Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2025

The ‘other retailing’ category which includes cosmetics, sports, and recreational goods recorded the biggest increase at 5.5 per cent at cafes, 3.23 per cent at department stores, and 2.89 On Tuesday, the RBA announced it would keep the cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent improvement.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2025

In the competition for consumer dollars, stores remain a crucial part of a successful omnichannel strategy and there is significant opportunity in the current market for retailers looking to open stores and developers looking to reimagine spaces in fresh ways. Lets start by looking at the landscape.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2024

When you look at other global companies, not many can say Australia is their fifth-largest market, so this is a unique place for us, and also I see a lot of future potential for Fiskars Group in the Australian market. We are fortunate to have such a wide consumer demographic range. How can we surround the consumer?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A new range of Forever 21 fashions has debuted at 100 JCPenney stores across the U.S. The move marks the latest bid by the perennially challenged department store chain to turn around, by bolstering its appeal with teens and young adults. JCPenney isn’t Forever 21’s first foray into department stores.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

Indian retail conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited has signed a franchise agreement with American luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue to expand its luxury retail portfolio through its subsidiary Reliance Retail, the company said in its third-quarter financial report last week. The parent company recently completed its US$2.7

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated. The spring and early summer was an optimistic time for many consumers who finally emerged from lockdowns looking to refresh their wardrobes and find items suited for smaller local outings during the warmer months.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

Department stores may face large amounts of packaging materials, unsold goods and returned items, while ecommerce retailers often deal with higher volumes of cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and plastic packaging. Make sure to prioritize vendors that put sustainability at the forefront.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion. Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That’s according to Howard Meitiner, Managing Director at Carl Marks Advisors and a retail veteran with stints at Sephora, LVMH, Fortunoff and The Museum Company on his résumé. From the retailer’s point of view, it’s great that consumers are buying earlier,” said Meitiner in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Iconic denim lifestyle brand Levi’s has unveiled a unique storefront takeover – the largest of its kind in Europe – with premium London department store celebrating the campaign launch of REIIMAGINE Chapter II, featuring global icon, Beyonc.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

per cent in October as consumers spent $35 billion both in-store and online according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Department store sales grew 23 per cent followed by other retailing at 9.3 per cent and household goods and food retailing at 5.9 per cent, NSW at 11.6

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Australias department stores are at a crossroads. Once the go-to for everything from fashion to homewares, theyre now struggling to stay relevant in a world of online shopping, specialty retailers, and shifting consumer habits. In September 2024, department-store sales fell by 0.5 So how did we get here?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Recent research has revealed that luxury Australia retailers aren’t doing enough to capture the attention of, and drive consumer spending by, migrants of Asian background and heritage. In order to do so effectively, she stressed the importance of understanding the various factors and intricacies that inform their consumer behaviour.

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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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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

In the landscape of global commerce, few sectors evoke as much intrigue and promise as the consumer goods market in China. With higher than expected growth , a burgeoning middle class, and evolving consumer preferences, China stands at the forefront of the retail revolution. per cent and 6 per cent respectively. Two thirds (66.3

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

A year after the French luxury department store originally announced it would be launching its first US location, Printemps is officially opening a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of New York Citys financial district on March 21. We are buying in a more strategic way, for a higher price sell-through.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

Fashion designer Jonathan Koon has teamed up with the retail-focused metaverse world Highstreet to launch a “phygital” experience at Saks Fifth Avenue , Neiman Marcus , Selfridges and a number of other retailers that is designed to “transport shoppers into the metaverse.”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Moreover, the company delivers orders within the three-business-day window and keeps customers informed at every stage, from dispatch to delivery notifications and even follow-up emails post-delivery. “Consumers hate unpleasant surprises. faster than the average for the beauty segment and about 0.2

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

The consensus within the retail industry is that Nordstroms partnership deal with the Mexican retail group will improve the department store retailers chances of thriving at a time when many legacy players, like Macys, are struggling to survive. However, long-term success for Nordstrom wont come without further changes.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

