Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

some entered the Indonesian market in 2019, citing a gap in diverse retail product offerings. some identified Malaysia as its next key market, driven by the countrys young consumer base and thriving retail environment. some’s strategy and one of the major reasons we are competitive in the retail market.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2025

The StoreCash promotion ran from July 2019 to August 2023, required customers to make a qualifying purchase and consent to receive marketing communications to receive store credits.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2025

million fine for misleading advertising and store credit promotions related to its ‘StoreCash’ promotion running from July 2019 to August 2023. Mark Baartse, a retail marketing expert and fractional CMO, linked it back to an increase in funds at the ACCC. In the same month, the Good Guys, a subsidiary of JB Hi-Fi, paid a $13.5

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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. In 2019, Calpak tested its store hypothesis even further by opening a pop-up in New York City. The brand recently became an online-only partner for Nordstrom.)

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

The dependence of Takashimayas growth in 2024 on those inbound tourists to its major domestic markets is now a bit of a concern in view of geopolitics. One wonders if the change of mind in the middle of 2019 to keep the store open was misguided.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Orders will be placed on Amazon.com and delivery will be handled by Jüsto, a startup founded in 2019. Jüsto is going to be Amazon’s produce and grocery proposal in Mexico ,” said Ricardo Weder, Founder and CEO of Jüsto in an interview with Bloomberg.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Forever 21s Twisting Tale of Bankruptcies and Sales Forever 21s intellectual property has been owned by brand management firm Authentic Brands Group since its first bankruptcy in 2019 , and a second bankruptcy would not disrupt that arrangement. In the U.S.,

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Numerous conferences and sessions held over the first two days provided a comprehensive overview of market trends, featuring many exclusive international speakers. Retail investment has been especially driven by the strong performance of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish markets, alongside robust results in the UK.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Greater China, Amer Sports’ second-biggest market, saw sales jump 56 per cent during the period. While major global retailers have encountered significant setbacks in penetrating the Chinese market, niche sportswear brands have demonstrated a markedly different pattern. billion during the third quarter. Following its €4.6

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2025

Inside Retail spoke to industry experts Brian Walker, founder and executive chair of Retail Doctor Group, Mal Chia, managing director and co-founder of Ecom Nation, and Dr Jessica Pallant, marketing lecturer at RMIT University, for their take on the situation. Catch started by offering once-a-day deals in limited quantities.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2025

billion in April 2019. The company is reportedly seeking to divest its Australian arm to cut losses and exit the market, according to the Australian Financial Review. UK-based EG Group is set to sell its EG Ampol service station network in Australia, with its wholesale supplier Ampol reported to be the most logical acquirer.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

Henne was founded in 2019 by Bartel, her sister Michelle Ring and friend Laura Broque. She identified a gap in the market, as well as the problem of overconsumption. I love being guided through the pieces. I don’t like when there’s too many items on the rack, I feel like that can be overwhelming, Bartel said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2025

Inside Retail connected with the CEO and creative director of Dissh, Lucy Henry-Hicks, on how the brand has approached international expansion and finding the Dissh girl in new markets abroad. The short-term residency offered an invaluable opportunity to test the market and gauge local appetite. LHH: Yes, and no.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When he took over the reins as managing director in 2019, M&S was at a crossroads. Under Prices leadership, M&S has not only won back market share but has positioned itself as a fashion forward player on the UK high street. Denim, in particular, became a major focus. The result?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Despite modestly positive expectations for 2024, the luxury retail market did not pan out as merchants had hoped. According to a 2024 report released by global management consulting firm Bain & Company, this market dropped two per cent from an all-time high of US$387 billion to US$381 billion.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2025

Since 2019, Google has been working on plans to eliminate, or at least minimize, the use of digital tracking cookies on its popular Chrome browser, but now the Privacy Sandbox initiative seems to have run its course.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2025

Beginning as a mini-market in the late 1990s, Alfamart now operates more than 22,000 stores in Indonesia, along with 2000 in the Philippines through a joint venture with SM Investments. In 2019, Alfamart acquired Global Loyalty Indonesia, a Japanese-founded CRM firm, and spun it off as a separate, independent company under Kaloh’s leadership.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Inside Retail connected with the CMO to delve into the details of True Religion’s millennial and Gen-Z-geared marketing strategy. Michael Buckley, True Religion’s president from 2006 to 2010 and its CEO as of 2019, has previously stated, “This consumer wants a deal. They’re not paying full price. We know how to sell to them.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Built in 1960, it opened the 250-room luxury accommodation Hotel Chadstone and four premium office buildings in 2019. A fresh food market pavilion, alfresco dining and another office tower are still to come. The centre is located 17 kilometres southeast of the Melbourne CBD.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Swarovski’s latest marketing campaign, featuring pop diva and “Wicked” star Ariana Grande, is the latest indication of the brand’s positive performance in recent months. In a market where mid-tier and luxury brands are struggling to stay afloat, let alone increase their profits, Swarovski certainly did not achieve these results by accident.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 16, 2025

