Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2022

The plan coincides with the appointment of two key executives in the US: Eric Bauer as global CEO and Skye Westcott as president of North America who will lead what Coco Republic, the Australian-founded furniture and homewares chain, describes as an “accelerated global expansion, initially focused on the California market”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2025

Woolworths fared the worst of the two, starting 2024 with a controversial decision not to promote Australia Day merchandise and ending the year with a distribution centre employee strike costing tens of millions of dollars and ravaging supermarket shelves. billion, but booked provisions worth $1.6

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The confluence of supply-chain disruptions, rising costs of raw materials and pandemic-driven demand peaks and troughs have created the perfect storm for Merchandise Planners and in turn, the retail executives whose goals they are trying to meet. . They turn to their Merchandise Planners to find the optimum balance of these variables.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Loop is the leading post-purchase platform optimising returns, post-purchase, and reverse logistics for more than 3500 brands, representing about 15 per cent of Shopify’s gross merchandise value. Take a look at Loop’s latest webinar here, where Australian e-commerce experts discuss strategies for successful international expansion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 7, 2025

Inside Retail connected with Millstein to discuss the brands plans to tap into channel expansion and merchandising opportunities and how the founder plans to turn Fishwife into a household name. IR : What strategies, from merchandising to marketing, has Fishwife incorporated in order to reach its growth trajectory?

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Compliantia

MARCH 31, 2023

It wasn’t too long ago that retailers and consumers were facing a plague of out-of-stock merchandise and empty shelves — on account of supply-chain disruptions in global retail. This is where a merchandising plan can help. What is a merchandising plan and why should retailers care? Let’s get started.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

We’ve brought in a very experienced omnichannel retailer by the name of Jacq Vuleta as the chief customer and merchandise officer, Laing said. He plans to travel to three states this week to sign off on additional locations.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

Indeed, 2025s business plan includes piloting large-format stores in such locations. 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. For 2025, the companys business plan is to end the year with about 200 stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2024

Convenience chain 7-Eleven is embarking on a bold strategy to double its footprint in 10 years as it drives growth in new markets. Fiona Hayes, CEO, 7-Eleven, revealed the plan to the delegates at the Australian Franchise Summit in Melbourne today. “7-Eleven We want to change the perception of 7-Eleven to a go-to for our shopping.

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Creative Displays Now

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for an excellent opportunity to boost your sales and gain brand recognition, seasonal merchandising is one of the best ways to do it. So, what is seasonal merchandise, and how can you execute a seasonality strategy effectively? What Is Seasonal Merchandising?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 6, 2021

Fashion label General Pants is set to expand to 65 stores across Australia and New Zealand as part of its growth strategy to focus on Gen Z and millennial consumers. General Plants said it will accelerate its store opening plan together with store refurbishments in Queensland, WA and Victoria in the next few months.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Over the past few weeks, the retail industry has been buzzing about the news of legacy retailer Nordstroms privatisation plans. Nordstrom has been one of the weakest performers in the department store space, Saunders continued, adding that many adjustments are needed to fix recent missteps with merchandising, operations and store standards.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Inside Retail spoke to Charles & Keith’s co-founder and COO Keith Wong to learn further details on the company’s retail concept and global expansion strategy. IR: Following these three flagship stores, what are your plans for further expansion? Are there other key cities or regions you’re targeting?

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

During the pandemic, the Australian womenswear brand Witchery turned 50, but rather than kicking back to party, the retailer revved its omnichannel strategy and worked on a new physical store concept. IR: What are your plans for Witchery going into the next financial year?

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Retail merchandising plays a pivotal role in the retail sector, dictating how products are showcased and sold both in physical stores and online. For students interested in a career in fashion and retail, understanding what is merchandising in retail can provide a competitive edge in this dynamic field. What is Retail Merchandising ?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2024

DP: I’ve worked in all aspects of fashion and retail, from operations to wholesale and from merchandising to retail. DP: While we have no immediate plans in place and are not in a hurry, we are eager to expand our retail network in North America and will continue to seek the right opportunities.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

The brand has no plans to stop there. Understanding an international audience After a less-than-successful showcase at a trade show in New York in 2015, the company realised it needed to diversify its merchandise for its global customers. In February 2024, Grupo Soma confirmed a merger with leather goods specialist Arezzo Group.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For that, you need a strategy aligned with a vision, a board that is supportive of your decisions and a culture that is completely aligned. IR : Switching gears a little bit, Id love to hear about how you first gotinto the retail industry, because I understand it wasnt part of your original plan.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Centric’s e-book details five core strategies retailers can adopt to boost their private-label business. In summary: Strategy 1 – Optimise costing for high-profit margins: A crucial point in the highly competitive retail landscape, cost optimisation ensures profit margins and sustainable growth.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The opportunity is in being in tune with how people will live they do and will live differently, so we should plan for the reality that singles will buy differently. The sectors brands and companies are beginning to develop strategies and initiatives tailored to the one-person economy.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This has led the team to dive deep into a costly comeback plan, which has become increasingly expensive. Part of the rising cost stems from the company’s plan to close one of its primary distribution centres, in Rialto, California. He is known to make changes and shift merchandising strategies late in the game.

