Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Coles has launched an all-in-one AI-powered Smart Trolley trial designed to enhance in-store shopping experiences through technology. It also uses advanced AI technology, sensors and an in-built scale to scan groceries directly into shopping bags and streamline the checkout process, allowing customers to pay and go.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. For the hard-to-shop-for, DoorDash has gathered physical and digital gift cards from hundreds of merchants, including DoorDash gift cards.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Discount variety retailer The Reject Shop plans to open more stores this year to support sales growth and increase profitability. The Reject Shop posted record sales of $852.7 The post The Reject Shop plans more stores as sales surge appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. million last year, up 4.1 per cent to $4.7

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has expressed alarm over the government’s proposed merger reforms, saying they are “poorly targeted” and add to the regulatory burden. The SCCA believes such a requirement goes beyond the original intent to target market concentration and will unnecessarily capture other markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. And in 2024, with shoppers visiting different supermarket stores and chains, and with greater frequency, we’re witnessing a new trend: the polychannel shopper.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Target's holiday shopping experience this holiday season will feature a mix of immersive in-store displays and digital features aimed at enhancing every visit.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2024

The Reject Shop says its new merchandise strategy is showing positive results. “Like many Australian retailers, The Reject Shop is currently facing a number of macro and inflationary pressures, including higher wages, domestic supply chain costs, and shrinkage,” said Clinton Cahn, The Reject Shop CEO.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 4, 2024

Century 21 has expanded its partnership with livestream shopping app ShopShops to bring the iconic New York City retailer to TikTok Shop. As the exclusive livestream partner of Century 21, ShopShops provides full operational services and also is an official TikTok Shop partner. “We

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Shopping strips across Melbourne are experiencing lower than average vacancy-rates, which could be due to more people working from home. According to the latest Walk the Strip report from Fitzroys, there has also been a notable increase in food and beverage, service retail, and specialty retail across these local shopping precincts.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2024

Administrators of The Body Shop have entered into an “exclusivity agreement” for the sale of the company to a consortium led by asset manager Auréa Group , with a management team to be led by the former CEO of British fragrance brand Molton Brown , Charles Denton. Private equity firm Aurelius purchased The Body Shop from Natura for $257.8

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2024

TikTok Shop has launched a new social impact initiative called SOAR Together (Supporting Our Artisans and Retailers) that is designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) advance their businesses on TikTok Shop. in a statement. in a statement. “By

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Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2024

Credible reports suggest The Body Shop Australian business is facing a cashflow crisis as a result of the collapse of the UK parent company. The Body Shop operates about 100 stores in Australia and is said to be the most profitable international arm of the stricken business.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Generative AI and machine learning is nothing new to Amazon.The e-commerce giant has been leveraging technology to personalise its customers’ shopping experience for decades now. Instead, Amazon’s AI shopping guides will blend educational content and customer insights to help shoppers make informed purchase decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2024

Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) — the online marketplace from mall operator Simon Property Group and Rue Gilt Groupe — has launched a retail media network powered by Mirakl Ads, a new retail media offering from marketplace solution Mirakl (on which SPO is built).

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

Walmart introduced the virtual shopping platform Walmart Realm in May. Now, it has improved the immersive experience to help college students find the decor, clothing, and essentials of their dreams.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The UK arm of the The Body Shop has entered administration, the British version of bankruptcy protection, according to Reuters and other media reports, but it will continue to operate online and via its 199 UK brick-and-mortar stores for the time being. At press time The Body Shop had not replied to a request for comment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2024

Stop & Shop will shutter 32 supermarkets in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island by Nov. Stop & Shop is focused on growing through large, multi-year price investments and a stronger customer value proposition, both in stores and online.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A retail shop on Phillip Island in Victoria is facing legal actions for allegedly underpaying three workers $40,009. The post Phillip Island gift shop operators charged with underpaying staff appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. on weekdays, up to $37.42 on Sundays and up to $48.17 on public holidays.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Kohl’s will add 45 new 750-square-foot Sephora shop-in-shops in stores across 29 states in the next few months, bringing the total to 910 Kohl’s stores by the end of 2023. The newly announced smaller shop-in-shops will be opened at Kohl’s stores across the country, including four apiece in Indiana and Utah and three in North Carolina.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

Vicinity Centres has agreed to sell the Maddington Central shopping centre in suburban Perth to property investor Realside for $107 million, the Australian Financial Review reported. The post Vicinity sells Perth shopping centre for $107 million appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. million, at a 5.9

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Kohl’s has announced the locations of the next 250 stores that will be opening 2,500-square-foot Sephora shop-in-shops in 2023. Kohl’s also plans to open 50 smaller-format Sephora shops by the end of 2023. Last year Kohl’s and Sephora announced plans to expand their partnership to all of Kohl’s more than 1,100 locations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

The Halls Head Central shopping centre in Mandurah, Western Australia, has been sold to Centuria Capital Group for $70 million. The 19,373sqm shopping centre is home to Coles, Aldi and Kmart, two mini-majors, 50 specialty shops, and two freestanding pad sites. It boasts an annual turnover of $137.4

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Consumers are changing how they shop and who they shop with, and now brands are taking notice. Embracing Alonement in Retail Design What makes people shop in stores today? Shopping alone may be the answer. As shopping becomes more of an individualized happening, rethinking traditional retail spaces is vital.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

Tenants at Caneland Central in Mackay, Queensland are completing their refurbishments as part of the shopping centre’s makeover. The post Mackay’s Caneland Central shopping centre completes makeover appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

The shop-in-shop retail approach can yield benefits for both the host retailer and the hosted brand, but there are certainly challenges to entering into this type of partnership. Would standing out or blending within the host environment drive the most traffic to the shop-in-shop? Making Space for a Shop-in-Shop Partner.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

31, Stop & Shop has ceased selling cigarettes at its 350 locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. Albertsons also has recognized the major role that mobile devices play in grocery shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Using Google Cloud generative AI technology, the sportswear brand can now personalize its online product images, and the company offered a sneak peek of a new virtual reality shopping experience it’s developing in partnership with Meta.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2024

Supermarket chain Aldi has dropped its plan to expand into online shopping believing it might affect its ability to continue providing low-cost products for customers. In addition, offering online shopping would also create more complexity given Aldi is still building warehouses and an automated distribution centre, Lack stated.

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