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“All about experience”: Inside Sands Retail’s approach to bricks-and-mortar

Inside Retail

The market has moved a lot since I started back in 2005. It’s still a young market, compared to other hubs like Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Tokyo, which have been around for longer, there is still a long way to go for Macau. In the early days, there was not much retail in Macau.

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12 retailers on store expansion sprees in 2025

Retail Gazette

Jo Malone Jo Malone is eyeing up eight new stores this year as it targets market towns. The fragrance brand is looking to increase its store portfolio from 37 to 45 by the middle of 2025 in places such as Wilmslow, Farnham, Market Harborough, Leamington Spa and Chichester.

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From frumpy to fashionable: the triumphant turnaround of M&S Clothing

Retail Gazette

M&S’ big challenge was that its target market was getting increasingly older while it was failing to attract younger shoppers amid fears it would alienate its core customer base. Price had previously worked at M&S as trading director from 2005 until 2012 but left because it “was drifting in the wrong direction”.

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