Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Coles reportedly plans to cut its range by at least 10 per cent to boost sales and achieve higher profit. According to the Australian Financial Review , the supermarket chain has been working with consultants at Bain over past months. The company has not specified the type of products that will be affected. A Coles spokesperson told the AFR the retailer was working with suppliers to improve the value, quality, range and availability of its products.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Iceland boss Richard Walker has stood behind farmers following the governments proposed inheritance tax changes, claiming the Treasury has parked its tractor in the wrong place. The supermarkets managing director criticised Chancellor Rachel Reevess decision to reduce the relief entrepreneurs can claim when passing their company on to their children with any assets above 1m subject to a 20% tax.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

We Wear Australian, an initiative created by Showroom X, is activating at New York Fashion Week with an immersive retail activation on 7 February. Instead of relying on international retailers and wholesalers to come to Australian shores to discover local talent, We Wear Australian is bringing 12 emerging and established designers to the global stage.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! As more families choose to shop at M&S, the retailer has invested in the price of over 300 family favourite products – as it re-affirms its commitment to delivering trusted value and everyday low prices on the products that matter most to its 32m customers.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Retail sales improved 4.6 per cent year over year $36.99 billion in December, thanks to higher turnover across all categories. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed that household goods saw the highest growth rate of 7.1 per cent as sales totalled $6.14 billion. Other retailing, which includes recreational, sporting goods and cosmetics, went up 5.6 per cent to $5.76 billion, while clothing, footwear and accessories climbed 5 per cent to $3.01 billion.

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Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Krispy Kreme knows how to treat its youngest fans.

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Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Carnival Cruise Line is warning passengers not to engage in this popular activity.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Lush is a beauty company with campaigning at its heart and its latest initiative involves 900 bars of soap and a political message. The cosmetics business has come out in support of Mori leadership and others who oppose the Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, also known as the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and put them to a nationwide referendum for confirmation.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Credit insurers Atradius and Coface have restored their cover for Asos’ clothes suppliers, indicating revived confidence in its financial stability. The insurance companies restored their cover in January, after withdrawing it in 2023 amid worries over the fashion giant’s falling profits, The Times reported. Additionally, credit insurer Cartan Trade has just opened up cover for the first time.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Extra Flamin’ Hot just got hotter bagging itself the title of Product of the Year in the Crisps and Bagged Snacks category for its Doritos, Walkers MAX, and Wotsits Crunchy crisps, shooting the spicy snack to sizzling stardom.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

In recent months, plenty of business executives have said they were taking a wait-and-see approach to US President Donald Trump’s broad threats of tariffs. Early holiday-quarter earnings reports show many of them were not. Automakers like General Motors and Mercedes, French cognac makers, and Italian producers of parmesan cheese and sparkling wine have all expedited deliveries to the US Commodities buyers meanwhile stepped up purchases of steel, aluminium, and soybeans. “We see compa

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! By Jack Shaw, senior editor of Modded Magazine The United States’ tariffs targeting the technology, textiles and automotive industries are a ripple that travels across the global economy. They create unintended consequences for companies worldwide by driving up manufacturing costs, disrupting supply chains and altering trade dynamics.

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