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Here’s an inside look at Tops Club, the Costco of Thailand

Inside Retail

All decked out in its red, white and black livery, Tops Club, a new warehouse format created by Thailand’s Central Retail, opened a flagship at Central Rama 2 shopping mall in the southern suburbs of Bangkok on 28 September. Finally, you can’t shop at Tops Club unless you take out a membership, like Costco. A different kind of quack.

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Chemist Warehouse founder Jack Gance shares the secrets to success

Inside Retail

Then in 1979, at a trade fair in France, Jack’s wife Evelynne saw an unbreakable, lightweight pair of sunglasses which he brought back to sample. People said, ‘this is not pretentious – it’s a lifestyle fragrance at a realistic price’. A reinvigorated return At this time Jack “semi-retired” and did an MBA.

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One to watch: APAC goes all in on social commerce

Inside Retail

The ability to buy directly from the Shops tabs has yet to launch on Facebook or Instagram in Australia; currently users are linked to the seller’s website for checkout. The hub features 11 studio spaces, each catering to a specific product category, such as beauty and haircare demonstrations, and live cooking stations.

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RangeMe offering direct purchasing capabilities

Mass Relators

This has created the world’s largest wholesale marketplace for retailers by the sheer volume of buyers and suppliers already using RangeMe for product discovery. SAN FRANCISCO – RangeMe has expanded its industry-standard service offering by giving U.S. retail buyers the ability to now purchase products directly from suppliers.

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Eat, shop, play, repeat: Behind Central Retail’s winning mall formula

Inside Retail

Despite the fact that the Phuket malls are in a famously touristed area and will attract some tourist shopping, the Robinson lifestyle centre concept generally is much more targeted at Thais than international visitors. The line of fashion shops can also include a Watsons health and beauty store and a Starbucks. mall chain.

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Down, but not out: Welcome to the new physical retail

Inside Retail

Because in early August, Qatar Duty Free (QDF) at the country’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) launched a premium ‘fashion avenue’ called Viale di Lusso with – what else? – Shoppers will be able to checkout the traditional way, or via self-checkout kiosks, or via a roving staff member’s mobile POS terminal. a fashion parade.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. You know we run it at like 750 to 1,000 a day where I would consider a more like.