Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Australian fast-fashion brand Princess Polly has expanded in the US opening a flagship store in Los Angeles. Established in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Wez and Eirin Bryett, the Gold Coast brand sells on-trend women’s clothing for predominantly Gen Z consumers. Since its entry online in 2019, the company says US sales have made up the majority of its revenue.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Morrisons is in talks to sell its petrol forecourts business to Motor Fuel Group (MFG), which is also owned by private equity firm CD&R. A deal could come in the next month or two for Morrisons’ 340 forecourts, which Sky News reported could be worth around £2.5bn. CD&R had flagged the “potential opportunity for a commercial operational partnership between Morrisons and MFG” two years ago.
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Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Australian fashion and premium jeans label Nobody Denim is renowned for its dedication to local production and manufacturing. Its founder John Condilis has also been a champion of supply chain innovation and transparency over the years. So a recent report that the business had laid off 40 garment workers was seen as a blow to fashion brands that view local production as a sustainable and profitable enterprise.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Asda has signed up singer Michael Bublé to star in its Christmas advert. The Sun reports that Bublé will appear as a checkout worker in a series of ads directed by Taika Waititi, who directed JoJo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok. Bublé is inextricably linked with the festive period and his Christmas album is one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century.
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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
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
According to PwC, trust has declined in the past year with only 30 per cent of people saying they have trust in consumer markets compared to 32 per cent the year prior. With Covid-19 fresh in our minds and a cost-of-living crisis still unfolding, there are plenty of reasons for consumer trust to have eroded, from increased prices at the cash register to lingering supply chain issues and delivery snafus.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
John Lewis Partnership is set to report another loss this week at its half-year results, its first under the helm of new chief executive Nish Kankiwala. However, losses are expected to come in lower than the £99m shortfall posted a year previously, according to The Mail on Sunday. It is not unusual for John Lewis to make a loss in its first half – it has in three out of the last four years – as it does not cover the critical Christmas trading period.
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Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Co-op has hired undercover guards to patrol its shop floors as it looks to combat the rise in shoplifting. The supermarket chain said it had increased the use of “covert” security staff to catch theives in stores, The Telegraph reported. The security employees are supplied by contractor Mitie and have been trained to confront and hold thieves until the police arrive on the scene.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Mexican quick-service restaurant group Zambrero has opened a new flagship restaurant in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The new location showcases the brand’s new, refreshed visual identity, and boosts its footprint to 14 outlets across the Sydney metro. The QSR chain has partnered with full creative agency Today the Brave to redesign the customer experience and rapidly grow the brand.
Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
John Lewis boss Sharon White has branded UK high streets as “looting grounds” for criminal gangs as she calls on the government to review the current state of town centres. In a letter to The Telegraph, the chairwoman said local high streets were being destroyed by the rise in shoplifting and antisocial behaviour, encouraged by years of shop closures that have left many town centres littered with “seemingly endless” rows of charity shops and boarded up storefronts.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
For a while, it was looking like a meaningful downward rent reset at shopping centres was a real possibility. By ‘reset’ we mean a substantial correction, not just the kind of fleeting, across-the-board compression of leasing spreads that you can expect in a normal economic contraction. We truly believed that this time it was going to be different, that landlords and tenants would engage in more meaningful risk-sharing: mainstream media was trumpeting it, governments were shaming landlords into
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Retail Gazette
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Waitrose is slashing prices on 250 of its popular autumn products on Wednesday, the supermarket has revealed. The move will cut prices by 10% on average, across items including pasta, whole chickens, sausages and potatoes. The change makes it the third time Waitrose has lowered the costs of hundreds of products this year, under an £100m investment in lowering prices.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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Star Miconics
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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Cisco Retail
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Today, Cisco announced Nicole Isaac has joined the company’s Government Affairs organization as Vice President of Global Public Policy.
I Vend
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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