China Focus: Decline in China's luxury consumption widens in 2015
SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Decline in China's luxury consumption widened in 2015 amid the government's ongoing anti-corruption campaign, a slowing economy and increased buying outside China,...
View ArticleFormer Woolworths chairman backs Mitre 10, Home merger
Former Woolworths chairman John Dahlsen says Woolworths' exit from the $45 billion home improvement market could boost competition if regulators approve a merger between wholesalers Mitre 10 and Danks...
View ArticleFormer Woolworths chairman backs Mitre 10/Home merger
Former Woolworths chairman John Dahlsen says Woolworths' exit from the $45 billion home improvement market could boost competition if regulators approve a merger between wholesalers Mitre 10 and Danks...
View ArticleVitamins giant Swisse to bypass middle man in online China
Australia's biggest vitamins company, Swisse Wellness, is revamping its strategy in China, ploughing more resources into a direct-to-market approach where it will set up its own site on the powerful...
View ArticleWoolworths Launches on Tmall Global (Woolworths Ltd)
(Source: Woolworths Ltd) Hangzhou, China, January 4th 2016 - Woolworths, Australia's largest supermarket retailer, has launched its online store on Tmall Global, the overseas platform of Alibaba...
View ArticleInternational brands target Australia's 'unsaturated' consumer market: Deloitte
Shoppers can look forward to more major international brand launches this year as global retail labels leverage the strong consumer sentiment Down Under to drive sales. And the international retailers...
View ArticleAldi is fixing is biggest weakness — and that should terrify Whole Foods
Aldi is stepping up its game in the organic food space. The grocery chain is expanding organic food brands, removing some artificial ingredients from its products, and adding more gluten-free items in...
View ArticleImports of S. Korean cosmetic products doubled in 2015
Exports of South Korean cosmetics and beauty products to China doubled in 2015 to a record high of $1.088 billion, according to the latest figures from the Korea International Trade Association. The...
View ArticleGMA/FMI/Deloitte: Research Uncovers Consumer Values Influencing Food...
(Source: GMA - Grocery Manufacturers Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2015 - Taste, price and convenience are no longer the sole deciding factors when people buy food and beverages, according to a new...
View ArticleL’Occitane Announces Unaudited Trading Update For the Nine Months ended 31...
(Source: L'Occitane International SA) [For Immediate Release] [For Immediate Release] L'Occitane International S.A. 49, Boulevard Prince Henri L-1724 Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg: B80359 (Incorporated...
View ArticleDS Healthcare Increases Distribution to Grow Global Brand Awareness (DS...
(Source: DS Healthcare Group Inc) c08ee95c-ae95-4663-8c00-3b480ed9471f.pdf DS Healthcare Increases Distribution to Grow Global Brand Awareness Pompano Beach, Fla., Jan. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -‐ DS...
View ArticleDick Smith seeks Asian buyers as offer deadline nears
Receivers of collapsed consumer electronics retailer Dick Smith are hoping to attract interest from cashed-up Asian buyers in an attempt to maximise returns to creditors owed $400 million. Ferrier...
View ArticleLoyalty cards useless for retailers, says Foodland boss
Loyalty programs for retailers are a waste of time, says independent supermarket chain Foodland's chief executive, who predicts that Woolworths and Coles will be the biggest losers as German discounter...
View ArticleAFGC CHEP RETAIL INDEX INDICATES A RISE IN RETAIL SALES AHEAD (AFGC -...
(Source: AFGC - Australian Food and Grocery Council) Retail trade growth is expected to increase 4.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the twentieth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail...
View ArticleAlibaba Group Announces December Quarter 2015 Results (Alibaba Group Holding...
(Source: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd) b7728786-772b-4305-af3d-dcad3a501e42.pdf Alibaba Group Announces December Quarter 2015 Results Hangzhou, China, January 28, 2016 - Alibaba Group Holding Limited...
View ArticleAmore Pacific Steps Up Fight Against Chinese Fakes
Amore Pacific is stepping up its efforts to deal with counterfeit versions of the company's popular cosmetics sold on Chinese online shopping malls. The cosmetics giant on Thursday signed...
View ArticleAlibaba delivers on revenue but feels China slowdown
Strong Christmas sales helped e-commerce giant Alibaba beat forecasts with a 32% rise in third-quarter revenue, but it was not immune from China's slowdown. Alibaba's results also reflected a weakening...
View ArticleWoolworths asks Saatchi to refresh its brand
Woolworths is working on a new supermarket advertising campaign after appointing its third creative agency in five years, ending its relationship with Leo Burnett in favour of long-time partner M&C...
