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Why the Kmart-Target back end merger has been a decade in the making

Inside Retail

Compared to its sister brand Kmart, which has seen its market share grow exponentially in the past decade, Target has been suffering a slow decline, with its position in the middle of the market – not quite as value-based as Kmart, and not quite as high-end as Myer – making matters worse.

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How demographics are driving Milligram’s physical retail expansion

Inside Retail

The business was started in 2007 by Scott Druce and Matt Harris. At the time of writing, Milligram had six locations in Melbourne, a seventh in George Street, Sydney, and was on the cusp of opening an eighth in the cosmopolitan inner west Sydney suburb of Newtown. The retail presence, Druce said, is not cookie-cutter.

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“Building a brand from the ground up”: Inside LSKD’s San Diego expansion

Inside Retail

Sportswear retailer LSKD has been expanding rapidly throughout Australia in recent years, and has now set its sights on a bigger market: the US. We do a lot throughout the US – we’re always doing events – but our focus is San Diego because it’s the location of our community. IR: The last year-and-a-half has been insanely busy for LSKD.

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How Indian brands could benefit from Walmart’s ambitious export goals

Inside Retail

Joined by his management team, McMillon met with suppliers, merchants, grantees, artisans and MSMEs (micro and small to medium enterprises) across the company’s programs, such as Walmart Sourcing, Walmart Vriddhi, Flipkart, PhonePe, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Global Tech In India and Walmart Foundation.

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How 99 Bikes plans to return to profit with an electric-powered push

Inside Retail

This fleet of electric bikes that travel around the country gives everyone the chance to experience riding them on location for free,” Andrew Garnsworthy, CEO of 99 Bikes’ parent company Pedal Group, said. I started as general manager of Advance Traders in October 2008,” Garnsworthy added.

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Spotlight on Graz, the Austrian design hub – Interview with Eberhard Schrempf

Design Wanted

We talked to Eberhard Schrempf, the managing director of Creative Industries Styria about the designers’ responsibility in shaping our future, and how the Austrian creative community is evolving towards that purpose. DesignWanted talks to Creative Industries Styria’s managing director, Eberhard Schrempf. Who is Eberhard Schrempf?

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How Maison Francis Kurkdjian built a brand around the Picasso of fragrance

Inside Retail

Born of a collaboration in 2009 between Marc Chaya and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Maison Francis Kurkdjian has become a major player in the luxe fragrance industry, and is sold across more than 700 locations worldwide. For us, marketing had to be at the service of creative ideas and to act only as an amplifier.

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