Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Furniture company Ikea Australia is building on its commitment to be a carbon-positive retailer by the end of 2030 by investing in a number of new electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce the carbon footprint of its delivery offering. Ikea Australia aims to have its fleet composed of 40 per cent EVs by the end of August 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2024

The retail landscape is transforming, driven by rapid technological advancements and changing consumer behaviors. Against this backdrop, network analytics emerges as a pivotal tool for retailers. The potential of network analytics extends far beyond simple foot traffic analysis.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Inside Retail : Tell me about your brand, Mia Fratino, and how it started. My family’s company manufactured onshore, and we had what’s called whole-garment manufacturing. Customers know that they’re going to come in and buy a product, and they’re not going to see it in the bargain bin for 50 per cent off.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

While shoppers have a month or so to build their shopping lists, brands need to start preparing now. Businesses are more likely to influence Amazon buy-in when they can definitively sell what they say they can. Work out allocations now so that there is time to pull from other retailers if possible.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

With advances in AI poised to power the next generation of customer experience, retailers would be wise to increase their focus on personalisation and optimisation to meet consumer expectations. The biggest issue these consumers have is that the user experience (UX) needs improvement. Consumers are also hungry for more information.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Eyebuydirect has focused on expansion during a period when many retailers are scaling back operations, including nearly doubling its SKU count from 2,000 to 3,800 over the past year. Customers need to have sufficient options whenever they come to visit and shop with us. We empower them to freely express their individuality.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Humans need other people to feel human — the importance of connection at that fundamental level simply cannot be overstated. Tools like storytelling and narrative, tone of voice and key visuals help brands create transformational rather than transactional experiences that connect us, regardless of demographics or generational differences.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive fashion is all about expressing yourself and feeling confident in what you wear,” said Sarah Horton, senior director for innovation and integrated marketing at Tommy Hilfiger. “No Do not presume to think you know what the customer is looking for or what his or her needs or wants were,” she cautioned. “On

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

A new online shopping site is set to launch in Australia this month that aims to update the traditional outlet mall experience for a Gen Z and millennial audience. We know what’s important to them,” he told Inside Retail. “It’s We’ve done a lot of deep research into our target audience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Online shopping has existed for 40 years or so now, depending on what starting point you use, and while it’s undergone many changes, the basic paradigm remains. His platform Flip — described as a “shopping social network” — already has more than 1,000 brands participating, including E.l.f. And that’s what he did.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The latest retail sales figures are really quite incredible. According to the Bureau of Statistics (ABS), retail sales rose by 0.6 Amazingly, the savage string of rate rises so far this year doesn’t seem to be affecting the shopping habits of Aussies overall, although there has been a dip in sales figures for household goods (down 0.8

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

However, the experiences of African-Americans in most retail stores, when they are in the best possible position to buy, does not reflect any interest in capturing this buying power. In colloquial terms, retailers are “leaving money on the table” — a lot of money on the table. trillion by 2024.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

As the crisis in Afghanistan continues to worsen, major retailers like Woolworths and Ikea have extended their support to refugee communities, but smaller businesses are also doing their part to help. Brava Lingerie co-founder Lin Windram has been involved with the charity since forming a business friendship with a neighbouring shop owner.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2020

Even before COVID-19, the retail industry was already going through significant challenges, disruption and transformation. Ultimately, what is truly important in commerce has changed. Here is a glimpse into the future of retail, reimagined. The Autonomous Shopping Journey. That has all been turned on its head.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s the question every retailer wants the answer to: what do consumers (and more specifically, those likely to buy their products) really want? Opening day of the 2021 virtual Retail Innovation Conference , which continues today, Nov. Consumers Want Retailers to Catch Up With Their Omnichannel Shopping Behaviors.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Everyone in retail has Big Questions : What will this holiday season be like? How many other retailers will go bankrupt — and will one of them be mine? How many other retailers will go bankrupt — and will one of them be mine? While the 99 speakers at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference , held Oct. It’s evolving.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

According to a study from Digital 2020 , 47% of users have seen a significant increase in the time they spend shopping online. Despite this, all retailers must continue strengthening their online channel to meet customer needs and drive growth thanks to this new momentum. Dynamic Pricing Strategies.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

