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As Gen Z Enters Prime Spending Years, Brands Sharpen Their Pitch

Retail TouchPoints

They’ve been shaped/scarred by not one but two global economic traumas — the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID pandemic — and they’ve grown up with social media playing an increasingly large (and loud) role in shaping culture, including how these consumers shop, research and purchase products and services.

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Instacart May Have Started with Grocery Delivery, but its Future is Focused on Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Since its 2012 debut, Instacart has made significant progress in convincing Americans that grocery shopping can be done online. That was really the birth of Connected Store it was the intersection of those two insights from our retailers and from our consumers. It’s very rare to find something with so much consumer pull.

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How L’Occitane’s Dr Vranjes Firenze aims to grow in Australia and beyond

Inside Retail

L’Occitane purchased Dr Vranjes Firenze in January this year for a reported US$164 million, or approximately 12 times its core earnings, from Bluegum Capital Partners, a European private equity fund that specialises in consumer brands. L’Occitane also acquired a 50 per cent stake in Singaporean skincare brand Erborian in 2012.

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As the squeeze on spending tightens, can AI unlock retail success?

365 Retail

in 2012 to an estimated 5.1% And the rapid consumer shift since towards online will have only intensified the pressure on store-dependent operating models and margins, requiring businesses to align with more digital-centric customer journeys. Analysis of consumer data is key to getting retail right.