Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2025

Southeast Asia as key market We see Malaysia as a prime opportunity, given its status as one of Southeast Asia’s largest and most developed economies,” Mohammad A Baker, CEO of GMG, told Inside Retail. In 2022, GMG further strengthened its position by acquiring Nike-only stores from SUTL Corporation in Singapore and Malaysia.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Though many of the economic indicators were excellent, including the low unemployment numbers and strong GDP growth, there was a lot of uncertainty in the market throughout the year. from 2022, while Cyber Week overall sales were $38 billion, an increase of 7.8% vs. 2022, according to the CNBC /NRF Retail Monitor.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Nearly half ( 46% ) of consumers game to meet their desires for creation, imagination and self-expression , a 10% increase over 2023, according to research from Fandom. This represents a massive opportunity for brands to build a community of fans on Roblox and get the attention of consumers who spend time mostly in digital spaces.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Located at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, the 250sqm flagship offers Gentle Monster’s full range of product and experience to Australian consumers. Gentle Monster represents innovation and disruption in the fashion eyewear category that we are confident the Australian consumer will embrace,” added Ngadiman.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2023

After a slower-than-expected 2022 holiday season, many retailers have tightened their budgets in 2023. While optimizing budgets in times of financial uncertainty makes sense, such times also provide smart marketers with easier opportunities to improve market position. So where should digital retailers focus their investments?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Their ability to create highly curated experiences that are tailored to regional tastes, cultural preferences, and local consumers is made possible by this approach. In a world where consumers value authenticity, it’s important for brands to reflect the cultural heritage of a location to avoid appearing detached or overly globalised.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Heavy online marketing spending by Temu and Shein is making it more costly for other retailers and brands to reach shoppers on Black Friday, marketing and industry experts say, with both platforms bidding heavily on search keywords used by competitors. Shein did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2023

Understanding Wine Consumer Behavior Trends Today’s wine buyers skew older and are more affluent. For example, 16% of consumers purchased natural wine in 2021 and sparkling wines are also rising in popularity. Driving Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales Many wine and spirits brands are capitalizing on a direct-to-consumer model.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

CPG brands have been trying a lot of new things to connect directly with their consumers, including DTC websites and retailer-agnostic loyalty programs , but Frito-Lay has pulled a new one out of the bag: a Doritos -themed restaurant. However, the new Crypto.com Arena restaurant marks the concept’s first permanent home.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Complicated Competitive Dynamics GoodwillFinds.com was launched in October 2022 in a bid by the 120 -year-old thrift store chain to grab a larger piece of the growing online resale market. This model can often provide better margins for operators than an Ebay -style auction marketplace like ShopGoodwill.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an interpretive rule confirming that buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders are in essence credit card providers, meaning they will be required to provide consumers with legal protections and rights, including in cases of disputed charges and issuing refunds. 1, 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Misfits Market has introduced Fulfilled by Misfits (FBM) , offering its logistics platform for perishable brands to store, pick, pack, fulfill and deliver their products nationwide. The solution leverages Misfit Market’s existing infrastructure and in-house technology to provide a simple, customizable solution for perishable businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

The global economy is still in flux,” said Rob Garf, VP and General Manager of Retail and Consumer Goods at Sales f orce at a recent media briefing. billion commerce-focused consumer interactions as well supplemental consumer research. So what does all this mean for the holiday season? Register here.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2025

Golden Goose aims to gain more market share in Australia by establishing a strong retail presence and building lasting community connections through new retail experiences. Inside Retail spoke with Mauro Maggioni, Golden Gooses Apac CEO, about how the business plans to grow its market share in the global US$39.91

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

From the retailer’s point of view, it’s great that consumers are buying earlier,” said Meitiner in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Consumers also are looking for travel and experiences ; where people might have bought someone a gift in previous years, they might visit and say, “I’m the gift.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

And some seven years on, much to the dismay of retailers, it is now starting to shake the tree and become a real force in the market , as Australian shoppers increasingly turn to alternatives to manage the cost-of-living crisis. billion in 2022. Amazon announced it posted over $3.1 million customers, reaching 7.9

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, consumers are still spending, the labor market remains tight, and the Adobe Digital Price Index recently posted an overall 40-month low, an encouraging sign for online shoppers: Adobe reported that online prices fell for 11 out of 18 tracked product categories on an annual basis. year-over-year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Perhaps the first sign of fresh trouble at the beleaguered fast fashion chain was the December 2024 departure of CEO Winnie Park , who had been at the helm since 2022 and left to lead Five Below. During her tenure she made a concerted effort to refresh the brand with a focus on younger consumers and enhanced omnichannel capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

by storm, rising to the top of the app charts and garnering millions of fans, until consumers began to realize the cost of those ultra-low prices — long delivery times and often poor quality products. A former CFO for Shutterfly and Lexmark , she joined as Wish’s CFO in November 2021 and added COO to her title in late 2022. “In

