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Location Data is a Must for Site Selection

Retail TouchPoints

As the country continues its transition to a post-pandemic reality, future business success hinges upon accounting for changing consumer dynamics and taking a data-led approach to retail site selection. Population demographics : Discover who and where people are to find the right trade areas and optimize site selection and marketing efforts.

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What to know about Woolworths’ appointment of its first female CEO in 100 years

Inside Retail

In Australia, women remain under-represented in key decision-making roles across industries, accounting for 22.3 Perkins went on to credit Bardwell’s leadership for driving the $7 billion market-leading business of WooliesX. British researchers coined the phrase in 2005, after observing the trend taking place in FTSE 500 companies.

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Greenstreat talks store expansion, digital currency and in-house delivery

Inside Retail

Greenstreat was founded by brothers Jackson and Jesse McGrath, who grew up making salad dressings, sauces and glazes with their family, and selling the products at markets across Australia’s east coast. Brisbane is a different beast, and it took longer to build that brand recognition because it’s a new market,” McGrath said.

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Mirakl Rakes in $555M in New Funding as Online Marketplaces Boom

Retail TouchPoints

A staggering 47% of all ecommerce sales worldwide in 2020 were made on marketplaces, according to WebRetailer , and Alvarez & Marsal predicts that marketplace sales worldwide will account for $5 trillion by 2025. Marketplace software solution Marketplacer, based in Australia, is making inroads in the U.S.

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Store Management Costs in the Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

In 2019, online grocery accounted for 6.3% External pressure is intensifying as innovation comes to the market from emerging competitors that are challenging cost bases further, meaning traditional retailers are needing to absorb even more cost to keep pace. of total US grocery sales. Then in 2021, grocery ecommerce sales reached 9.5%

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How Advanced Search Helped FastGrowingTrees.com Reach New Heights

Retail TouchPoints

We come from a direct marketing background,” said Justin French, VP of Marketing at FastGrowingTrees in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “We In 2020, customers who used search on FastGrowingTrees were 6X more likely to convert, spent 7X longer per visit and accounted for 28% of overall revenue.

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Elf on the Shelf CEO on the Brand’s Unlikely but Enduring Success

Retail TouchPoints

Image courtesy The Lumistella Company The success of the brand feels like something of a Christmas miracle to Co-founder and Co-CEO Christa Pitts, who launched the Elf on the Shelf with her twin sister, Chanda Bell, and mother, Carol Aebersold, in 2005. That’s really when I knew we probably had something very special here.