Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2023

News.com reported today that Aldi “will begin offering online shopping to remain competitive with Coles and Woolworths in Australia” citing comments by Aldi’s director of customer interactions, Adrian Christie, speaking at a parliamentary inquiry into promoting economic dynamism, competition and business formation.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

Retailers have been under tremendous pressure in recent months, with ever-increasing business costs and reduced consumer spending hitting their bottom line. However, the number of dissatisfied workers in Australia is on the rise, with retail crime and customer aggression making many retail settings unappealing places to work.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a dropshipping business model, you can move products directly from the manufacturer to the consumer without having to handle inventory or storage yourself. This poses an incredible advantage for new start-ups or individual entrepreneurs as it significantly lowers initial investment costs.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

“As long as the product speaks to the customer, and there’s a story behind it, then they’re into it,” said Douglas Low, CEO of clothing and accessories retailer Incu. So we are like their local partner, and we will also stock their brands within our own stores,” Low explained. It’s the same with Incu, he said.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, ongoing cost-of-living pressures remain a significant barrier to translating these values into action. While value for money (73 per cent) outweighs low prices (54 per cent) as a primary driver of purchasing decisions, affordability remains a top priority amid high interest rates and rising prices.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2023

Amid intense cost of living and other inflationary pressures, retail workers are among the hardest hit within the Australian workforce, a new report has found. He added that wages were not keeping pace with cost of living pressures – which is part of the problem that retailers might be facing when it comes to retaining staff.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Super Retail Group sales growth set a “positive start” to the financial year as all retail brands maintained strong trading momentum. Group MD and CEO Anthony Heraghty said the group expects higher mortgage rates and the increased cost of living expenses will begin to impact consumer spending.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

The low-code application development wave is absorbing more retailers — and rightfully so. Enter low-code, which abstracts away many of the hurdles from the consumer-facing app development process. The Low-Code Shortcut for Retailers. Forrester predicts the low-code platform market will swell to over $21 billion by 2022.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 11, 2024

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Retailers have endured narrowing margins and soaring rents and watched the cost of living eat into discretionary spending during a tumultuous 2023. About 180 retail businesses collapsed in the September quarter alone; only the construction, accommodation and other services sectors had more attrition. per cent and 1.8 per cent and 1.8

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2023

And with the recent slowdown in consumer spending and rising cost of doing business, that experience is proving invaluable. Recently, one of the business’ 120 franchisees had to shutter a number of stores in Brisbane due to difficult trading conditions. In fact, the business is really strong.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

However, towards the end of the month, we saw daily caseloads start to come down, close contact isolation requirements were eased for essential workers and consumer spending started to lift. Fresh Mastercard SpendingPulse data released Monday showed a 4.9-per-cent per-cent rise on pre-pandemic levels of two years ago. .

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 30, 2024

European imports deemed a “medium risk” to UK biosecurity will be met with physical inspection from today (30 April), under a new border regime, adding more than £330m to annual business costs over three years, Sky News reported. The government said this will add over £330m to annual business costs, as well as 0.2%

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2023

This is just part of the conversation happening with fashion brands and retailers across the country as pressures mount to gain control over notoriously complex supply chains and work towards circular, sustainable business practices. Externally, brands are feeling pressure from consumers and regulation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

While automated messaging tools have dominated the AI conversation lately, retailers should consider the gamut of generative AI applications that can benefit their businesses today to continue working smarter, instead of harder. Recent AI advancements have the power to reshape the way the industry operates. Providing 24/7 customer service.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

Discretionary retail businesses are falling victim to Australia’s increasingly tough economic environment, as the voluntary administration of Marquee Retail Group (MRG) this week further illustrates. In addition to this, company directors, Crescent Capital’s Michael Alscher and Ziying Sun, stepped down at the start of the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2023

Let’s start by looking at why this is important. But why is this game-changing for your business? Optimising Toward True Business Value When looking down the P/L of any ecommerce store, it is obvious that revenue is not the goal itself. But they don’t help with teaching good behaviour, such as targeting high-value customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Established retailers exploring how a marketplace model would best fit into their business strategy have a common question — what’s the difference between dropship and marketplace fulfillment that utilizes third-party sellers, and how can it benefit their business? Dropshipping means different things to different businesses.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2023

The trend for low-rise rubber-soled “terrace” sneakers could give Adidas and Puma an advantage over Nike this summer, but may not offset weakening US and Chinese demand. Still, while terrace shoe sales are growing, they’re a small fraction of the overall business. 3 respectively.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2023

