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Why Woolworths’ acquisition might bring the best out of Milkrun 

Inside Retail

Earlier this year, rapid delivery grocery start-up Milkrun went from competing with Australia’s grocery chains to being absorbed by Australia’s biggest supermarket giant. I think that [retail giants] like Woolworths are increasingly aware of their positive and negative influence,” he said.

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Time to De-Uberize: the Hidden Power of Live Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. However, that’s not the aspect of their brands that consumers are craving today. Brand managers can write a script, cast their agents and create a performance.

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How to inject comedy into the customer experience

Inside Retail

This fear of getting it wrong – or worse, being cancelled – is what’s holding back 95 per cent of brand managers and marketers. The king of brand comedy – in my opinion – is Aldi. For most people, grocery shopping isn’t the most fun experience; it’s a get-in and get-out-quick mission.

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To Thrive in the New Global Ecommerce Marketplace, Toys ‘R’ Us may Need to Think Small

Retail TouchPoints

A toy shop that gave the world Barbie, Mr. Potato Head and other wonderful creations. But it turned out that the emporium of toys, games and fun could not in the end withstand the relentless competition and margin hits from the internet and supermarket retailers. Remember Toys ‘R’ Us? and abroad. In 2017, the U.S.

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Inside Chemist Warehouse’s surprising new luxury brand, Ultra Beauty

Inside Retail

Far from the glamour of a high-end shopping mall, Chemist Warehouse’s new brand Ultra Beauty is quietly extending the discount pharmacy’s hold on pharmaceuticals, health and beauty into the glitzy end of the spectrum.

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Category Managers. The kind of people the world needs more of.

Shopper Intelligence

Category Managers. The supermarket shelf. Sometimes being in Category Management might feel like being a United Nations peacekeeper, a global summit negotiator, or like you dropped into an episode of Game of Thrones. (We We have a whole booklet of cartoons about life as a Category Manager! Where two world views collide.