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1 week ago | 
insideretail.us | Darshana Gupta |Tong Van |Nicole Kirichanskaya |Celene Ignacio
Grown Alchemist, an Australian beauty brand, has partnered with US luxury retailer Nordstrom to bring its products to the retailer’s e-commerce platform. The company uses biotechnology to develop plant-powered products and provide total skin health. The new deal with Nordstrom will allow Grown Alchemist to provide its products to a consumer market that prioritises holistic self-care and wellness.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.us | Sean Cao |Tong Van |Celene Ignacio
Sports retailer Lids has reinvented its store concept with a strong focus on personalization to elevate the shopping experience. The new format features a modernized layout, an enhanced ‘Custom Zone’, and an expanded selection of exclusive products that emphasize on individual styles. The reimagined Custom Zone offers shoppers even more personalization options for their hats and jerseys. The space features ‘Build-A-Cap’ kiosks allowing shoppers to digitally personalize headwear directly in store.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Darshana Gupta |Celene Ignacio |Kaycee Enerva |Sean Cao
Sydney’s Greystanes shopping centre has been sold for $76 million by the Region group to Revelop, a private retail investment group, as neighbourhood shopping centre prices rebound. The Revelop group struck the deal at a rate of $12,639 per sqm on a yield of 5.5 per cent, which represented the lowest capitalisation rate paid for a neighbourhood shopping centre above $50 million in the last three years.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao |Celene Ignacio |Kaycee Enerva |Anil Prabha
Movado Group has posted lower sales and profit for the year ended January 31. The company’s net sales decreased 1.7 per cent to $653.4 million, reflecting declines in US wholesale customers’ brick-and-mortar stores and company-owned outlets. US net sales slid 4 per cent, while international net sales improved 0.2 per cent. On the bottom line, operating income decreased by more than half to $20 million and net income fell 55 per cent to $18.4 million.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Darshana Gupta |Celene Ignacio |Kaycee Enerva |Anil Prabha
Grown Alchemist, an Australian beauty brand, has partnered with US luxury retailer Nordstrom to bring its products to the retailer’s e-commerce platform. The company uses biotechnology to develop plant-powered products and provide total skin health. The new deal with Nordstrom will allow Grown Alchemist to provide its products to a consumer market that prioritises holistic self-care and wellness.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Darshana Gupta |Celene Ignacio |Kaycee Enerva |Sean Cao
Spotlight Group executive deputy chairman, Zac Fried, and Moreton Bay City Council mayor, Councillor Peter Flannery, broke ground on the $92 million Anaconda Adventure HQ development at Brendale on Wednesday. In addition to the flagship Anaconda store, the site will house other retailers including Spotlight and Harris Scarfe Home, along with a gym and a cafe.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Darshana Gupta |Sean Cao |Celene Ignacio |Kaycee Enerva
Australian specialty nursery retailer, Baby Bunting, will open its first concept store in Melbourne’s Maribyrnong this weekend, on April 19. The store is the first in a roll-out of a new ‘Stores of the Future’ format, which will open across Australia during the coming years. In collaboration with The General Store, the 2000sqm shop aims to deliver a simplified and inspiring shopping experience for new parents.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.co.nz | Celene Ignacio |Anil Prabha |Tong Van
Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other festive decorations say orders from US clients, which are crucial for their business, should have started to come in by now. But because of surging import tariffs, they haven’t. US President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese imports by 104 per cent so far this year in an escalating trade war that threatens great pain for the world’s largest exporter of manufactured goods.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao |Anil Prabha |Celene Ignacio |Tong Van
Wittner, a heritage footwear brand with a history of over 100 years, has collapsed into administration amid falling sales. The company has appointed Deloitte Turnaround & Restructuring partners Sal Algeri and David Orr as administrators for its Australian and New Zealand businesses. Founded in 1912, Wittner is one of the oldest family-run retail businesses in Australia, known for its quality craftsmanship and design.
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1 week ago | 
insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao |Anil Prabha |Celene Ignacio |Tong Van
Apparel business Hard Rock has been caught engaging in resale price maintenance – as well as making misleading representations about consumers’ rights. In a court-enforceable undertaking submitted to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, the company said it had required certain resellers not to sell its products below 10 per cent of the recommended retail price. It also warned about adjusting pricing or ceasing to supply products if the resellers did not agree.
