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Inside Shinsegae: The Korean department store with a golden boot

Inside Retail

Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers.

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Vicinity Centres acquires stake in Lakeside Jundaloop, doubles profit

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Vicinity Centres has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the Lakeside Jundaloop shopping centre in Western Australia from Future Fund for $420 million, and will co-own it with Lendlease-managed Australian Prime Property Fund – Retail. Vicinity’s net profit grows 101.5 Vicinity’s net profit grows 101.5

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Can Kohl’s New Merchandising Strategy Create Holiday Magic?

Retail TouchPoints

While discounts and deals will be core, the ailing department store chain is also prioritizing in-store merchandising and curation to improve the customer experience. To make finding the perfect gift even easier, Kohl’s has developed a new front-of-store experience, aptly called Gift Shop, that is curated for various holiday gifting needs.

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Inside Central Chidlom’s luxury makeover in Bangkok

Inside Retail

At the time, it was a unique and unparalleled shopping destination in a city that was a retail backwater, nowhere near as sophisticated in terms of its retail offer as it is today. The department store huffed and puffed, but its status was clearly under threat. The bottom line: net profit was up a healthy 14 per cent, to 2.5

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Why Premier Investments is “well-placed” to meet economic pressures

Inside Retail

The group – which owns and operates brands including Dotti, Peter Alexander, Just Jeans, Smiggle, Portmans and Jacqui E, and features over 1,100 stores across six countries – saw net profit after tax rise by 6.5 per cent compared to the first half of FY2022, to $174.3 Group sales were also up by 17.6 per cent on the same period.

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Analysis: a perfect retail storm is brewing

Inside Retail

per cent increase in department stores and a 3.3 With increased wage costs, lack of manpower, and continued investment in digital platforms and data infrastructure with the growth in online shopping, retailers must act. Despite some retailers reporting strong sales because of the growth in online sales, net profits declined.

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The Reject Shop’s sales remain sluggish into second half

Inside Retail

After a blockbuster first half that saw net profit soar 46.5 per cent despite sluggish sale s, The Reject Shop has said trading remained challenging through the beginning of the second half. The post The Reject Shop’s sales remain sluggish into second half appeared first on Inside Retail.