Retail Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

This article breaks down five innovative offer strategies that can give your retail business the edge. Whether it’s pairing shoes with care kits or gym wear with supplements, this strategy helps to lift both order value and customer satisfaction. Start with one approach, test, and adapt.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2025

Despite rising costs and inflation in the current economic climate in Australia, Costco has maintained its pricing strategy and incentivised loyal members rather than increasing margins. The more we save, the more loyal our members are, and they’ll [continue to] shop with us, she added.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2025

Ramadan continues to be a crucial shopping period across Southeast Asia, with evolving consumer behaviours and market dynamics shaping the retail landscape. However, Indonesia experienced an 11 per cent decline in online sales, pointing to shifting consumer preferences and the need for brands to refine their Ramadan strategies.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2025

In todays competitive retail landscape, customer insights play a crucial role in shaping business strategies and enhancing the overall shopping experience. The post How Officeworks uses customer insights to drive strategy appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. You can download the full report here.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Events like Black Friday have already pulled forward holiday spending, leading to a longer, more consistent sales period, including the Halloween shopping event, which now exceeds more than $450 million in sales in Australia. Retailers need to leverage this trend to prepare for an earlier holiday season.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Planning approval has been granted for the reconfiguration of four entrances at Highcross Shopping Centre, one of NewRivers capital partnership assets in Leicester. Highcross , a 1,100,000 sq ft regional shopping centre sits in the heart of Leicester and is the principal retail and leisure offer within the city and beyond.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The recent opening of Lululemon’s new flagship at Emporium Melbourne marked a key milestone for the brand and its robust growth strategy in the region. Inside Retail spoke with Paul Tinkler, vice president of Lululemon ANZ, about the significance of this opening and how it fits into the activewear brand’s broader business strategy.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Research shows that a lousy customer experience will deter 76 per cent of customers from returning to shop on your platform. Blue Yonder has identified five common challenges to cover in your peak season strategy… 1. So, it is critical to optimise service and customer experience online.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Seasonal shopping events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the back-to-school season have a significant impact on retail stock prices. In this article, we will delve into the dynamics of seasonal shopping and its effects on retail stock prices.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Theres a different energy when customers shop in person versus browsing from their homes. The post Beare Park founder Gabriella Pereira reveals her pop-up strategy appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. IR : What insights are you looking to gain from this initiative?

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

Much like the broader retail industry, The Reject Shop is facing inflationary pressures but it remains focused on its mission to provide value to its customers. “By By shopping with us, customers save money,” Amy Eshuys, The Reject Shop’s chief operating officer, told Inside Retail. “We

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

While sales might be up for brands that adopt a high/low pricing strategy like JB HiFi, their bottom line isn’t looking so rosy. They can shop on their terms – when they want and get what they need – with the confidence they’re paying a low price. Going all-in on EDLP In its purest form, prices don’t fluctuate within an EDLP strategy.

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Inside Retail

JULY 29, 2024

Let’s dive into the shifts expected to alter shopping for this year’s holiday season and explore additional winning strategies for retailers. With the rise of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services and alternative currencies, shopping has never been more frictionless.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nestled in the pulsing heart of Seoul’s vibrant Myeong-dong shopping district, H&M’s concept store isn’t just another retail outlet but a bigger part of the group’s bet on Asia. “We We have introduced services where customers can track down real-time where a product can be found on the shop floor through the RFID solutions.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

They were visible in malls, high streets, shopping centres, or online marketplaces. million Australians now shopping on the platform every month. Today’s consumers expect a seamless shopping experience, fast delivery, and competitive pricing. Once, we knew our competitors.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Any retailer worth its salt understands that consumers’ shopping behaviour varies across different age demographics. Coresight also revealed several large behavioural differences between these cohorts, ranging from their perspectives on personal financial and economic conditions to the retailers they prefer to shop with.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We currently live in an era marked by economic uncertainty, environmental consciousness, and a desire for uniqueness, Australians are increasingly embracing second-hand shopping. The hunt for the thrill of it One of the driving appeals of second-hand shopping lies in the exhilaration of the search, the dopamine release gained in the hunt.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2025

