Music the key to shoppers’ hearts
Music is the key to a positive shopping experience in brick and mortar stores, according to a recent global report into customer behavior.
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Amazon rocks Woolworths’ share value
Amazon’s plan to disrupt global retailers hit another peak this week with its acquisition of the US retailer Whole Foods, sparking concern that its eventual launch into the Australian market is closer than originally thought. Woolworths’ share prices took a hit following the announcement, dropping by 4% from $26.25 down to $25.33, its biggest decline
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Exclusive: Interview with Philip Morris MD Nikitas Theophilopoulos
Life is anything but a drag for Nikitas Theophilopoulos, the managing director of Philip Morris International (Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands).
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Food Innovation Centre: AACS Study Tour
A visit to the Monash University Food Innovation Centre (FIC) proved to be one of the highlights of the recent Study Tour of Melbourne, hosted by the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores.
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Lion on the prowl for innovators
Food and beverage company Lion is looking for innovators and entrepreneurs to join a new start-up accelerator program, which launched this week.
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Shoppers on the healthy food trend
Consumers are expanding their eating habits to include healthier options and brands are taking advantage of these opportunities to capitalise on growth within the category, research from Information Resources Incorporated (IRi) has shown. An IRi shopper survey found that 62% of Australians said that nutritional information displayed on the packet affected their purchasing habits; 53%
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The keys to mobile app innovation in retail
Mr Yousaf, founder of data gathering and analysis service Kalido, said there’s a lot of room to build on the digital side of C-store sales, and that Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world.
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Lion milk posts sales increase and continues to support farmers
Lion Dairy and Drinks (LDD) has posted a sales increase of 19 percent, proving that the company’s three major fresh milk brands had benefited from the 2016 dairy crisis. In 2016 a campaign against cheap supermarket milk encouraged customers to purchase other brands that paid higher farm gate prices to dairy farmers. As Australia’s fourth-biggest
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More from the AACS Study Tour 2017
That’s why C&I Week chose to join the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores in its annual Downunder Study Tour, which this year was held in and around the progressive capital city of Melbourne.
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Penalty rates cut over staggered transition period
Cuts to penalty rates in the Retail Award will be phased in over four years, however retail lobbyists are unhappy about the decision.
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Australian shopper and retail marketing survey to take place
Originally published on The Shout, written by Andy Young. POPAI ANZ, the global association for marketing at retail, and shopper research firm, GfK, are planning to conduct the first Australian shopper and retail marketing and category management industry study for three years. The study, which will be conducted from June to August, aims to benchmark
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Opinion: I’m sorry, how many chocolate bars?
I recently happened across a story that suggested eating up to six chocolate bars a week could be good for the heart.
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Opinion: Everything new is new again!
Online home delivery, click and collect and now pick-up services like Amazon Fresh are all considered as true innovation, when in actual fact they have been around for decades.
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