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Meet the Aussie pet accessories business with 14-carat leads starting at $550

Inside Retail

Recently, to facilitate this, there’s been a lot of movement in Australia’s pet retail industry. And big retailers are catering to this segment for the first time with Ikea Australia launching its first-ever pet collection, Utsadd, i n March, and Coles Group backing the launch of Swaggle, a hyper-personalised pet care platform.

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After 10 years, Japan’s Aeon seems ready to conquer Vietnam’s regions

Inside Retail

It will also continue an upgrade program of the southern Vietnamese Citimart store network it acquired in 2014 and continue to expand the chain. Although the retail market still has room for growth in 2024, a sudden increase in figures is unlikely.”

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. Retail Statistics: The Big Picture. Physical Stores.

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Off-Price Retail: A Double-Edged Tool For Brands With Excess Inventory Needs

Retail TouchPoints

While the latter may be true, excess inventory also has a silver lining of hidden pathways to optimizing excess inventory that lead straight to your bottom line through distribution in the off-price retail market. In turn, brands should view their affiliation with off-price retailers as opportunistic partnerships.

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Why Retailer Market Fit Is Important For A Product Startup

Retail Bound

Now, you are sitting on a stockpile of product with no retail revenue to pay for it. Conversely, if you start small with online channels, regional specialty stores, or a catalog company and make sure you have your logistics, product support, and marketing in place, getting a purchase order from Walmart can be the perfect next step.

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The lowdown on Central Group – reported new owner of Selfridges

Inside Retail

The other two being Siam Piwat and The Mall Group,” Michael Baker, a retail expert based in Bangkok and former head of research for International Council for Shopping Centers, told Inside Retail. Central’s superregional malls and department stores are ubiquitous in Thailand. What does it mean for the future of Selfridges?

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How Korea’s big 3 department stores are killing it right now

Inside Retail

For department stores specifically, sales were up 16.7 Department stores have enjoyed a slight increase in market share, from 6.6 Specialty stores have suffered a decline in market share, from 29.6 per cent over the first quarter a year ago and 19.2 per cent above the first quarter of 2019. per cent to 6.8