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Under IMG’s leadership since 2005, AFW has elevated resort collections, showcased Indigenous designers and initiated a consumer-integrated model. The emergence of consumer-facing fashion events including PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival and Melbourne Fashion Week has led some to question the relevance of a closed industry-only event.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2024

Understanding consumer behaviour is critical to creating a relevant retail offer and marketing message, but what happens when consumers behave in contradictory ways? Many retailers will recognise the reality that despite consumers saying they care about sustainability , their spending tells a different story.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s hard to find a topic that all marketers agree on, but if there is one, it’s likely that programmatic ad buying continues to be a dominant channel for advertisers looking to scale. This agility improves campaign effectiveness and allows them to adjust strategies quickly in response to market changes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With consumer sentiment and discretionary spend down, many retailers are already facing reduced profit margins and a higher cost of doing business, making hefty discounting for prolonged periods a particularly costly exercise. LSKD’s approach has also garnered the attention of consumers and its community. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an era of goldfish-esque attention spans, short videos have emerged as a powerful marketing tool. Video is Eating the World In 2022, 86% of internet traffic was consumed by video streaming. market will drive seismic changes in consumption habits, as proven by its success in Southeast Asia and China (via Douyin).

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Getty Images’ VisualGPS consumer survey finds that 79% of Americans are excited about the potential of using AI to increase productivity, and a study by SAP Emarsys confirms that so far, 77% of consumers enjoy the personalized shopping recommendations that this new technology enables.

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Retail Wire

MAY 17, 2025

By that time, over 85% of restaurants in the United States will have adopted the new “Sizzle” modern image, which emphasizes drive-thru and digital ordering, thus catering to the modern consumer. First conceived in the summer of 2022, the testing center’s construction started in 2023. “Burger King U.S.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 11, 2025

Key Takeaways Market Size and Growth: The global furniture market reached approximately $600 billion in 2023, with a projected annual growth rate of 5.5%, presenting significant opportunities for small businesses. Small businesses can enhance their digital presence to capture a larger share of this growing market segment.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

a remarkable 16% uplift than that of 2022. Whilst the centre is now effectively fully let, Trafford Centre’s leasing strategy is set to evolve to meet its new needs – with a keen focus on working closely with extraordinary brands that add real value to its consumer and community. Trafford Centre. Trafford Centre.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. Calpak put its brick-and-mortar plans on hold during the pandemic but then doubled down in 2022 when “revenge travel” ramped up and demand was more sustained.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The reason gen AI rapidly gained mainstream adoption after OpenAIs launch of ChatGPT in 2022 was due to its ability to create novel content (text, images, music) from user prompts. Many gen AI applications can advance a retailers consumer-facing experience; lets examine some use cases that support these three consumer research areas.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to the September 2024 Market Materials Report from Textile Exchange, of the 124 million tonnes of textiles produced globally in 2023, less than 1% of the total fiber market consisted of recycled textiles. Currently, only a small percentage of discarded textiles are recycled.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

According to analytics firm Statista , revenue generated from the cannabis market is forecasted to reach US$45.35 per cent, leading to a market volume of US$49.56 New York, where it has been legal to sell recreational cannabis only since 2022, is an especially tricky market for retailers to operate in. billion by 2029.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2024

“The addition of food delivery to Uber’s ongoing partnership with Waymo reflects both companies’ mission to encourage zero-emission trips and unlock greater innovation for consumers and merchants in Phoenix and beyond,” wrote Noah Zych, Global General Manager for Autonomous Mobility and Delivery at Uber Eats in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2023

Some stats support the gloomy outlook: according to Kearney , 40% of consumers feel they have too many subscriptions, and subscription ecommerce is predicted to have its slowest growth year on record in 2023 ( Insider Intelligence ). Today, brands are competing for consumers’ share of wallet. The reality though is less stark.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

While the 2022 holiday season was by all accounts a success, retailers may want to buckle down as they head into the new year: four out of 10 U.S. While the 2022 holiday season was by all accounts a success, retailers may want to buckle down as they head into the new year: four out of 10 U.S.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For the past few years, consumers have been more than willing to dip into their bursting savings accounts – thanks in large part to the pandemic – to spend on Black Friday. per cent up on 2022. The post How FOMO drives consumers and retailers to participate in Black Friday appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2025

One Mile made its runway debut at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2022 with its Resort ’23 collections. Tall order Tailoring clothes for taller females and catering for a gap in the market alongside the average female consumer demographic has further solidified the brands place in a competitive clothing market.

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