SMEs are facing heavy challenges as markets continue to shift in the post-Covid era, but there are still opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs to build long-lasting resilience into their businesses. This gave rise to an increase in the costs of servicing that demand – which SME business owners have since struggled to maintain.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2022

So what explains this discrepancy, whereby retail sales have been strong and consumer confidence was up, despite rising interest rates, inflationary pressures and cost of living stressers? She said that consumers were starting to enjoy getting back to normality, “with a bit of revenge spending,” following the pinch of Covid-19 restrictions.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2024

This can influence behaviour as customers start to anticipate, if not expect, continuous price reductions. To lessen your dependency on peak season and set your business up for year-round success, a peak season performance review can help. A considered look in the rearview mirror can help us forge a strong path ahead.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 17, 2022

And thanks to the increasing popularity of vending machines, there are now franchise opportunities available for those interested in getting into this business. Let’s get started! The vending business can be operated with minimal staff, making them a popular choice for entrepreneurs looking for a simple business to start.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 18, 2022

If you’re looking for a business with a lot of opportunity and growth potential, you might want to consider a commercial cleaning franchise. And with the right preparation and marketing, you can turn your cleaning services franchise into a successful business. Why You Should Consider a Franchise Cleaning Business.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

While this Christmas is also coinciding with a cost-of-living crisis, the holiday period is a moment where people generally feel comfortable splurging a little, and giving themselves permission to trade up to more and better quality food to share with their loved ones.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2022

These days it takes about everything businesses have just to get goods on shelves. Product inventories have fallen to historic lows. These and other breakdowns along the complex global supply chain have caused shipping costs to soar and other expenses like warehousing, marketing and packaging to skyrocket as well.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite a rocky start to the financial year, discount variety retailer The Reject Shop says its sales have improved steadily since March. The cost of doing business rose 1.3 Australians are facing significant cost of living pressures driven by interest rate rises, elevated petrol prices and broad-based consumer goods inflation.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2022

Moving beyond its IGA brand, Metcash is making a play at the low-cost, bulk-buy market with its latest venture Supa Valu – a range of warehouse-style supermarkets that showcase products by the pallet, as well as featuring local butchers and bakers. There’s the product, there’s the price, and there are no bells and whistles.”.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Co-founders Nathan Yun and Rex Zhang are best friends in life and in business. Setting a standard of sustainability “At a concept level, sustainability means the product and the business has to do well for people, the planet and our future collectively,” said Nathan.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 27, 2022

First came the pandemic, then spiking oil costs, like a fabled one-two punch to the airline industry domestically and worldwide. Today, business travelers weary of cancellations and delays are choosing on-time departures and arrivals as their top desire, with in-flight amenities such as free in-flight refreshments taking a back seat.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

He said that rising cost-of-living pressures and consecutive rate rises have also created a “definitive slowdown” for shoppers. There isn’t a silver bullet fix to restoring consumer confidence other than cost-of-living relief. He added that consumers are not out spending, reflecting the low level of consumer confidence. “My

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Debt-laden companies across Europe, Middle East and Africa face a $785 billion refinancing scramble in the first half of 2024, a challenge that could kill off many “zombie” businesses even though an expected peak in rates could bring some relief. Signs of distress are already showing. per cent on a year earlier.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 7, 2024

The number of retailers buckling under economic pressure has hit a five year high as consumers remain cautious amid the cost-of-living crisis. Despite inflationary pressures easing, high interest rates and low consumer spending continue to persist.” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

Historically, returns have been viewed by brands and retailers as a ‘necessary evil’ A study by Shopify states that 44% of distribution center leaders see returns as a ‘pain point,’ a cost center that needed to be tolerated. Consumers, for example, have started to adopt the ‘bracketing’ strategy.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 27, 2023

City sources told the publication that a rescue deal with Putman was “unlikely” but that it remained under discussion with PwC, with a decision likely to be made at the start of next week. Wilko plunged into administration at the start of the month after teetering on the brink of collapse for several months.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2023

The macroeconomic landscape is particularly challenging, characterised by high inflation and intense cost-of-living pressures. The end-of-year peak period is a critical time for the retail industry. However, this year poses both challenges and opportunities for retailers as they prepare for end-of-year sales events.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2022

Those products have been a very successful business for us and, particularly in the case of the whitening [products], have completely reinvigorated that category,” Sheldon said. “It And by remaining committed to improving its customer experience, SmileDirectClub is turning SmileShop and teledentistry clients into repeat customers.

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