Retail Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The mass recall includes a variety of mixed vegetable medleys.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s official – long gone are the days of the standalone Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts. Now, securing sought after products at the best price is becoming increasingly chaotic for consumers, with prices fluctuating during a number of weeks across the Golden Quarter. Forget deal or no deal, it’s more like deal or disappointment for consumers, leaving much to be desired in terms of results for retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you stop to think about it, we must be a little crazy to expect so many things from store associates today. We want them to be brand ambassadors. When your store is full of associates who love the brand and live it, they will draw in customers. Excellent brand ambassadors are like traffic magnets. Of course, they need to be product experts. They need to keep track of what’s new, what’s unique to their location and what just went on sale.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Prada and Miu Miu’s new partnership with Snapchat’s Bitmoji platform, allows customers to deck-out in designer threads for a fraction of the price. High-profile fashion collaborations are nothing new, but does making luxury accessible and marketing it to a younger audience come at a cost? Bitmoji, is a platform subsidiary of social media platform Snapchat, and there are over 2.7 billion Bitmoji avatars globally.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

M&S has been granted approval by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to redevelop its flagship Marble Arch store, after almost four years of delays and legal battles. The approval allows the high street giant to move forward with plans to demolish the three buildings it occupies and replace them with a 10-storey mixed-use development, including a new flagship store and office space.The project includes a smaller M&S store, offices, a pedestrian arcade, a

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Norwegian family-owned watchmaker Urmaker Bjerke has opened Europe’s largest luxury watch house at Eger quarter in Promenaden, Oslo’s Fashion District. Bjerke House, set over 2,965 sq. m. across three floors, will be home to brands such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, OMEGA, Tudor, Panerai, IWC Schaffhausen, Blancpain, Longines, Hublot and Breitling. The space will also act as the headquarters of Urmaker Bjerke , with six different entrances for the store’s most well-known brands.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Collins Foods booked slightly higher revenue in the half-year ended October 30, reflecting modest growth in Australia and softness in Europe. The fast food chain operator saw revenue from continuing operations rise 1.2 per cent year over year to $703.5 million. KFC Australia’s revenue increased 2.7 per cent to $536.8 million, thanks to six net new restaurants during the period.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Want a free Frosty with each visit to Wendy's? Get a Frosty Key Tag.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In todays fast-paced retail environment, customers expect more than just quality productsthey demand exceptional experiences that are personalized, convenient, and consistent across all touchpoints. Email marketing has become a cornerstone of delivering this seamless retail customer experience, acting as a direct and personalized communication channel between brands and their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. Over the past seven years, the brand’s VP of Marketing, Jeannie Shin, has witnessed and supported this evolution, especially as the brand built its direct-to-consumer (DTC) business online. But as many brands have learned, the major growth unlock for Calpak’s next phase was physical retail — especially given the highly visual and tactile natu

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Dean Salakas is selling The Party People to Sydney Party Decorations, the same entity that bought The Party People’s Mega Party Warehouse store in Campbelltown earlier this year, for an undisclosed price. As part of the agreement, Salakas will step down from The Party People effective December 17, after 17 years in the role. “It’s a mixture of emotions but I am so grateful for my journey having worked with some great people and partners along the way,” Salakas wrote on LinkedIn

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI's future is quickly becoming the present.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Space Copenhagen, the Danish design studio, has completed interiors for Aiayu’s latest showroom, marking the fourth store which Space Copenhagen has designed for the Danish luxury lifestyle brand. Located in Østerbro’s exclusive residential area in old Copenhagen, with grandiose views of The Lakes, Space Copenhagen has meticulously crafted the universe of Aiayu to be a peaceful, soft and calm retail experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The holiday season is undoubtedly one of the most competitive times for retailers and brands vying for shoppers attention and share of wallet. This year promises to be no exception, with the average American shopper projected to spend $902 USD on gifts, food, and other seasonal items, making it potentially one of the busiest and most profitable holiday shopping seasons on record.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Metcash’s earnings slightly declined despite revenue increasing in the fiscal first half. The company’s revenue grew 6.3 per cent to $9.6 billion for the six months ended October 31, reflecting growth in food, liquor, and hardware segments bolstered by acquisitions. Underlying earnings before interest and taxes slid 0.2 per cent to $246.1 million while underlying profit after tax fell 5.5 per cent to $134.6 million due to lower earnings in hardware and liquor.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Burger King is getting into the holiday spirit.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The lure of discounts drove payday shoppers in-store on Black Friday, as many sought to snatch deals on early Christmas gifts, according to the latest data from RetailNext , the leading analytics solution for bricks-and-mortar retailers. Original data from RetailNext’s shopper traffic platform, which captures billions of store visits globally every year, showed that UK footfall on Black Friday (29 Nov 2024) improved by +40.5% week-on-week, rising to +45% in London compared to the week prior.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Easing inflation, the looming threat of potential tariffs and heavy discounting saw Americans spend in record numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend, with U.S. retail sales (excluding automotive) up 3.4% on Black Friday according to Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures in-store and online retail sales across all payment types. Online sales saw an even bigger bump, with Adobe Analytics reporting a new milestone for ecommerce on Black Friday as consumers spent a record $10.8 billion online, up