View ArticleDeloitte
India is the world’s third largest market for smartphones after China and the US. India, the world’s third largest smartphone market, is also a huge market for used handsets and is forecast to generate...
View ArticleStelios Haji-Ioannou opens easyFoodstore with 25p offer
EasyJet founder takes on supermarkets with discount grocery store in north-west London...
View ArticleWoolworths plans to heat up liquor sales with Snow
Woolworths is being trounced in hardware and beaten in supermarkets but its liquor business is still performing strongly, and has just struck an exclusive deal to sell the biggest beer brand in the...
View ArticleALDI Australia's ad spend soars as Coles and Woolworths cut back
After spurning many forms of marketing over the last 15 years, discount retailer ALDI Australia is more than making up for lost time, almost doubling its advertising spend in 2015 as larger rivals...
View ArticleAldi boss says no fine-tuning needed for SA, WA
The managing director of German supermarket chain Aldi in South Australia, Viktor Jakupec, says there's no need to fine-tune the business model for the state, where independent chain Foodland is almost...
View ArticleYowie Celebrates Front End Success in US Market - 27 January 2016 Download...
(Source: Yowie Group Ltd) 3dbaada8-1fa1-444e-a0f5-96784f800c53.pdf ABN 98 084 370 669 January 27, 2016 ASX Market Announcements ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 YOWIE CELEBRATES FRONT END...
View ArticleAsian online shoppers buy $22 billion from U.S. retailers in 2015 The 30...
CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the gloomy reports about China's economic slowdown, desire among Chinese online consumers for American goods is stronger than ever. In fact, the 30...
View ArticleTesco to shorten opening hours at almost a quarter of 24-hour stores
400 staff affected will be supported to find alternative roles with no redundancies expected, spokesperson says...
View ArticleA night in the Aldi car park: South Australian shoppers flock to first store
Samantha Shaw and her friend Julie Muckraw slept the night under blankets in the car park so they could be first in through the door as Aldi opened the first of its stores in South Australia. They are...
View ArticleStelios opens EasyFoodstore with 25p price tag on every grocery item
The billionaire behind easyJet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has opened a grocery shop where everything costs 25p. The entrepreneur has launched the concept easyFoodstore in Park Royal, north-west London,...
View ArticleEasyFoodstore: 25p grocery shop opened by easyJet billionaire Stelios...
The billionaire behind easyJet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has opened a grocery shop where everything costs 25p. The entrepreneur has launched the concept easyFoodstore in Park Royal, north-west London,...
View ArticleJewels in street style as new retailers flood into cities
Upmarket jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels have lodged a development application for a site on the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets, signalling the next wave of big name retailers to open in...
View ArticleThe British billionaire behind easyJet just opened a supermarket where...
The billionaire founder of the airline easyJet is getting into the discount grocery business. Stelios Haji-Ioannou is launching a chain called easyFoodstore that sells non-name-brand groceries at cheap...
View ArticleRetailers gear up for $500m Chinese spending spree
After years of neglecting Chinese tourists, Australian retailers are gearing up for a $500 million Lunar New Year spending spree by tapping their Mandarin-speaking staff, tacking up Chinese-language...
View ArticleTurnaround Titans Or Battered Basket Cases?
Today I’m looking at the bounceback potential of two battered FTSE 100 giants. Retailer on the rack The steady collapse of supermarket colossus Tesco (LSE: TSCO) has arguably been the British stock...
View ArticleM&S makes buying knickers quicker for shoppers down under
Launch of dedicated websites for Australia and New Zealand are first outside Europe for UK’s biggest clothing retailer...
View ArticleWhy investors should consider China in the Year of the Monkey
This week, millions of Chinese people are travelling home to welcome the Year of the Monkey with their families. After a torrid year financially, auspicious money-bringing foods such as fish (which...
View ArticleResearch Uncovers Consumer Values Influencing Food Decisions
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste, price and convenience are no longer the sole deciding factors when people buy food and beverages, according to a new study, from Deloitte, Food Marketing...
View ArticleFrom iPhones to Sephora: Consumer culture means join the queue
When the Spanish clothing giant Zara opened in Sydney nearly five years ago, local shoppers queued outside with such devotion and for such long periods you might think shiny nude patent leather pumps...
View ArticleConsumer confidence is 'volatile': API Pharmacueticals
API Pharmaceuticals boss Stephen Roche said consumer spending habits and confidence are erratic after he unveiled another quarter of solid growth in his Priceline pharmacy chain. At the group's annual...
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