It’s no surprise that the shopping habits of Gen Z during the pandemic will predict the near future for retail. In this shifting environment, where will Gen Zers direct their dollars, and how can retailers respond? In this shifting environment, where will Gen Zers direct their dollars, and how can retailers respond?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Euromonitor International, a global market research company, recently unveiled its report on the top global consumer trends, which delves deep into the dynamics shaping consumers’ values and shopping motivations, shedding light on the profound influence of artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability initiatives, and socio-economic factors.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the ecommerce realm, we’ve seen retail media networks emerge and accelerate. Jay Hutton , President and CEO, VSBLTY ; Maroun Ishac , Director of Business Development, Retail Solutions Division, Intel Corp. ; Retailers have created Retail Media Networks to compete with the Amazons, Facebooks and Googles,” Brown explained.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

But what exactly does that mean? A panel at the June 2023 Retail Innovation Conference & Expo provided answers and insights in the session titled Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Creating Impactful Brands for the Next Wave of Consumers. Retailers and brands have no time to waste if they want to capture their share of this generation’s spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2022

Chinese cross-border commerce has been a hot topic, and it’s becoming potentially even hotter as major retailers prepare for potential cost-cutting by U.S. and the country remains a major opportunity for retailers that are able to appeal to its consumers. Amazon and Tmall Appeal to Very Different Shopping Impetuses.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Moreover, at a time when long-reliable social networks are experiencing massive upheavals, people are looking for connected experiences that feel safe, secure, and ethical – and while online shopping may not sound like the primary destination for those experiences, shopping has historically been a social affair.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The ultimate point of any marketing is not to get in front of people, it’s to earn trust ,” said Jay Acunzo, host of the podcast Unthinkable and a brand consultant through his firm Unthinkable Media , in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The other is that podcasts add in voice. A Trust and Relationship Accelerant’.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2021

November might seem far away, but the fact is, brands and retailers in China have already been preparing for the world’s biggest shopping event — known interchangeably as Singles’ Day, Double 11 or 11.11 — for months. veterans, spend much of the year prepping for the world’s biggest shopping event. During last year’s 11-day 11.11

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2022

With supply chain challenges rampant worldwide, many brands and retailers are focusing on consistent, even proactive, communication to address the demand side of the equation. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How can marketing and, specifically, social media help brands better manage consumer demand?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2022

Meta looked at some of the top trending hashtags and community behaviors across its platforms and uncovered ways for retailers to create meaningful interactions even as their expectations and attitudes are changing. They just need a good reason to spend it on you. Inclusivity and Diversity are ‘In’. Remember that change starts at home.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Although product and pricing remain key to acquiring customers in the retail space, it’s the top-notch, memorable experience a brand delivers that makes them stay. What is Conversational Commerce? In the very first stage of the buying journey, the shopper typically looks for an answer to address a want or need.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

I think that that people are sort of leaning into the fact that we’re not going to get things to be the way that we want them as soon as we’d like,” said Ericka Podesta McCoy, CMO at Resonate in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “I That’s really impacting what they’re buying.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Retail Strategy & Planning webinar series, now available on demand, brought together retailers, solution providers, practitioners and industry experts from firms including IDC, Alvarez & Marsal, WSL Strategic Retail and Cambridge Retail Advisors. She wore it and the retailer got blasted with traffic.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

But what exactly do creators need to flourish and do their best work (and do their best for the brands they work with)? Brands and retailers have a unique opportunity to respond to this gap in the market and make it easier for creators to engage with them. The creator economy is worth approximately $104.2

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Retail Focus

JUNE 16, 2023

Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. To do so, brands are to identify their purpose, values and tone of voice to craft their narrative. The brand’s purpose, its raison d’être, states what a brand “is” and why it exists. Ghalia BOUSTANI. Defining the brand story.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 22, 2023

This personalized ad experience creates value for customers, who feel their identity, wants and needs reflected in the ads that cross their screen. If a dynamic ad appears to a buyer at a non-optimal time in their shopping journey, consumer interest is likely to suffer even if that ad is personalized through behavioral data.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Editor’s note: As retail interfaces and systems continue to evolve, the way we design retail experiences to user needs and behaviors is also transforming. For the past decade or so, big-name retailers have turned to designers and experiential agencies to create multisensory atmospheres in stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

If retailers think online shopping in 2021 is about the simple exchange of goods for money, they’re doing it wrong. Brands also need to own this entire journey, otherwise they run the risk of losing control and any chance of retaining their customers along with it. From Monolith to Microservices.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2022

Last month, we launched our first Rising Stars of Retail report in the May issue of Inside Retail Australia ’s quarterly magazine, a special feature highlighting some of the great under-the-radar talent in the industry from a wide range of departments. What was your first job in retail? It was in my blood.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The final day of eCommerce Expo and Technology for Marketing 2023 opened with a keynote session on diversity in retail and how businesses have adapted to the modern needs of digital customers. Internally, our employees are asking more and more about why they’re doing the work in the first place and what their purpose is.

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