Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2025

The monetisation of retail assets has come a long way since department stores like Myer and David Jones first sold physical space within their stores. Big retailers have created stand-alone divisions to manage their media operations. Careful management and the right resourcing model are key to success.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For October, the brand analysis focused on the dispatch and delivery criteria, which include dispatch times, delivery times, dispatch and delivery communication, order traceability, courier quality, and the effectiveness of delivery expectations management. “Consumers hate unpleasant surprises.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

Indian retail conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited has signed a franchise agreement with American luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue to expand its luxury retail portfolio through its subsidiary Reliance Retail, the company said in its third-quarter financial report last week.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Iconic denim lifestyle brand Levi’s has unveiled a unique storefront takeover – the largest of its kind in Europe – with premium London department store celebrating the campaign launch of REIIMAGINE Chapter II, featuring global icon, Beyonc.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2025

In the competition for consumer dollars, stores remain a crucial part of a successful omnichannel strategy and there is significant opportunity in the current market for retailers looking to open stores and developers looking to reimagine spaces in fresh ways. The retail vacancy rate was 4.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated. The spring and early summer was an optimistic time for many consumers who finally emerged from lockdowns looking to refresh their wardrobes and find items suited for smaller local outings during the warmer months.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That’s according to Howard Meitiner, Managing Director at Carl Marks Advisors and a retail veteran with stints at Sephora, LVMH, Fortunoff and The Museum Company on his résumé. From the retailer’s point of view, it’s great that consumers are buying earlier,” said Meitiner in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception. LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Recent research has revealed that luxury Australia retailers aren’t doing enough to capture the attention of, and drive consumer spending by, migrants of Asian background and heritage. In order to do so effectively, she stressed the importance of understanding the various factors and intricacies that inform their consumer behaviour.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

A year after the French luxury department store originally announced it would be launching its first US location, Printemps is officially opening a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of New York Citys financial district on March 21. Department stores havent had the best reputation the last few years.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With consumer sentiment and discretionary spend down, many retailers are already facing reduced profit margins and a higher cost of doing business, making hefty discounting for prolonged periods a particularly costly exercise. LSKD’s approach has also garnered the attention of consumers and its community. “We

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

The consensus within the retail industry is that Nordstroms partnership deal with the Mexican retail group will improve the department store retailers chances of thriving at a time when many legacy players, like Macys, are struggling to survive. However, long-term success for Nordstrom wont come without further changes.

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

The long-anticipated deal between Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus could create the ultimate department store behemoth at a time when legacy players are facing increased competition from luxury e-commerce companies and a new generation of high-end brands blending premium products with immersive experiences. billion deal.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience. We are only at the beginning, and as brands begin to scale their AI utilisation, its full spectrum of benefits for consumers and retailers alike will be uncovered. And how will it shape the way we shop? And one of the foremost concerns is security.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“Premier’s Apparel Brands were successful by maintaining a pretty clear brand positioning, managing a streamlined portfolio well and keeping that aligned with consumer preferences – I think they embraced a strong omnichannel strategy overall,” shared Gray. “I Hats off to Myer.”

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2025

After acquiring the distressed department store in 2022, Boohoo Group has pivoted the once-beloved high street favourite into a new direction, reintroducing it as what it claims to be Britains leading online department store with a marketplace model. If executed thoughtfully, these brands have the potential to evolve.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2024

The department store chain expects net profit after tax of between $50 million and $54 million for FY24, compared to $71.1 Other headwinds affecting profit growth include the challenging consumer and trading environment, store closures, and inflationary cost pressures. million in the prior year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A new range of Forever 21 fashions has debuted at 100 JCPenney stores across the U.S. The move marks the latest bid by the perennially challenged department store chain to turn around, by bolstering its appeal with teens and young adults. JCPenney isn’t Forever 21’s first foray into department stores. and online.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Shinsegae — one of the Big 3 of Korean department store retailing along with Lotte and Hyundai — has continued its great form right through into the second half of the year, helped by the removal of the country’s remaining pandemic restrictions and an increasingly buoyant mood among the country’s more affluent consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. The post David Jones is the latest department store to embrace resale.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Right now, we’re dealing with financial strain, ongoing changes in consumer habits, and increased online competition.” If physical stores are meant to be the embodiment of a rag trader’s brand, any absence of identity and vision will be on display for customers alongside the racks of clothing.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

However, the merger plan faces a likely regulatory hurdle after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated a number of competition concerns. The Premier brands could also provide the department stores with expanded merchandise range options.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A fundamental question about the future of David Jones was put to rest this week, after the retailer’s parent company Woolworths Holdings announced the sale of the department store chain to Australian private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners on Monday. How involved will Anchorage be in the management of David Jones going forward?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2024

And there are all sorts of interesting combinations between technologies, as well as just shifting consumer behaviors and dynamics that cause changes to ripple more quickly. Many retailers are failing to close the transformation gap, which means they’re losing confidence from consumers and Wall Street alike. “On

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

I think bringing on 600 or 700 smaller stores only dilutes management focus, he added. In a tough market where department stores are struggling for survival globally, and then you bolt on the old brands of these retail operations? The question I would always have for a board is, what is the benefit to the consumer?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2024

billion last year, retail analyst and GlobalData managing director Neil Saunders told Inside Retail. The term 1-per-center refers to the wealthiest 1 per cent of consumers. A lot of our consumers are extraordinarily busy, whether it’s with their family, business or traveling, time is never on their side,” Kaminetsky said.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Department store Myer has enjoyed the fruits of a rebounding retail environment in FY21, with total sales up 5.5 The business’ Myer One loyalty program has also been a solid driver of customer spending, and throughout the year Myer hit record levels of customer satisfaction in store and net promotor scores online.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2022

Department store giant David Jones unveiled the latest Spring/Summer collections this week in its Elizabeth Street flagship in Sydney. The runway featured local and international brands such as Aje, Camilla and Marc, Hugo Boss, P.E. Nation, Carla Zampatti, Matteau, Balmain, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Myer currently operates 56 department stores across Australia, as well as its online business and in-house brands including Sass and Bide, Marcs and David Lawrence. It’s no secret that consumer-facing retail has had a tough year trying to stay price-competitive for customers. million and now account for 21.3

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It acted as a platform for consumers to interact with and learn about a rotating variety of omnichannel and digitally native brands, by way of QR codes. In doing so, the department store experienced a 1,000 per cent increase in digital sales from 2020 to 2021, CEO and co-founder Matt Alexander said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

The consumer is looking for aspirational product stories and we have a unique opportunity to serve them in this space.”. But given how consumers have become more digitally engaged and environmentally focused, how is Louvet reimagining the brand and the way it shows up in the world? Heritage sometimes isn’t enough ,” Louvet admitted.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

And it supplies to department stores, such as David Jones, Myer, Kmart and Big W. Designworks’ divisional general manager Brooke Norton told Inside Retail that the brand sells about 15 million units each year and is heading towards $200 million in wholesale sales. Focusing on the consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Beloved New York City off-price department store Century 21 has partnered with logistics provider Fillogic ahead of its spring 2023 relaunch. The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Australian activewear brand Do You Even marked the start of its Big W retail partnership and its first range being stocked in the discount department store with a consumer launch event.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Local governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main streets. We wanted to find out what consumers see as their ideal local shopping street. The top ten stores and services in an ideal main street. Utilitarian shoppers did not.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Customer experience is almost as important to consumers as the product itself, and the experience of buying a luxury item directly from the designer is an area in which luxury brands are constantly investing. Longchamp manages 325 direct-to-consumer stores through 25 distribution subsidiaries around the world.

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