Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

The CEOs of two discount retail chains — The Reject Shop and Best & Less Group — have stepped down with immediate effect today citing personal reasons. Steven Fisher, chairman of The Reject Shop, said the board and team have thanked Bishop for his work over the past six months and wish him well.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Discount retailer The Reject Shop says consumers are gravitating towards low-priced consumables due to inflation. million while comparable store sales were up 2.4 During this period, the business also opened eight new stores in predominantly strip locations and neighbourhoods in both metro and country areas.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2023

Discount retailer The Reject Shop is facing a class action lawsuit for “purported underpayments” to staff, launched by specialist law firm Adero Law Between February 2016 and April 2021, seven former employees of the discount retailer allege underpayment during their employment with the company.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

million, with comparable-store sales falling due to rising Omicron in most states during the Christmas trading period. Andre Reich, CEO of The Reject Shop stated that the team was challenged with uncertainty and volatility due to Covid. “We Despite this, the company managed to open 11 new stores in both metropolitan and country areas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

Unsurprisingly, ecommerce will be the most popular destination for Valentine’s Day shopping, accounting for 39% of the total. The other top shopping destinations include: Department stores ( 29% ); Discount stores ( 28% ); and A tie between local small businesses and specialty stores ( 17% each).

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Big Lots continues to deliver on its promise of extreme customer value.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Consumers will be shopping early for festive décor and other related items, and retailers are prepared with the inventory to help customers and their families take part in this popular and fun tradition.” Nearly one-third ( 32% ) plan to shop online. Among those celebrating, 45% plan to start shopping before October.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

Discount stores are booming in post-Covid Europe as price-sensitive consumers seek out bargains amid inflation and the devastating impacts of the pandemic. Much of its focus is on what it calls “attractive discount markets” such as the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Spain. All consumers love a good bargain.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

billion on back-to-school (BTS) shopping this year, up from $36.9 More than 55% of respondents who are planning to shop for school supplies said they had already started buying as of early July — on par with 2022 and up from 44% in 2019. Consumers are expected to spend a record $41.5 billion in 2022 as well as the previous high of $37.1

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Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

Retail data proves coupon use spikes during high inflation, and discount stores see more traffic. The Role of E-Commerce in Inflationary Periods During times of inflation, online retailers have an advantage over physical stores. Price jumps create worry even among people not yet financially stressed.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2024

Among the 86% of consumers that still had shopping to do, 45% said they were waiting for the best deals to complete their BTS purchases, and that search for bargains is another key headline this year. Back-to-school shopping volume will be a key indicator informing customer demand later this year. they spent in 2023.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips. Reports of the new store concept circulated in May after the retailer submitted an application to North Sydney Council.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2023

As part of the retailer’s plans to open 100 locations in 2023, Ross Stores opened 11 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores in 13 states during February and March. The 2023 additions will include 75 Ross and 25 dd’s Discounts locations.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Australian discount store chain The Reject Shop is one of many retailers that has seen a staggering increase in aggressive customers in recent times, prompting the roll out of a new training program. Customer aggression] is definitely on the increase. “It Abuse a weekly occurrence for a quarter of SDA workers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. 81% are more likely to purchase from an online store that offers some sort of reward or cashback on purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Ecommerce shops will be the most popular destination, visited by 41% of shoppers, followed by department stores ( 32% ), discount stores ( 28% ), small businesses ( 18% ) and florists ( 17% ). Candy ( 56% ), greeting cards ( 40% ) and flowers ( 37% ) also will be popular items with many shoppers.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Discount retailer The Reject Shop has returned to profitability in FY23 as cash-strapped customers shop for lower-priced goods. million with comparable stores sales growth up 4 per cent. Overall sales increased 5.8 per cent to $819.3 Tax-paid profit grew 63.4 per cent to $10.3

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

Netflix will launch an online store to sell limited-edition apparel, lifestyle merchandise and collectibles based on “Stranger Things,” “Lupin” and other popular shows, the streaming giant said on Thursday. The post Netflix and shop: Online store offers limited-edition merchandise appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Once largely associated with lower-income households, dollar stores are now becoming retail staples even for more affluent households, inspiring retailers in these categories to invest more heavily in marketing, merchandising and technology innovation that will help them differentiate. That all creates positive momentum for these retailers.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 30, 2023

A mall was the place where you could grab a bite to eat and get your shopping done all within one trip. While malls still serve this function today the advent of online shopping has meant your local mall isn’t the only game in town. The first shopping centre in the United States opened in Edina, Minnesota in 1956.

