Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Last year, retailers worldwide grappled with stockouts, overstocking, and shrinkage. This year, the challenge remains just as pressing. As supply chains grow more complex and consumer expectations shift, maintaining the right inventory balance is becoming increasingly difficult and the cost of getting it wrong is high. Lost sales, frustrated customers, and weakened brand loyalty are all at stake.
Retail Focus
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
C4 Energy, the fastest growing energy brand in the UK* , has expanded its range with leading confectionary brand, Millions Sweets, and launched a brand new flavour, Millions Apple. After over 3 million consumers experienced the flavourful explosion of C4 Energy and Millions Sweets in 2024, Millions Apple marks the next wave of the partnership. Building on the success of Bubblegum and Strawberry flavours, the new refreshingly crisp Apple flavour continues to revolutionise the performance energy d
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Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Adore Beauty Group posted higher earnings before interest and taxes in the fiscal first half ended December 31. The beauty retailer’s EBIT soared 98 per cent year over year to $4.7 million, with an EBITDA margin of 4.5 per cent. Sales rose 2.3 per cent to $103 million, and the company achieved a record gross margin of 36.2 per cent. However, its net profit attributable to shareholders declined 36.6 per cent to $628,000 after including one-off restructuring and acquisition costs of $2.2 mil
Retail Gazette
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Nobodys Child is expanding beyond London with the opening of its first store outside the capital, set to launch in St Albans this week (19 February). The conscious fashion brand ‘s new 1,000sq ft location will feature its latest spring collection, alongside its full range of lifestyle products, including bridesmaids and occasion wear, accessories, fragrances, and jewellery.
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Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Many Australian households are stretching their budgets to afford weekly groceries amidst a cost-of-living crisis. However, they may be unaware that, aside from inflation, food waste in the supply chain is a leading cause of rising prices. Two Australian organisations tackling the countrys food waste problem are Farmers Pick and Yume. Farmers Pick, founded by Joshua Ball and Josh Brooks-Duncan in 2020, works directly with farmers and producers to rescue and purchase produce that would otherwise
Retail Gazette
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
M&S has made a trio of senior appointments within its international division as it seeks to drive growth in its overseas business The retailer has appointed Victoria Jones as its new commercial director for international operations. Jones, who previously held senior roles at Clarks , most recently served as chief product and merchandising officer.
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Retail Gazette
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Tesco is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Clubcard loyalty scheme this weekend by offering a 9m gift to its colleagues. Over 300,000 Tesco employees will share in this special gift, which includes free Clubcard vouchers as a “little extra” thank you for their contributions, The Grocer reported. The Clubcard, which launched back in February 1995 was the UKs first supermarket loyalty card, paving the way for the today’s countless schemes.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Adaptive fashion brand Christina Stephens has launched the Un/hinged collection, featuring apparel for wheelchair users and people with dexterity, mobility and sensory challenges. The designs include spill-free and stain-free fabrics, magnetic closure systems and open back, discreet positioning of medical devices and bags, and seam-free tops and bottoms. “We wanted to move beyond the expected functionality of adaptive clothing,” said Jessie Sadler, founder of Christina Stephens. R
Retail Wire
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Carnival Cruise Line passengers can now sign up for a weekly cruise out of Norfolk, Virginia.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Supre, YD, and Mecca exhibited the most distinct Overall Online Store Experience for customers among all retailers ranked by the Online CX Index, Australias first and only online retailer performance platform powered by real data. The Online CX Index, a partnership between Inside Retail and Humii, covers the entire website experience through checkout, delivery and even returns, evaluating eight key criteria based on up to 200 data points.
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Retail Wire
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
There's been a shakeup in Red Robin's corporate lineup.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Any retailer worth its salt understands that consumers’ shopping behaviour varies across different age demographics. This can be seen in the way Gen Z and boomers each prefer to discover new brands: TikTok for the former and traditional media channels for the latter, as well as the types of brands each demographic likes to purchase from. In December, advisory firm Coresight Research released a comprehensive analysis, exploring generational trends in US consumer behaviour across these age g
Retail Gazette
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
AllSaints has opened the doors to a new store at Birminghams Bullring, marking its first UK store opening of 2025. The fashion retailer ‘s 3,207sq ft store, located on the upper level of the shopping centre, replaces the brand’s previous location on the ground floor. It said the new store offers a wide selection of mens and womens apparel, handbags, footwear, accessories, jewellery, and fragrances.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
On February 6, Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group announced the retirement of co-founder Herb Simon, who started the company with his brother Melvin in 1960 and built it into arguably the worlds leading developer and operator of malls and factory outlet centres. The company grew up from nothing by building malls here, there and everywhere, and through a long and bumpy series of mergers and acquisitions that were not always friendly.
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Hyken
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Speaking Your Customers Love Language: 5 Ways to Woo Them This Valentines Day by Sam Richardson (CX Network) Twilios Sam Richardson outlines five ways organizations can speak their customers language and show some love on every day of the year.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Hermes has posted double-digit sales growth for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year, which management described as a solid performance in an uncertain environment. The companys revenue surged 18 per cent to 4 billion (US$4.2 billion), both on a reported and constant currency basis, during the quarter ended December 31. This extended the 11.4 per cent uplift in the third quarter.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
US President Donald Trump, at the beginning of this month, issued an executive order imposing a 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports and the de minimis rule that allowed duty-free entry of low-value Chinese packages. The abrupt implementation led to immediate logistical chaos. Packages began stacking up at major US ports of entry, including at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, where over a million shipments were reportedly delayed.
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