Retail Focus

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nestled within Faridabad Mall, United Coffee House Rewind stands as a modern icon, offering a fresh take on the beloved classic. With a blend of contemporary flair and timeless charm, this restaurant invites patrons to indulge in a culinary experience that transcends generations. United Coffee House Rewind is driven by a vision that celebrates diversity, individuality, and the art of communal indulgence.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

More than half of Australian small retailers are performing below their financial expectations, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and American Express Small Retail Index found. The research showed that 51 per cent of small retailers are trading below forecasts while 49 per cent are meeting or surpassing their financial outlook. The businesses cited consumer spending as the top concern over the next six to 12 months, followed by wage costs, costs of goods and services, and cash flow mana

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Burger King is trying to entice more kids (and their parents) to stop by for a meal.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

If you think it is costly to design accessible and inclusive websites, just think about how much inaccessibility will cost your business. Web accessibility is not only an ethical choice. It is a smart business move that doesn’t require excessive time or resources. Statista reveals that about 13.5% of the U.S. population has a disability. This represents a huge untapped market if your digital properties are not accessible.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Boar's Head listeria outbreak fallout continues.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

Ebay has redesigned its search experience to make it more intuitive and “visually rich.” Featuring larger, high-resolution images, streamlined navigation and a more modern layout, the new user experience (UX) was developed following 18 months of user research and testing. The main search page makes large product images the focal point. A new Shopping View replaces the previous gallery view, providing a full-width display without sidebar ads, so shoppers can easily browse highly visual categori

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

The direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand landscape continues to evolve, with the gap between winners and losers widening. The earnings results for Allbirds and Warby Parker paint an especially strong picture, considering how both brands have worked to become true omnichannel (and public) organizations. Warby Parker Sees Ecommerce Growth Again For its second quarter of 2024, which ended on June 30, Warby Parker’s net revenue increased 13.3% year over year to $188.2 million.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

Sheila The Label is leading a swimwear revolution from the bottom up – the Australian brand has spent its first year in business rebranding the swim short. Clare Barrins started the brand after not being able to find a swim short that met her needs and is now pioneering a new product category. “I was looking from high-end stores to more of the high-street brands… there was no brand just owning that market for women,” Barrins, founder and CEO of Sheila, told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

The early 2010s brought consumers an onslaught of subscription services. Birchbox gave more consumers access to luxury beauty products at a fraction of the price, while BarkBox promised dog parents (and their furry counterparts) a new toy and treat combo every month. And as the popularity of these services surged, similar new businesses seemed to emerge in a different category every day.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

In the warm afterglow of the Paris Olympics, with its iconic backdrops and well-supported events, attention turns to LA in 2028 and closer to home, Brisbane in 2032. In some ways, Paris tore up the rule book setting a new benchmark with stunning backdrops of the Eiffel Tower for beach volleyball and the Palace of Versailles for the equestrian. LA will struggle to compete on these terms but will instead raise the bar in other ways.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

JetBlue Airways has begun raising $1.5 billion, started a $2.75 billion bond-and-loan sale, and reported its Q2 financial results after canceling its merger with Spirit earlier this year.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

Ikea has signed a three-year contract with Australia Post to manage the delivery of small and medium parcels, representing about 65 per cent of the furniture and homewares retailers’ online sales. This financial year, Ikea has fulfilled more than 500,000 parcel orders online, shipped from its 10 stores in six states and territories across the country.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Party City Holdings Inc. has appointed Barry Litwin as its new president and CEO.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 12, 2024

The company is pursuing a sale of its business and said it has a commitment for $130 million in debtor-in-possession financing from existing lenders.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Jimmy John's wants to make its sandwiches more enjoyable.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

In Julian Barnes’ brilliant 1989 novel, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters , he muses over animals being prevented from boarding Noah’s Ark because they were deemed not to be distinct species. “And any number of beasts, with a perfectly good argument for being a separate species, had their claims dismissed. No, we’ve got two of you already, they were told.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

It is not clear how the JetBlue passenger got her ankle tangled.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 12, 2024

Large families often face the challenge of managing space effectively. With the increasing accumulation of belongings, from children’s toys to seasonal items, space at home can quickly become a premium. However, local storage facilities offer a practical solution to this common dilemma. By utilising storage units, big families can maximise their living space, declutter their homes, and maintain a more organised lifestyle.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Shoplifting has become commonplace in today's economy. A new survey from LendingTree reports that shoplifting has become a "crime of necessity.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

The operator of bridal store George Elsissa is facing a fine of up to $33,300 for allegedly underpaying staff. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has commenced legal action against 10 Foster Street company, which operates the George Elsissa store in Sydney. The FWO began investigating the wrongdoing following reports from four employees who worked at the venue for various periods between June 2015 and September 2021.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Blink Fitness has initiated a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to facilitate a strategic sale of the business and position itself for future growth.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 12, 2024

Barry Litwin’s retail leadership experience includes executive roles at Sears and Office Depot, as well as a stint as CEO of photo retailer Adorama.

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Generative AI is reshaping retail, but achieving true AI success isn’t simple. Many brands face hurdles—underdeveloped data strategies, limited AI-ready infrastructure, or lack of seamless integration across systems. As you explore how AI can boost efficiency and transform customer experiences, understanding your business’s readiness is key. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model offers a clear starting point.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

More and more products are being locked up due to increasing theft issues.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Professor Steven King shares a preview of his upcoming keynote at the ICX Summit in Charlotte on the future of retail. ICX Summit will be hosted by Networld Media Group from September 9-11.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 12, 2024

Waitrose will unveil its new store concept as it reopens its revamped North London John Barnes store next week. The upmarket grocer said the store on Finchley Road, in the former John Barnes department store, opens on 21 August and will have a number of new and refreshed features including a fully updated refrigeration system, a new look and feel bakery, and the first fully chilled beer, wine and spirits department.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 12, 2024

The department store has worked with Rokt since last summer, and says the partnership has improved customer engagement.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 12, 2024

Over 17,000 stores across the UK are at risk being closed over the next ten years unless the new government reforms the business rates levy, according to Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts and Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis. In an article for The Times, the pair warned that tens of thousands of retail jobs could vanish due to the steep rise in business rates.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 12, 2024

Over 80% of shoppers who made purchases during the recent spate of sales only bought items at Amazon, Earnest Analytics found.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 12, 2024

Tesco is rolling out “digital passports” across its clothes range as the EU looks to boost supply chain transparency. The grocery giant said it would give customers more information on each garment in its F&F fashion collection, including where the materials in each product have been sourced from, The Telegraph reported. The move comes as Brussels works to improve supply chain transparency by launching new rules where businesses across the euro area are required to bring out digi

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365 Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

JD is expanding its footprint with the opening of four new stores across the UK and the Republic of Ireland this summer. The new locations, which will open in Lowestoft, Cork, and Wembley in August, and Sheffield in September, are part of JD’s ongoing strategy to extend its presence in new areas. To celebrate the openings, JD has organised a series of in-store events to engage with shoppers during the launch weekends.

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