Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2025

Australian luxury fashion brand Leo Lin has been part of the fashion landscape for seven years, launching in 2017, but only since building its e-commerce store in 2021 has it really taken off. In February, the business announced it had experienced 225 per cent year-on-year sales growth, primarily driven by its strategy in the US market.

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JULY 28, 2020

But what do those who are directly involved in decision-making — marketers on one side, consumers on the other — really think about this shift? Data will come from the 6th edition of the Salesforce State of Marketing report, which surveyed nearly 7,000 global marketing executives. Click here to register to attend the Aug.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. But as many brands have learned, the major growth unlock for Calpak’s next phase was physical retail — especially given the highly visual and tactile nature of its category.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2024

Credible reports suggest The Body Shop Australian business is facing a cashflow crisis as a result of the collapse of the UK parent company. The Body Shop operates about 100 stores in Australia and is said to be the most profitable international arm of the stricken business.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beauty brand The Body Shop has been acquired by pan-European alternative investment firm Aurelius from Natura & Co for £207 million (US$258.69 The Body Shop has over 900 company-owned stores across 20 countries and has partnerships with franchisees operating 1600 stores in additional 69 geographies.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The UK arm of the The Body Shop has entered administration, the British version of bankruptcy protection, according to Reuters and other media reports, but it will continue to operate online and via its 199 UK brick-and-mortar stores for the time being. At press time The Body Shop had not replied to a request for comment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Finally, the once-static world of retail marketing is transforming. One by one, retailers are finding that their marketing models — co-op driven, lacking in transparency, and largely traditional in form — are secondary options when compared to the self-serve, data-driven models of digital marketplaces.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Discount retail store TK Maxx has opened a store at Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson, marking its entry into the WA market. This is TK Maxx’s 78th store in Australia since it started its operations in the country in 2017.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2025

From an Apple store featuring biophilic design to Puma’s casino-inspired Las Vegas shop, these hot new bricks-and-mortar stores are bringing the heat to the retail industry. This new destination exemplifies our ongoing commitment to delivering everyday luxury products, services, spaces and experiences across new and existing US markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Natura &Co will sell The Body Shop to Aurelius for £207 million ( $257.8 The private equity group is seeking to enhance ESG aspects in its portfolio and is committed to maintaining The Body Shop’s distinctive values, instilled by its founder, Dame Anita Roddick. million ) in a transaction expected to close by Dec.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2025

Product from a tech lens Prior to launching Uni in 2022, Keating founded a charity platform GoFundraise while she was at university before founding app creator DWNLD which she went on to sell to Dropbox in 2017. Uni will expand into products our customers want and where we see gaps in the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

In addition to rapid advances in AI that have brought the technology into the mainstream, Stitch Fix also has struggled to maintain its first-mover advantage in the world of subscription fashion, with a host of new entrants pulling away clients and market share.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

Since its launch in 2017, the platform has raised more than $1.29 Faire homepage (Image courtesy Faire) In 2017, Rhodes took the leap and founded Faire alongside three of his Square colleagues, including current COO Jeff Kolovson, who previously led Square’s retail division. Olive Et Al “shop” on Faire.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

For example, establishing social distancing measures and offering contactless experiences for in-store shoppers, or expanding digital and mobile shopping options to include in-store or curbside pickup for online shoppers. Before the pandemic, this shopper preferred to shop in-store because it was a familiar and trusted experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Aldi began working with Instacart in 2017 and in June 2023 debuted Aldi Express, a virtual convenience store offering nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery. “By Schnuck Markets began using Caper Carts last month. in a statement. In the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The holiday shopping season seems to get bigger every year. The introduction of ecommerce has allowed consumers to shop the big sales from the comfort of their own home, avoiding the crowds and offering increased convenience and variety. Holiday shopping isn’t cancelled. In 2019, Black Friday online sales totaled $5.4

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2024

Parade was founded by Columbia University dropout Cami Téllez in 2019, with a purpose to disrupt the market and champion inclusivity, body positivity and sustainable manufacturing. Businesses like Brava are championing change through inclusivity and representation for formerly marginalised individuals represented in the market.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2024

Beyond that, it speaks to the size of the market for add-on products and services, from specialised brushes and cleaning products for status water bottles to covers to protect fancy luggage from scuffs and scratches, The chic Béis Wash pop-up on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles last month is a polished example of how this looks.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Millennials were both the target market and, in some cases, the founders of this new breed of retail business, so it’s no surprise that many of them focused on fashion and other discretionary purchases relevant to consumers in their mid-20s. The brand’s target market is parents of young children between three and 10 years aold.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The largest shopping centre in Far North Queensland, Cairns Central boasts 51,972sqm of gross lettable area and more than 180 tenants including Myer, Woolworths, Coles, Kmart, Target, and Event Cinemas. “The outlook for Australian retail is positive.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 18, 2025

