Robert Stockdill

2 weeks ago | insideretail.co.nz | Robert Stockdill

The hot, windswept desert of Bahrain seems a world away from the fertile fields where Paolo Barilla’s great-grandfather established a pasta and bakery business in a provincial northern Italian town. In April, the now global pasta company’s bold blue billboards took their place alongside the tarmac of the Sakhir Formula 1 circuit, the newest addition to a burgeoning cluster of international brands attracted to the pinnacle of motorsport.

2 weeks ago | insideretail.com.au | Robert Stockdill

The hot, windswept desert of Bahrain seems a world away from the fertile fields where Paolo Barilla’s great-grandfather established a pasta and bakery business in a provincial northern Italian town. In April, the now global pasta company’s bold blue billboards took their place alongside the tarmac of the Sakhir Formula 1 circuit, the newest addition to a burgeoning cluster of international brands attracted to the pinnacle of motorsport.

2 weeks ago | insideretail.asia | Robert Stockdill

The hot, windswept desert of Bahrain seems a world away from the fertile fields where Paolo Barilla’s great-grandfather established a pasta and bakery business in a provincial northern Italian town. In April, the now global pasta company’s bold blue billboards took their place alongside the tarmac of the Sakhir Formula 1 circuit, the newest addition to a burgeoning cluster of international brands attracted to the pinnacle of motorsport.

3 weeks ago | insideretail.asia | Robert Stockdill

Sam’s Club China, the membership-based discount omnichannel retailer and Golden ABC, the Philippines-founded multibrand fashion company, could hardly be more different in terms of retail proposition. But they both share stunning growth pathways to become dominant players in their respective categories and markets. Leaders of the two companies featured on Day Three of the NRF’25 Asia Pacific edition in Singapore on Thursday.

3 weeks ago | insideretail.asia | Robert Stockdill

As the world becomes increasingly connected, retail brands know the key to success is to think local but act global. The growing globalisation of retail is part of the reason NRF decided to launch a show in Asia – this year’s event being the second – and in September of this year in Paris, for the first time in Europe. “We want to start a global conversation,” NRF senior VP Jill Dvorak told delegates on the opening of Day Two of NRF’25 Asia Pacific edition on Wednesday.