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Interview: How Chinese giant Miniso is planning to take over the UK

Retail Gazette

Retail Gazette sits down with chief operating officer Saad Usman to talk about Miniso’s UK plans. The store also stocks kitchen accessories, homewares, electronics, snacks and drinks, as well as the brand’s newly launched makeup and fragrances collection. Miniso’s Saad Usman He is not ignoring ecommerce either.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Working with head of marketing and growth, Anna Metcalfe, she told Inside Retail that the goal of the new boutique store is to offer something different to the usual lingerie shopping experience. It’s a personal shopping experience that’s high-end, but at an affordable price point, [and] we think we’ve got a good niche market going.”.

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Retail Assortment Strategies: What Are They & How Do They Work?

Wiser

For example, an ice cream shop might offer other treats like frozen yogurt, cookies, or candies to appeal to customers who aren’t looking for ice cream. These are all examples of an optimized assortment plan. Too wide and you’ll end up with leftover dead stock. For others, the niche can be a little narrower.

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Generative AI for Personalized Service and a Competitive Edge in Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Generative AI is set to revolutionize ecommerce, enabling a more interactive and personalized shopping experience, which is integral to both attracting and retaining customers. With AI, brands can analyze customer behavior across shopping channels to provide highly customized product suggestions. The possibilities appear to be endless.

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How EMERGE in Color’s Design Connected Black Creatives With Luxury Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

The concept for the pop-up shop, which operated June 17-July 23, 2022, came from Lori McGhee-Curtis, VP of Specialty Leasing at The Taubman Realty Group , the Beverly Center’s parent company. We have to continue to make sure people know everyone is welcome, this is for everybody to shop. It’s like a new store every time you shop.

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‘Like a ghost town’: Retailers react to the Omicron wave

Inside Retail

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. I believe they should be doing a marketing plan [to] gently educate the public [and] show them why their money goes further with a small business.

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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

The Covid-19 outbreak urged consumers to change their buying and shopping behaviors not only in Singapore but worldwide. When our founder opened his first shop in Hiroshima, lenses were shaped and polished by the hands of our store staff for individual prescriptions of our customers. IR: Do you have expansion plans in the pipeline?