In 2017, it moved away from its iconic 1 price point to a multi-price format, with products now ranging between 50p and 5. However, up to 200 loss-making stores have been identified as potential closures under the terms of any prospective deal, according to reports in The Sunday Telegraph.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

. “When it comes to makeup, I always say, ‘use without caution,’ and now you can shop without caution, too.” ” There are real benefits to being able to virtually try on products online, as Stephanie Horton, senior director of commerce marketing at Google, pointed out in an official statement about the launch.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2021

To mitigate health and safety concerns and deliver on these expectations, retailers are designing touchless shopping experiences with the help of voice and speech recognition technology. billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 19.63% from 2017 to 2025. Shopping via smart speakers is also is increasing.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Black Friday, one of the most anticipated days of the entire retail calendar, has officially passed, and the results of this shopping event revealed some unique findings. Despite some concerns that Black Friday sales may have been diminished by month-long discount offerings, the shopping holiday proved surprisingly fruitful.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2025

But they both share stunning growth pathways to become dominant players in their respective categories and markets. No one could understand why you would like to pay to go shopping. There was a genuine fear of anti-membership in the market. Access creates the frequency of shopping. That presented an opportunity.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2021

Abercrombie & Fitch and Zappos.com have partnered to add curated Abercrombie & Fitch items to Zappos’ ecommerce shop. That total has only continued to rise, reaching 54% in 2020 and with more than $150 million invested in digital performance between 2017 and 2020.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2023

Scentre Group is looking for an investor interested in taking a 50-per-cent stake in its Westfield Whitford City shopping mall in WA. Colliers’ MD of retail capital markets for Asia Pacific, Lachlan MacGillivray, has been appointed to sell the shopping centre stake through an expression of interest campaign.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Processing over 2 trillion products per month, the Productsup product-to-consumer (P2C) platform is designed to provide sellers with a holistic, real-time view of data at every product touch point, enabling companies to tell a consistent story across more than 2,500 marketing and selling channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

in April 2017, MINISO has forged a unique place in the market. “Despite the pandemic, MINISO has maintained a strong performance and has exciting plans to open in new markets across North America,” said Andrew Xie, CEO of MINISO North America in a statement. Our expansion comes at a perfect time for holiday shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

I always thought of Goodwill as a cool place that you thrift shop and drop off donations, he said. Kaness had a similar experience when he joined Walmart through its acquisition of ModCloth (where he was CEO) in 2017. But when I got there, the market was confused as to whether ModCloth was a plus-size brand or not.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2021

Launched in Vienna in 2017, waterdrop operates 15 brick-and-mortar stores and serves 1 million+ customers across Europe. with its ecommerce business in spring 2021, now being followed by its first retail location on Miami’s iconic Lincoln Road shopping corridor. Waterdrop — a microdrink CPG brand — has debuted its first U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

By February 2017 , Walmart had increased its investment to 12.1% , and in August 2018 Walmart and JD.com invested $500 million in Chinese grocery delivery company Dada-JD Daojia. Walmart has sold its shares in Chinese ecommerce player JD.com , ending its direct investment in the Alibaba rival after more than eight years. billion , a 3.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2024

Seven years into its most recent comeback, teen fashion retailer Rue21 has filed for its third bankruptcy, citing “the continued growth of online shopping, industry competition, inflation and macroeconomic headwinds.” The company first filed for bankruptcy in 2002 , then again in 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A recent study found that 68% of Gen Z shoppers planned to use non-traditional channels for Black Friday and Christmas shopping, with Instagram (47%) taking the lead as a holiday shopping platform. Most social networks offer in-app shopping solutions now, including live video to meet shoppers’ demands. Retailers Going Live.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2022

“The direct-to-consumer experience connects the energy of the brand’s highly engaged ecommerce site and social community to a vibrant space to discover, shop and interact with Savage X Fenty,” the brand said in a press release. and UK retailers, according to market intelligence platform Edited. and Newark, Del.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As a report from consulting firm Catalina showed, 90 of the top 100 consumer packaged goods companies lost market share to smaller brands in recent years. But newer methods can paint a more complete picture and help retailers market more effectively. The caliber of our insights can drastically affect market share. Not anymore.

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