A recurring theme at Day two of NRF’s Retail’s Big Show Asia in Singapore on Wednesday was clearly the understanding among retailers of the need to deliver a great customer experience to succeed. Within the stores Moet Hennessy is offering customers additional added-value services such as personalisation, customisations, and engraving.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As an example, Hyman pointed to the beauty industry, which she said has been fully disrupted, with upstarts like Glossier transforming the way they engage with consumers and develop products, Hyman explained. Consumers are finding inspiration everywhere, and they’re more eclectic in their fashion choices. ” Hyman added.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience. We are only at the beginning, and as brands begin to scale their AI utilisation, its full spectrum of benefits for consumers and retailers alike will be uncovered. But first, let’s look at the bigger picture. And how will it shape the way we shop?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Department store sales increased 0.4 Consumers can expect competitive bargains to ramp up in the 12 days before Christmas as retailers pull out every trick in the book to make up for a flat year of sales.” Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed that retail turnover amounted to $35.77 Food sales rose 3.3

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2025

Well, at least that’s what Boohoo Group CEO Dan Finley hailed this morning after unveiling its bold rebranding. Since acquiring the Debenhams brand in 2022, following the long-suffering department store chains administration, Boohoo executed a major strategic shift. Debenhams is back.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Global high-performance wellness brand, Hyperice , opens its first pop-up shop at luxury department store, Harrods. Jim Huether, CEO of Hyperice says: “Harrods’ is the world’s most iconic department store. Today, the company is a holistic high-performance wellness brand with numerous product lines and categories.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2024

Myer has flagged a drop in profit for this fiscal year, largely due to underperformance at its three specialty brands amid macroeconomic challenges. The department store chain expects net profit after tax of between $50 million and $54 million for FY24, compared to $71.1 million in the prior year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Myer’s acquisition of Premier Investments’ Apparel Brands appears to be the next step in Olivia Wirth’s plan for the department store’s loyalty program, Myer One. million members, at an investor briefing after the deal was announced. Hats off to Myer.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2024

Australian retail sales increased minimally last December as more consumers opted to purchase on Black Friday in the prior month, reflecting cost of living pressures. ” Department store sales climbed 3.7 ” Department store sales climbed 3.7 billion in December, up 0.8 per cent year over year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2025

Theyre easy, snackable content, Olivia Plotnick, founder at Wai Social, told Inside Retail. They demand little from viewers, each episode lasts a minute or two, easily consumed between subway stops or during lunch breaks. Consumers are tired of obvious ads being shoved in their faces or having their feed interrupted by commercials.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

Department stores saw the strongest growth at 5.1 per cent followed by cafes, restaurants and food handling at 1.8 Sales of household goods rose at 0.4 per cent followed by Victoria at 1.3 per cent and Western Australia at 0.2 Seasonally adjusted Australian retail sales grew in May by 10.4

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A fundamental question about the future of David Jones was put to rest this week, after the retailer’s parent company Woolworths Holdings announced the sale of the department store chain to Australian private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners on Monday. That is a fraction of the $2.1 That is a fraction of the $2.1

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2024

Department store sales also declined 1.7 “These early promotions and sales follow the same trend we saw in November last year, when retailers offered large Black Friday sales four weeks out from the actual shopping event,” said Lindsay Carroll, interim CEO at National Retail Association. Food retail sales grew 3.0

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2024

Data from Statista shows that the average tenure of chief marketing officers (CMOs) at the leading 100 advertisers in the United States reached 39.6 Executives in this role are caught in a whirlwind of balancing investments with rapidly evolving consumer touch points, staying afloat amidst a sea of trends, strategies and tactics.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department store chain Myer delivered its highest full-year sales since 2005 this year but remains cautious as consumer spending declines due to unfavourable economic conditions. per cent of total sales – and a 10 per cent increase in productivity gains at physical stores. Myer’s total sales grew 12.2

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Department store retailer Belk has debuted the Belk Media Network using technology from Criteo , offering brands and agencies access to its audience of high-earning, predominantly women shoppers via ads on its owned-and-operated properties. Belk, which operates nearly 300 stores across the Southeast U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

“Brand elevation is core to the Ralph Lauren strategy,” said Patrice Louvet, CEO of Ralph Lauren during a fireside chat at the NRF’s 2022 Big Show , held in New York Jan. The consumer is looking for aspirational product stories and we have a unique opportunity to serve them in this space.”. We believe in the metaverse,” Louvet said.

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