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JULY 18, 2024

The fashion retailer – which sells more than 100 ‘trend-led’ apparel, footwear and accessories brands including Champion, Perfect Stranger, Tommy Jeans, Thrills, and Wrangler – forecasts annual group sales to rise 9.7 per cent from last year to $288.5 per cent, followed by Cheap Thrills Cycle wholesales at 5.4

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

Ikou has more than 300 products across organic skincare, bath and body, home fragrance, herbal tea and spa lifestyle accessories categories. The brand’s extensive product range accelerates private label share of revenue, improves our margin profile, and provides our first store footprint across three premium locations.”

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

The retailer launched the new format at its Willowbrook Mall location and plans to incorporate learnings from this concept into future stores internationally, including in Melbourne later this year. In addition, the retailer has launched a store refresh program designed to create a more consistent and elevated brand experience.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The store joins RM Williams’ existing locations in London’s New Bond Street and Berwick Street, Soho.  The luxury footwear and accessories retailer has partnered with British artisans Timberwoolf, Morgan, Eclipse Manufacturing, and Rush Matters for the furniture and window plinths of the new Marlow store.

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APRIL 14, 2023

American Eagle Outfitters and ThredUp have launched RE/AE, a resale shop for secondhand and exclusive vintage American Eagle clothing, located at ae.thredup.com, curated by American Eagle and powered by ThredUp’s Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS). All items are priced between $10 and $40.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

Hong Kong-based tech accessory brand Casetify has opened its first Sydney store, a flagship in the city’s CBD. Casetify Studio, located at Sydney Arcade alongside Pitt Street Mall, sells a range of customisable phone cases, AirPod cases, phone straps, water bottles, laptop sleeves and lifestyle accessories.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2024

Women’s fashion retailer City Chic will launch its first bridal line, First Impressions, in Australia via its website and select retail locations. City Chic Collective is a global omnichannel retailer that specialises in curvaceous women’s clothing, footwear, and accessories.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Located at the BLVD , a new retail and entertainment destination in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, this is the global sports brand’s second U.S. Located along the iconic Las Vegas Strip, this flagship allows us to expand Puma’s presence in North America to connect with U.S.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 31, 2022

The new store stocks the brand’s authentic apparel collection alongside a full range of accessories, further diversifying the destination’s retail line-up. Icon Outlet at The O2 is the perfect location to expand Superdry’s UK outlet store collection, as well as increasing our presence within the capital.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2024

Walgreens will integrate jewelry, hair accessories, cosmetics and seasonal pieces from Claire’s into the assortment of more than 4,400 stores by the end of this month. Each participating location will have dedicated displays merchandised by Claire’s in their seasonal sections. “As

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

The expansion is the brand’s first new space in eight years and the second Harrolds location in Victoria after it relocated to 101 Collins Street in 2005. Along with key menswear brands, the new Chadstone store will feature a collection of womenswear and accessories labels such as Amina Muaddi, Manolo Blahnik, and Alexander Wang.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The global lifestyle apparel and accessories brand has opened its first new store since 2019 at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta and has exceeded soft opening projections by 67.9%. The store also features new accessory cabinets designed to display belts and handbags, which bring greater attention to True Religion’s accessories collection.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2024

FAO Schwarz , the iconic New York City toy store, has opened its first location in Paris, on the fifth floor of the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann department store. “Paris and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann perfectly represent the answer to the objective we have pursued together with ThreeSixty Group.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Colette by Colette Hayman has bought luxury online accessories brand The Daily Edited after a three-month search for a buyer. This provides a great foundation to strengthen the brand online, the expansion of bricks-and-mortar into selected flagship locations and exclusive partnerships.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Children’s couture brand Tutu Du Monde has opened its first flagship location, in Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction. The store offers the brand’s celebrated collections including tutus, dresses, resortwear, and accessories crafted for young fashion enthusiasts. ­­The

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

It also offers womenswear and accessories and has a dedicated footwear space. “The new Emporium flagship marks a significant milestone in our strategic expansion, allowing us to bring our unique retail experience to a prime Melbourne location that serves a broader guest base,” said Paul Tinkler, VP of Lululemon ANZ.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Footwear and accessories brand Novo Shoes has returned to Canberra, opening two locations in Woden and Belconnen. Six years after it left the market, the brand debuted its Woden store last month and will open its second location this Friday.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Claire’s has announced a new partnership with Macy’s to bring shop-in-shops to more than 20 Macy’s locations across the U.S. The shop-in-shops will feature a year-round selection of hair accessories, jewelry and cosmetics, as well as seasonal items. just in time for the holidays.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2022

