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City Chic’s sales slip; promotions dent margins

Inside Retail

In a trading update based on unaudited accounts for the period to January 1, the business recorded a sales decline of 8 per cent to $168.6 Increased promotional activities during key Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Christmas / Boxing Day sales periods impacted the group’s gross margin. “We Online sales fell 21 per cent.

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Best Promotional Items for Your Business in 2022

Small Biz Trends

Promotional products are useful items for small business owners to increase brand awareness among consumers. Business promotional items are a great marketing tool as they allow your brand to connect with consumers by engaging their senses. And promotional products often create a more memorable brand experience.

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Rebag, Newegg Join Growing List of Retailers Launching Membership Programs

Retail TouchPoints

Membership programs are quickly becoming 2024’s hottest accessory, whether you’re a luxury resale platform or an electronics ecommerce site. To join Newegg+, customers need to create an account or sign in to their Newegg account and then choose to enroll in Newegg+.

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How Square for Retail can help run all aspects of your retail business

Inside Retail

This month, Square is launching a special promotion for Australian retailers, offering 20 per cent off selected hardware – exclusively for companies with an Australian Square account. Find out more about Square’s onsite hardware promotion here. Each code is limited to one redemption per Square account holder.

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Balenciaga creates $1800 bag resembling Lay’s potato chips

Inside Retail

Dubbed “Lay’s-Branded Bag”, the accessory made its debut at Paris Fashion Week and is an official collaboration with US chips company Lay’s which promoted that bag on its social media accounts. On Lay’s official Instagram account, user @staterbros comments “It’s on fire!”. pack of chips.

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When waste becomes art: Behind Casetify’s global activations

Inside Retail

Consumer tech brand Casetify chose Earth Day in April to highlight the potential for repurposing waste in the brand’s most ambitious multi-market promotion yet. CEO and co-founder Wes Ng emphasises the tech accessory maker’s key ethos – a responsibility to prioritise sustainability.

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How social commerce platform Smthgood is reinventing eco-fashion in Asia

Inside Retail

Celebrating sustainability With close to 70 fashion brands on the Smthgood platform, users can curate lookbooks across women’s fashion, accessories and lifestyle products. Tan is making sure he does his bit in terms of promoting conscious fashion in the APAC region, too. “We