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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

As the oldest members of Gen Z move into their mid-20s and the youngest enter their teen years, personal finance concerns are high on their list of worries. Free returns, at 31% , and quick/helpful customer service, at 27% , also are vital elements.

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Parcel pivot: E-commerce boom behind Australia Post’s shock delivery plan

Inside Retail

The changes announced jointly by the communications and finance ministers, have been trialled and will roll out over the next 12 months along with other reforms like increasing the number of parcel collection points. Letter deliveries have fallen by two-thirds since 2008 alongside a massive e-commerce fuelled boom in package delivery.

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Grosvenor appoints new Liverpool ONE lead

Retail Focus

Chris joined Grosvenor in 2005 and has held various finance positions in Grosvenor Property UK and the broader Grosvenor business. Today he is responsible for finance in the UK property business’ Development and Investment teams, including Liverpool ONE. Since opening in 2008, the 1.65

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

First, although quit rates in the US have increased significantly over the past decade, the increase was largely about playing catchup after the recession that accompanied the global financial crisis of 2008-09. There has been no increase in the finance, information and government services sectors.

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Revolve SVP’s playbook for going global and the importance of localisation

Inside Retail

That involves operations, customer service, logistics, warehousing, currency and finance. In 2008 and 2009 we had a lot of customers from around the world knocking on our door wanting to purchase from us, however, we didn’t ship to [every] country. KL: The biggest challenge we had in Australia was to build a returns program.

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The £1 billion profit club: What comes Next for the fashion giant?

Retail Gazette

It joins the likes of Tesco, which has profits of more than 2bn, B&Q owner Kingfisher, which surpassed 1bn in profit in 2022, and M&S in 2008. Perhaps his caution comes as Next recorded its second impairment charge worth 13m from JoJo Maman Bb, the kids brand it jointly acquired in 2022 with a group of finance firms.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

First, although quit rates in the US have increased significantly over the past decade, the increase was largely about playing catchup after the recession that accompanied the global financial crisis of 2008-09. There has been no increase in the finance, information and government services sectors. per cent to 6.4 per cent.

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