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How Retailers Are Closing The Gap Between Efficiency And Experience
Mark Ruston is Capgemini Group's Global Retail Lead and author of The AI-powered store associate. For decades, retailers made deliberate trade-offs between operational efficiency and customer experience. Luxury brands emphasized service and…
The Last 10 Feet: Where Most Retail Technology Still Fails
Brett Beveridge is the Founder and CEO of T-ROC Global. I have spent more than 30 years in and around retail. One uncomfortable lesson I have learned is that the hardest part of retail technology is rarely building it. It is getting it to work in…
Auto Parts Retailers Can Turn the Corner
Stocks appear set to start the week on a strong footing and oil futures are lower for the fourth day in a row. Hope is rising for diplomatic progress on the Middle East as world leaders convene for the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Chinese…
Style Edit: Zegna brings an Alpine-inspired retail vision to Hong Kong
For a house built on top-notch textiles, Zegna has long understood that luxury is as much about atmosphere as it is about a beautifully cut jacket. The brand's new Hong Kong boutique – or negozio, Italian for “store” –…
Direct-to-Consumer Brands Rebuild Their Playbooks Around Retailers
After years of trying to grow an audience on their own, direct-to-consumer brands have a new strategy: Get into retailers. Hallpass, a new low-sugar candy brand backed by David Protein owner Medici Brands, launched nationwide at Walmart last month.
This Week in Retail: Groceryship and Costco earnings
Groceryshop hits Las Vegas this week, and Retail Brew is dropping in to track all the biggest trends at grocers. The big themes on the agenda this year include the AI-powered shopping experience, unified commerce and omnichannel marketing…
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DCODE 2.0: Retail media, Q-comm, and AI drive India's digital ad shift
Digital media now accounts for 60% of India's advertising market, with retail media, quick commerce, connected TV and AI emerging as key drivers of the next phase of growth, as consumers increasingly move across platforms during a single purchase…
ASIC sues ex-Super Retail chief executive Anthony Heraghty
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing former Super Retail chief executive Anthony Heraghty, alleging he breached his directors' duties and lied to the board and the market about his relationship with another senior executive…
Corporate cop sues former Super Retail boss, alleging he misled the market
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said it has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Super Retail Group boss Anthony Heraghty, alleging he breached his directors' duties and provided misleading information to…
How retail property investors can cash in on the data centre boom
Data centres just became the single largest driver of Australia's private investment boom, and that's good news for your average investor. But not in the way most people think. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show data centre and server…
ASIC sues former Super Retail chief over alleged undisclosed relationship
Australia's corporate regulator alleges Anthony Heraghty failed to manage a conflict of interest and authorised the release of misleading information to the company's board and the market. In a case which will test how the principles of corporate…
Former Super Retail CEO Anthony Heraghty sued by Asic
The former CEO of Super Retail Group, Anthony Heraghty, who is now CEO of the Winning Group, is being sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic). The commission is alleging that Heraghty failed to disclose and manage…
Are kirana clusters the future of inclusive retail?
Offering speed and convenience, quick commerce is rapidly transforming the urban retail landscape through agile logistics. Meanwhile, in a sign of growing anxiety in the grassroots retail community, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council of…
Australian regulator sues retailer's ex-CEO for misleading market over alleged office romance
SYDNEY – Australia's corporate regulator said on Sept 21 it would sue the former chief executive of Super Retail Group, accusing him of misleading the board and the market about an alleged relationship with a senior executive. Anthony…
ASIC sues ex-Super Retail CEO; ANZ and CBA change rate calls; PM makes ex-Murdoch executive consul-general
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