Retail Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The mass recall includes a variety of mixed vegetable medleys.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s official – long gone are the days of the standalone Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts. Now, securing sought after products at the best price is becoming increasingly chaotic for consumers, with prices fluctuating during a number of weeks across the Golden Quarter. Forget deal or no deal, it’s more like deal or disappointment for consumers, leaving much to be desired in terms of results for retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you stop to think about it, we must be a little crazy to expect so many things from store associates today. We want them to be brand ambassadors. When your store is full of associates who love the brand and live it, they will draw in customers. Excellent brand ambassadors are like traffic magnets. Of course, they need to be product experts. They need to keep track of what’s new, what’s unique to their location and what just went on sale.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Prada and Miu Miu’s new partnership with Snapchat’s Bitmoji platform, allows customers to deck-out in designer threads for a fraction of the price. High-profile fashion collaborations are nothing new, but does making luxury accessible and marketing it to a younger audience come at a cost? Bitmoji, is a platform subsidiary of social media platform Snapchat, and there are over 2.7 billion Bitmoji avatars globally.

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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 Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

M&S has been granted approval by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to redevelop its flagship Marble Arch store, after almost four years of delays and legal battles. The approval allows the high street giant to move forward with plans to demolish the three buildings it occupies and replace them with a 10-storey mixed-use development, including a new flagship store and office space.The project includes a smaller M&S store, offices, a pedestrian arcade, a

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Norwegian family-owned watchmaker Urmaker Bjerke has opened Europe’s largest luxury watch house at Eger quarter in Promenaden, Oslo’s Fashion District. Bjerke House, set over 2,965 sq. m. across three floors, will be home to brands such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, OMEGA, Tudor, Panerai, IWC Schaffhausen, Blancpain, Longines, Hublot and Breitling. The space will also act as the headquarters of Urmaker Bjerke , with six different entrances for the store’s most well-known brands.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

When you think about the types of businesses millennials and Gen Z consumers frequent, apparel or beauty brands may come to mind first, but what about home goods? Research shows that millennials make up an increasingly large part of the consumer base for home goods and furnishings, which includes products ranging from bedspreads to furniture. Data collected by the National Association of Realtors also found that millennials made up 43 per cent of home buyers in 2021, the largest generational gro

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The sector has had its fair share of collapses this year, which has resulted in some of the industry’s biggest acquisitions. As the year draws to a close, Retail Gazette takes a look back at the retailers that went bust over the past 12 months. Homebase Homebase became the latest casualty on the high street last month when it plunged into administration after failing to secure a new buyer.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Space Copenhagen, the Danish design studio, has completed interiors for Aiayu’s latest showroom, marking the fourth store which Space Copenhagen has designed for the Danish luxury lifestyle brand. Located in Østerbro’s exclusive residential area in old Copenhagen, with grandiose views of The Lakes, Space Copenhagen has meticulously crafted the universe of Aiayu to be a peaceful, soft and calm retail experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Like most retailers of a certain age, The Paper Store debuted in brick-and-mortar — in this case a modest family-run newsstand in Maynard, Mass. that opened in 1964. And while the retailer has embraced ecommerce, its focus hasn’t wavered from providing an experiential, discovery-oriented in-person shopping experience for a wide range of product categories including apparel, décor, beauty and gifts.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

Flying Tiger Copenhagen has officially landed in Australia and is bringing its signature maze store layout and playful seasonal products with it. The European brand has partnered with Bernardi Group to establish a presence in Australia. The first two stores will open in Sydneys Stockland Shopping Centres before adding three further stores in New South Wales to its bricks-and-mortar network in 2025.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tesco and Waitrose are among the supermarkets facing backlash after a BBC investigation alleged their ‘Italian’ tomato purée may contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour. A BBC Eye investigation found that Britain’s largest supermarket is one of several supermarkets marketing its own-brand tomato purée as ‘Italian’, but claimed contains tomatoes grown in both Italy and China.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In todays fast-paced retail environment, customers expect more than just quality productsthey demand exceptional experiences that are personalized, convenient, and consistent across all touchpoints. Email marketing has become a cornerstone of delivering this seamless retail customer experience, acting as a direct and personalized communication channel between brands and their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

More than two-thirds ( 67% ) of American adults with an income of $100,000 or more are parents, representing a lot of spending power. And now, as a whole new demographic ( Gen Z ) ventures further into parenthood, brands and retailers need to adapt their strategies to reflect this cohorts behaviors, priorities and even beliefs. That is why Carters, the baby and childrens retailer behind Carters, OshKosh BGosh, Little Planet and Skip Hop , recently implemented a fresh direction and approach that

