, including British book retailer Waterstones, which covers two floors near the flourishing Leisure Quarter. Waterstones have significantly invested in the store, updating its shop-fit and adding a brand-new shopfront.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

Among Amazon shoppers in the UK, 70 per cent now shop there at least once a month, while 17 per cent use the online marketplace weekly. As costs to shop for everyday essentials have soared, shoppers are looking for new ways to save, which has led to greater demand for products in categories like pet, baby and more on the Amazon platform.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

Larger families (largely among immigrant groups) mean the monthly big shop has grown into a very big shop. For instance, a metro line getting expanded has a direct effect on demand for housing. This is driving many white collar workers out of inner city suburbs to areas which blue collar groups previously dominated.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These include the highly anticipated launch of Blue Tab, the brand’s most premium denim line yet, and a renewed focus on creating immersive retail experiences across the region. Were launching the line in Asia in February, and our region will be the first in the world to access it.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

The debut shop features the brand’s timeless collections of men’s, women’s and children’s ready-to-wear clothing, including formalwear, knitwear, and suits and tailoring. The popular brand opened opposite Adidas, adding to the outlet’s unrivalled line-up of outdoor retailers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2025

Established in 2022 in Howrah, the retail centre spans 6002sqm and is anchored by a Coles supermarket, a full-line Priceline, a 24-hour drive-thru McDonald’s Liquorland, and 16 other specialty stores. Tipalea has sold Tasmanian retail centre Glebe Hill Village to Charter Hall for $50.25

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

to take their total share of spending to 46.9%, as online shopping levels have started to stabilise, correcting back to post-pandemic volumes. As well as on-line and off-line spending levels stabilising, the prevalence of deals being heavily promoted online is also helping to draw more shoppers into bricks-and-mortar stores.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As we prepare to welcome both new and existing customers, we are looking forward to creating a truly memorable and enchanting shopping experience at Liverpool ONE, in an exciting store format that reflects the spirit of the city.” It is globally celebrated, has a huge base of loyal fans, and delivers a bold, compelling concept.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2025

We have also continued to expand our product categories, including menswear and a curated diffusion line, optimizing our in-store and e-commerce experience. Brides shopping behaviors, wedding planning needs and timelines changed overnight. IR : What were the most difficult challenges over the past few years?

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Retail Focus

JULY 30, 2021

The Levi’s® store in Bromley is the first in a line of branches to have a shift in design and strategy, in collaboration with Lucky Fox , as the brand hits a new direction. LED ticker-tape style signage in the wall bays then helps to identify where to shop the selected fits and washes within the range.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Braintree Village has announced that global fashion house Coach, will be joining its retail line-up this Spring. This is a brand our guests have told us theyve been keen to shop at in Braintree Village for some time, and were excited to be finally welcoming them to our roster of brands.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Virtual showrooms: Creating immersive, interactive shopping experiences. These applications enhance your brands appeal and create a seamless customer shopping experience. E-Commerce Product Visuals Lets face it: online shopping can be a gamble. Customers cant touch or feel the product, so they rely heavily on visuals.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

With the evolution of retail media networks, brands and retailers are seizing the opportunity to shape consumer behaviour in real-time, using in-store touch points to elevate the shopping experience. Then, if we compare that to a week where we had no in-store retail media, it was an uplift of 76.8

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The store carries signature lines such as Lock by Tiffany , HardWear by Tiffany, T by Tiffany and Knot by Tiffany, as well as high jewellery offerings set with diamonds and coloured gemstones. is celebrated, with personalised shopping experiences that reflect the brand’s rich and storied heritage. Tiffany & Co.’s

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

That’s the time it takes to realise you’ve walked into a chain you swore you’d never shop at again. A 2014 study by Patrick Bohl on airport shopping behaviour revealed a striking pattern: Longer dwell time in duty-free shopping zones directly increased spending. Add a coffee shop and they might even bring a friend.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Australian Retailers’ Association is expecting Aussies’ pent-up demand for shopping to continue beyond Christmas, divining that a record $21 billion will be spent in stores and online in the period between Boxing Day and January 15.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

So while the sales period may have shown top-line growth in revenue and volume, digging into the numbers now tells us that in many cases these sales were just shifted forward from the traditional Christmas period – at big discounts for consumers. But are these top-line figures good if they come from a 60 per cent or even 70 per cent discount?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Black Friday, one of the most anticipated days of the entire retail calendar, has officially passed, and the results of this shopping event revealed some unique findings. Despite some concerns that Black Friday sales may have been diminished by month-long discount offerings, the shopping holiday proved surprisingly fruitful.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A survey by software broker Capterra showed 78 per cent research products on platforms like TikTok before purchasing and 54 per cent have shopped directly through social media apps; however, the Love Song survey by Live Nation found that 83 per cent prioritise real-world experiences over digital ones.

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