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Pumpkin spice latte season is here. But is the cult drink’s popularity waning?

Inside Retail

In 2022, Starbucks , the first American coffee brand to promote pumpkin spice lattes, launched the popular drink on August 30. The creeping drop dates have raised questions about whether it’s OK to promote a fall-themed drink in the summer, while underlining just how popular pumpkin spice lattes really are. The odds are low.

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How Sophie Monk helped Skye + Lach Co on its way to $5 million

Inside Retail

Monk tagged the brand on her Instagram account around 2019, and there was a huge spike in traffic to the website and sales. “We We had about 100-120 orders in the first 12-24 hours, and a number of new followers, who [are now] customers,” Thomasz said. That sort of impact was gold.”. They want a relationship with you,” Thomasz said.

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Battle of the superapps: GoTo vs Sea in Indonesia

Inside Retail

Khaveen Investments, a Kuala Lumpur-based hedge fund that covers the sector, states that as recently as the beginning of 2019, Tokopedia had 29 per cent of the Indonesia e-commerce market ,compared with Shopee’s 16 per cent. But by the end of 2021, the squeeze was well and truly on, with Tokopedia at 39 per cent and Shopee at 34 per cent.

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Revamped Retail Food Group sets sights on digital, drive-thrus

Inside Retail

There are currently 12 drive-thru Gloria Jean’s locations in Australia. At the same time, RFG is starting to promote its digital pre-ordering capabilities after launching click-and-collect across all of its brands over the past year. A trial showed that doing so could increase weekly sales by 70 per cent.

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Cashback goes premium: Stylerunner sisters reunite to launch Her Black Book

Inside Retail

A 2020 report on the US$108 billion global cashback industry found that cashback promotions more than tripled the conversion rate and increased the average order value by 46 per cent. for a 12-month subscription to get access to flash sales and real-time notifications from their favourite brands. Sasi exited the business in 2015.

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Inspiring people toward a sustainable future: How I found my voice as a climate activist

Cisco Retail

It was the summer of 2019, and I had the privilege of attending a life-changing youth event in Vancouver, Canada, known as the Ocean Heroes Bootcamp. So, I mentioned that while I was at OHBC 2019, I learned the truth about plastic pollution. My journey as a climate activist had begun. Plastic pollution.

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Vasos extolled for accomplishments

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He was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at Longs Drug in 2006. “My He then served as Dollar General’s chief operating officer from 2013 until being named CEO in June 2015. It was a paradigm shift in 2015, but today it’s integrated into our culture,” Vasos shared. “We