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Kmart MD talks Target merger, shrinkage, and adapting to customer behaviour

Inside Retail

With customers continuing to seek more value as cost-of-living pressures bite, Wesfarmers’ Kmart Group is set to benefit from shifting consumer demand, and an increasingly strong value proposition. Labour, leases, and clearance stock So, what are those levers?

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Getir and the rapid rise – and equally rapid downfall – of speedy grocery

Retail Gazette

Turning a blind eye to the mediocre performances of longer standing competitors Deliveroo, Amazon and Just Eat, venture capitalists and start up CEOs forged their way to misguided glory, chasing mirages of untold successes down a dead end path. Huge expansion, rapid investment and growth have all dissolved in a matter of three years.

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Reinventing the phone shop: Dialling up the experience

Retail Gazette

That’s not to say the mobile phone shop is dead. The 4,230 sq ft space, dubbed the EE Studio, features a gaming zone, a lounge area offering complimentary tea and coffee, a digital spa inviting consumers to relax in an immersive sensory room.

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How the emergence of online shopping will change the face of bricks and mortar grocery retail

Mike Anthony

Despite the hyperbola you read in the press, bricks and mortar grocery is far from dead. The average supermarket around the world is still configured to win with shoppers from a different era. Twenty years ago, the majority of shoppers in a hypermarket or superstore were doing a stock up shop: that is not the case today.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’