Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2025

We are prioritising growth in key markets such as Singapore and Thailand within Southeast Asia by expanding our physical presence and enhancing our digital touchpoints, Christophe Archaimbault, CEO at Moleskine, told Inside Retail. According to the CEO, a seamless omnichannel experience is at the core of Moleskines retail strategy.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Until recently, there didnt seem to be a limit to the price that consumers would pay for a luxury status symbol, such as a leather handbag. For all customers, it will be critical to double down on personalisation, leveraging technology to achieve it at scale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Carolyn DAngelo, Senior Managing Director of Brand Operations at Gordon Brothers and former President of Laura Ashley, said that Gordon Brothers brand management unit flies a bit under the radar, and the company is okay with that. They did very little, if any, licensing at all.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In 2008, the British company brought its innovation team in-house to remain at the forefront of the highly competitive industry. To ensure full control from concept to the finished product, our own research and development laboratory in Cambridge, England, was established in 2008. We never compromise.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the highest rate in nearly 41 years. High inflation is weighing on shoppers’ budgets, with 62% expecting their living costs to increase even further over the next six months, according to data from Ernst & Young’s (EY) Future Consumer Index. Inflation reached 9.1%

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Inside Retail

APRIL 30, 2023

It’s been in the market since 2008, and is well established. Superdry is known for its outerwear and winter jackets in particular, and it continues to resonate with the Australian and New Zealand consumer from a wholesale and retail point of view. I’ll start with Superdry. The brand is going from strength to strength. AD: Absolutely.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Five years after founding the masstige beauty brand MCoBeauty, Sullivan last week sold her remaining 50 per cent stake in the business to DBG Healths Dennis Bastas, at a $1 billion valuation. I think MCoBeauty came at the right time it was Covid. She sold the first 50 per cent to Bastas in 2022. he told Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

The pricing practices of Australia’s supermarket near-duopoly are about to the the focus of a year-long enquiry by the government’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2024

But at the end of the day, its the people who buy the product, right? There has to be a reason that resonates with the consumer to make them want to make a purchase and ultimately want to continue to have loyalty to your brand and be a part of it. You need to totally build the shopping experience from the consumer backwards.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

From preventing foodborne illness outbreaks to revealing specific calorie counts, labels have evolved to meet the needs of consumers, providing the context and critical information to impact daily decision-making. It also shows up in a business’ bottom line, given that eco-conscious consumers are willing to pay 9.7%

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

After a hugely successful launch in the North-East, with the opening of stores in Newcastle’s Eldon square and Gateshead Metrocentre, Sephora UK is continuing to fuel their northern expansion with the announcement of its next store opening at Grosvenor’s leading city-centre retail and entertainment destination, Liverpool ONE.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 20, 2022

Mortgage Rates Make Historically Biggest Weekly Jump – Highest Since 2008. A report in Fox News says the rate puts mortgages at their highest level since 2009, 13 years ago. Small businesses are often forced to react by taking steps like increasing their prices to accommodate for less consumer spending.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

for 2021 — the highest annual rate since 2008’s 3.8%. Kannan, the Dean’s Chair in Marketing Science at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. That increases trust with the consumers, and you will hold on to them for a longer time if they trust you more,” said Kannan. Smith School of Business.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. The consumer is changing, the way that they purchase is going to change,” he said. “We Look at brands Sandro and Maje.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

Consumer shopping habits have shifted irreversibly towards ecommerce in the past two years. According to Mirakl’s Enterprise Marketplace Index (“the Index”), while traditional ecommerce sites have experienced sharp growth, online marketplaces have grown at double the ecommerce rate: more than 80% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

The last time there were three consecutive quarters of declining retail volume sales was in 2008 – at the time of the Global Financial Crisis. ARA CEO Paul Zahra said the decline demonstrates a continued slowdown in consumer spending – and adds to the pressure retailers are already under as the cost of doing business skyrockets.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced that global fashion retailer, New Look, has relocated from its temporary store on Upper South John Street to a new 20,000 sq ft flagship retail space at 19 South John Street, renewing the brand’s long-standing commitment to Liverpool ONE. Sales are up 7.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

At the start of the pandemic, retailers did the hard work of rethinking and redesigning their underlying IT infrastructure to ensure these initiatives could be rolled out in a timely and effective manner. Not only did consumers change where they shop, but also what they shop for. COVID-19 shook customer loyalty, with 73% of U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2024