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Jahabow

JULY 9, 2021

Selling great products is one way to boost your retail business’s bottom line, but even the best inventory will languish on your shelves without the right merchandising strategy in place. You don’t need a major shopping holiday or a change in seasons to change out your merchandising displays. Start With the Windows.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

We believe there are six key strategic pillars, which should be taken into account to ensure your organisation is on the right track for supply chain resilience: Redesign your fulfilment network and your merchandise planning function for multi-channel fulfilment. Progress is the pathway to perfection, so it’s okay to do this in stages.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

After almost 30 years in the retail industry, Officeworks general manager of merchandising Jim Berndelis has gained plenty of experience and life lessons. From there, I’ve worn many hats in our support office and in various roles across the merchandise function: from demand planning to buying to buying manager.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2023

Visual merchandising can help you do just that, but it can also be costly. In this blog post, we’ll explore some creative ideas for visual merchandising on a budget that small businesses can use to make a big impact. In conclusion, visual merchandising on a budget is possible for small businesses. Use Perspex Cut to Size.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

With customer demands coming in hotter and the stakes higher than ever, assortment planning is the key to profit growth. Here, we help you avoid profit margin mayhem with a considered, data-driven assortment plan. What is assortment planning? Why is assortment planning important? Depth of buy per option.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I wouldnt call it a massive issue at The Iconic, I think, in general, returns are a big element of an e-commerce strategy. IR: Can you elaborate on how you plan to decrease the returns rate from 30 per cent, without being detrimental to the customer experience and value proposition that free returns present? What is it?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Dymocks’ three-year plan will see the bookstore chain add another 20+ retail outlets to the network. CEO Mark Newman told Inside Franchise Business Executive there will be a mix of suburban and regional locations in the new store plan which will spread the book chain further into the north of the country. How we merchandise is vital.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The formula is simple: take functional everyday items, redesign them imaginatively with eye-catching colour, texture and packaging, price them accessibly, showcase them with immaculate visual merchandising and make the shopping experience fun, and watch the customers come in droves. In just about every way, Oh!some

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Woolworths Group’s announcement earlier this month that it will no longer sell Australia Day-themed merchandise for the upcoming national holiday due to “a decline in demand” has been met with praise by supporters and calls for a boycott by critics. The Woolworths Group are currently implementing their third Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2024

Retailers have also been hit with rising input costs eroding margins, leaving many merchandise, marketing and commerce functions wondering how they are going to achieve more with less. To give you a glimpse of what you can expect from this year’s report, we are sharing selected articles over the coming weeks.

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Creative Displays Now

MARCH 8, 2022

Using these elements to bring attention to your brand is called visual merchandising. It’s a crucial strategy to make your products stand out in a competitive retail space. Effective visual merchandising can have a significant impact on your bottom line. Visual Merchandising Explained. Who Uses Visual Merchandising?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The outcome of its strategy will determine whether it can outmanoeuvre a US$47 billion Canadian takeover bid. Seven & I plans to split off its supermarket operation and some 30 other “non-core” units into a holding company, York Holdings. convenience store operations. per cent last year.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

That same year, Pandora also announced its brand transformation plan, aptly dubbed “Phoenix”, which focused on four growth pillars: brand transformation, design, personalisation and investment in core markets, particularly, the US and China.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

A merger with Sigma Pharmaceuticals remains the preferred option for restructuring Chemist Warehouse but if that plan is quashed by regulators or Sigma shareholders there is a plan B. A straightforward initial public offering is a live option for Chemist Warehouse following extensive planning over six years.

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Jahabow

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Many times customers will enter a store without even knowing what they want, and merchandising displays will work to help them make up their minds. In fact, luxury jewelry designers spend a good portion of their budgets building flashy, immersive merchandising displays that make an impact. Think about proportion as you merchandise.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the key dimensions of EuroShop 2023 is Shop Fitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising, which is the heart of EuroShop and its largest dimension. 2022 EuroShop segments into eight ‘experience dimensions’, namely Shopfitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising which will be held in Halls 1, 10, 11 & 12.

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