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Talking Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Officers found counterfeit cigarettes and empty cartons at the Little Hulton shop on the day officers went to caution him for the two previous offences. Shujat Ali, owner of Super Discount Store, Hulton. This story continues at Illegal tobacco sales land shopkeeper in court. Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2021

However the researchers identified some common themes: Early digital adopters go into overdrive: Markets where online shopping was already widely adopted – such as the UK and the US – experienced larger gains that appear to be more permanent, than markets where digital adoption was less prevalent, such as Argentina and Mexico.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

A new online shopping site is set to launch in Australia this month that aims to update the traditional outlet mall experience for a Gen Z and millennial audience. In contrast, TheDOM.com plans to provide an “inspirational” and “elevated” shopping experience through its site design and tone of voice.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Together with an ambitious store opening plan for 2023, and a commitment to helping customers cope with the effects of soaring inflation, Poundland will be bringing more value to more places than ever before. And while frozen food is proving a hit with customers, chilled food is also winning new customers. from £3.00.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

“Anecdotal feedback from the first day of the trial was overwhelmingly positive with more than half of our customers opting to use the new Self-Checkouts,” Robert Eichfeld, store operations director at Aldi Australia, said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Consumers are shopping with purpose, and consumers are shopping for purpose. Shopping with purpose. How consumers shop has radically changed and effective targeting in retail means coming to grips with the detail of those changes. Consumers are engaging in more deliberate shopping behaviour. Shopping for purpose.

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Mass Relators

JULY 11, 2024

“Families and students are eager to get a jumpstart on their shopping for the start of the school year. While shopping is well underway, the majority (86%) of consumers still have at least half of their purchases left to complete. Since 2003, NRF has conducted a comprehensive survey on back-to-class shopping trends.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

This category includes discount stores, mass merchants (“big box stores”) and businesses focused on specialty hardlines. And by breaking the retail and CPG landscape into a handful of sectors, we can gain some clarity around the difficulties — and the potential solutions — that make up the modern CSR environment.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The company said it will shut counters at the shops with the “lowest demand” amid changes in customer habits. It added that it will shut seven of its 13 Jack’s discount stores, impacting 130 jobs across the sites and its head office. Customers shop in Tesco’s Jack’s store in Chatteris (Joe Giddens/PA).

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Australias department stores are at a crossroads. Once the go-to for everything from fashion to homewares, theyre now struggling to stay relevant in a world of online shopping, specialty retailers, and shifting consumer habits. Initially led by eBay, Australian consumers were suddenly empowered to shop beyond their local retail stores.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

UK retailers are gearing up for a strong back-to-school shopping season in the coming weeks as “brick and mortar browsing” regains momentum, research suggests. UK retailers are gearing up for a strong back-to-school shopping season, according to Mastercard (Mike Egerton/PA). Prices can differ significantly store-to-store.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2022

He believes that the trend is similar to Black Friday, which started as an American shopping tradition, before becoming popular in Australia over time. I’ve grown up observing Halloween from a party shop perspective,” he said. “In In the 1980s, no one was doing it. He said that the holiday is almost mainstream now.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

Closed Stores Lead To Losses, But Recovery May Be Right Ahead. While off-price retailers can succeed in times of economic turmoil, the realities of operating during a pandemic are currently weighing down non-essential discount stores. TJX, which shut down both its stores and web site, reported net sales of $4.4

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Mass Relators

JULY 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 27, 2025

This marks a significant recovery for the iconic shopping street. which was once plagued by empty units and discount stores. Vacancy rates on Londons Oxford Street have dropped to a historic low of 0.5%

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

million Americans shopped in stores and online during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. million in-store shoppers, up from 51 million last year. Roughly 87.2

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Mike Anthony

JULY 28, 2021

But when we talk about shopping experience, it isn’t all about ‘bells & whistles’ (though discounters have made huge strides in improving the shopper experience in their stores). As our work on Shopper Economics™ shows, ‘shopper experience’ is only one of four dimensions that drive shopping behavior.

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