Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2022

Australian consumers are set to spend $8.8 billion during the coming months as mid-year seasonal sales ramp up and excess stock is sold. The Australian Retail Association (ARA) forecasts 52 per cent of consumers shopping mid-season sales will be doing so online. Around 6.2 million Australians will spend an average amount of $1420 each. NSW is expected to contribute $3.2 billion followed by Victoria at $1.9 billion and Queensland at $1.7 billion.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Digital sports platform Fanatics has partnered with supply chain solution Quiet Platforms — a wholly owned subsidiary of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO) — to provide faster and more efficient last mile delivery options to its customers, including same- and next-day delivery. Quiet Platforms’ “shared supply chain” solution allows companies to collaborate to solve common logistics, fulfillment and delivery challenges.

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Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2022

Supermarket Coles recently made the shift to offer its employees 10 days of paid gender affirmation leave. Coles had offered this leave without pay since 2020, but made the change after realising it can better support its staff members who identify as transgender. Since making the offer, the number of Coles’ workers that were comfortable identifying themselves as transgender in the workplace shortly increased from 900 to 1,100.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Data analytics solution provider Kaizen Analytix has launched KaizenPrice , an AI-powered smart-pricing recommendation software designed to help small- to medium-sized businesses. The platform was created to provide pricing recommendations and demand forecasts. KaizenPrice can be used to help companies develop pricing strategies to drive revenue, profit and volume.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Retail Focus

MAY 26, 2022

Let’s say you want to buy a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s — undoubtedly the most recognizable Jordans of all time. What do you do first? . Chances are you answered: type “Jordan 1” in search. Correct? . By Itamar Abramovich, Director of Data Products, Bright Data . Now, depending on your location, your search will give you the most relevant shopping items related to your query with prices, vendors and shipping details attached to a thumbnail of the shoes. .

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Marketing Consumer Shipping Shopping 246

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Victoria’s Secret has launched VS&Co-Lab , a curated digital platform designed to connect shoppers with unique brands and their stories, while bringing their intimates, lifestyle and swimwear products to the forefront. The emphasis will be on brands that align with the retailer’s values of innovation and inclusivity. The collection will feature 19 brands at launch, with 75% founded, owned or led by women, including minority stake-owned For Love & Lemons and Frankies Bikinis.

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Consumer ATS 264

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Bidders for Kohl’s are reportedly preparing to make binding offers that are lower than the initial indicative bids submitted earlier this year, due to the general market downturn and Kohl’s poor performance, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. However, Kohl’s is still committed to its stores and announced a multi-year plan that includes new store openings, remodels and enhanced omnichannel capabilities.

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Planning Returns Management Consumer 259

Retail Focus

MAY 26, 2022

On Thursday May 26th, 2022, Rituals Cosmetics will open its doors in Solihull’s Touchwood Shopping Centre for the very first time. Joining an array of local and global brands in this exciting shopping destination, the Touchwood Shopping Centre is the perfect location for Rituals’ expansion in Solihull. “We are so excited to be expanding the Rituals interactive experience in the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Victoria’s Secret has launched VS&Co-Lab , a curated digital platform designed to connect shoppers with unique brands and their stories, while bringing their intimates, lifestyle and swimwear products to the forefront. The emphasis will be on brands that align with the retailer’s values of innovation and inclusivity. The collection will feature 19 brands at launch, with 75% founded, owned or led by women, including minority stake-owned For Love & Lemons and Frankies Bikinis.

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Consumer ATS 246

Cisco Retail

MAY 26, 2022

One lesson we could all learn from cloud operators is that simplicity, ease of use, and “on-demand” are now expected behaviors for any new service offering. Cloud operators built their services with modular principles and well-abstracted service interfaces using common “black box” software programming fundamentals, which allow their capabilities to seamlessly snap together while eliminating unnecessary complexity.

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Beauty and Health Consumer ATS Returns 144

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

For retailers, relationship building is make or break. Personalization has become a commonly used strategy for connecting with shoppers, no matter what channel they’re using to shop. In fact, 76% of consumers become frustrated when an ecommerce site doesn’t use personalization. Beyond satisfying shoppers, retailers can use personalization to make sense of first-party data and to put it to good use.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 26, 2022

In this inflationary environment, many businesses must raise their prices to continue paying higher wages, taxes, and expenses and at least stay even in terms of profitability. NFIB reports that 70% of small businesses have raised prices, especially in such industries as wholesale, construction, retail trades, and manufacturing. And 46% of owners plan on implementing price hikes (which include some that have already raised prices).

