Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2025

It all began in 2009 when my business partner, Melissa [Wilkinson] struggled to find meaningful and memorable gifts for her wedding guests. To fill this gap in the market, she started an eBay store, which received incredible customer response. These milestones shaped our ability to scale and adapt to a constantly changing market.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

But how does this really work and is the cultural component of mall space, which unarguably is rising in multiple respects, reaching the broader shopping public or just a thin sliver? In Japan this has been the case for a hundred years, with department stores sprouting in the early 1900s from their roots as kimono shops.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2024

The experts agree, predicting that global AI in the retail market will surpass $24 billion by 2028 , growing at 24.4% AI ’ s Current Impact on Retail In many ways, AI enables ecommerce companies to understand customers more deeply, engage them intelligently, fulfill demand efficiently and modernize the shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

The more contemporary appellation for the massive Chinese shopping extravaganza is apparently Double 11 or 11.11 (pronounced “Eleven, Eleven.”) Alibaba’s sales have increased every year since the event debuted in 2009.). Global Shopping Festival , and they would know given that the ecommerce giant was the event’s original architect.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2023

The café is located in the food court of the new 275,000-square-foot multi-level Tangram retail center in the heart of the revitalized Queens-Flushing International Market District. The United States is a key market for the Angry Birds brand and we’re excited to open this venue in one of the greatest cities of the world, New York.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

As a result, retailers need to rethink how they attract and retain customers by looking at data not just from recent months but also from the last time shoppers felt this much economic pressure — the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Targeted marketing. That’s really where the market is heading. said Krakovsky. Targeted email.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Thousands of years later, in 2009, the market for digital assets arose. And, some major publishing companies are closing shop on their NFT marketplaces. However, an inflated market and an insatiable demand for NFT collectibles created too much hype. Casey Jensen is VP of US Sales and Marketing at rooom.com.

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Inside Retail

JULY 31, 2024

Inked in history Initially, Officeworks was a cash-and-carry solution for customers, and in 2009, the retailer launched its first ‘proper’ website. B2B market In 2024, Officeworks has a well-established presence in the business-to-business (B2B) market. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2021

Enter ReleaseIt, a new online marketplace that aims to be a one-stop-shop to rent anything, from fashion to furniture to tools to cars. . The concept of an online marketplace dedicated to the rental market is a world-first, according to Krideras. And if you’re the type of customer who prefers to rent rather than buy, that’s a problem.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Adding to the existing diverse tenant mix, new coffee shop, Bewiched, is now open to customers in a 4,359 sq ft unit on Newland Walk. Since being established in 2009, Evolve Estates has been a leader in the UK’s mixed-use property market, driving growth through strategic acquisitions and expert asset management.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Over the last 13 years, Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo has established a foothold of 26 stores in the ultra-competitive Singaporean market, and it is looking to grow even further with the opening of four new stores in the next six months and the continued expansion of its online to offline (O2O) strategy. The Singapore marketplace.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2021

We’re thrilled to launch an educational programme with sustainability at its heart, that will change consumption habits and encourage our members and the wider world to reduce, reuse, recycle, shop responsibly, and learn more about sustainability in fashion,” said Dounia Wone, Vestiaire Collective’s chief sustainability and inclusivity officer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Since the infamous shopping holiday was created and marketed by Alibaba in 2009, there has been no slowing down. Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, is now the world’s largest shopping holiday, with advertisers seeing incredible returns. The success of Singles’ Day in China is no secret. trillion by 2028.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2021

Our online growth has been phenomenal because women haven’t been able to go into shops, particularly towards shutdown and in this state, we’ve done very well. I’m looking forward to when Melbourne opens, it’s our second biggest market and that will make a big difference. Online has played a huge role for us.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2021

Online shopping revenues experienced massive growth and unprecedented highs in 2020. The pandemic forced consumers to shop more online, getting them more accustomed to an extremely convenient and cost-effective buying experience, which has helped form shopping habits that will stick around forever. between 2020 and 2024.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The new warehouse allows both businesses to come under one roof, and according to co-founder Richard Kelsey, it didn’t make sense to bring the shop along with them. When Beer Cartel initially launched in 2009, the online market was a shadow of what it is today, Kelsey explained. Back to the beginning.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

The decision follows the success of a pop-up shop that Revolve and its sister site FWRD opened in the same location last December. I’m responsible for the profit and loss of the international markets. When I was at Shopbop I was only allowed to do marketing. At Revolve, I pretty much cut across all different functions.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

When Nicola Clement first started working in e-commerce in 2009 launching Quiksilvers online shopping site for the Apac region it was at a point when Australian retailers were transitioning from custom-built websites to enterprise-level platforms. Following stints at Quiksilver and Kathmandu, which she took from $3.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

