Inside Retail

APRIL 16, 2024

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation. Create the brand, the emotion, the resonance, break [consumers] patterns so they remember you,” concluded Beard.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

The last time there were three consecutive quarters of declining retail volume sales was in 2008 – at the time of the Global Financial Crisis. ARA CEO Paul Zahra said the decline demonstrates a continued slowdown in consumer spending – and adds to the pressure retailers are already under as the cost of doing business skyrockets.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The retailer also expects to benefit from the trend of electric bikes, and it has two national expos this year to showcase the company’s fleet to consumers. A year later, Turner founded the Pedal Group, as a joint venture between the Turner family and Flight Centre in 2008.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2023

Established in 2008 by Lucy Fenton, the brand sold homewares, furniture and artwork through its physical store in Prahran, Melbourne and online. According to 7News , several consumers have expressed concern regarding their orders since the company entered liquidation. It ships across both Australia and New Zealand.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We don’t have a COVID-19 crystal ball to see how this uncertainty will pan out, but we can see that consumer spending is shifting amid the pandemic. Disposable income and the savings rates for consumers — despite the nearly Great-Depression-level unemployment numbers — are at multi-year highs. Consumers may do one of three things: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Established in Nanjing, China in 2008, and now headquartered in Singapore, Shein has grown rapidly to become the world’s largest fashion retailer with an estimated value of $64 billion ,” reads the letter. Goods manufactured in that area of China are not entitled to entry into the U.S. under the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After initially launching here in 2000, it withdrew from the market in 2008, before relaunching that same year under the ownership of the Withers Group. Starbucks Australia confirmed a new way to consume take-away coffee will be created and introduced for Australians in 2024.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

The amount of natural resources consumed and waste produced is snowballing. And let’s not forget the power of consumers. Most ultra-fast fashion brands emerged in the late 2010s following the most well known, Shein, founded in 2008. We’re on a downward spiral, from fast fashion to ultra-fast fashion. Cheap clothing at what cost?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the highest rate in nearly 41 years. High inflation is weighing on shoppers’ budgets, with 62% expecting their living costs to increase even further over the next six months, according to data from Ernst & Young’s (EY) Future Consumer Index. Inflation reached 9.1%

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, beauty brands and other companies in various retail sectors have been integrating AR technology into the consumer shopping experience since well before 2020. The first commercial use of AR is believed to have occurred in 2008. Developed by German agencies in Munich, it involved a print ad featuring an AR model of a BMW Mini.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

In fact, Stephen Sadove, former CEO and Chairman of Saks Fifth Avenue , indicated that “this is one of the most interesting times [for the industry] since the [2008] recession,” where “we came out and saw this massive disruption in the environment,” he said in a press briefing during the Big Show. “It The top five themes include: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

for 2021 — the highest annual rate since 2008’s 3.8%. A retailer may have loyal customers who love what you’re selling, and if you indicate to them what your cost structure is and how it’s gone up, it may help consumers understand that they’re not being taken advantage of,” said Kannan. “A

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

He joined the company in 2008 and has held leadership positions across different divisions. Hufnagel has an established career in retail, holding roles at brands like Under Armour , Gap and Abercombie & Fitch as well as deep roots within the Wolverine Worldwide business specifically.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 22, 2024

The fashion retailer is trailing the option for consumers to send their unwearable clothes from any label using a pre-paid postal donation bag that is left with a local courier that the charity can then resell, reuse, or recycle.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

In fact, 51% of consumers said they would be willing to pay more for products shipped through sustainable methods, up significantly from just 15% of consumers in December 2023, according to a new survey from Radial. Here is what a number of companies are doing this Earth Day and beyond to meet the demands of consumers and the planet.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 8, 2024

compared to 2022 – retail’s worst year for store closures since 2008 – while the number of redundancies in 2023 fell by 21.3%. The figures showed a total of 119,405 retail jobs were lost and 10,494 stores shuttered during the period. Store closures were down 38.8%

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 6, 2023

This collapse follows the demise of Australian furniture brand Brosa late last year – which cited declining sales and cash flow pressures – as well as heightened challenges faced by small-to-medium sized retailers that are struggling to cope with rising costs, and a slowdown in foot traffic and consumer activity. The jury is out.”