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Wholesale Returns Location Planning 143

Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2022

This year, we launched our first Rising Stars of Retail report in the May issue of Inside Retail Australia ’s quarterly magazine, a special feature highlighting some of the great under-the-radar talent in the industry from a wide range of departments. Each week, we will publish interviews with the inspiring people listed in the feature, where they reveal what motivates them, the work that they’re most proud of and the challenges that they’ve overcome.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 26, 2022

In the aftermath of the pandemic, companies have learned to adapt and grow the concept of a flexible workforce. Remote work is now being practiced in most of the world. And Virtual assistant services have seen a growing demand in the past few years. There are several offerings online with virtual assistant courses you can take today to start working from home.

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Payment Services Management Finance Accounting 137

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Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2022

From inclusive signage and all-gender bathrooms, to gender-neutral uniforms and name tags that can be edited to include a person’s pronouns, Ikea Australia is on a mission to make people of all gender identities and sexual orientations feel at home in its stores. . We recently spoke with Ikea Australia’s equality, diversity, and inclusion leader Josh Rozairo about some of the changes the company made in conjunction with International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT

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Retail Wire

MAY 26, 2022

In-house and third-party drivers for Amazon.com are being injured on the job in high numbers based on data from the company submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). More than 18 percent of drivers have been injured seriously enough to report their injuries.

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Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2022

Sustainable women’s surfwear brand, Lore of the Sea, found its beginnings when founder, Laure Mayer, noticed a gap in the Australian surfwear market. As an avid surfer, Laure knew the importance of functionality but was determined to challenge the status quo by providing ethically-made, slow fashion surf wear. Laure moved to Bryon Bay in 2012, where she learned everything she needed to create her own surf wear and the e-commerce brand found its beginnings a couple of years later. .

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Drop-Shipping Shipping Fulfillment Accounting 130

Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

The retailer is venturing into cryptocurrency and the metaverse to attract Gen Z shoppers.

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365 Retail

MAY 26, 2022

The Rug Seller Limited has been renamed the Luxury Home Design Group Ltd, which includes four distinct home and interior e-commerce brands under the umbrella company – TheRugSeller.co.uk, Shabby.co.uk, LuxeTapi.com and UltimateGrass.co.uk. The move follows the recent acquisition of homeware business Shabby.co.uk in March this year by the LHDG owner Daniel Prendergast.

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Boutique Accessories Fulfillment Consumer 117

Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

The video game retailer is officially expanding into a new business category following its disappointing Q4 earnings report in March.

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365 Retail

MAY 26, 2022

New figures from UK independent parcel carrier Yodel reveal that it has delivered over 492,000 parcels via pedal power over the last 6 months, already surpassing the previous year’s record of 290,000. The business also plans to continue this trend with a target to deliver over 750,000 by the end of its financial year in July. . To help deliver on its promise, Yodel has partnered with Urb-it to lead its sustainable last-mile delivery efforts.

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Planning 117

Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

Analysts see more risk to profits and sales as consumers manage spiking costs for fuel and food, and retailers face more pain on freight.

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Consumer Management 121

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365 Retail

MAY 26, 2022

Retail Technology Show , the show that brings together future-forward innovators and Europe’s most forward-thinking retailers, has promised an even ‘bigger and better’ show in 2023, as it announces it has expanded its show floor for next year’s expo. Attracting over 6,850 senior retail professionals during the two-day event, held at London Olympia in April, and with 82% of the show floor for 2023 already rebooked on-site, Retail Technology Show will expand next year to meet rising demand and bui

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Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

Rising food and gas prices are causing consumers to pull back on discretionary spending. That hurt retailers in the first quarter.

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Consumer 118

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MAY 26, 2022

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Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

The effort joins other empowerment initiatives that define a radical departure from a marketing approach the retailer stuck with for decades.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 26, 2022

A recent survey by Tribes.AI has found that missing or inaccurate timesheets cost businesses $63,807 per employee per year or $7.49 billion daily for the professional services sector providers in the US. Management Perception of Lost Billable Time by Industry. The survey was based on government figures combined with a recent Tribes.AI survey of over 1,200 managers in the sector.

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Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

The department store partook of elevated demand from a variety of quarters in the period, but has work to do to entice increasingly wary consumers.

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Department Stores Consumer 105

Small Biz Trends

MAY 26, 2022

If you want to create engaging PowerPoint presentations, you should think about adding a voiceover narration to your slides. A slide show accompanied by a supporting voiceover can make your PowerPoint presentation lively. In this article, you will learn how to do a voiceover on PowerPoint step-by-step. But first, let’s explore the advantages of recording a slide show or adding recorded audio to your presentation.

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Location 105

Retail Dive

MAY 26, 2022

At its Marketing Live event, the tech giant expressed a desire to steer digital advertising toward more interactive features, including AR shopping ads in search results.

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