Eyewear retailer 1001 Optometry is refurbishing 25 to 30 stores located in shopping centres, implementing the brand’s “Details are Beautiful” strategy.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The saying goes, “Any publicity is good publicity,” but more importantly what is the strategy driving such an investment? For 80 to 1,100 Snap Tokens— users can shop designer collections from Valentino, Prada and Miu Miu for their Bitmoji avatars. And in December, Valentino added new styles to the Bitmoji offering.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the Black Friday 2024 shopping frenzy approaches, Australian retailers are gearing up for their biggest challenge yet – managing skyrocketing demand while staying efficient. To seize this massive opportunity, retailers must ensure smooth, scalable shopping experiences, and automation is the way forward. The key to thriving?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Even so, retailers offering a strong value proposition and attractive shopping experience are gaining steadfast shoppers. Part of the brand’s growth strategy involves tapping into the ‘little treat’ culture at a time when cost-of-living pressures remain high. Growth opportunities are hard to come by. Probably not,” Yakubson said. “We’re

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Grand Eastlakes Shopping Centre in Sydney has rebranded to One Global Gallery. The shopping centre is the first of One Global Capital’s planned retail galleries to be created under the brand. The company acquired The Grand Eastlakes Shopping Centre in October and is targeting more acquisitions in the coming months.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Liz Randle, Vinnies Victoria’s head of merchandise and retail innovation, has been with the company for over 13 years and has witnessed the op shop’s evolution from a network of bricks-and-mortar stores into an e-commerce platform. We have created an environment that heroes our values and honours the donation, said Randle.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This month, Salomon opened its first direct-to-consumer store in Australia at Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre – a milestone in the brand’s journey of accelerating its growth in the ANZ region. The unique set of Salomon partner trail events is an expansion of its global strategy.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The first two stores will open in Sydneys Stockland Shopping Centres before adding three further stores in New South Wales to its bricks-and-mortar network in 2025. Flying Tigers expansion strategy is rapid; it plans to have a footprint of 50 stores across Australia in the next five years.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

I had clients tell me they refuse to shop in the city now,” Poulakis said. They told him it was “easier to drive to Chadstone, valet the car and go shopping” than to navigate public transport. Notably, Harrolds was a latecomer to e-commerce, only launching an online shopping site in 2020.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Wood panelling and glossy floor tiles bring a nostalgic feel to this chocolate shop in London's Covent Garden , which design practice Morrisstudio and architecture firm Built Works have designed to invoke a golden age of confectionery. The interior forms part of a project that includes the brand strategy, naming and concept design.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2025

So what are Sephora’s key tech strategies and how can you apply them to your own business? Transforming the way customers shop Sephora is known for embracing augmented reality (AR) to transform the way customers shop. Building a strong online community and engagement is another important strategy.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception. The food emporium has earned a reputation for its hospitality-first approach in the grocery sector and its strategy for the holiday season will follow the same playbook.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The approach of offering fewer products while increasing promotional impact reflects how a retailer like Currys is refining its strategy to balance consumer preferences with enticing deals to consumers. The average price of a wearable this year came in at £287.80, down by 8.55% compared to 2023’s average of £313.83.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

A stagnant industry There has been significant innovation in the food and grocery retail supply chain yet it has rarely been deployed to revolutionise how everyday consumers shop. In the average month, you might shop at a half dozen different places for groceries and everyday essentials, like personal and household goods,” shared Hoggett.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Having worked in the public relations and digital strategy space for several years, Kaye already had a well-developed understanding of how to connect with customers and build authentic relationships between the brand and the consumer.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2024

Supermarket chain Aldi has dropped its plan to expand into online shopping believing it might affect its ability to continue providing low-cost products for customers. In addition, offering online shopping would also create more complexity given Aldi is still building warehouses and an automated distribution centre, Lack stated.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Emporium Melbourne shopping centre has welcomed a slew of high-profile retailers in the past month. Despite the economic downturn, the centre’s success is rooted in its ‘carefully curated’ leasing strategy. Post-pandemic, Emporium has identified a shift in shopping patterns and an uptake in the evening and weekend foot traffic.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Consumers like to shop for something new from the range if they have everything already. What’s the retail strategy in Australia? We have a very clear channel strategy by brand. And when we bought Georg Jensen, we were attracted to it because it just amplifies our own strategy. Georg Jensen is DTC.

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