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Wedding dress designer George Elsissa fined for ripping off staff

Inside Retail

Sydney-based wedding dress designer 10 Foster Street needs to pay $51,604 in penalty and back pay entitlements after failing to act on Fair Work Ombudsman’s (FWO) compliance notices. One of the workers did not also receive payment-in-lieu-of-notice-of-termination entitlements when her employment concluded.

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Why Apps Are Vital for Businesses in the Retail Industry and Beyond

Retail Focus

Whether you are an individual retailer or a multinational concern, a hospital or a theme park, app technology has ushered in a new era of customer service in our digital age. For casino operators and betting companies, mobile applications have become the ultimate resource for reaching players wherever they are.

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GameStop to Offer Flexible Payment Option Online and In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

GameStop will now offer customers a buy now, pay later payment option across its more than 3,300 U.S. The video game retailer has deployed this service, which allows shoppers to pay in four interest-free payments, through a partnership with global payments provider and shopping service Klarna. ”

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Blue Sky Kids Land fined $5 million for exploiting Chinese workers

Inside Retail

The company previously operated stores in Sydney, NSWs Central Coast, Newcastle and Canberra, according to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). Q Fay Trading, a company operated by Gu and Yang which imported and supplied products to the stores, also received a $44,100 fine. The penalties include a $4.3

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How Brands from Walmart to Pacsun Have Harnessed the Power of Digital Twins

Retail TouchPoints

In its broadest and most straightforward definition, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical object, person or process that can be used to simulate its behavior to better understand how it works in real life, according to McKinsey. Pacsun Gameplay of Pacsun Los Angeles Tycoon on Roblox.

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Study: Consumers Warm to Social Commerce, But Payment Mistrust Could Hamper Growth

Retail TouchPoints

The most common product categories purchased were: Video games and accessories ( 44% ); Toys and hobbies ( 29% ); Jewelry and watches ( 26% ); Apparel and accessories ( 25% ); and Books or audiobooks ( 23% ). Ensuring a safe shopping experience is a critical part of any ecommerce operation.

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Uniqlo underpaid staff, remediation underway

Inside Retail

An email from the brand to a former employee, shared with Inside Retail , shows Uniqlo identified “a number of errors” in the calculation of wages and superannuation payments between July 1, 2015 and June 30 last year. “Our team is very important to us and we are sorry to all valued current and former employees impacted by these errors.