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Here’s why luxury Kiwi brands are popping up at Chadstone this week

Inside Retail

As quarantine requirements and travel bans continue to impact brands’ ability to get in front of customers and retail buyers across borders, the New Zealand government is stepping up to help promote its local designers overseas with a new pop-up at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne.

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Ecommerce is Crowned King: Strategies for Keeping Pace with the New Reign

Retail TouchPoints

Online shopping is now the official king of retail. This massive shift to digital has forced retailers to rethink how they do business, communicate with their customers, and find creative ways to stay ahead in the evolving retail landscape. On average, ecommerce sales grew 32.4%

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RIC20 Recap: Speakers Provide Answers to Five Pressing Questions

Retail TouchPoints

Traditionally, the physical store has been where people have gone through that shopping experience — finding what works best for them with time on their hands, walking through their favorite store, using their senses of sight and touch to figure out what’s going to work best. You should 100% be doing that right now.”.

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Three ways to provide customer-centric shipping

Inside Retail

For most small to medium enterprises starting out in e-commerce, shipping solutions tend to be stumbled upon and developed gradually as the business grows. Solving these problems (especially given the backdrop of the pandemic and its impact on supply chains worldwide paired with the rise in demand for online shopping) is a timely issue.

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SMS campaigns yield highest customer response rates with maximum ROI

Inside Retail

Australian e-commerce is booming in the wake of the pandemic, with vast new groups of consumers coming into the market who have only recently latched onto the benefits of digital shopping, and businesses that have adopted strong customer service strategies delivered via mobile channels are being rewarded.

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Stirling’s business community joins forces to tackle crime

A1 Retail

He said: “The more businesses that buy into the scheme, the better it will be – it’s a great resource which allows everyone to deal with antisocial behaviour together rather than trying to tackle it in isolation. “A So, I would certainly encourage more business owners to take part in the scheme.”

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Survey Reveals Consumer Marketing Preferences

Independent Retailer

Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), a leading global provider of marketing and business communications, reveals that traditional marketing channels, including word of mouth, direct mail, and in-store signage, are largely untapped by marketers. Donnelley & Sons Company. A new study released by R.R.