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Retail to reopen in NSW on October 11

Inside Retail

Vaccinated residents in New South Wales will be able to travel, head to the pub, and, importantly, do as much non-essential shopping as they like as soon as October 11, according to state premier Gladys Berejiklian. Retailers will still be subject to density limits, but will able to open their doors for the first time in months after the delta strain of Covid-19 surfaced in the state in June.

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10 Common Mistakes Cashiers Make

Small Biz Trends

Cashiers play an important role in your business operation as they handle most of the monetary transactions. Not only do they handle your business’ cash they also can impact customer retention and prevent fraud. In this article, we will highlight some of the common mistakes cashiers make and how to look out for them. 10 Common Errors that Cashiers Make and How Employees Can Avoid Them.

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The Iconic lays foundation for new Home range

Inside Retail

Australian online marketplace The Iconic added a new string to its bow last week with the addition of the Home category, extending its 80,000-strong product range with contemporary homewares; from bedding, kitchen and bath accessories to tech, aromatherapy and artwork. The Iconic has added more than 130 leading brands to the Home category, including Sheet Society, Aesop, In Bed, Saardé, Crosley, Country Road, Black Blaze, Seed & Sprout, Ettitude and Olive et Oriel, with more to come.

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Rival pharmaceutical company seeks to keep API from Wesfarmers

Inside Retail

Pharmacy group Sigma Healthcare has made a competing offer for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, looking to buy up the business before Wesfarmers can enter the market. The pair aren’t strangers to the idea of merging, having floated the idea in 2018 before reopening the channel of communication earlier this year, according to reports in AFR. Sigma’s offer implies a value of $1.57 per API share, though would result in API shareholders receiving 35c and 2.05 Sigma shares for each share in API

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

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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Watch out, Amazon: JD.com’s new store is a peek into the future of retail

Inside Retail

For the past few weeks, reports tha t Amazon is planning to open mini-department stores in the US have been making headlines and capturing industry attention, despite the lack of details and comment from the e-commerce giant. . And yet, the plan pales in comparison to the recent announcement that China’s second biggest e-commerce company JD.com is opening a five-storey physical store in Xi’an , China, on September 30.

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Analysis: Southeast Asia retail remains on the rollercoaster

Inside Retail

There is an old joke about a snail that gets mugged by two turtles. The police ask the snail what happened and the snail replies: “I don’t know, it all happened so fast.”. And so it was with retail right across Southeast Asia at the outset of the second half of the year. After a period of months where it looked like sales were slowly but surely building a head of steam, governments suddenly slapped them down again with some of the tightest restrictions the world has endured during the past 18 mo