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Rob Scott: ‘Some of our locations may be suitable as vaccination points’

Inside Retail

Retail conglomerate Wesfarmers has reiterated its offer to turn some of its bricks-and-mortar locations into vaccination centres as Australia’s vaccine rollout picks up pace. We’re currently doing half that and don’t have the stocks to catch up for at least another three months,” Bilsborough told Inside Retail. Every day counts.”.

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Sephora CEO Guillaume Motte shares his four ingredients for success 

Inside Retail

Specifically in terms of geographies, when you look at where it’s coming from, you see that in North America, which is the most important market in the world, we managed to grow by more than 27 per cent,” Motte said. Sometimes I hear retail is dead, and you know what, boring retail is, that’s for sure.

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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ Analyzing over 80 different rigorous peer-reviewed studies on DTC, we discovered a few common insights that prove the DTC model isn’t dead, it’s just evolving and, in fact, it could still be a great way for smaller brands to build customer engagement.

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Understanding Furniture Inventory Management Software in 2023

Retalon

Nearly 70% of retailers face challenges managing inventory due to relying on legacy processes. Furniture inventory management software offers a smarter solution. Powerful analytics help you optimize stock levels to drive sales, improve margins, and increase customer satisfaction. You’re not alone.

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How Improving Markdowns Will Impact Your Most Important Supply Chain KPIs

Retail TouchPoints

Managing retail supply chains is complicated, heads-down work. At the same time, it’s also important to ensure the retailer doesn’t have excess inventory clogging up stores and distribution centers past the planned deletion date, tying up both capital and space in inventory that’s effectively “dead.”.

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Why AMP for Email has a Place in Every Email Marketers’ Playbook

Retail TouchPoints

Provide location-based or only current, live content to offer the most up-to-date information. Are they in stock? Because let’s face it — there’s nothing worse than finding a really neat item and navigating to the website only to discover it’s out of stock or no longer on sale. Add animation to emails. Are they still on sale?

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Stores underwater, staff displaced: Floods take major toll on Aussie retail

Inside Retail

Queensland-based online homewares retailer The Somewhere Co narrowly escaped losing tens of thousands of dollars in stock last week, thanks to the timely opening of a new warehouse outside the flood zone three days before the rain began. Its head office, located just 200 metres away from the Brisbane River in Newstead, QLD, wasn’t as lucky.