Designed to align H&M’s children’s collections with CAMP’s retail concept , The Style Cabin allows families to upcycle materials — including their own unwanted clothing — into toys and accessories. Guests may also choose to use an H&M tote to create their own crafts and accessories with the assistance of CAMP counselors.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the episode, the Heeler family visit a local hardware store that resembles the Bunnings Keperra location in Queensland. The “one-of-a-kind transformation” features exclusive Bluey products including garden gnomes featured in the episode, pet toys and accessories, craft kits, and limited-edition Hammerbarn branded merchandise.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J., for additional reinvented stores it will open in 2024 , including at the brand’s NYC flagship and locations in Paris, Melbourne and Delhi.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

The 2,900-square-foot ground floor space will be GU’s first store outside Asia and will offer a selection of on-trend clothing and accessories for men and women. Launched in 2006, the company currently operates 450 locations. “It UNIQLO parent Fast Retailing will open its first GU retail store in the U.S. in a statement.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Located at 35 Monmouth Street, the independent London-based fashion house is the latest brand to select the destination for its first-ever store, joining Covent Garden’s extensive roster of physical debuts. Each is unique in offer but come together as a collective to represent the innovative vision we have for the destination.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

So what are these faux handbags doing in a RealReal retail store located on NYC’s Canal Street, a notorious knockoff hub? Rival resale platform Ebay spotlighted the difference between real and fake with its own Canal Street store in November 2023 , stocking the location with authenticated sneakers and streetwear.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

The two -story location in the trendy SoHo neighborhood will offer men’s and women’s clothing as well as shoes, bags and accessories. GU (pronounced “gee-you”), a sister brand of apparel retailer Uniqlo , will make a splashy, multi-channel entrance into the U.S.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following its store launch in Sydney earlier this year, Hong Kong-based tech accessories brand Casetify is planning to expand across Australia, as part of a larger goal of reaching 100 stores globally by 2025. We will continue to [bring] Australians tech accessory designs that best represent them.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

British footwear and accessories label Kurt Geiger has unveiled plans to bring its London verve across the pond in a big way. Following the opening of its first U.S. store, at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando in early 2024, the brand has opened its next three U.S. stores at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y., Along with its U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

Lids Sports Group has introduced its new Lids U mall- and outlet-based concept in three stores, with plans for eight more brick-and-mortar locations in 2022. In addition to the 11 Lids U stores slated to open in 2022, the brand is planning additional locations in 2023. Mall of Georgia in Buford, Ga.; Mall of Georgia in Buford, Ga.;

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most recently, when fashion and accessories retailer Primark unveiled its 450 th store worldwide at the Florida Mall in Orlando, it announced it would have an entire floor dedicated to its growing partnership with Disney — a new kind of experience for the blossoming retailer, although certainly not the last.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The new store, located in Brisbane, is the first in Australia to display the new concept design, which embodies the brand’s legacy, savoir-faire, and creative spirit. French luxury company Longchamp has launched its new boutique concept in Australia, trying to recreate the atmosphere of a Parisian apartment.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2023

Located at the Domestic Terminal, near Gate 24, Globite offers school cases – carried by Australian children throughout most of the 20th Century – suitcases and other bags. The location is now home to Queens Plaza Shopping Mall.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 28, 2022

Fitted out in a pared-back and refined style, the store features Moss Bros signature selection of formalwear, including its versatile range of suits, knitwear, and accessories. has opened in Victoria Place alongside other renowned high-street retail brands including M&S and Skechers, located adjacent to the store on Henry Plaza.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Mirroring the success of our Brookfield Place store in Sydney, we wanted to bring a broader assortment, elevated experience and bespoke touches like accessory personalisation to this diverse guest base. Is this a pilot for the concept to be rolled out to other locations and online?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Claire’s is adding to its growing retail presence through a new partnership with Kohl’s that will see an assortment of the brand’s jewelry, accessories and cosmetics featured in Kohl’s stores nationwide in time for the holiday season.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The 100 per cent Kiwi-owned and managed business operates 16 stores across New Zealand selling camping, boating, fishing gear and accessories. It has consistently exhibited strong sales growth and is a very complementary business to Road Tech Marine in Australia that we are very keen on.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

Luxury brand Loewe has launched its first retail location in Australia, choosing a historic Melbourne building in the city centre as its home. Loewe Melbourne, located at 161 Collins Street in the city’s T&G Building, is inspired by creative director Jonathan Anderson’s Casa Loewe.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2023

As part of the retailer’s plans to open 100 locations in 2023, Ross Stores opened 11 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores in 13 states during February and March. The 2023 additions will include 75 Ross and 25 dd’s Discounts locations.

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