Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Dusk posted higher sales in both online and physical stores in the first 20 weeks of the fiscal year. The home fragrance retailer’s sales rose 12.7 per cent year over year, with like-for-like sales growing 11.5 per cent. Online sales surged 41.2 per cent, while brick-and-mortar store sales jumped 10.7 per cent. “We have opened two new stores and further extended our reach with the launch of 12 pop-ups in flagship centres across the country,” said Vlad Yakubson, Dusk CEO and MD.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Carnival Cruise Line continues to make changes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) has stepped in to lead the Australian Fashion Week (AFW) 2025 as IMG announced its exit from Australia after nearly 20 years of managing the event. “What is important is that next year’s event goes ahead,” Marianne Perkovic, AFC chair, told the Australian Financial Review. “We can’t stage fashion week as it was by next May, we don’t have time for that.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Little Bites is getting into the holiday season.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Sussan Group, the retail collective behind women’s fashion brands Sportsgirl, Sussan and Suzanne Grae, is incorporating “responsible fibres” into its supply chain and investing in futuristic pilot projects, such as making a compostable T-shirt, as it looks to increase consumer awareness of its sustainability initiatives. This comes after the company recently became a certified B Corp in September.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Boohoo is facing criticism for bringing back a supplier it previously axed after its modern slavery scandal. The fast fashion giant is purchasing clothes from GN Euro once again, the Telegraph reported, after being “disengaged” back in 2021. The Leicester-based clothes manufacturer previously sold Boohoo goods from its UK factory, but has set up a new site in Morocco with a different name since being cut off, where it is again carrying out business with the ecommerce chain.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Property developer Land Securities has set aside hundreds of millions to acquire more shopping centres over the coming months. While the majority of landlords have avoided buying large malls in recent years, Landsec is confident the biggest and best “destination” malls will remain relevant in the future, The Times reported. It has designated the best part of £600m to spend on snapping up more assets, some of which it spent increasing its share in Bluewater shopping centre this year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

In an increasingly competitive retail landscape – especially where physical-first retailers face pressure from pureplay e-commerce rivals – data and security have emerged as key strategic weapons. “Consumer tendencies are changing,” explains Mahesh Krishnan​, CTO at Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand. “They are looking at things like speed and convenience, and self-checkout has become commonplace in all supermarkets and convenience stores today.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! GAIL’s has just launched its festive menu which is available across all bakeries. The new menu is filled with seasonal favourites such as the Christmas Bun, Mince Pie and the return of the popular Smoked Turkey and Swiss Cheese Sandwich.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Chick-fil-A is set to make its Asian debut with its first Singapore restaurant opening in late 2025. This expansion marks the beginning of a significant 10-year investment plan, with the US fast-food chain committing US$75 million to the venture. Inside Retail spoke with Hugh Park, head of Asia Pacific operations at Chick-fil-A, about the brand’s vision for the Asian market.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Alibaba Group Holding missed analysts’ estimates for second-quarter sales on Friday, as persistent economic uncertainty sapped consumer spending in China and weighed on the e-commerce group’s domestic business. The company reported an adjusted profit of US$2.08 per American Depository Share, beating estimates of $2.06. Its US-listed shares were down 0.3 per cent at the opening.

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Cross Cap

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

How to stay on track of all marketing initiatives during the holiday season? Here are five points to consider when mapping out a holiday marketing plan.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Retail is booming in Asia Pacific, both online and offline. Some trends that were just evolving before the advent of Covid accelerated during times of social distancing and enforced store closures, pushing shoppers online. Since then, most of those trends have endured – or evolved further. During the past 10 years, Qiping Sun, VP of Asia Pacific at LS Retail, an Aptos company, has witnessed significant changes in the Asia-Pacific retail landscape: the rise of e-wallets, the adoption of Software

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s consumers expect to receive special deals and offers year round. Seasonal events drive consumer buying patterns. That’s why marketers around the world take advantage of changes in season to create marketing campaigns that increase their revenues.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Sydney Fish Market has appointed Daniel Jarosch CEO, effective November 25. Jarosh has more than 30 years of expertise and has been the CEO and investment director of Aeria Management Group (previously Sydney Metro Airports) since 2015. Before that, he held senior executive positions in real estate fund management and private equity real estate companies.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Former Financial Reporting Council (FRC) boss Sir Jon Thompson is expected to take over as chairman of Frasers Group. Thompson, who joined the Frasers Group board in June as a non-executive director, is set to take over from David Daly at some point in 2025, Sky News reported. While city insiders said on Friday that Thompson’s new role had yet to be finalised by Frasers’ board, they believed it was almost certain to take place.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Greencross has named Lucas Barry as its new CEO, effective January 1. He has been with the company for six years as COO and CFO. Prior to joining Greencross in 2018, Barry held various leadership roles including as CFO of Opal Aged Care, group financial controller of Woolworths, CFO of LBC Tank Terminals headquartered in Europe, and CFO at the Challenger Infrastructure Fund.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Concept Eight, the parent company of Noodle Box and Huxtaburger, is buying Acai Brothers and has bold plans for the brand. In an exclusive interview with Franchise Executives, Grant Lee, Concept Eight CEO, said “We think the acai business is still in the early stages of market growth in Australia. It’s an area we’ve been looking at for a couple of years.

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