Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Mountain bike apparel startup, Norman, has unveiled its first range of sustainable and ethically-produced clothing that combines “support and utility with a modern minimalist aesthetic”. Co-founders Jacinta and Charlie Timmins said they launched the label after identifying a gap in the market for ethically produced, durable mountain bike clothing that makes its wearers feel comfortable on and off the bike.

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Mike Anthony

MAY 15, 2022

Around the world, inflation is rising, putting pressure on the economy, and on consumer and shoppers. As I speak to business leaders of consumer goods companies and retailers alike, it is clear that the challenge of winning with shoppers during this economic uncertainty is now top of mind. And it is a challenge. Shoppers around the world have already become more price sensitive.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Clothing retailer A&S Labels – trading online as Tiger Mist – has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly misleading consumers about their right to return faulty items. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued two infringement notices in relation to the statements made on the brand’s returns page on February 21. The ACCC said the business said consumers could only return faulty items by contacting the retailer within 30 days of receiving the order.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 15, 2022

Local shoppers can become a business’s most loyal customers by helping spread the word about the business to other community members. It’s important, then, for businesses to establish these local connections early on to see the best results from local marketing. To help businesses create more meaningful interactions with local community members, a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) members answered the following question: “When marketing locally, what’s one way you

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Clothing retailer A&S Labels – trading online as Tiger Mist – has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly misleading consumers about their right to return faulty items. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued two infringement notices in relation to the statements made on the brand’s returns page on February 21. The ACCC said the business said consumers could only return faulty items by contacting the retailer within 30 days of receiving the order.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 15, 2022

Two of the 7 bills advanced by the House’s Small Business Committee deal address fraud in the Paycheck Protection and Economic Impact Disaster Loan programs. Both bills would establish a ten-year statute of limitations for prosecutions related to fraud. HR 7352 is for the PPP, and HR 7334 is for the EIDLs. The PPP bill includes all types of PPP fraud, and the EIDL bill includes EIDL advances and targeted EIDL advances.

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Dezeen

MAY 15, 2022

Massive lamps, rotating mirrors and a legion of drawers feature inside the Morela eyewear store , which Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc has completed in Ljubljana. Morela has been offering optician services in the Slovenian capital since the early 2000s and went on to launch its own line of glasses in 2019. Locally based Zupanc was brought in to design both the brand's debut eyewear collection and now the retail space to match.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

The Body Shop has partnered with the United Nations to launch a new campaign, ‘Be Seen, Be Heard’, which seeks to empower young people across the world to enter politics. According to the UN secretary-general’s envoy on youth Jayathma Wickramanayake, the campaign seeks to deliver on the potential for change that young people hold. “Demographically speaking, our world right now is home to the largest generation of young people ever in the history of our planet,” Wickramanayake said.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 15, 2022

Energy drinks are currently booming in the US, with sales expected to reach a staggering $225 billion by 2026. To uncover the surge in popularity behind the energy drinks industry, Pre-Workouk World, an organisation aimed at demystifying the ingredients in pre-workout supplements, compiled an infographic. Sales of Energy Drinks to Hit $225 Billion by 2026 – What’s Fueling the Surge?

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Sparkling silhouettes, feminine prints on masculine shapes, chic shapes with plenty of thigh – all made their way down the first ever plus size runway at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week last Thursday. Unfamiliar on the catwalk were the striking figures of women ranging from a size 12 through to a size 20, dominating a space that had only ever been a fantasy for generations of similar women, but made a reality for all by Chelsea Bonner, director of talent agency Bella Management.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Premium Italian food hall Mercato Centrale is set to open its first location outside of Italy with the launch of a new, 3000sqm grocery store and restaurant in Melbourne later this year. Occupying three floors in the historic McPherson’s Building at 546 Collins Street in the CBD, Mercato Centrale will offer gourmet groceries from over 20 artisans and makers, eat-in dining and a public space for people to meet, work and attend social and cultural events.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Japanese retail is not only good on its own patch – you will find some of the most attractive stores in the world here – but when Japanese concepts have travelled to other countries, they have generally gone over well. To illustrate, Muji is in 31 countries, Uniqlo is in 25, Daiso in 24, and Family Mart is in eight. (Family Mart’s fiercest competitor in Japan, 7-Eleven, is universal but it originated in the US, becoming ‘Japanese’ only in 1991.).

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Woolworth Metro is set to launch Australia’s first-ever vertical farm delivering sustainably grown fresh herbs to the Erskineville community. The venture – dubbed ‘The Urban Garden’ – is in partnership with Sydney based agri-tech company InvertiGro. . Herbs such as basil, parsley, mint and coriander are grown at an indoor farm in Rosebery, free of herbicides and pesticides.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

From the moving Welcome to Country that opened Afterpay Australian Fashion Week last Monday to the political and historic closing show, it’s clear that the future of fashion is First Nations. Darwin Aborignal Art Fair’s initiative Indigenous Fashion Projects presented a spectacular show featuring talent from its Pathways Program including Kirrikin, Maara Collective, Liandra Swim, Native Swimwear and Ngali.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

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