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Sensible gifting took centre stage as consumers embraced practicality this Christmas

Retail Focus

New data from leading eCommerce provider Visualsoft saw that while overall Christmas revenue dropped by 4% compared to 2023, average order value (AOV) rose by 21%, reflecting the growing impact of thoughtful shopping and retailer incentives. Electrical goods saw a 56% increase in revenue, with practical goods winning out.

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How cult US beauty brand Il Makiage is disrupting the beauty industry

Inside Retail

For decades, global beauty giants like L’Oréal and Estée Lauder have followed the same playbook: team up with movie stars and models and leverage their fame and desirability to drive sales. But cult US beauty brand Il Makiage has taken a different approach. What did the relaunch entail?

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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Subscription Commerce Snapshot: Discounts are Out, Content and Community Are In

Retail TouchPoints

“Subscription commerce” was all the rage as companies like Stitch Fix and Blue Apron were riding their rocket ships to unicorn status. Too often, brands are wrapped around that percentage-off impact that’s going to drop the bottom line and potentially impact their profitability,” Burt concluded.

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Inside Dyson’s first Australian demo store

Inside Retail

Dyson opened its first permanent bricks-and-mortar location in Australia in 2019 when it opened its ‘Beauty Lab’ in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building. The tech company says these local service centres reduce the need for unnecessary shipping of machines for repairs and provide an on-shore location for spare parts.

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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

These days shoppers expect more than just a square of chocolate inside, with some spending hundreds on calendars that house everything from beauty products to toys and books behind their daily windows. Department store Liberty even called out its record beauty calendar sales as factor behind its growing profits last year.

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Localisation, livestreaming and logistics: How to tap into the Chinese market

Inside Retail

health supplements. This will include drop-shipping a sufficient supply of your product to China to be warehoused prior to any sales or marketing activity. Blackmores Vitamins, Bubs baby formula and A2 milk) but also some new entrants who had done their research and invested heavily in their local branding and marketing.

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