Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Before joining New Zealand healthcare brand Comvita , Andy Chen worked in HR and project management at Walmart for 10 years. I spent 10 years at Walmart in HR management and project management. AC: Normally, general managers and CEOs come from operations or sales roles. Inside Retail : Tell me about your career journey.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Akeneo , the product experience company, is pleased to announce that it has been recognised by Ventana Research , an independent market research and technology advisory services firm, as a Value Index Leader in the 2023 Product Experience Management (PXM) Value Index. To learn more about Akeneo, please visit www.akeneo.com.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2022

The on-premise solution also required Lorna Jane to keep a dedicated IT support team on hand to manage the site. . “As We’re trying to approach [omnichannel] from a unified perspective, so the same customer is the same customer anywhere they shop, not just ‘they can shop anywhere’,” Clarke said.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

Recent research by The Workforce Institute at UKG , indicates that 69 per cent of people think their manager has more impact on their mental health than their therapist or doctor, and a similar impact on their partner. As a manager, this can be a confronting reality. Integrated manager-led coaching. Simply, powerful LMS.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Inside Retail has reported on the issue of gender equality in retail over many years, and yet, we are still not seeing tangible change in the industry,” said Heather McIlvaine, managing editor – premium at Inside Retail. “By ” Statistics from the Australian Retailers Association show that women hold only 19.6

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Belles’ managing director Joss Jenner-Leuthart told Inside Retail that the brand has chosen to raise funding through this particular route – rather than a traditional capital raise – as it provides customers with the opportunity to connect more deeply with the brand, and feel a genuine sense of ownership over it.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Trends in the Commercial Investment Market The retail real estate market was a focal point of this years MAPIC, with a strong emphasis on investors perspectives regarding retail market trends and outlooks. Looking ahead, the 5-10 year perspective outlines a commercial landscape where only the most high-performing retail spaces will survive.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Since 2019, it has relaunched its online offering in Australia, rolled out dedicated e-commerce sites and fulfilment centres in New Zealand and the UK, and upgraded its warehouse management and order management systems, leading to significant efficiency gains and growth. That’s possible from a financial perspective.”.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

They changed their perspective by doing business by including clients in their practices. From a brand perspective, sustainability was a challenge: being able to deliver a profitable business while considering environmental, economic, and social resources for present and future generations.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2022

She has worked for nine years in Australia and close to seven in the US, with her most recent role as VP and general merchandise manager for buying, merchandising & sourcing at New Jersey-based discount chain CTS – formerly known as Christmas Tree Shops. CTS has 80 stores combining everyday low prices and seasonal merchandise.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2022

Poor performance – well below market growth during recent quarters – has raised serious questions about the grip management has on operations, he said. Saunders described the “chronic underperformance” at Old Navy – usually the growth engine of the group – as exacerbated by operational stumbles. An incoming CEO faces a tough challenge.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

From the perspective of the designers wanting to be sustainable and wanting to tap into materials that were already there, the problem was availability,” Forster told Inside Retail. Luxury brands would rather destroy their leftovers than make it available for use.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

EuroShop 2023 will also be focusing on key topics such as Connected Retail, Smart Store, Energy Management, Third Places, Customer Centricity, Experience and Lively City Centres. The focus will be on sustainable energy solutions and intelligent lighting management. Expo & Event Marketing will be held in Halls 10-14.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Here, Gaspard Barthelemy, Piaget brand manager for Australia, discusses the importance of forming direct relationships with customers, the luxury shopping experience, and how the heritage brand is staying relevant with modern consumers. IR: Can you explain the customer experience that Piaget will deliver in this new store?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For once, that’s not the focal point,” Mário Braz de Matos, co-founder and managing partner at Flying Fish Lab, told Inside Retail. Fresh perspectives without losing core brand identity The Jaguar rebrand serves as a cautionary tale for retailers and brands looking to modernise their image.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Koko Black owner Simon Crowe, who is also the co-founder and managing director of Grill’d, bought the business out of administration in 2016 after identifying its potential as a great brand, with quality, artisanal products. According to Crowe, Koko Black’s channels are carefully managed. Big guys knocking.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

Which brand can say that they’re the inventor of the blue jean,” Nuholt Huisamen, managing director of Levi Strauss & Co for East Asia Pacific, told Inside Retail. New Balance from a sneaker perspective is quite hot at the moment. The other one that we’ve done a few collabs with is New Balance.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Jamie Hoey, country manager, Australia, with Wunderkind, says the importance of first-party data cannot be overstated. “If I look at it from a perspective that there is identifying it, then capturing it, then nurturing it. If you know who someone is, you’ve got their details; that’s very powerful.”