Key Takeaways Amazon’s Market Share Dominance: Amazon holds approximately 38% of the U.S. e-commerce market, emphasizing its status as the leading online marketplace and highlighting the competitive landscape for small businesses. Key statistics reflect its impactful growth and market dominance in e-commerce.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Related Story Boxing Day footfall slips as retailers like M&S, John Lewis and Next stay closed 27/12/2024 x 7:48 AM MRI Software marketing and insights director Jenni Matthews said: “Retail park footfall was 6% higher compared to 2019 up until 12pm, and then fell to -6.2%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2025

trillion in 2019 to nearly US$4.29 I started experimenting with candy formulations, and one thing led to another I quit my job in 2019 to pursue Funday full time. Since then, weve grown from a small startup to a recognised brand, expanding from direct-to-consumer into major retailers across Australia and international markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2025

Kohls Interim CEO Plans to Continue Turnaround Efforts Bender has served on the Kohls board since 2019 and was elected as Board Chair in May 2024. His prior retail experience includes President and CEO of optical retailer Eyemart Express as well as leadership roles at Walmart , Victorias Secret and PepsiCo.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Around 2019, my design team and I started to look around to see if there were any opportunities to create our own consumer brand,” he said. Scents were at the top of my mind because for four years, every morning, I used to get up very early to go to the flower market. Each market is quite different, so we are still learning.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

After experiencing a shaky series of starts and stops, the brand closed down in 2018 and experienced a total re-birth after being acquired by Europerfumes in 2019. Inside Retail : What inspired you to purchase Commodity in 2019 and become the brand’s “re-founder”? VA: I think it’s a combination of two factors.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2025

The two decided to fill in the white space themselves and started with a small booth at an independent fashion market. Over the past 10 years, the team has focused on growing in the US market. With the right design formula, sales from the US market have exponentially grown to where they now make up nearly half of Farm Rios profits.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2025

This strategic focus will also be complemented by increased marketing investment to further build brand awareness and local market relevance, Maroulis added. According to the executive, Tumi is now focused on capitalising on the resurgence of global travel after seeing several intra-Asia Pacific routes have exceeded 2019 levels.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Inside Retail connected with Hurtado to learn more about how Hello Updo fills a white space in the haircare market, how her brand honored Hispanic Heritage Month and her dream of creating a world where every hair type has its rightful place in beauty. IR : In what ways do you believe Hello Updo fills a white space in the haircare market?

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Bunnings’ botched DIY job on Homebase involved switching its soft furnishings – which was its clear differentiator from market leader B&Q – for the Aussie retailer’s no-nonsense DIY sheds filled with power tools galore. For the year ending 29 December 2019, it delivered £3.2m EBITDA, compared with a £114.5m

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Retail Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Salesforce Points to ‘Methodical, Patient, and Decisive’ M&A Strategy Following the previous deals involving the aforementioned purchase of Slack, in addition to the purchase of Tableau in 2019 and MuleSoft in 2018, Salesforce appears to be continuing apace in its targeting of properties ripe for acquisition.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2025

Global marketing communications professional and executive director of VML Global, Jon Bird, pointed out that Toys R Us is a victim of three Cs – competition, culture and connection. Australia, while geographically vast, is a small market in population, value-conscious, service-sensitive and unafraid to abandon brands that fail to deliver.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2025

billion (5 trillion yuan) in sales in China in 2023, with projections suggesting that the market will reach $1.11 One rising player within the US livestream shopping market is a not-so-little platform called Whatnot. Launched in 2019, Whatnot is one of the larger livestream shopping players in the US market today.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Founded in 2019, Coolmate quickly became popular for its products and services catering to male customers and has consistently topped menswear’s e-commerce sales in major online marketplaces in Vietnam. We believe the guidance and support from Vertex will significantly accelerate our strategic entry into new regional markets.”

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Inside Retail

JULY 1, 2025

Hong Kong-listed multi-brand beauty retailer Sa Sa International Holdings has shuttered all of its remaining stores in Mainland China, drawing a line under a decade-long push into the world’s second-largest beauty market. The company once aimed to establish a network of 500 stores across this rapidly growing market. million. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2025

The companys latest moves include selling off Reverb , a resale marketplace for musical instruments that it acquired in 2019 , and a host of updates to its seller experience. Etsy continues to make refinements to its business model as it seeks a return to growth amid increasing competition. million in 2024 from $942.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2025

Just shy of 30 years in the trade, Sky Music has consistently invested in more digital marketing over the past five years, but had not been in a rush to get on the social advertising scene. Sky Music started using Shout for SEO and SEM services in 2019. Wed been operating online for some time and used ad hoc SEO support.

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