Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2023

The group, which is made up of discount department store brands Kmart and Target, as well as online marketplace Catch, delivered record earnings during FY23 – a 52 per cent increase on the previous year, to $769 million. If you’re looking at this over a time period, the greater benefits [will come] in FY25-26,” Bailey said.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 21, 2024

A preloved fashion department store concept will take over part of Fenwick’s former Bond Street department store next month as the retailer shuts up shop after almost 133 years. The multi-charity shop will open for a fortnight and host events with DJs at weekends.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s not to say the mobile phone shop is dead. A new breed of concept phone store are popping up in a bid to rival tech giants Apple and Samsung. It’s completely different to other telco and tech flagship stores,” says Lea, referencing the natural clean aesthetic of Apple and Samsung. “If

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 28, 2024

John Lewis is putting “the buzz” back into its stores as it unveiled its newly upgraded Oxford Street flagship this week following a £6.5m The department store launched its collaboration with label A.W.A.K.E. investment.

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Retail Insider

MARCH 25, 2021

I don’t mind disrupting it at all,” she says. The company used designs informed by shop floor staff at luxury department stores who told her what designs sold well every year, not just one particular year. “Three people sitting in France aren’t going to define this industry. The customer will define it. Supported by:

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The wet start to summer in the UK is likely to be at the forefront of trading updates once again this year as retailers grapple with the unseasonable weather and its impact on sales. Retail Gazette explores whether the traditional sales seasons are dead – and what retailers are doing to overcome increasingly unseasonable weather.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

Mallageddon continues At least another 8k stores Yes 8721 stores +1. Installment Payments heat up – At least one company is acquired (Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, QuadPay, Sizzle) Yes (IPO’s). Digital in-store heats up, QR codes make a comeback Yes. commerce penetration says at 16% or better in 2021.

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