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Collins Foods booked slightly higher revenue in the half-year ended October 30, reflecting modest growth in Australia and softness in Europe. The fast food chain operator saw revenue from continuing operations rise 1.2 per cent year over year to $703.5 million. KFC Australia’s revenue increased 2.7 per cent to $536.8 million, thanks to six net new restaurants during the period.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Asda is at risk of being forced to refinance its multi-billion pound debt pile ahead of a steep repayment owed to former owner Walmart. The supermarket’s looming £900m bill due by 2028 could threaten the chain’s entire capital structure, according to credit rating agency Fitch. Fitch said Asda may need to refinance in order to repay the debt, which consists of £500m for Walmart’s remaining stake and £400m in interest.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Walmart has debuted a pilot program with Aira , a mobile app that connects blind and low vision customers with a sighted interpreter who can describe products, labels and prices in real time. Walmart is offering the wayfinding app for free, joining retailers including Target, Meijer, Wegman’s and Starbucks that also are leveraging the Aira app, according to a report in MediaPost.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Metcash’s earnings slightly declined despite revenue increasing in the fiscal first half. The company’s revenue grew 6.3 per cent to $9.6 billion for the six months ended October 31, reflecting growth in food, liquor, and hardware segments bolstered by acquisitions. Underlying earnings before interest and taxes slid 0.2 per cent to $246.1 million while underlying profit after tax fell 5.5 per cent to $134.6 million due to lower earnings in hardware and liquor.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

New data from Nespresso Professional, which supplies B2B coffee solutions for the office and HORECA sectors across the UK, has highlighted consumer curiosity for so-called ‘functional coffees’ that come with added health and wellness ingredients like protein, collagen, and vitamins. The research comes as Nespresso Professional launches Forte Extra – a variant of its top-selling Professional coffee, Forte, but with added caffeine.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

A curved bench and sinuous display rails meander through the interconnected spaces of this fashion store in Kyiv , Ukraine, which interior designer Katerina Kovalenko has conceived as a calming sanctuary for shoppers. Kovalenko's studio 725 developed the concept store for Friends of Fashion – a Ukrainian clothing brand that wanted its first physical space to complement its simple and elegant womenswear collection. 725 has created a concept store for Friends of Fashion in Kyiv A palette of natura

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Easing inflation, the looming threat of potential tariffs and heavy discounting saw Americans spend in record numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend, with U.S. retail sales (excluding automotive) up 3.4% on Black Friday according to Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures in-store and online retail sales across all payment types. Online sales saw an even bigger bump, with Adobe Analytics reporting a new milestone for ecommerce on Black Friday as consumers spent a record $10.8 billion online, up

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

MJ Bale has collaborated with North Sails to launch a 15-piece all-action marine collection, marrying natural and sustainable fibres with sailmaking expertise. The capsule includes a reversible Regatta jacket, Bertrand gilet, limited-edition ‘Smerelda’ deck blazer, chambray overshirts, vintage French terry sweats, cargo shorts and pants, cotton knits, co-branded polos and swim shorts.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Frasers Group is planning to submit a takeover offer for Norwegian sporting goods chain XXL Sport & Villmark as it eyes further international expansion. The Sports Direct owner , which is the chain’s second largest shareholder, holding a 25.8% stake, will offer 10 kroner for every share of equity that it does not own, valuing the retailer at around 17.45m.

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A1 Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

M&S is celebrating 20 years of Marks & Start – its ground-breaking employability programme in partnership with The Kings Trust. In that time, it has supported 30,000 people, including 12,000 young people facing barriers to employment gain their crucial first step on the career ladder. New research from M&S reveals that two thirds of young people still face barriers to employment*, with mental health being one of the most common – one in three say it’s a challenge

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Hungry for luxury, Louis Vuitton fans? Head to 57 th Street in New York to not only shop the brand’s fashionable creations but eat them too. Louis Vuitton has opened a new five -floor flagship designed to combine luxury retail, culture and gastronomy, according to a company statement. The store is meant to be a temporary destination as the brand’s historic Fifth Avenue flagship undergoes a three -year renovation process.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Dean Salakas is selling The Party People to Sydney Party Decorations, the same entity that bought The Party People’s Mega Party Warehouse store in Campbelltown earlier this year, for an undisclosed price. As part of the agreement, Salakas will step down from The Party People effective December 17, after 17 years in the role. “It’s a mixture of emotions but I am so grateful for my journey having worked with some great people and partners along the way,” Salakas wrote on LinkedIn

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Amazon has hailed a new record-breaking Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday period this year. The online giant said its seasonal sale event was its largest to date, compared to the same 12-day period ending on Cyber Monday in prior years. Running from 21 November 21 to 2 December, Amazon said it offered some of the biggest deals of the season across the 12-day period, resulting in record sales and a record number of items sold.

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A1 Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

After a +4.8 percent year-on-year boost to in-store traffic on Black Friday (29th Nov 2024), footfall on the Saturday of the Black Friday weekend (30th Nov 2024) rose +1.4 percent compared to 2023 Shopper traffic on Saturday (30th Nov 2024) delivered a +30.8 percent week-on-week jump, with the High Street seeing the greatest footfall gains, rising to +39.9 percent compared to the week prior After a stellar performance over Friday and Saturday, store visits dipped on the Sunday of the Black Frida

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Toys R Us Studios is partnering with Fox Alternative Entertainment to develop a reality competition show, Toys R Us Family Faceoff , that will feature families competing inside a larger than life toy store and interacting with a range of nostalgic and popular toys and games. The retailer is partnering with Known Originals and the unscripted production arm of Fox Entertainment Studios , according to reporting in Deadline that was confirmed by Toys R Us brand owner WHP Global on LinkedIn.

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