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Thankyou co-founder Daniel Flynn on balancing ‘work-life tension’

Inside Retail

Daniel Flynn: My retail journey began in 2008 when I co-founded Thankyou – little did I know how much of a rollercoaster it would become. IR: What’s your approach to work-life balance? The post Thankyou co-founder Daniel Flynn on balancing ‘work-life tension’ appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Norm Architects balances "richness and restraint" in refresh of Alsterhaus' menswear department

Dezeen

"We looked to Mies van der Rohe and Adolf Loos for inspiration on natural materials with inherent characteristics that form textures and colours while evoking sensations of warmth, cold balancing feelings of soft and hard to the touch," she told Dezeen. Photography is by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects.

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How Kmart and Target CEO John Gualtieri stays on top of his game

Inside Retail

Then one day in 2008, I got a phone call from Kmart to see if I was interested in coming to look after their homewares business. But back in 2008 the business wasn’t going too well, and there’s probably three different phases the business went through that have all been career highlights for me for different reasons.

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UK Q3 Retail Performance Expectations

Retail Focus

This represents the lowest point since Q3 2020 when the UK was in the midst of tiered lockdown restrictions and about to enter Lockdown 2, and -23 points lower than Q3 2008, at the start of the Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Credit Crunch.

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RetailNext and KPMG to co-chair Retail Think Tank’s quarterly Retail Health Index

Retail Focus

This results in a quarterly playbook for retailers, which outlines actionable insights and strategies to create competitive advantage in the context of the market, to drive retail businesses forward and readdress the balance of health back in the retailer’s favour.”

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

The term was coined in late 2020 by Texas A&M University’s Anthony Klotz in response to two developments he said had collided like a perfect storm: growing quit rates and the burnout and rethinking of work-life balance that followed COVID. in 2019 to 2.9% in August – the highest rate ever recorded.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

The term was coined in late 2020 by Texas A&M University’s Anthony Klotz in response to two developments he said had collided like a perfect storm: growing quit rates and the burnout and rethinking of work-life balance that followed Covid. per cent in 2019 to 2.9 per cent in August – the highest rate ever recorded.

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