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Australian Retail Outlook 2023: Paradigm shifts and fresh perspectives

Inside Retail

Just out of time Over the last few years, most retailers have focused on fine-tuning their supply chains to reduce inventory and shipping costs. While Covid lockdowns shifted many shoppers online, the last six months have brought a leveling out of shopper participation in e-commerce, and of online as a proportion of retail sales.

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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

“Originally the event has always been based on trade with a consumer event later, and in the last few years we have seen them merging this and not investing in getting overseas buyers to come to Australia,” Phoebes Garland, co-founder of Garland & Garland, a fashion and lifestyle brand management agency, told Inside Retail.

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Hong Kong retail sales remain grim: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Inside Retail

Hong Kong retail sales continue to experience a recession, reporting a double-digit drop in two consecutive months in May and a 6.1 A government spokesman said the decline in sales was mainly due to the changes in the consumption patterns of visitors and residents, as well as the strength of the Hong Kong dollar.

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Innovation wins: Why global marketplaces are winning the online war

Inside Retail

Research from E-marketer shows that global marketplaces accounted for 62 per cent of online retail sales last year up four points from 2022. In a warning to Australian retail brands, he sees the market share of marketplaces growing even further. And make no mistake, TikTok Shop is now coming to this market.

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An open-lidded letter to Tupperware

Inside Retail

You set the scene as one of the original multi-level marketing businesses when that meant something good and true. Even Myer, whose retail sales have slumped, is sitting pretty as our country’s No. From a branding and business POV, yours is one of the earliest examples of women supporting women and being totally female-led.

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Black Friday 2024 results showcase the growing power of AI and chatbots

Inside Retail

To put these numbers into perspective, that is more than double what US consumers spent online on Black Friday 2017, which drove US$5.03 billion in e-commerce sales. “The Ethan Chernofsky, Placer.ai’s senior vice president of marketing remarked, “Black Friday is not just about purchasing products.”

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Vincom’s retail struggles: Vacancy woes persist amidst Vietnam’s shopping boom

Inside Retail

Retail is booming and rents are, too, in the main cities Vincoms performance took place against the backdrop of booming retail sales. National retail sales tabulated by Vietnams National Statistics Office (NSO) grew by a hefty 9.0 The economy grew by 7.1

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