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Retail Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

“We expect Inditex’s sales outperformance to widen in a downturn, as it did in the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009,” said RBC analyst Richard Chamberlain. “Consumers that have been stuck at home for two years are looking to replenish their wardrobes.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While the NRF has yet to release its total sales projections for the season, its early consumer research reveals that consumers plan to spend an average of $875 this holiday season, in line with the five-year average — and most of that money will be spent online. Provide flexible scheduling.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

Teenagers are picking up jobs and, in many cases, higher wages as employers staff up to meet the demand caused by the return of regular pre-pandemic activities among consumers. The percentage of teens between 16- and 19-years-old is at its highest level since 2008.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

Vasos joined Dollar General in 2008 as the company’s EVP, Division President and CMO. Other major strategic developments during Vasos’ tenure included a launch into the self-distribution of frozen and refrigerated goods with DG Fresh and the of the pOpshelf retail concept targeted to a more upscale consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2023

As high inflation continues to pose a challenge for the American consumer, research shows that two-thirds of Americans plan to still spend the same or more on retail purchases in 2023. However, it’s no surprise that many of those consumers plan to prioritize shopping for bargains in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The term rose to the surface last year as 2020’s unique confluence of events drove consumers toward shopping alternatives that were both environmentally friendly and economically feasible. The consumer is changing, the way that they purchase is going to change,” he said. “We In the retailX keynote session on Wednesday, Aug.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 4, 2023

This represents the lowest point since Q3 2020 when the UK was in the midst of tiered lockdown restrictions and about to enter Lockdown 2, and -23 points lower than Q3 2008, at the start of the Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Credit Crunch. percentage points quarter-on-quarter.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2024

The prediction was pretty much on the mark with sluggish economic growth and stuttering consumer spending a factor in a slew of retail failures. That level of business closures was the highest for any year since the global financial crisis in 2008.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Buy now, pay later options are becoming increasingly popular as consumers demand more flexible payment options. After the 2008 financial crisis, we observed a generational shift away from credit and toward debit,” said Alex Fisher, VP of Retail at Afterpay in the latest Retail Touchpoints Retail Remix podcast.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

MRG chairman Bernie Brookes told Inside Retail that the decline in consumer spending is likely to see more established retailers fall into administration, particularly companies that are not well-capitalised and don’t have access to financial backing to navigate this tough economic period. making the current 84.4 extremely low comparatively.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For a male consumer, that’s what I feel is very potent. Established in 2008 as a premium streetwear brand with a wide range of genres, styles and cultures, Culture Kings has stores in Australia, New Zealand and now the US, and ships worldwide from its online store. .

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Two out of five FTSE retailers sounded profit warnings in 2023 as high interest rates and wavering consumer confidence placed pressure on margins. at the peak of the global financial crisis in 2008. However, the percentage of companies warning was still exceptionally high at 18.2%, higher than 17.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Amidst ongoing industry disruption and evolving consumer trends, we are uniquely positioned to build on our momentum and accelerate growth and profitability.”. From 2008 to 2013, Day served as the CEO of lululemon, and prior to that she spent more than 20 years at Starbucks in a variety of leadership positions.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 30, 2023

It’s been in the market since 2008, and is well established. Superdry is known for its outerwear and winter jackets in particular, and it continues to resonate with the Australian and New Zealand consumer from a wholesale and retail point of view. I’ll start with Superdry. The brand is going from strength to strength. AD: Absolutely.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

of its sales through the direct-to-consumer channel during the latest quarter. Like the rest of the industry we have seen a structural shift in the shopping behavior of the consumer — a change that has been further accelerated by the global health crisis,” said Diane Sullivan, CEO, President and Chairman of Caleres in a statement.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 23, 2023

for the four weeks to 11 June 2023, it remains sixth highest monthly figure since 2008. But food sales were down 0.5% in May, signifying customers might be cutting back amid sky-high supermarket inflation. Despite grocery price inflation falling to its lowest level this year , sitting at 16.5%

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Confirming the cost-of-living impact on retail spending attitudes this year, the latest Westpac Bank consumer confidence monitor shows Australians are as pessimistic currently as they were at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2008. Short-term gain for long-term pain?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

With high inflation and climbing interest rates, consumer sentiment is set to plunge further, with retail spending set to decline in the June quarter. But what are the implications of a retail recession, and just how damaging will it be for retailers and consumers? The consumer is certainly hurting,” he said.

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Talking Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

in the 4 weeks to 22 January 2023 according to Kantar, the highest level since it started tracking the figure in 2008. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “Late last. Grocery price inflation hit a record 16.7% The price of milk, eggs and dog food have reportedly been rising fastest.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2023

billion in 2026, as consumers increasingly shift from offline to online purchases. BNPL services are gradually gaining prominence in Singapore, with a growing preference for flexible payment methods among consumers,” Neralla Rama Ravi Teja, a retail analyst at GlobalData, told Inside Retail. Rise of online payments. per cent in 2021.

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