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New Zealand’s Deadly Ponies to open first Australian store

Inside Retail

New Zealand sustainable leather accessories brand Deadly Ponies is to expand its footprint into Australia with its first store in the market. . The company says Melbourne was chosen as the location of the first store because the brand already has a strong fan base there.

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The Party People aims to revamp the shopping experience with AR mirror

Inside Retail

Customers can transform into their favourite characters and try on different costumes or accessories using our mirror. This mirror doesn’t sit inside the store, it will be in its own pop-up location or on a wall. It can also be put in unused spaces and we use e-commerce fulfillment so it’s no stock requirement.

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Retail Assortment Strategies: What Are They & How Do They Work?

Wiser

Too wide and you’ll end up with leftover dead stock. Successful retail assortment strategies will take many different factors into account, such as customer base, location, store capacity, etc. They mostly just sell shoes and shoe accessories, but they offer many variations and have a whole store built around this.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

From pop-ups to a permanent location. It’s a central location where people can travel here, but there’s also enough eyeballs on it to make it worthwhile from a brand awareness point of view,” Metcalfe said. The brand endeavours to buy dead-stock from larger brands, which it redesigns into its own pieces.

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Interview: How Chinese giant Miniso is planning to take over the UK

Retail Gazette

Landing on Oxford Street The Oxford Street opening is a “really significant milestone for us,” says Usman, who desribes the location as “iconic” It is also the retailer’s largest store in the UK to date and carries around five times the amount of product it has in its other shops.

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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

The huge impetus to open our first overseas Tanaka outlet in Singapore this year was encouraged by several factors – the quality understanding of the local market, the right location, the demand for a good Japanese eyewear in that vicinity as well as the reasonable rental we were able to negotiate.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 314 – Lovesac Founder and CEO Shawn Nelson

Retail Geek

10, 20, 50, 100, 250 locations now. We don’t, we don’t stock things there. And yeah, it is, I was like, I’m not going to look at the stock, it’s not going to influence me. And it’s like, okay. A couch beanbag company.