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“Doing nothing wasn’t an option”: M.J. Bale CEO Matt Jensen

Inside Retail

Bale in 2009, some of the challenges you faced from the outset, and how you got the business off the ground during those early stages? Matt Jensen: It was a difficult market environment when we launched back in September 2009, given it was the back end of the GFC. What are the brand’s plans in this space moving forward?

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Parfums de Marly enters APAC for the first time and settles in Sydney home

Inside Retail

The high perfumery now has six global flagships with plans to open another four locations within the APAC region over the next 12 months. This is a rich contrast to other markets that Debuiche referred to as not necessarily liking a fragrance, but purchasing it regardless as they are influenced by popular opinion. “I

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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. How would you describe the brand’s international growth strategy and what are your plans for the future?

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Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

Its climate provisions “would be the largest single portion of a comprehensive plan for the U.S. Jenkins contrasted the Business Roundtable with the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group that represents investor-owned utilities. It’s not 2001 or even 2009 anymore. They’re stepping out and trying to lead.

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The Planet Needs Jerome Powell

Robinson Meyer

In March, when Biden pushed Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan, Powell told lawmakers not to worry about the deficit, even when some Democrats were concerned about it. (In In 2009, by contrast, then–Fed Chair Ben Bernanke warned about the deficit just as President Barack Obama sought to pass a climate bill.

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