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation. Create the brand, the emotion, the resonance, break [consumers] patterns so they remember you,” concluded Beard.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While the NRF has yet to release its total sales projections for the season, its early consumer research reveals that consumers plan to spend an average of $875 this holiday season, in line with the five-year average — and most of that money will be spent online. Put managers front and center.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

Hufnagel has an established career in retail, holding roles at brands like Under Armour , Gap and Abercombie & Fitch as well as deep roots within the Wolverine Worldwide business specifically. He joined the company in 2008 and has held leadership positions across different divisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We don’t have a COVID-19 crystal ball to see how this uncertainty will pan out, but we can see that consumer spending is shifting amid the pandemic. But chances are it won’t stay at nearly 15% levels forever. So in spite of all this unemployment, consumers are saving more than they’ve saved in a long time.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2023

As high inflation continues to pose a challenge for the American consumer, research shows that two-thirds of Americans plan to still spend the same or more on retail purchases in 2023. However, it’s no surprise that many of those consumers plan to prioritize shopping for bargains in-store.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The future of augmented reality (AR) in retail was on full display at a pop-up event hosted by makeup brand Pat McGrath Labs and Google earlier this week. However, beauty brands and other companies in various retail sectors have been integrating AR technology into the consumer shopping experience since well before 2020. In 2020, 83.1

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

In fact, 51% of consumers said they would be willing to pay more for products shipped through sustainable methods, up significantly from just 15% of consumers in December 2023, according to a new survey from Radial. Here is what a number of companies are doing this Earth Day and beyond to meet the demands of consumers and the planet.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences? And consumers were not turning to their trusted brands during this critical period.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2023

The brand’s fifth store in Singapore, which is located in Ion Orchard, features an “enhanced shopping experience” that aims to introduce more consumers to Desigual through a new perspective on the brand. When it comes to Singapore, the brand landed in the island republic back in 2008, and later expanded to different markets.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After initially launching here in 2000, it withdrew from the market in 2008, before relaunching that same year under the ownership of the Withers Group. Starbucks Australia confirmed a new way to consume take-away coffee will be created and introduced for Australians in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

Rogoff say this recession will be the worst in 100 years, making the financial meltdown of 2008 feel like a “dry run” for what‘s in store for us in the coming quarters. If this were a normal year I’d suggest Prime Day, but Amazon has postponed it until at least September , and by then it will be too late.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2024

In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11 stores selling counterfeit bags and shoes. Seventy tonnes of products were destroyed in March alone, the letter said.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

The board agreed to expand its existing share repurchase authorization to $2 billion , which can be used to repurchase shares at the company’s discretion. “I Amidst ongoing industry disruption and evolving consumer trends, we are uniquely positioned to build on our momentum and accelerate growth and profitability.”.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

It seems the retailers cautious tone at the start of the financial year was somewhat misplaced, as the business raised its guidance three times in the last 12 months, reporting a final profit in the year to January 2025 of 40m above its initial forecast. Next CEO Lord Wolfson As ever, chief executive Lord Wolfson is keen not to jump the gun.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2021

Chinese consumers have a growing interest, and affinity for, Western brands and products, particularly in the luxury sector. And with current travel restrictions and concerns around the virus preventing them leaving the country, Chinese consumers are increasingly looking to purchase from Western brands online. and Europe.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

The amount of natural resources consumed and waste produced is snowballing. Instead they are producing garments at breakneck speeds and self-generating microtrends such as balletcore, Barbiecore and even mermaidcore. At the same time there is limited transparency or accountability around clothing supply chains. billion in 2018.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2021

When the first-generation iPhone came out in 2008 for about $700, people thought it was expensive… That’s a far cry from the price of a new iPhone these days where an iPhone 12 Pro Max 512GB will cost an eye-watering $2369 – more expensive than an entry-level MacBook. Here are some reasons why. Supply chain disruptions. Huge Savings.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“The economic reasons behind the losses are elevated interest rates and weak consumer and business confidence in Hong Kong, which has affected rental income and property valuation,” Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis, told Inside Retail. “It per cent at the end of last year compared to 41.4

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). Today Li-Ning is valued at US$7 billion, chasing the top American and German sportswear giants. The Rich and Humble.

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