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After the golden age: Why department stores are no longer glamorous

Inside Retail

When Laura Peden was growing up in the 1970s, department stores were a special place. Decades later, she still vividly remembers how she and her grandmother would travel into Myer’s city store at Christmas to see the “insanely fascinating” windows. The department store was no longer the star attraction.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

We have continuously worked with all our tenants to come up with robust marketing strategies to encourage customer traffic and spending, including creating promotional areas at high traffic areas, assisting with shopping and dining vouchers, and continuing with our shopper rewards and redemption programs. With a net lettable area of 1.8

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Bed Bath & Beyond Continues to Rebuild C-Suite with Marketing Chief Appointment

Retail TouchPoints

Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Bart Sichel as EVP, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer as the troubled retailer rebuilds its executive leadership following a number of departures in 2022, including former SVP of Marketing James Reath.

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David Jones launches in-house retail media agency, Amplify

Inside Retail

The department store chain has launched a standalone business called David Jones Amplify which will give brands access to more than 475 in-store media, 102 digital formats and 70 print and digital editorial formats. We want to partner with brands to achieve their marketing objectives.” This is a true partnership.

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Longchamp redefines its retail footprint with très chic Melbourne apartment

Inside Retail

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world. “The billion in 2024.

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“Incredibly smart”: Kmart targets Gen Z with updated beauty offering

Inside Retail

The face of beauty is shifting, with younger generations leading a step change in the way the industry approaches marketing and retail. Gen Z currently makes up around 18 per cent of Australia’s population, making them an increasingly important market for savvy businesses, as they age through adolescence and begin earning money.

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Retailers are losing tens of millions by undervaluing their retail media assets

Inside Retail

Sonder’s newly released Owned Media Market Report & Ranking 2024 records that in Australia the commercial potential for companies with owned media this year is $4.3 Sonder audits and values owned media which quantifies the size of the prize, creating benchmark-based advertising rate cards for every type of retail media channel imaginable.