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Woolworths’ first-half profit increases as customers return to stores

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per cent as customers across all businesses returned to in-store shopping. billion driven by an increase in-store shopping while WooliesX sales (including e-commerce) fell 6.3 billion driven by an increase in-store shopping while WooliesX sales (including e-commerce) fell 6.3 billion, up 18.4 per cent to $24.4

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Ross Stores Plans to Add 100 Brick-and-Mortar Locations by January 2023

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Ross Stores is already nearly one-third of the way toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new stores in fiscal 2022. In February and March 2022, the discount retailer opened 22 Ross Dress for Less locations and eight dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 15 states and Guam. For fiscal 2021, which ended Jan.

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Aldi launches Corner Store in convenience push

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An Aldi spokesperson told Nine News at the time: “We know that Australians are looking for new and convenient shopping experiences, especially in densely populated areas, so we are exploring a smaller format store in North Sydney under a new store concept name: Aldi Corner Store.” Local concept grows in the UK.

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How Brands can Deliver More Value to Shoppers in 2023

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Loyalty programs, as well as strategically deployed marketing tactics, can help retailers win over hesitant consumers. respondents said rising inflation had affected their shopping habits, which included actions such as shopping at discount stores and consolidating shopping trips to save costs. Today’s Consumer Mindset.

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How Shein is winning the fast-fashion war by putting consumers in charge

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With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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Retailers’ Big Opportunity? ‘Create New Shoppers,’ Advises Kantar SVP

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consumers to return to some version of normalcy, global sentiment is still mixed, according to Kantar’s Wave 9 survey of more than 10,000 people across 20 countries. Anxiety rates undoubtedly influence consumer behaviors, especially shoppers’ willingness to return to large physical spaces such as malls. However, in the U.S.,

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Wesfarmers posts $2.5 billion in profits, cautions rising cost pressures

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per cent for the year as the business continued to respond well to trading and market conditions. Wesfarmers maintained its focus on long-term shareholder returns and continued to advance key growth projects during the year, while also taking proactive steps to drive productivity and efficiency across its business.”

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