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

From a business perspective, it’s a huge financial gain, because they’re making their inventory work more effectively,” Nesci added. However, Munro pointed out that a vital part of the launch was partnering with Comestri, which played a major role in ensuring that the technical side of the rollout was well-managed.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

It’s important to have your security systems functioning, both from a liability perspective so the centre can cover itself, but also from a security perspective, so the security team can manage the centre,” said H3C Plus Security director Nicholas Churchill.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Coles’ senior design and innovation manager Pete Rose described the project as turning a “tired shop” into an “incredible” one for the Chadstone shopper. From a timing perspective, the project commenced on May 31 last year and went live in December, with additional components landing in February for the official store opening on March 6. “I

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In other words, most brands seem to suffer from a positivity bias, and when it comes to crisis management, they exhibit a response paralysis. You don’t have to be a marketing expert to know that Taylor Swift is a bulletproof brand that consistently improves, regardless of the challenges she faces or the challenges she sets for herself.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The number of Godfrey retail outlets has fallen by 16 per cent since the 2018 takeover – from 210 outlets to 175, according to The Australian Financial Review – but the management team has placed a focus on three key pillars of the business: its product line, property holdings and people. From our stockroom perspective, it’s nice and clean.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

From Mosaic’s perspective, we never, ever thought bricks-and-mortar was dead,” Mosaic Group chief executive and managing director Scott Evans told Inside Retail. “We The group’s brands include Katies, Millers, Noni B, Rivers, Rockmans, Crossroads, Autograph, W.Lane, EziBuy and Beme.

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Inside Retail

JULY 14, 2021

From our perspective, it is about looking forward and we really feel that we have to get everybody behind the vaccine and the vaccination program, because that ultimately is going to be the only way that we have confidence about the future,” Capp said. On confidence. “I On the future of Melbourne. “We

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Amie Larter of Inside Retail talked with Karlie Taylor, marketing manager at unified commerce platform Shopline, for this month’s Retail Untangled podcast series. So what is the roadblock stopping Australian retailers from using AI – is it mindset or hesitancy on how to implement it from a business perspective, Larter asks.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

Inside Retail spoke to Tim Page, New Balance’s Pacific retail manager, to discuss how the latest Chadstone concept store is creating the next generation of immersive and engaging shopping experiences. New Balance sits at the intersection of sports and cultural heritage and its new UCC concept stores aim to reflect that.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2024

But this is not a replication of history, Inside Retail spoke to Nuholt Huisamen, managing director of Levi Strauss & Co for East Asia Pacific, about how nostalgia is fueling the future of the business. It’s really trying to stay at the centre of culture, right?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

All this – on top of challenges related to a highly competitive rental market, and an increased cost of borrowing – can lead to greater stress placed on staff and management which, in turn, can have a detrimental effect on wellbeing. The manner in which we interpret the media perspective might also vary [according to] demographic.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The chain’s general manager Kyme Rigter told PerthNow that staff were confronted by shoplifting “half a dozen times a day” across the sites. From a team member perspective it’s driving turnover, burnout and some disillusionment – people don’t get into retail to be abused,” Townsley told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

Change and uncertainty are the only constant, and it’s our roles as retail leaders to manage our teams through this ever-changing world we live in. When leaders act in this way, it cascades throughout the organisation.Ensure you have open lines of communication that are available to everyone in the organisation, not just top tier management.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Here, Designworks divisional general manager Brooke Norton discusses why it has relaunched with Big W, how Pavement’s product line will look different compared to previous ranges, and what’s next for the brand. Inside Retail: Tell me about Pavement’s relaunch in collaboration with Big W.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2023

The research, which offers first-person perspectives from mystery shoppers as direct feedback to the brands involved, is designed to provide retailers with an internal lens for measuring their omnichannel success at the brand level and making any necessary improvements.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2024

As global CMO of the popular Australian beauty brand Go-To Skincare, Faddy compares her leadership approach to conducting an orchestra and believes it’s important to ‘manage up’ and know what’s important to the board members and CEO. This has been an approach I have had to work on myself, as I have a tendency to ‘sweat the small stuff’.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

At the time, Warwick Konopacki, co-founder and former managing director of TCS, commented: “The time is right for a new owner to take the business and network forward and we very much look forward to seeing the future success of The Cheesecake Shop eclipse that which has been achieved by the team so far.”. Cake changing hands.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Lucinda Sabo, general manager of marketing and digital at Vitality Brands, told Inside Retail , “Our brand mission is to turn the boring, everyday, shower, lotion or bath into an experience that enriches your daily routine and becomes a treasured ritual.” I think I trialled about 75 samples of the product.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I think we’ve been proactive in managing the business and preparing it for a dynamic period.” If you manage it correctly, [these macroeconomic forces] won’t necessarily have a material impact [on the business].” “But we’d be silly not to acknowledge that there’s macroeconomic forces that are quite significant.

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