Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Coles has the most confusing promotional labels, consumer advocacy group Choice said as it calls for supermarkets to make their tags clear and easy to understand for shoppers. Choice found in a survey that Coles’ ‘Down Down’ and ‘While Stocks Last’ labels confused shoppers as to whether the item was marked down or not. Meanwhile, shoppers are also confused on Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ label, unsure if the product was already discounted.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Although General Motors has had trouble selling its electric cars, a recent report indicates that the increase in sales of gas-powered vehicles helped the company generate a profit.

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APRIL 24, 2024

For me, the great thing about working in finance is getting to make decisions that touch all aspects of the organization. Finance really places you at the center of everything, where decisions you make play a pivotal role in sustaining long-term business success. That is, at least, the theory. The reality is that, for teams that rely heavily on manual workflows, financial management can be not just burdensome but downright soul-sucking.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Furniture retailer Nick Scali is entering the UK market through acquiring Anglia Home Furnishings, trading as Fabb Furniture, for £3.5 million ($6.7 million). Nick Scali intends to pay $1 million to exercise the option to exit the existing distribution centre arrangement and inject up to $11.5 million of working capital. After the acquisition, Nick Scali said it plans to invest in the existing Fabb Furniture network, which will include store refurbishments and rebranding, setting up a new distri

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data. The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J., for additional reinvented stores it will open in 2024 , including at the brand’s NYC flagship and locations in Paris, Melbourne and Delhi.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Coco Republic will collaborate with online lifestyle retailer Revolve to produce a collection of decorative items, to expand its audience to millennial and Gen Z consumers in the US. Coco Republic made their debut at the Revolve Festival 2024 in Palm Springs, California, as the official furniture partner displaying its outdoor range. The joint ‘The Art Of House’ collection, which will be launched next month, promotes the styling of design objects and accessories “to provide col

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Amazon has unveiled a new program that allows customers of both Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh to receive unlimited grocery delivery for just $10 per month.

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APRIL 24, 2024

In what has become a recurring plotline, Google has once again delayed third-party cookie deprecation on its Chrome web browser. Previously scheduled to be completed by the second half of Q4 2024, Google now anticipates the change will take place sometime in 2025. This marks the third time Google has pushed back the timeline on cookie deprecation, plans for which were first announced in January 2020 , when the company committed to removing tracking tech from Chrome within two years.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Brazilian restaurant chain Oakberry entered the Australian market in 2018 after ANZ CEO Renan Fretes-Pinto identified a gap in the market for healthy fast food. Today, there are more than 50 franchise locations and 500 head-office staff across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Indonesia, and there are plans to open 30 more new shops in Australia alone this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Founded in 2010, BaubleBar has become one of the most popular destinations for statement-making styles, affordable jewelry and personalized accessories. (Personally, I’m a big fan of the partnerships the brand has tapped into with the MLB, NBA, NFL and Disney.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Dom's Kitchen & Market and Foxtrot Market, two grocery chains based in Chicago, have announced the closure of all their stores. This decision comes six months after the companies merged.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

Footwear brand Kizik partnered with MG2 on a pop-up concept in New York City’s SoHo to gauge market demand. The people have obviously spoken, because the brand has decided to extend the pop-up through Memorial Day. Originally slated to run for one weekend (April 19-21), the Greene Street pop-up is the first physical manifestation of Kizik’s new brand identity and “motion is magic” tagline.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 24, 2024

JD, New Look and Ann Summers are set to open new concept stores at Derbion, the Midlands retail and leisure destination, following a combined investment of over £5 million. The investment forms part of Derbion’s continuing growth strategy to reposition and support existing retailers alongside new lettings. By actively managing the centre, Derbion has unlocked space to ensure brands benefit from the optimum footprint and location to drive footfall and sales.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The United States Department of Labor revealed that millions of workers may be eligible for overtime pay under President Joe Biden's new rule.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Legacy denim brand, Levi Strauss & Co has rolled out a direct-to-consumer first strategy across its East Pacific Asia market. The pivot away from Levi’s historically successful wholesale model was first introduced with the arrival of new president and CEO Michelle Gass who has her sights set on taking the brand to new heights. Levi’s consider itself a steward of denim and in particular the blue jean – now the iconic brand is taking control of growth by coming back to bricks-and-mortar.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

In the first three months of the year, a strong job market and wage gains helped buoy consumer spending, but some analysts warn it may not last.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Reporting by the business media of retail sales and other economic data produced by governments in developing Asia is often too trusting. The official numbers are usually reported unquestioningly, yet they can be deeply flawed for a number of reasons. Occasionally it is worth reminding ourselves that they need to be taken with a pinch of salt, sometimes a handful of it.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

UPMC, the largest employer in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is laying off about 1,000 employees. The cuts are a response to challenges in the post-pandemic healthcare market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

French luxury fashion group Kering has anticipated a decline of up to 45 per cent in operating income for the first half of this year after reporting a 10 per cent drop in revenue in the first quarter. The company logged €4.5 billion (US$4.8 billion) in sales for the three months. “Kering’s performance worsened considerably in the first quarter,” said François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Kering Group.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The company plans to elevate the sneaker shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

The APPMA Packaging Design Innovation Award is a prestigious prize given in recognition of achievement in the Australian packaging and processing industry. The award celebrates innovation, leadership, and best practices on the part of the winner, as well as the outstanding design elements that they have introduced in their packaging. Ranpak is proud to have sponsored the 2024 APPMA Packaging Design Innovation Award.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Oracle has decided to relocate its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee. The primary motivation behind this move is to position the company closer to one of the major healthcare centers in the United States.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

Ikea workers can take a variety of courses, such as AI fundamentals and specialized training around ethical and responsible use of AI tools at work.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The FTC has voted to ban almost all noncompete agreements across the country. These agreements often stop employees from working for competing businesses or starting their own ventures.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

Chief Commercial Officer Frank Bracken told Retail Dive the new format fixes some old pain points, like a male-dominant experience, and also serves as a starting point for its fleetwide revamps.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

After Congress passed a potential TikTok ban, TikTokers expressed growing worry over the "devastating" impact it would have on their careers.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

Excluding the sale of its eOne division, revenue was still down 9% in Q1, but the toy manufacturer swung to a profit.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 24, 2024

Sainsbury’s expects strong profit growth in the year ahead as it beat expectations for its 2023/24 financial year. Pre-tax profit for the year to 2 March edged up 1.6% to £701m, topping last year’s figure, as it achieved record grocery market share gains and volume growth that accelerated in every quarter. The UK’s second-biggest grocer said it expects to make up to £1.06bn in underlying operating profit from its retail operations in 2024-25 – up from £966m last year.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

The drinkware and cooler brand is selling 55 of its best-selling products in 3,800 of the mass merchant’s stores as well as on its website.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 24, 2024

Pret A Manger has made a series of board changes, including bringing back its co-founder as ramps up its next phase of international growth. Former chief executive officer of Pret owner JAB Holdings Olivier Goudet is stepping down as chairman and will be succeeded by his colleague and JAB partner, Konrad Meyer. After spearheading the acquisition, Meyer became a board member in 2018 and also served as interim chief financial officer at the height of Covid-19 back in 2020.

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