Inside Retail

Inside Retailing is a global trade publication and online platform dedicated to the retail sector, created by Octomedia. Originally known as Inside Retailing Weekly, it began as a printed weekly newspaper in Australia in the early 1970s. Over time, it evolved into a bi-monthly magazine and expanded its reach with a free website that launched in June 2006.

International, Trade/B2B

English

Magazine

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Global

#408492

Australia

#11712

Business and Consumer Services/Business Services

#148

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Why retailers should do just one thing to win at circularity

3 days ago | insideretail.com.au | Aimee Coleman

When consumers say they expect the goods they buy to be reused, repurposed, repaired or recycled but don’t consistently recycle their cans, clothes, glass or plastics, it can seem like more of the burden gets pushed elsewhere in the product ecosystem. In Australia, while 732 million unwanted clothing items were recycled or reused domestically or internationally in 2023, 924 million ended up in landfill.
New Western Sydney airport seeks 20 24-seven restaurant partners

3 days ago | insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) is inviting restaurants, cafes, bars, and fast-food outlets to become part of its 24-seven dining offerings. WSI will have more than 20 sites comprising about 2300sqm of leasable space for food and beverage outlets in the new terminal. Food and beverage operators that completed an extensive registration of interest process may now tender to join the airport’s retail and hospitality precinct when it opens late next year.
Digital payments may be rising, but survey shows most consumers back cash

3 days ago | insideretail.com.au | Irene Dong

A new survey by financial platform Money has shown that Australians still want the option to use cash despite the growing popularity of digital payments. Of the 1000 Australians surveyed, 68 per cent believe all businesses should be required to accept cash. An additional 14 per cent want essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies to continue offering the option. “Australians are using less cash overall, but they still believe businesses should be required to accept it.
The Coffee Club’s CEO Scott Meneilly heads to Pedders

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Sarah Stowe

The Coffee Club’s CEO Scott Meneilly will leave the hospitality chain to lead Pedders Suspension & Brakes from June 23. He is the first non-family boss for the 75 year-old aftermarket automotive brand, and it is Meneilly’s first non-food appointment since 2008. Meneilly has spent nearly two and a half years at the Minor DKL Food Group, undertaking a rebrand of the multi-format cafe and restaurant chain.
Super Retail Group warns of continued margin decline despite sales uplift

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao

Super Retail Group has flagged another margin decline in the second fiscal half despite recording sales growth across its businesses. In a trading update for the first 17 weeks of the second half, the company said its gross margins were tracking below the prior comparable period. It added that the trend was broadly consistent with the year-on-year decrease in the first half. Meanwhile, group total sales for the period rose 4.5 per cent and like-for-like sales grew 3.1 per cent.
How Personalised Favours' CEO is scaling custom gifting with AI

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Heather McIlvaine

Inside Retail’s Top 50 People in E-Commerce, presented by Australia Post, is an annual ranking of the most impressive and inspiring leaders in Australia’s online retail industry. Over the coming weeks, we will be profiling this year’s Top 10. Here, we speak with #10, Matthew Mosse-Robinson, CEO of Personalised Favours, about scaling an online platform for custom gifts, driving the company’s ‘year of innovation’ and his top priorities for 2025.
JB Hi-Fi’s sales growth continues despite ‘challenging, competitive’ market

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao

JB Hi-Fi has reported continued sales growth in the third quarter despite what management described as a challenging and competitive landscape. The group’s Australian business saw a 6.5 per cent increase in total sales for the quarter ended March 31, with comparable sales up 6 per cent. In New Zealand, sales soared 17.5 per cent and comparable sales increased 7.5 per cent. The Good Guys chain recorded a 4.6 per cent uplift in total sales and a 4.1 per cent improvement in comparable sales.
Private investor snaps up Adelaide’s Kurralta Village for $75 million

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Sean Cao

South Australian-based private investor Taplin Group has acquired Adelaide’s Kurralta Village shopping centre via an off-market deal for $75.2 million. Located in Kurralta Park, about 4km west of the Adelaide CBD, the mall boasts 10,669sqm of gross lettable area and a 100 per cent occupancy rate. It is anchored by Coles and Kmart alongside 12 specialty stores, with an annual net passing income of around $3.5 million.
How Aloha Collection is expanding through collabs and bricks-and-mortar

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Nicole Kirichanskaya

Aloha Collection co-founders Heather Aiu and Rachael Leinaʻala Soares are hard at work spreading the spirit of ‘aloha’ to the rest of the world through their rapidly expanding accessories and lifestyle brand. Here, the co-founders discuss their decision to invest in infrastructure and fast-track growth through bricks-and-mortar and wholesale retail partnerships, and they share how they are giving back to Hawaii-based conservation organisations.
Exclusive: Former Tigerlily CEO Travis Wright on starting her own swimwear brand

1 week ago | insideretail.com.au | Heather McIlvaine

Travis Wright has launched an online swimwear brand, Rida Resort, nearly one year after Tigerlily, the Australian fashion brand she previously ran, was acquired out of voluntary administration by swimwear giant Seafolly. Wright, who led the boho-inspired Tigerlily back to growth during her tenure as CEO from August 2021 until May 2024, was so passionate about the business that she tried to buy it herself – a detail that has never been reported.