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Woolworths Group said its Australian food sales have been negatively affected by about $50 million due to industrial action, as workers seek pay rise in excess of 25 per cent over three years. “Until the industrial action is resolved, a further impact to sales is expected,” the supermarket chain said in a statement. “The full financial impact at this stage is unknown.” The United Workers Union (UWU) launched an indefinite strike action at four Woolworths sites on November

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Chewy posted a somewhat mixed Q3 earnings report.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The sector has had its fair share of collapses this year, which has resulted in some of the industry’s biggest acquisitions. As the year draws to a close, Retail Gazette takes a look back at the retailers that went bust over the past 12 months. Homebase Homebase became the latest casualty on the high street last month when it plunged into administration after failing to secure a new buyer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Hungry for luxury, Louis Vuitton fans? Head to 57 th Street in New York to not only shop the brand’s fashionable creations but eat them too. Louis Vuitton has opened a new five -floor flagship designed to combine luxury retail, culture and gastronomy, according to a company statement. The store is meant to be a temporary destination as the brand’s historic Fifth Avenue flagship undergoes a three -year renovation process.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Retail sales improved in October, with cosmetics, sports and recreational goods leading the increase, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed. Retail sales during the month climbed 3.4 per cent year on year to $36.7 billion, with other retailing – which includes cosmetics, sports and recreational goods – soaring 8.4 per cent to $5.85 billion.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says consumers should expect higher prices in 2025.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tesco and Waitrose are among the supermarkets facing backlash after a BBC investigation alleged their ‘Italian’ tomato purée may contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour. A BBC Eye investigation found that Britain’s largest supermarket is one of several supermarkets marketing its own-brand tomato purée as ‘Italian’, but claimed contains tomatoes grown in both Italy and China.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Toys R Us Studios is partnering with Fox Alternative Entertainment to develop a reality competition show, Toys R Us Family Faceoff , that will feature families competing inside a larger than life toy store and interacting with a range of nostalgic and popular toys and games. The retailer is partnering with Known Originals and the unscripted production arm of Fox Entertainment Studios , according to reporting in Deadline that was confirmed by Toys R Us brand owner WHP Global on LinkedIn.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

After filing more than 2200 individual disputes with the Fair Work Commission to dispute Woolworths’ new productivity framework, 1500 warehouse workers have been on strike since November 21. The United Workers Union is asking for a pay rise and the abolishment of the productivity framework that mandates disciplinary action if warehouse workers fail to achieve a 100 per cent score for every task they complete.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Taco Bell has a new promotion for fans.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Social-lifestyle app STEPN GO is thrilled to announce the next milestone in its ongoing partnership with adidas: the launch of the first-ever STEPN GO x adidas co-branded physical running shoes featuring the STEPN GO logo. This exciting development follows a successful year of collaboration between the two brands, which previously saw the release of the STEPN GO x adidas Genesis NFT Sneakers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Brian Schwalb, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, has filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of failing to provide its advertised fastest delivery service to two D.C. zip codes while continuing to charge full price for its Amazon Prime service to the approximately 48,000 Prime members living there. The suit, filed in the District’s Superior Court, alleges that in June 2022 Amazon made a secret internal decision to stop using its fleet of branded trucks to make Prime deliveries to DC zip cod

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