Wesfarmers rolling out OnePass

OnePass is a new membership program from Wesfarmers that brings together its various retail brands, including Target and Kmart, under one subscription umbrella.

Wesfarmers is currently in the process of adding more partners. It has partnered with three of the world’s most prominent fashion brands to deliver free delivery on a vast range of products.

Wesfarmers is aiming to increase its digital engagement and deliver more value to households. Through the OnePass program, the company will be able to leverage its various retail brands to deliver more value. Wesfarmers is attracting world-class talent to support its growth.

In February, Wesfarmers rebranded its subscription program, Club Catch, as OnePass. This will allow the company to expand its subscription offerings.

Catch marketplace will become part of OneDigital, which is the company’s digital native business. It will also integrate the company’s membership program and data platform.

OneDigital is also investing in its capabilities and launching new businesses, such as the OnePass membership program. It is also attracting top talent from both the tech and financial sectors to support its growth.

The company sees Catch as an exciting business and is committed to developing its platform and capabilities to support its growth. The company is transitioning its approach from a deals-based to a broad-based marketplace.

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The company’s various businesses, such as OneDigital and Catch, are helping the company’s retail divisions grow. They also provide new opportunities for the group.

OneDigital is also working with various initiatives, such as the Fulfilled by Catch for Kmart program, which is designed to help the company meet the increasing demand for its services. It recently opened a second fulfillment center in Moorebank.

OnePass, which is a subscription program that brings together the company’s various retail brands, such as Target and Kmart, has recently expanded its offerings to include free delivery on thousands of items.

In June 2019, Wesfarmers acquired Catch, a leading online fashion retailer, for $230 million in cash. The acquisition gave the company a major boost and created a major windfall for the founders.

Second hand clothing to trend for shoppers

Fashion is one of the biggest industries in the world with millions of pieces of clothing purchased each day. With fast fashion becoming a increasingly popular, it seems like many buy new clothes almost every week.
With Covid and the global disruption it has caused, many retailers have been short on stock due to delays in shipments and factory shutdowns around the world.
Fashionistas are now looking for other ways to satisfy their hunger for fashion with many turning to op shops. Vintage is slowly becoming more popular with many buyers preferring to buy pre-loved products with many often being close to new.
Many are also seeing the social benefits of op shops with the major affect that fashion has on the environment being one of the major contributors to land fill.
Research conducted by the Women’s Wear Daily, a US fashion company, determined that the market for used clothes would rise from $24 billion to $51 billion in 2024, a massive increase that cannot be ignored.
Other research also showed that 70 per cent of women have no issues with shopping second hand clothes with younger shoppers taking the lead in environmental consciousness. Worrying research has shown that in some first world countries, 40 per cent of clothes that are purchased are actually never worn. The BBC also found that wearing clothes for 9 months longer than currently will reduce the environmental impact clothes has by 20 to 30 percent.
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New Zealand retail prices on the rise

Retail Prices in New Zealand are expected to continue to be higher than normal due to huge Covid related delays in shipping world wide.
Many retailers that depend on goods coming from overseas have experienced significant delays in fulfilling customers orders. Customers have been required to wait up to months to get delivery of their products. People have been spending larger amounts on their home including home furnishings and improvements leading to big delays on orders not only due to Covid but also the high level of demand. The most common products that have been affected is furniture and bedding.
With a low amount of available stock to sell, retailers have been forced to raise their prices, especially for products that have come from China. With the big Chinese New Year holiday that occurred as well, delays have been even longer due to extended shut down of factories.
In the height of the Covid 19 pandemic, many hundreds of shipments were cancelled and factories across the world shut down. Retailers quickly ran through what inventory they had and were unable to secure more in a timely manner.
Not only was there delays from the shipping but also the ports with hundreds of containers getting held up in the processing times.
Retailers are now slowly getting back to normal with stock returning with many online retailers still benefiting from the pandemic and changes in shopping habits.
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The Covid Recovery Plan

The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) are currently in the process of developing the plan to get retail shopping up and going again. With Australia’s performance in flattening the curve of Coronavirus infections being the envy of the world, the country can now look to the process of easing the current restrictions that are in place.

The plan is being implemented to give retailers as well as the general community confidence that the retailers in general will follow the public health guidelines advised by the government.

Not only is the SCCA involved, but also the National Retail Association, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

There are key principals of the plan are as follows:

  1. Ensure Alcohol is available at the entrance of the building and in the customer service area.
  2. Ensure cleaning is frequent and adequate enough to destroy the virus.
  3. Encouraging social distancing by having good signage and communication.
  4. Ensure social gatherings and groups of people follow the current government guidelines.
  5. Ensure that retailers use contactless methods of payment such as touch and go.

A key focus of the guidelines also includes the encouragement of retailers to promote the proper treatment off staff.

Many retailers are following these guidelines closely such as Woolworths and Coles.

Retail Sales rise in February

The ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) just reported the February retail sales report and it showed that during the month, retail sales rose despite the beginning of the Coronavirus epidemic. However, this rise unfortunately paints a picture which hides the underlying concerning details. This is that the figures were higher due to panic buying rather than general spending.

It was a 0.5 percent rise in sales seasonally adjusted however most of it was spent at supermarkets, general grocery stores, pharmaceutics and department stores. February saw many other categories of retail outlets such as cafes, pubs and restaurants drop to a huge amount due to government restrictions on these businesses. There was also lower spending in the clothing sector with stores such as Myer, Kathmandu and Peter Alexander closing voluntarily due to concerns over the Coronavirus.

From this point, it is expected that March will paint a different picture with panic buying wound down and discretionary spending expected to drop off a cliff due to uncertainty in the economy. Business shutdown, rising unemployment and consumer confidence is expected to have a profound affect on retail spending.

It has been noted that many people are changing their buying habits with buyers going online in droves. Online stores for clothing and books are performing strongly but not enough to offset the loss in bricks and mortar stores. One store doing exceptionally well is Beginning Boutique who’s online store has rocketed in popularity. Combined with a Beginning Boutique discount code, you can get a great deal.

When the ABS release March results, we will get a clearer picture of the performance of retail and understand how much effect the lock down has had.