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A New Take on ‘Native Retail’: Boutique Hotel Chain Mint House Lets Travelers Shop Their Stay

Retail TouchPoints

If you’re not lucky, well, life goes on, albeit a little less comfortable or aesthetically pleasing than it could have been…unless you’re staying at Mint House , a new chain of boutique hotels that aims to combine the best of hotel and Airbnb experiences without all the parts consumers hate.

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Solving the Shopping Mall ‘Identity Crisis’ with Community Data and Careful Curation

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Malls were once the nucleus of “shopping culture.” But many shopping malls have endured an identity crisis. The key is to think beyond direct brand alignment within a shopping mall or center. Librarians were the age-old, quite static and inflexible owners that collected rent, rented shops and cleaned spaces,” Ibrahim explained.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

It also has a wholesale presence in over 60 boutiques across Australia, Canada and Japan, as well as major Australian retailers including Myer, The Iconic, Universal Store, Princess Polly and Showpo. Expansion plans will be supported by the opening of a second boutique in Victoria and a third in New South Wales by the year’s end.

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How personal shopping app Gimme aims to disrupt online delivery

Inside Retail

Currently available in Melbourne and Sydney, Gimme was started by Matt Bartalotta, Christian Charisiou and Lahiru Perera to solve one of the biggest pain points of online shopping: waiting for the order to arrive. Online shopping is convenient, but it often falls down when it comes to delivery times,” Bartalotta told Inside Retail. “It’s

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Let’s Move from Fast Promising to Smart Promising

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And although omnichannel fulfillment is growing in importance, they still want to drive offline sales and bring people into the store, while also minimizing the impact of shipping costs on their bottom line. According to a recent survey , 38% of retailers are worried about meeting consumers’ fast delivery expectations.

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Chocolate channels: Inside Lindt’s new in-store and online strategies

Inside Retail

The shop features the brand’s new in-store design, which uses mirrors, wood, copper and natural light to create a welcoming, modern environment. Schai said Lindt’s bricks-and-mortar strategy revolves around three store concepts: the cafe, the outlet, and the boutique. It is our one-stop-shop gifting destination.

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Is unified commerce the new holy grail?

Inside Retail

It connects, on a centralised and measurable platform, several touchpoints and interactions a customer has with the brand or business: payments, rewards, inventory, delivery options, product return, supply chain, fulfilment options, and more. The smarter fulfilment models might even make this happen on the same or next day.

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