Belinda Waller and Andrew Williams' presentation at Mumbrella's Retail Marketing Summit...

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Continued International competition

Australian Ragtrade retail sales in decline

Clothing deflation

Never buy full price syndrome

Low consumer confidenceLow consumer confidence

Australian Ragtrade retail sales in decline

Continued International competition

Clothing deflation

Increase in failing businesses

Never buy full price syndrome

WHY INNOVATE?

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND

IN THE MEDIA

WORLDWIDE RETAIL

Shutting up shop

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CHANGE IS GOOD

“Only positive change will bring positive results”

Six Approaches to Innovation

SIX APPROACHES TO INNOVATION

RAISING THE BARTEST & TRIAL

BEING UNIQUESTORYTELLING

OPEN & HONESTOWNING IT

Raising the Bar

MERCHANDISE STRATEGY

We built a design team

NOdesigners

or specialisttechnicians

5 yearsMenswear

WomenswearDenim &

Accessoriesteam

15

PREMIUMPRODUCT

RAISING THE BAR

RETAIL ENVIRONMENT

PREMIUM STOREEXPERIENCE

70%Account for over

of our saleseach and every week

Instore sign-up

Surprise and delight

REWARDS CUSTOMERS

AND OUR CUSTOMER’S ARE LOVING THE CHANGE

Test & trial

Being Unique

BEING UNIQUE

LOCAL STRENGTH

Jeanswest started as a jeanery in Perth over 44 years ago

1. So we know the market better

than most

2. And… the International retailers starting to come

to Australia don’t have a local connection

BEING UNIQUE

…so we decided to leverage our position and support local

Bringing it all back home

BEING UNIQUE

HOMESPUN

Cotton grown in

Australia in Northern

NSW

Jersey made in Melton in Melbourne

Tees manu-factured in St

Peters & Marrickville,

Sydney

Tees printed in Brunswick

Swing tickets sourced

from wood pulp made in Australia and stock printed in Australia

Photos taken in Australia

Tees 100% Australian made

MENSWEAR CAPSULE

Homegrown commitment

Rossi Boots Loop Leather Denimsmith LMB Knitwear ABMT Textiles

…AND THEN WE TOOK IT FURTHER

Storytelling

STORYTELLING

CHALLENGE

Find a homegrown yarn to launch our firstAustralian Wool Collection

The WoolmarkCompany

Partnering

provided us

Wool certified for exceptional quality

An understanding of origin

Chasing the most luxurious wool

LOVE WOOL

We found and engaged acampaign ‘face’ whose family own one of Australia’s great Merino studs in central NSW.

Benangaroo – 4th generation sheep farmers

Stephanie Field – International model

Authenticity was a priority

WOOL VIDEO

NATIONAL MAGSOUTDOORDIGITAL

BUSES/TRAMS

STORYTELLING

PRODUCT PLACEMENT

STORY PLACEMENT

Transparency

ETHICAL SOURCING

It’s a strong priority for us

TRANSPARENCY

So we decided to

take the following

steps:

We’ve created a proud COMMUNITY

Establisheda Code

of conduct

Established a clear factory evaluation

process and audit

Signed up to the ban on the use of Uzbekistan

cotton

Participated in the Baptist

World Aid Report

Held our first Supplier

Summit in May

ENDORSEDFASHION

REVOLUTION. HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE

WE WORK WITH.

TRANSPARENCY

AFRICA COLLECTION

Owning it

OWNING IT

…but know what you are really good at....and be sure to do it better than anyone else.

We know DENIM

We know FIT

You can try many new things to keep ahead

OVER200 FITS

CORE WALL

GETTING THINGS DONE

EXECUTING INNOVATION IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE

THE POWER OF TOGETHER

THANK YOU

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