Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Before Christiana Bronson joined the Accent Group, she was known as ‘the girl, always in high heels’. Now she’s a sneakerhead with over 100 pairs of kicks who can decipher an Adidas Samba from a Spezial. As the head of retail at Hype DC, The Trybe and Subtype, Bronson has landed flat on her feet after leading teams in some of Australia’s biggest women’s fashion brands from Sportsgirl to Sussan.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Aldi is set to near Asda’s market share by 2027 and could overtake it by 2028, GlobalData has revealed. The data and analytics company said in order to secure its position in the UK food and grocery market as the third biggest grocer, Asda must “redefine itself with a clear differentiation from discounters”. GlobalData senior retail analyst Eleanor Simpson-Gould said: “The grocer must focus on its online capabilities this year to reestablish itself as a dominant player in the market and se

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Plans for a $65 million expansive retail centre have been revealed for the Aura community in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The ‘Aura Home + Life’ project covers 18,000 sqm and will house 12 to 16 large-format retail tenancies ranging in size from 350sqm to 5000sqm. It will occupy a prime location adjacent to the Aura Business Park in Baringa, with easy access to the Bells Creek Arterial Road and Bruce Highway.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Subway executives denied that the meeting was an emergency.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

After launching a turnaround effort in late June , Walgreens has made two executive appointments that it hopes will “significantly contribute” to the effort — Party City veteran Tracey Koller has been named as SVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, and Sharmila Sudhakar has been appointed Group VP and Head of Walgreens Digital Commerce. As the company pointed out in its announcement, much of the pharmacy chain’s turnaround plan is focused on the front-of-store and omnichannel customer experience,

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

The actress is part of a promotion that gives American Airlines points in exchange for donations.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Formally named Amazon Warehouse, Amazon has relaunched its used items shopping section as Amazon Resale.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Editors’ Perspectives column offers insights and opinions from the Retail TouchPoints editorial team as they dig into the latest trends in retail, marketing and tech. However you characterize success, the Paris Olympics were undeniably a coup — for television networks, fans, athletes and brands, not to mention France itself (which, thanks in part to the halo effect of all those good vibes and some assistance from Leon Marchand, won more medals than it ever has before ).

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Kroger-Albertsons merger is costing both companies over $860 million.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

Banana Republic has reopened its location at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles, showcasing a new premium store design rooted in storytelling and the brand’s history of exploration. Image courtesy Gap Inc. Redesigned in collaboration with architect and interior designer Noa Santos of NAINOA , with artwork curated by creative advisor Jacqueline Schnabel and the in-house Banana Republic team, the elevated store design and retail experience creates an immersive backdrop to discover the brandR

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Bayer has been mired in thousands of lawsuits related to Roundup weed killer ever since purchasing Monsanto.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 16, 2024

OFFICE, the leading-edge international fashion footwear specialist, has officially opened its latest store in centre:mk , one of the top 10 retail destinations in the UK. The new store marks a return to the city following OFFICE’s closure of its previous store in Midsummer Place and joins centre:mk’s extensive line-up of leading international fashion brands, including Mango, Reiss and Mint Velvet.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Salt & Pepper opened a flagship store at Westfield Bondi over the weekend, marking its fourth NSW store and its seventh in a Westfield mall. The homewares retailer intends to open two more stores within the next six months as it looks to build a national store portfolio within Westfield locations. “We see Westfield as an ideal partner for growth due to their expansive national store network,” said a company spokesperson. “This aligns with our vision to become a leading Aust

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

JOANN is getting ready for its holiday hiring with plans to recruit over 5,000 seasonal team members across its 800-plus stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Woolworths has revealed plans for its first Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in Western Australia to meet the growing demand for online orders among Pearth’s population. The $23.8 million facility at Mirrabooka, Perth North, obtained state planning clearance last week. It is scheduled to be built in early 2026 and operational in 2027. The new CFC, styled after a large-scale supermarket with no customers, expects to fulfil online orders for home delivery and Direct to Boot, as well as allo

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Marriott International has reached a major milestone with the opening of its 9,000th property, The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort in Florida.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

Over the last decade retail brands appear to have grown a strong attachment to the eastern Sydney suburb of Bondi. Consider the likes of Bondi Sands, Bondi Boost, Bondi Wash, Bondi Born, Bondi Active, Bondi Joe, Bondi Gin and Bondi Blue, just to name a few. These brands span multiple categories including beauty, athleisure, fashion and alcohol, but one thing they have in common is their name.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

The items have been recalled due to the risk of suffocation, falling, and entrapment.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Wilko owner Chris Dawson is targeting up to 300 stores over the next five years as he revealed that all new shops opened so far are making a profit. The Range owner, who bought the Wilko brand out of administration last October, told Retail Gazette, that the retailer was ready for its next phase of growth after having nailed down the store concept. “It’s all systems go now,” said Dawson.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Epic Games has launched its game store on iPhones in the European Union and Android devices worldwide.

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Retail Times

AUGUST 16, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Storyblok, the modern content management system (CMS) for all teams, has released a survey of 200 businesses and 200 consumers which illustrates how quickly AI has impacted consumer behaviour online. Nearly one in five consumers now use AI tools as their primary source of information when deciding whether to purchase a product. 15% of consumers […

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 16, 2024

The company said it’s working to better align expenses with sales, but UBS analysts warn that margin and profit declines will likely continue.

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As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Asda is embarking on what it terms “Europe’s largest IT transformation project”, as it aims to change 2,500 systems across every part of its business. The transformation, named Project Future, is a necessity as Asda separates its systems from that of former owner Walmart following its £6.8bn acquisition by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital in 2021.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 16, 2024

Sharmila Sudhakar comes from Tailored Brands to tackle digital growth while Tracey Koller joins from Party City to lead merchandising,

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Pets at Home has unveiled the re-launch of its new look Brentford Pet Care Centre as part of its investment programme to rollout new concept stores. This year the pet specialist is investing in four stores to create a concept designed to “deliver a truly customer-centric experience for pet owners” They will house new concepts and trials with the most successful features rolled out across the wider Pets at Home estate Brentford marks the second new concept Pet Care Centre opening wit

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 16, 2024

Amazon Warehouse, which sells used, pre-owned or open-box products, is now known as Amazon Resale. Meanwhile, Joann is starting seasonal hiring early.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Luxury retailers are continuing to “beeline” towards new London locations, with Bond Street and Oxford Street remaining as popular sites for bricks and mortar stores. New CBRE data found investment volumes in central London rose 71% quarter on quarter to £424m during Q2 this year, Drapers reported. The real estate firm found Bond Street “continues to draw high volumes of capital,” completing four transactions in the area during the period.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 16, 2024

Sai Koorapati joins the company from Topgolf Callaway Brands, where he led a digital transformation initiative.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 16, 2024

The in-house design team of New York menswear brand Stòffa has mixed vintage and contemporary furniture for its flagship store in SoHo. Fashion brand Stòffa focuses on "championing a shift toward quality, sustainability, and individuality" through made-to-order clothing and predominantly operated out of pop-ups before opening up a 2,000-square-foot (186-square-metre) retail space in New York City.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Over 400 consumers have fallen ill after eating the contaminated vegetable.

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Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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