Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Tanning products retailer Bondi Sands defied several advisers by expanding into the UK while still a fledgling brand. Seven years later, co-founder Shaun Wilson talks about the challenges and joys of beating the odds. . This photo was taken seven years ago in early 2015, at our first big PR event, to celebrate our launch into the UK. We were still a very young company, having been in the Australian market for only two years.

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Marketing ATS 246

I Vend

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Check out of a store – brick and mortar or digital – these days and chances are you’ll be offered a choice of payment types that would have blown your mind ten years ago. When it comes to payment types the range of options has increased dramatically in recent years, as technology has advanced, and shoppers have demanded ever faster, easier and more secure ways of paying for their goods. iVend POS iVend helps retailers offer the broadest range of payment types.

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Payment Services Checkout Point of Sale Customer Experience 95

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Toys bring joy for young and old alike, so if you want to see true happiness on a kid’s face, forget the candy store and let them explore the cornucopia of playful and educational delights in a massive toy store. In 2022, that experience is just as likely to be online as physical, with companies like Toys ‘R’ Us ANZ focusing more and more on digital-first retail: “With further shifts to e-commerce, particularly in toys, competition will become increasingly intense,” Toys

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Customer Experience Fulfillment Marketing Consumer 130

Cisco Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Evolving Distribution Grid FAN. Utility Grid automation, particularly in the distribution space (DA), requires a wide variety of deployed and supported use cases to continue to improve the safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of power. Last-mile wireless communications networks have become the leading solution to connect and support these field deployed automation assets.

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Operating Expenses Management ATS 98

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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Last week, fast-food chain Grill’d launched two restaurants that serve only plant-based burgers – called Impossibly Grill’d. These stores, located on Crown Street, Sydney, and Collingwood, Melbourne, are touted as a top-to-toe revamp of the traditional Grill’d restaurant, and offer a menu made up of 23 plant-based burgers, as well as salads and sides.

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Consumer Supermarket Marketing Location 130

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

JB Hi-Fi Group has seen a decline in total sales revenue throughout its first half, although online sales profit boomed past $1 billion, encouraging the group to upgrade its websites and expand online delivery options. In the six months ending 31 December total group sales were down 1.6 per cent to $4.86 billion, but up 21.7 per cent over a two-year period.

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Visual Merchandising Accessories Accounting ATS 130

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Footwear and apparel brand Hoka has collaborated with Design agency Green Room to launch a new global store concept in China and Southeast Asia. Inspired by flights and aimed at empowering athletes to ‘take flight over the globe’, Green Room has chosen this design concept to “create a sense of movement that fits a new home for Hoka’s products” Kinetic overhead lighting helps recreate the natural flight of a flock of starlings, a phenomenon known as a murmuration.

Apparel 130

Apparel Planning Shopping Marketing 130

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

If you’re stuck in traffic on Parramatta Road in inner-city Sydney, it’s likely that you’ve noticed the iconic motorcycle mural at Deus Ex Machina’s flagship store, where motorcycle and surf culture meet. We chat with founder Dare Jennings about building the brand’s Temples of Culture, ignoring the naysayers and the most important lessons he learnt at Mambo.

Shopping 130

Shopping Planning Promotions ATS 130

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Global beauty retailer Sephora is the latest retail giant to enter the sexual wellness category, following in the footsteps of Tesco, David Jones, Priceline, Walmart and others around the world. “The ongoing conversation around women’s health is extremely important to us, and as a company committed to creating an inclusive beauty community, growing our wellness assortment with intimate care offerings felt like a natural next step,” said Sephora vice president of skincare merchandisin

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