With the advent of Apple’s Pay Later offering, greater attention has been paid to the BNPL market. Market leaders such as Afterpay and Klarna forged new brand partnerships, and as their offerings became more visible, it quickly became an alluring option, particularly for the emergent Gen Z.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given that Swift’s target audience – Millennials and Gen Z – are also online shopping natives, e-commerce retailers such as Ebay are primed to benefit from the seven sold-out shows in Melbourne and Sydney that will have close to 100,000 fans attending each night.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

Back in 2009, industrial designer Meindert Wolfraad identified a gap in the market for practical, comfortable and stylish commuter bikes that would enable Sydney-siders to get around, similar to what he saw growing up in the Netherlands. Meindert Wolfraad: Lekker Bikes started back in 2009, in Sydney. Watch this space in 2024!

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Singles’ Day on November 11 is the biggest shopping event in the world. event in 2009 to raise awareness of its then-new B2C e-commerce platform Taobao Mall (now called Tmall). “It Only 27 merchants participated in the 2009 event, though Alibaba still managed to generate over US$10 million in revenue. It held its first 11.11

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

The idea of making the user experience as seamless and effortless as possible is even reflected in the shopping experience in an Apple store. Niki Lau is Creative Lead at the digital marketing agency Banc.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

At the time, the focus was on Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2009. The last decade has seen the consumer landscape shift from mass market to personalisation and customisation, from a life of bricks-and-mortar shopping to online goods. Yet, a new generation was about to begin.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Each showroom provides customers with a community hub to test Peloton’s range of products, including the Peloton Bike and Peloton Bike+, while shopping its new private-label apparel range. Peloton country manager Karen Lawson in the Bondi flagship store.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2021

Luxury goods sales fell by 23 per cent to $264 billion last year, the largest-ever drop and the first decline since 2009, as the pandemic forced shop closures and brought international tourism to a virtual halt. The US market has been the unexpected bright spot,” Bain said. The speed of the recovery has been uneven.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

By embracing innovative solutions like autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, repurposing existing spaces and utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM), cities can foster engaging shopping experiences while addressing mobility and parking challenges. in real estate transactions, particularly in the South Florida market.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2024

Given that 50 per cent of global female consumers use their phone to manage activities from shopping to viewing, Euromonitor predicts that online sales of female sportswear products will be even further boosted. A century later the Olympics has become a spectacle for not only sportsmanship but for brand marketing.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As China’s economy grapples with the aftermath of the pandemic, e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com are pulling out all the stops for their annual Singles Day shopping festivals, with both players set to unleash an unprecedented level of discounts and deals. Started by Alibaba in 2009 with just 27 brands, 11.11

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2024

“Much like Farfetch, YNAP struggled to turn a profit in China, even during the Covid years when the luxury market was booming,” Jacques Roizen, MD at consultancy company Digital Luxury Group, told Inside Retail. Alibaba provided the joint venture with technology infrastructure, marketing, payments, logistics, and other technology support.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Set in the heart of the Piazza, the location is the ideal home for the brand’s first ever brick and mortar store. “London is arguably the most influential athletic lifestyle footwear market in the world and is a critically important market for us. The brand’s goal is to bring joyful performance to every kind of mover, everywhere.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Alibaba turned China’s informal Singles’ Day into a shopping event in 2009 and built it into the world’s biggest online sales fest, dwarfing Cyber Monday in the United States. Since then, the festival, which Alibaba last year stretched to a 11-day event with the best deals concentrated in two discount periods, Nov. 1-3 and Nov.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 5, 2024

Evolve Estates has acquired the popular 595,000 sq ft retail destination, The Bridges Shopping Centre, in Sunderland. The shopping centre dominates the city’s retail offering with almost 100 units differing in size. The post Evolve Estates acquires The Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland appeared first on A1 Retail Magazine.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

Market Lane Market Lane, an independent specialty coffee brand founded in 2009, has grown steadily over the years, expanding from its first shop and roastery at the Prahran Market to eight coffee shops in Melbourne, a bustling online shop, and a roastery in Brunswick East.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2021

Online shopping revenues experienced massive growth and unprecedented highs in 2020. The pandemic forced consumers to shop more online, getting them more accustomed to an extremely convenient and cost-effective buying experience, which has helped form shopping habits that will stick around forever. between 2020 and 2024.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The world’s biggest shopping event happens in China each year — and it’s called Singles Day. Originally a holiday to celebrate being single, as a counter to Valentine’s Day, the event has grown into a weeks-long online shopping festival that peaks on November 11. Cyber Monday? Absolutely not.

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