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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Generative AI and machine learning is nothing new to Amazon.The e-commerce giant has been leveraging technology to personalise its customers’ shopping experience for decades now. Instead, Amazon’s AI shopping guides will blend educational content and customer insights to help shoppers make informed purchase decisions.

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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

MARCH 20, 2024

In addition to this, patrons could buy special merch and shop exclusive bundles, and the pop-up served as an educational tool. The post What brands can learn from the Béis Wash marketing strategy appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Book retailer QBD Books is taking over the former Dymocks store space at the Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney’s CBD. The post QBD Books to replace Dymocks in Sydney CBD shopping centre appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

According to the report, about 70 per cent of respondents would like to make a change in their shopping habits to align with more ethical practices. At the same time, she pointed out that 70 per cent of Australians still want to change their shopping habits to align with their values over the next 12 months.

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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

JULY 23, 2024

Aesop will return to David Jones next month as part of the department store chain’s strategy to boost its luxury beauty offerings. The brand will later launch at Chadstone Shopping Centre and Bourke Street Mall as part of the stores’ $15 million beauty hall redevelopment. .

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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

MAY 27, 2024

We’ve been studying retailer strategies and sentiment towards pre-Christmas mega sales – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Singles Day etc. Through interviews with retail leaders, we’ve continually heard that many brands participate in these sales reluctantly, acknowledging they train consumers to shop early and demand big discounts.

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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 19, 2024

Despite the e-commerce boom, there remains a deep nostalgia for in-store shopping which can be seen in the rising popularity of experiential retail. While it is clear that the Australian population is increasingly digital, the attachment to physical stores remains very strong,” ShopFully’s The State of Shopping report stated.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2024

Combining the influence of viral content with the ease of online shopping, the triumphant success of TikTok Shop is no secret. Despite launching in select markets less than a year ago, in September 2023, TikTok Shop aims to grow its US e-commerce sales to US$17.5 But this is yet to be confirmed by TikTok.

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Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2024

7-Eleven Australia has launched a 10-store trial of the next generation Pay & Go technology to test new ways to give customers a faster way to shop. 7-Eleven Pay & Go tech speeds up payment processes Stephen Eyears, 7-Eleven Australia’s general manager-technology and strategy, said speedier shopping is the goal.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

This year, shopping online takes no more than a few clicks – but getting those carts to checkout and beyond? Let’s unpack three trends to get a snapshot of the powerful delivery strategies top retailers are using in 2024… Same-day delivery: from ‘nice-to-have’ to necessity This year, speedy delivery has become essential.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

These Club Card discounts save me roughly £4-8 per shop. Because of this amazing loyalty pricing strategy, I’m very much devoted to the supermarket chain. With such compelling loyalty offers and such a large store footprint, shoppers have the confidence to know they will always save with Tesco regardless of when they shop.

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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

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

JULY 8, 2024

The reported closure of Microsoft’s brick-and-mortar stores managed by authorised retail partners in China has raised questions about the tech giant’s strategy in the world’s second-largest economy and whether the move is counterintuitive when the market’s consumer electronics sector has seen a sign of recovery.

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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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Discount retailer TK Maxx is set to open its first store in Perth’s Ocean Keys Shopping Centre, Clarkson on October 5. Having doubled its presence across Australia, the company plans to open further stores in Perth in the coming years as part of its continued national growth strategy.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The administrators of Mosaic Group, FTI Consulting, have failed to find a buyer, citing uncertain future strategy of its brands, concerns regarding its historical indebtedness and a lack of committed orders for its future stock. They agreed to be interviewed on the condition of anonymity. They don’t have any differentiation so to speak.

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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

APRIL 10, 2024

Essentials have also been the priority for 74 per cent of American consumers in the last three months, with 31 per cent of Americans reducing non-essential purchases as their number on savings strategy, according to a survey conducted by NIQ.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Located about 9km north of the Sydney CBD, Chatswood Chase is a major regional shopping centre with an average household income 32 per cent above the city average. Peter Huddle, Vicinity’s CEO and MD, described the venue as an “iconic asset with strong growth potential” and a key pillar of the group’s strategy.

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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

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

JUNE 13, 2024

Unlike traditional franchising or direct management models, Cotti Coffee has adopted an innovative partnership approach,” Yingbo Li, chief strategy officer at Cotti Coffee, told Inside Retail. Our stores include shop-in-shop, grab-and-go, standard, flagship, and outdoor, among others, with grab-and-go being the primary store type.

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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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